Pop-culture The music of the 80's During this decade , several major electronic genres were developed, including electro, techno, house, freestyle and Eurodance. The biggest stars of 1980s were Michael Jackson, Madonna and Whitney Huston.. hip-hop became the dominant cultural movement of the African American and Hispanic communities in the 1980s. In the 1980s, dance music records made using only electronic instruments The 70's music in Estonia Beatmusic became rock-music. Improved the quality of the instruments and sound equipment. Synthesizer gain popularity. The artists who had started in 1960s gain popularity. Most popular in 1970s The most popular Estonian artists were: Ruja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u1K-tSnAY Anne Veski: http://youtu.be/l3jL28bjdK8 80's music in Estonia The most popular music styles were rock, jazz and punk. Popular among young people was disco music . Popular artist were: Rock Hotel: http://www.youtube...
1 Which one of these rappers has called himself 'Kanye East'? 1 Genka; 2 Suur Papa; 3 Tommy Cash; 4 Beebilõust 2 Which one of these pop artits did Tommy Cash collab with? 1 Iggy Azalea; 2 Charli XCX; 3 Tove Lo; 4 Rita Ora 3 What is Estonia's most viewed YouTube video? 1 42GO - Bemmi kummid originaal; 2 Arop Kiki Miki; 3 TIGRAN - Pärnumaranda (feat. Kapatu); 4 Naised köögis- Aasta ema 4 How many times has Estonia won Eurovision? 5 What year did Estonia win Eurovision? 1 1998; 2 2007; 3 1995; 4 2001 6 TRUE OR FALSE: Estonia has been mentioned on a comedy show Perks and Recs FALSE 7 TRUE OR FALSE: Estonia has been mentioned in an online based documentary Buzzfeed Unsolved FALSE 8 TRUE OR FALSE: Estonia has been mentioned in a comedy show Brooklyn Nine-Nine TRUE 9 Estonia hosted Eurovision in... 1 2002; 2 2003; 3 2000; 4 1999 10 Which one of these artists has not performed in Estonia? 1 5 Seconds of Summer; 2 Ed Sheeran; 3 Nick...
United States of America Table of Contents 1. Facts 2. Geography 3. Nature 4. History 5. Population 6. Government 7. Industry, economy 8. America's pop culture Facts Official Name: United States of America Capital City: Washington, D.C. Largest city: New York City Official languages: None at federal level National language: English Government: Federal constitutional republic President: Barack Obama ( Barack Hussein Obama II) Vice President: Joe Biden (Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr) Population: 2009 estimate 306,108,000 people Area: Total 9,826,630 km2 (by CIA World Factbook) Currency: United States dollar ($) Motto: In God We Trust Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" Flag Names: The Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, The Starry Banner Seal: Great Seal of the United States Flag ...
Culture of the United States About · The United States is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values. · A side from the now small Native American and Native Hawaiian populations, nearly all Americans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. · Mainstream American culture is a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of European immigrants with influences from many other sources, such as traditions brought by slaves from Africa. Food · Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, and chocolat chip cookies are distinctively American styles. · Characteristic dishes (apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs or french fries) · Highly sweetened soft drinks Music · American contemporary music can be heard all over the world, through MTV, Chann...
The Noble Savage in 20th Century Fiction Pop culture has a important part in shaping the mind of today's people. A large part of pop culture consists of stories which have the ability to change a person his take on life, taste in music and books, how to treat other people etc. It may seem simple and pointless but all the devoted fans, all the trekkies, warsies, twihards, potterheads and ringers (there are many more, with crazier names) prove us that stories can become more than entertainment. Of course, a story can change people without making them go to all sorts of conventions. Even the small ideas make a change. The main part in a story, the one that seemingly makes the impact, who guides the consumer through its change, is the protagonist. The development in the reader or the watcher happens through the transformation of the hero. Usually the main character starts off as an outcast, somebody the society sees as unimportant or too ...
Lana Del Rey Backround information Elizabeth Woolridge Grant June 21, 1986 (age 27) Lake Placid, New York American singer-songwriter, model Kent School, a boarding school in Connecticut Fordham University, metaphysics Started songwriting (18) Career 1st recording contract in 2007 with 5 Points Records st 1 digital album Lana Del Ray (January, 2010) Bought herself out of the contract (April, 2010) Signed a joint contract with Interscope, Polydor and Stranger Records (July, 2011) Born To Die (January, 2012) List of her most famous songs Summertime Sadness Young And Beautiful Video Games Blue Jeans Born To Die Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVjsGKrE6 E8 Musical influences Elvis Presley Amy Winehouse Janis Joplin Nirvana Eminem Bruce Springsteen Britney Spears Musical style Cinem...
Diana Ostrat Essey How does the United States influence Estonia? The United States of America with it's global economic and political superpower is one of the most influential countries in the world and therefore it’s influence can also be felt in Estonia. Fluctuations in Estonia’s status as an independent country have had significant impact on the amount of influence from other countries, whether it is the language, eating habits or lifestyle. But how has United States influenced Estonia after we gained our independence? Estonia is not economically dependent on the United States as they are not one of our most important trading partners, but as the economics of the United States has a great influence on the world economy, they can still indirectly have an influence on Estonian economy. ...
Elvis Presley Elvis (Aaron) Presley was an American singer and actor. One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or "the King". Elvis Aaron Presley born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo,backbeat driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart topping rec...
Inglise kunst. Popkunsti tekkimine Matti Luik 12A Popkunst Popkunst, lühend populaarsest kunstist (pop art, popular art). Briti ja Ameerika kunstitoodang aastatel 1955-1970. Stiil kujutab endast tarbimisühiskonna (stereotüübid, staarid, toidud jne.) lihtsat väljendust. Hõlpsasti äratuntav popkunst muudab isikliku eneseväljenduse minimaalseks, kaasab kunsti ümbruskonna ning hõlmab kujutava kunsti, muusika ja tantsu. Popkunst on tõeline ühiskondlik nähtus. Lootes kunsti lähendada laiadele rahvahulkadele, kaugeneb ta hermeetilisest kujundistikust ning abstraktse ekspressionismi rõhuasetusest. Popkunsti leviku algus Inglismaa kunst oli sõjajärgseil aastail säilitanud oma saareliku iseloomu ja seisnud kõrval USA ja Mandri- Euroopa kunstis toimunud murrangutest. Sõjaeelsed voolud jät...
American Art Revision Materials Colonial Period Portraiture. The first typically American paintings were illustrated maps but painting remained scarce during C17. There were 4 reasons: settlers came from backgrounds where art was unusual, Protestant attitudes was averse to imagery and painting, the English were not yet distinguished in visual arts and religious art was non-existent. The colonial period is almost entirely limited to portraiture (deemed as `useful' by settlers). These first paintings were made by limners and artisans without formal training and were based on what was popular in England during the Tudors. The paintings are technically unskilled, strongly patterned, flat and linear. Spanish painting in America was mostly religious. In C18, painting was a luxury and necessitated wealth that had by then become available. Portraitures remained at the forefront because the rich could thusly display their status and becaus...
American Art Revision Materials Colonial Period Portraiture. The first typically American paintings were illustrated maps but painting remained scarce during C17. There were 4 reasons: settlers came from backgrounds where art was unusual, Protestant attitudes was averse to imagery and painting, the English were not yet distinguished in visual arts and religious art was non-existent. The colonial period is almost entirely limited to portraiture (deemed as `useful' by settlers). These first paintings were made by limners and artisans without formal training and were based on what was popular in England during the Tudors. The paintings are technically unskilled, strongly patterned, flat and linear. Spanish painting in America was mostly religious. In C18, painting was a luxury and necessitated wealth that had by then become available. Portraitures remained at the forefront because the rich could thusly display their status and becaus...
INDEPENDENT MUSIC Also known as `'INDIE'' What is Indie? · `'Indie'' is a genre on alternative rock music. · In popular music, Independent music, is a term used to describe Independence of major commercial record labels. · Indie contains of simple but original guitar riff and keyboards or violin to bring out the underlying melody. · The lyrics are powerfully emotional(but not whiney), they spark emotion but they don't talk about their bad life or problems. So when did it all start? · The roots of modern `'indie'' are tracked back to 60's and 70's rock music. · The bands like The Velvet Underground and The Beachboys are being a part of the movement of Independent music nowadays. 80's · The term ``alternative rock'' was more or less synonymous with `'indie rock'' · In The UK indie music charts have been compiled since the mid-80's · The Smiths was one of the most k...
Jonathan Dekel-Chen lectures, Jews in the USSR, 1917-2000 1937 census didn't get published. 1939, pretty accurate for Js. 3.1 mill Js in pre- Molotov-Ribbentrop area. 1939, 2.2 mill. Js not shy about declaring Jewishness. Inherits 1.3 mill in Poland. Similar # annexed by Germ. 250,000 in Lithuania. 330,000 Bessarabia. Back to pre-1917 #s of Sov Jewry. 5 ½ mill of pre-war levels. Pre-mature deaths during famine of '21-'22, '31-'33, 7 years of war, emigration up to 1924 (vast majority to West, 3rd and 4th aliyahs). J pop growth still significant, high birth rates, but pop static. Grows more in SU than anywhere else few leaving, pop growth significant. Vast majority in W borderlands. Very few emigrate during year and a half from annexed areas. Germans occupied Leningrad-Moscow-Stalingrad, all and more of former Pale. 1939, started evacuating. Stalin thought 43-44, war. Purges, Winter War, military needed improvement, military industrial ...
FAMOUS ESTONIANS Markus Ohtla Ken Koolmeister Koit Toome Born on the 3. January 1979. Koit Toome is an Estonian singer and musical actor. In March 2010, he released his first studio album, named "Kaugele siit" ("Far from here") Koit Toome has also embarked on a voice acting career, dubbing animated films. He provided the Estonian voice for Lightning McQueen in the Disney movie Cars. Ott Sepp Born on the 29. June 1982 he is an Estonian actor, singer, writer and television presenter Born in Tallinn, Sepp graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2004 and began performing at the Estonian Drama Theatre in 2005. Since 2006 he has been a principal actor at the Vanemuine theater in Tartu. Sepp has had prominent roles in Estonian films such as Names in Marble (2002), Malev (2005) a...
English began as a west Germanic language which was brought to England bt the Saxons around 400 AD. The spoken and written laguage berween 400 and 1100 AD is referred to as Old English. Many words used today come from Old English. In the 9th and 10th centuries, when Vikings invaded England, Old Norse words entered the language English from about 1300 to 1500 is known as Middle English. It was influenced by French and Latin. French brouht many words connected with goverment. Modern English eas greatly influenced by the English used in London and changed a great deal until the end of the 18th century. Many words were introduced from Greek and Latin to express new ideas, especially in science, medicine and philosophy. Nowadays 80 percent of the word-stock is foreign-born. So we can say that most world languages have contributed some words to English at some time, and the process is now being reversed. Purists of the languages are res...
As both asian and European markets use the internet more and more to conduct business, there will be an increasing need for language choice for the different markets.English is so often used on the internet that it might make you think everyone in the world speaks English, or at least give you the impression that it is the worlds most widekyspoken language.If this were true, it would, off course, bring benefits for worldwide communication and understandig, thought it could also possibly become a threat to cultural diversity.English certainly seems to be everywhere, from films to pop music and TV, and from 15 business to science and other fields. Information varies, but suggests that about 75% of the pages on the web are in english.Yet English is the mother tongue for only 5,4% of the worlds population, while a further 7% of the worlds population are proficient speakers of English. This means that only around 12% of the worlds population...
About a boy Nick Hornby I read a book named About a boy. It was a book full of romance, serious problems, also full of comedy . This story is about a man called Will and a boy called Marcus, how did they change each other lives. Will lives a very comfortable lifestyle in London, thanks to substantial royalties left to him from the successful Christmas song that his father composed. Will doesn´t need to work and spends most of his free time watching television, and reading about pop culture. When Will's friends, Christine and John ask him to be the godfather of their second child, Will bluntly refuses, he didn´t want to be responsible for the child, if something would happen with her parents. In an attempt to avoid spending time with the couple, Will meets Angie, and starts dating with her. But soon they break up and Will understands, that he have to look...
Kuressaare Ametikool Disaini õppesuund 20. SAJANDI POLIITILISED KUNSTNIKUD Juhendaja: Kuressaare 2015 Iga kunstiteos on poliitiline – otseselt või kaudselt – sest see annab perspektiivi ühiskonnasuhetele. Otsesemalt ennem teist Maailmasõda ja kaudsemalt pärast. Alustades Nõukogude Liidu avangaardkunstnike inimese taandamisest tööliseks kuni Andy Warholi supipurkideni, mis pigem tähistasid kui naeruvääristasid pealesõja Ameerika Ühendriikide tarbijakultuuri või Jackson Pollocki abstraktioonid, mis kuulutasid kunstniku vabadust mitte luua äratuntavaid pildikesi. Olulisemad 20. sajandi poliitilise kunsti teetähised on 1920. aastate Nõukogude Liidu avangard, kahekümnendatest viiekümnendateni elanud Mehhiko muralismi liikumine, kolmekümnendtate USA Tööprotsessi Administratsioon, Pablo Picasso „Guernica“ (1937). USA skulptor Dav...
Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans.[1][2] The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop music. Rapping, also referred to as MCing or emceeing, is a vocal style in which the performer speaks rhythmically and in rhyme, generally to a beat, recently, however, a difference has developed between "rapping" and "MCing". "MCing" has been used to describe those artists who possess and exercise superior lyrical ability and prowess. Beats are traditionally generated from portions of other songs by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer, though synthesizers, drum machines, and live bands are also used, especially in newer music. Rappers ma...
Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami on kaasaegne Jaapani kunstnik, maalija, skulptor ja disainer. Takashi Murakami sündis 1.02.1962 Tokyos. Ta õpis Tokyo Riikliku Kunsti ja Muusika Ülikoolis (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and music ) 1996aastal asutas ta Hiroponi tehase, mis praeguseks arenes Kaikai Kiki Co ettevõteks, kus toimub ulatuslik kunstesemete tootmine. Lisaks tootmisele, Kaikai Kiki Co aitab kaasa noorte jaapani kunstnikel. Murakami on kuraator, ettevõtja, ta vaatab kritiilise pilguga tänapäevast Jaapani ühiskonda. Takashi Murakami maalid, skulptuurid ja õhumaalid on värvilised ja pilgupüüdvad. Talle avaldasid mõju anime ja popart stiilid. Murakami tunnetab lääne kunsti eripära ning kasutab edukalt seda oma loomingus. Tema eesmärgiks on kukku segada Lääne ja Jaapani kunsti. Tema ühindab Ida ja Läänt, mineviku ja tänapäeva, kõrgkunsti ja tarbimiskultuuri. "Ma väljendan lootusetu...
1. Feminism movement, ideology to defend women’s rights Suffrage – right to vote 2. Feminism isn’t a unitary movement because it represents different women and different experiences for them in different parts of the world. Different ideologies 3. Three waves of feminism • 1st wave – early 19th century – early 20th century (Political rights, suffrageright to vote) • 2nd wave – 1960s1980s (Social inequalities, gender norms, Women's Liberation Movement) • 3rd wave – 1990s2000s (ideas are the same, but they wanted to get rid of things the second wave had failed to do); feminisms, expansion, multiplicity, postcolonialism. 4. Anne Bradstreet the first feminist 17th century; the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published Mary Wollstonecraft education; an eighteenthcentury English wr...
Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief A film review by Bill Gibron The new Harry Potter wannabe, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, gets so many things right that when it goes astray (which happens with more and more frequency as it goes along) you kind of wish it hadn't tried in the first place. Unless your last name is Harryhausen, you shouldn't really maneuver Greek mythology, and you definitely don't need to use it as a source from some Shrek-inspired collection of tired pop culture riffs. Yet that's exactly what this Chris Columbus helmed half-success does. We begin by learning that the fabled gods of old do exist, and that Zeus is especially mad at brother Poseidon. Seems the head hocho's magical lightning bolt has been stolen, and each accuses the other of using the crime as a means of starting an all out Olympian war. Zeus specifically blames Poseidon's son, Percy Jackson, and soon, all th...
Maturitní otázka c. 23. Means of communication Introduction A few centuries ago people knew only a few kinds of communication. They could speak to each other, they could send their message from one place to another by smoke signals, they used mail. Later on, they also had some newspapers. The first expansion of media was when the radio and television were invented. The second and the biggest boom started in 1960s when the first communication satellite was launched into orbit. There are 4 main media: Newspapers, TV, Radio and the Internet. Today's people take this as an ordinary thing and we don't realise that we nearly can't live without it. Media are very important for us. They give us big amount of information, so big that we can't remember all that things. They help us to understand things and if you have lots of information you are able to make your own decisions. This is connected wi...
Straitland Historical Facts Straitland has served as a junction of international trade routes for Vikings. Long struggle of power with foreign intruders has left ancient strongholds in Valjala, Lihula and Soontagana. The churches in Muhu, Valjala, Mustjala, Karja and Kihelkonna are honorable and elderly because Straitland was the one to bring Christianity to Estonia. The castle of Kuressaare is still standing proudly, but in Lihula only ruins can be seen. The patterns of national dresses and the churches bring memories of secret sign cultures of Medieval Times. Good knowledge of singing and facilit...
His father, James, led the Jim Mac Jazz Band in the 1920s. A few months after his mother, Mary, died of breast cancer in 1956, Paul bought his first guitar and learned to play. In June 1956 he met Lennon and asked to join his band, the Quarrymen In the years of the Beatles' greatest popularity, Paul was generally regarded as the best- looking and was the one who aroused most interest in female audiences. Ironically, he was the last to marry In the latter years of the Beatles' reign over pop-culture, McCartney wrote several universal ballads such as "Hey Jude", "Let It Be", and "The Long and Winding Road". After the Beatles broke up, Paul immediately began a solo career, literally driving around Britain in a van, looking for somewhere to perform with his makeshift new band. That band developed into Wings and produced a number of notable singles, including "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Band on the Run," "Uncle Albert," "Live and Let Die," and "Listen To What The Man Said".
London important sights guide Roman period 20th century · Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is often extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. It is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. The clock first ticked on 31 May 1859. The pendulum is installed within an enclosed windproof box sunk beneath the clockroom. It is 3.9m long, weighs 300 kg and beats every 2 seconds. The clockwork mechanism in a room below weighs 5 tons. · Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Originally known as, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of ...
Introduction, Location Australia is a country between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is the only country in the world that occupies an entire continent. The mainland covers an area of 7.7 million km² and it is about 3700 km from the most northern point to its most southern point and about 4000 km from east to west. There are also many different seas around Australia, like the Coral and the Tasman Seas in the west or the Timor and the Arafura Seas in the north, where the Indian and the Pacific Oceans meet. Because all seas and oceans near Australia are warm, surfing is a very popular hobby. Political subdivision Australia is divided into six states, which are: · New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · South Australia · Western Australia · Tasmania New South Wales is the most populous state in Australia. Its capital is Sydney. Victoria is one of the most densely populated states in Australia. Its capit...
Topic Canada Tallinn English College 2006 1. Introduction If you had to use two words to describe Canada, they might be large and diverse. Canada is the second largest country in the world with a territory of about 10 million square kilometers and it is bordered by three oceans: the Arctic, the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. The population of Canada is about 31 million people. About 77% of the people live in cities which lie in a band about 100 miles wide above the border of the United States. The capital of Canada is Ottawa. Other large cities are Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Quebec. 2. Geographical position Canada is a huge country in the continent of North America. It is bordered with the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific Ocean in the west, the United States of America in the south and the Arctic Ocean in the north. Canada is a vast ...
Tallinn English College English Anita Kuprijanovits Form 8b THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Report Supervisor: Mare Kallas Tallinn 2009 Introduction Name: The United States of America Area: ~10 mln km2 Population: ~300 mln people Symbols: The American Flag- consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white and represent the Thirteen Colonies. The 50 small, white stars represent the 50 U.S. states. The U.S. flag is commonly called ,,the Stars and Stripes". The Statue of Liberty, that is locatd in New York,is a gift from the France. The Libety Bell, that is a bronze bell that symbolizes freedom in the United States of America. It is located in Pennsylvania,U.S. Capital: Washington D.C Biggest city: New York National language: English Location U.S is locat...
Punk rock Punk rock Stilistiline päritolu psühhedeelne rock, pub rock, garage rock, proto- Punk rock on 1970. aastate keskel tekkinud rock- punk muusika stiil, mille iseloomulikud esindajad on Kultuuriline 1970. aastad USA, ansamblid Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Damned ja päritolu Suurbritannia ja Austraalia. The Clash. Instrumendid vokaal, kitarr, basskitarr, Väljendit punk kasutatakse ka sellega tihedalt löökriistad seotud subkultuuri kohta. Populaarsus ...
English literature is one of the oldest literatures in Europe; dates back to the 6th century AD. Oral literature, i.e. not written down, spread from person to person. In 449 AD Anglo-‐Saxon tribes invaded England – beginning of the Anglo-‐Saxon period in English literature. The first form of literature was folklore, carried by scops and gleemen, who sang in alliterative verse (a kind of simple poetry). Prose developed much later. The first form of recorded English literature was the epic Beowulf, which was produced sometime near the end of the 7th and beginning of the 8th century. It has no ...
Misso Keskkool New Zealand Precis Compiler: Maiki Joakit Instructor: Mailis Teppo Misso 2011 New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Mori language name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, commonly translated as land of the long white cloud. Population (1998): 3,801,000.New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation; it is situated about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours to th...
Great Britain Pärnu 2012 Contents Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, the largest European island, and the largest of the British Isles. With a population of about 60.0 million people in mid-2009, it is the third most populous isla...
Tallinna Mustamäe Humanitargümnaasium Valeria Jefremenkova ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE INGLISE KEEL KUI ÜLEMAAILMNE KEEL Research work Supervisor: Jevgenija Kozlova Tallinn 2016 1 Table of Contents СONTENT…………………………………………………………………………………...2 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………...3 CHAPTER I……………………………………………………………………………….....5 1.1. A Brief History of the English Language…………………………………………...…..5 1.2. Origins of English as the Global Language……………………………………..……....6 1.3. Necessity of a Global Language...……………………………………………………....8 1.4. Criticism of a Global Language………………………………………………………....9 1.5. The Role of English Today……………………………………………………………..10 1.6. English Speaking Countries…………………………………………………………….11 1.7. Perspectives of English………………………………………………………………....13 CHAPTER I...
South Africa Apartheid and before South Africa was created by peoples from Africa, Asia, and Europe. created their own states , combined (sometimes through war, sometimes through negotiation) to form the current South African state. The important thing is not what states were called or how long they lasted, but how they were organised, maintained control, gained and lost legitimacy. South African state formed out of: Conquest Colonization Slavery Indentured labour Racially discriminatory laws reserved jobs for whites; differential pay-scales etc Post 1910 state strong and centralized institutionalised racism: "power, wealth and privileges [distributed] unequally on a racial basis" (Giliomee, 1995, p190) Farming and mining (the basis of the economy) both required large work forces. Once slavery was abolished, need for to generate labour force. Taxation (poll tax) used to force blacks...
Tallinn English College Topic Estonia Tallinn 2008 1. Introduction Estonia is a small country about the size of Switzerland, or New Hampshire and Massachussetts combined. Estonia is named after the people called "Ests" who lived in the region in the 1 st century AD. The Republic of Estonia is one of the three countries commonly known as the "Baltic States". The other Baltic States are Latvia and Lithuania. 2. Geographical position Estonia is situated in northeastern Europe. Estonia is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Finland, on the east by Russia, on the south by Latvia and on the west by the Baltic Sea. In the north it borders on Finland. The coastline of the Baltic Sea in Estonia is characterized by numerous gulfs and bays, the biggest of them being the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Pärnu. Bays include the Narva Bay, Matsalu Bay, Kolga Bay, Kunda Bay, Tallinn Bay etc....
Tallinn English College Topic The United States of America Tallinn 2007 1. Introduction The United States of America's territory is over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.6 million km²) and population more than 300 million people. The capital city is Washington D.C. Although the United States has no official language at the federal level, English is the de facto national language. English is the most common language for daily interaction among both native and non-native speakers. Spanish is the second language. The largest city is the New York City. The Government is Federal constitutional republic and the president is George W. Bush. 2. Geographical position The United States of America is located on the continent of North America. It has borders with two countries Mexico and Canada. There are also the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico surrounding ...
Kunda Ühisgümnaasium Tallin Old Town Report Student: Kristin Karu Teacher: Kristi Aron Kunda 2012 The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral in the Tallinn Old Town,Estonia. It was built to a design by Mikhail Preobrazhensky in a typical Russian Revivalstyle between 1894 and 1900, during the period when the country was part of theRussian Empire. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn's largest and grandest orthodox cupola cathedral. It is dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky who in 1242 won the Battle of the Ice on Lake Peipus, in the territorial waters of present-day Estonia. The late Russian patriarch, Alexis II, started his priestly ministry in the church. Interior of the Cathedral. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral crowns the hill of Toompea where the Estonian folk hero Kalevipoeg...
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Topic Australia Introduction Many people know Australia as the land down under because it is the only continent except for Antarctica that is all on the southern hemisphere. Its name means ,,Southland". The official name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia. It's capital is Canberra. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world but the smallest continent. Australia has 6 states and 2 territories (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, Western Australia , South Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). The Australian people are culturally the same as the Anglo Americans. There also live aborigines. Aborigines are the ancestors of the people. Like the US and Canada, Australia was an English speaking colony of Great Britain. Today Australia is a modern developed country with a diversified economy. Australia is an island continent of 7.7 million square kilometres, which ma...
Popkult. elamisviis. Massikult. Probleem kuidas käitutakse töölisklassidega.m Tänap. Pole see teema, on lihtrahvas. p.k. massik. on midagi valesti. Teeb alati kellegile halba, kuna temaga tegeletakse. Teoreetiliste mudelite uurimisel on näha distantsi. Me oleme selles sündinud. Seda vaadeltakse kõrvalt. T. Kahu seda ei tee, ta tegeleb sellega. Distants ei ole alati akadeemiline ega ka ideaalne. Midagi on vaja parandada, midagi ühisk. on valesti. Kandub murest kuidas inimestega käitutakse. Kommerts/mass ei ole alati ajupesu. P.k. mõiste (on hägune) (need 6 väidet on teooriad, mis ei ole popkult) 1) seda armastavad paljud mõõdetakse kvantitatatiivselt (massiliselt). Argumentidelt enamus demokraatlikus ühisk kõneoskus ja kõnevõime on vaba, seal kus pole, see lämmatab teda. Tähtis on enamust kontrollida, et ei mõjutaks kogu ühisk. vaid mingit sektorit sellest. Me ei uuri miks, fikseeritud on see enamusel...
English lexicology 1. Size of English vocabulary Vocabulary is a sum total of words used in a language by speakers or for dictionary-making. Active and passive vocabulary. The Old English vocabulary was homogenous. There were about 50 000 – 60 000 words, 1/3 of which have survived. o About 450 loans from Latin o About 2000 from the Viking invasions. The Middle-English vocabulary became a heterogeneous hybrid of Germanic and Romanic languages. 100 000 to 125 000 words. o About 10 000 loans from Norman French, 75% are still in use o Continuing Latin influence Early Modern English. 200 000 – 250 000 words o English becomes a pluricentric language. o Polyglot. Cosmopolitan language Modern English. 500 000 words o At present at least 1 billion lexical units 2....
UNO SOOMERE ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996. AN OVERVIEW With a Historical and Cultural Summary IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ESTONIAN COMPOSERS CONTENTS ESTONIA AND THE ESTONIANS FOREWORD IN THE FOLD OF TSARIST RUSSIA. EMERGENCE AND FIRST STEPS ON THE CLASSICAL-ROMANTIC PATH. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION I. MUSICAL LIFE IN TARTU AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. TRAILBLAZERS: ALEKSANDER LÄTE, RUDOLF TOBIAS, ARTUR KAPP. II. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ARTUR LEMBA: THE BEGINNING OF ESTONIAN SYMPHONY AND OPERA. III. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CULTURAL AND MUSICAL LIFE: THE END OF THE TSARIST PERIOD. THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA: THE INTRODUCTION OF INNOVATIONS FROM WESTERN ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONALLY ORIENTED MUSICAL TRENDS. IV. THE TWENTIES. ARTUR KAPP: ROMANTICIST AND DRAMATIST. V. THE INFLUENCE OF NEW WESTERN MUSIC...
Pirita Majandusgümnaasium Mariell Oolma Kummitustega seotud uskumused noorte seas Pirita Majandusgümnaasiumi näitel Uurimistöö Juhendaja: Mait Talts Tallinn 2017 Sisukord SISSEJUHATUS 2 1. KES VÕI MIS ON KUMMITUS? 5 2. KUMMITUSNÄHTUSED 7 2.1. Teadlaste seletused 7 2.2. Spirituaalsed vaated kummitustele 9 3. VAIMUDEGA SUHTLEMINE 13 4. INTERVJUU 18 5. KÜSITLUSE ANALÜÜS 22 6. KUMMITUSED TÄNAPÄEVAL 29 6.1. Kummitused tänapäeva populaarkultuuris ...
N. A. Vavilov ASPECTS OF BRITISH HISTORY Н. А. Вавилов КРАТКАЯ ИСТОРИЯ ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИИ Учебное пособие на английском языке Москва Институт международного права и экономики имени А. С. Грибоедова 2008 2 УТВЕРЖДЕНО кафедрой лингвистики и переводоведения Вавилов Н.А. Краткая история Великобритании: Учебное пособие на английском языке. – 2-е изд., пересмотр. и испр. – М.: ИМПЭ им. А.С. Грибоедова, 2008. – 88 с. Пособие содержит краткий очерк важнейших событий в истории Великобритании – от первых документально засвидетельствованных вторжений на остров (кельтов, римлян и англосаксов) до создания и распада Британск...
British Cuisine Some people criticize English food. They say it's unimaginable, boring, tasteless, it's chips with everything and totally overcooked vegetables. The basic ingredients, when fresh, are so full of flavour that British haven't had to invent sauces to disguise their natural taste. What can compare with fresh pees or new potatoes just boiled and served with butter? Why drown spring lamb in wine or cream and spices, when with just one or two herbs it is absolutely delicious? If you ask foreigners to name some typically English dishes, they will probably say "Fish and chips" then stop. It is disappointing, but true that, there is no tradition in England of eating in restaurants, because the food doesn't lend itself to such preparation. English cooking is found at home. So it is difficult to a good English restaurant with a reasonable prices. In most cities in Britain you'll find Indian, Chinese, French and Italian r...
1. A generalist is ignorant from the point of view of a specialist and a specialist is stupid from the point of view of a generalist. 2. All great stupidity is created by geniuses. 3. All stereotypes are true; the fact that you recognize a slur proves that it isn't. 4. Anything you're afraid is true is true. 5. Before most people get to the point of being able to tell their ass from a hole in the ground they're already assholes and it's too late. 6. Concentrating on something important can make you lose track of your soap opera. 7. Debunking the bunk is everyone's responsibility. 8. Don't ask me to pay for anyone else's mistakes. I make enough of my own. 9. Even those who possess real magic must beware of being misled by "magical thinking." 10. Everyone knows what shit tastes like. 11. Exclusive occupancy of a private room is a basic human right. 12. Fair compensation for genius is wealth. 13. God's not perfect, so it's a pretty...
Contemporary characters find themselves in an environment peopled by icons of former eras — M a r i l y n M o n r o e , James Dean, Elvis Presley, Jayne Mansfield, Ed Sullivan, Buddy Holly, Dean M a r t i n , and Jerry Lewis. M o s t of these people are dead, but they eerily live on through their i m m o r t a l images. Vincent and M i a per form novelty dances from the 1 9 6 0 s to music that hasn't been heard in movies for thirty years. Pulp Fiction is part of the pop-culture jet stream, flowing easily out of the current collective unconscious, charged with images and sounds from previous eras. RELATIVITY A N D W O R L D CULTURE Pulp Fiction is postmodern also in its sense of cultural relativity. Although the film is set in America, it is shot through with a sense of worldwide culture and a global viewpoint. T h e characters are constantly comparing one culture to another, one set of standards to another
Ameerika ajalugu 1 Sissejuhatus · Karl May (1842-1912) · Suurima müügieduga saksa kirjanikke läbi aegade · Olulised (poiste) seiklusromaanid · Teoseid tõlgitud enam kui 30-sse keelde · Avaldatud 200milj. eksemplari · Käis vaid korras USA-s (idarannikul) veidi enne oma surma Tark indiaanipealik Winnetou · Rousseau stiilis ,,õilis pärismaalane" · Eeskuju J.F.Cooper: pärismaalased on valgete seaduserikkujate süütud ohvrid ja tõelised kangelased · Verevend valgenahaline Old Shatterhand · Valgenahalised kõrvalkangelased sageli saksa päritoluga USA kui üliriik · United States of America: asutatud 1776 · Föderatiivne vabariik, mis koosneb 50 osariigist (ja viiest territoorimumist.nt Puerto Rico) · ,,Rahvaste sulatusahi" , kümneid erinevaid rahvusi · 80% (Euroopa päritoluga...
1 Mis on tarbimissotsioloogia? 1. Sissejuhatus Meie väike Eesti asub Lääne kultuuriruumis ja siin elades puutume me kokku meeletu hulga tarbekaupade ja äriteenustega ja tekstide või siis peenemalt öeldes diskursustega, mida identifitseeritakse kui tarbimiskultuuri või tarbimisühiskonda. Asjad ümbritsevad meid sünnist surmani: sünni puhul kingitakse meie vanematele igasuguseid asju, et oma rõõmu näidata, tihti on need asjad pehmed ja roosad. Kui me sureme, siis kingitakse meie lastele igasuguseid asju, et oma kurbust näidata, tihti on need asjad mustad, valged ning teravad - kaardid ja pärjad. Selles mõttes ei ole ju eriti suurt vahet, kui me võrdleme ennast ükskõik millise lääne kultuuri eelkäija-kultuuriga või traditsioonilise kultuuriga: avalikud ja eratseremooniatel kasutati ka väga palju erinevaid objekte, millel oli erinev tähendus. Sellele vaatamata on enamus tarbimiskultu...
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