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Summary | Not for Sale | Anon

Summary           ' Not for Sale ' by an anonymous writer is a heart touching story of a young couple madly in love who overcome all obstacles for the sake of their love and togetherness. The author was on a vacation when he came across a painting of a young woman . The painting was extraordinary and very expressive. He wished to buy it. But the woman in charge of the shop denied saying that the painting belonged to the owner of the shop and he did not wish to sell it. However, the painting was so touching that it kept haunting the author. Whenever he got a chance, he would drive all the way through Taos and to the gallery and see the painting. Finally, the woman shopkeeper told him the story behind the painting. Two young students, a man and a woman, fell madly in love while they studied painting and arts in New York, far from their homes . They decided to get married and have a promising career in painting.           How...

Do you think English should be learnt from a very young age?

Do you Remember learning your mother tongue? How did that experience suffer from your efforts to learn second language?           Mother tongue is the in-born language, which a baby has already familiarized even in the gestation of mother before it was born. The first language is the language which a child acquires either through schooling or socialization, such as family.           We cannot learn very quick second language it may takes some time and probably it depends upon human knowledge some can learn early and few slowly. "Learning a second language, after the critical period for language learning has ended, is more difficult because as use age the more our native language comes to dominate linguistic map space and the second language finds it’s hard to compete." Main things are motivation, attitude, age, intelligence, aptitude, cognitive style, and personality are considered as factors that greatly influence someone ...

Does Learning English can gradually affect one's use of Mother Tongue?

Do you think Learning English can gradually affect one's use of Mother Tongue?            Mostly Yes, learning English can affect one's use of mother tongue language. Because as much as we learned the second language, which is English. It decreases the interest of one's mother tongue language. Nowadays, the young generation wants to learn any things in English more often rather than their mother tongue language. This situation has started earlier in our lives, from school onwards, all the teachers wants that student must learn English. Do conversation in English only, no other languages are allowed to talk with teacher, either its normal conversation between teacher and student or only for asking about doubts. that does not mean that we shouldn't learn English earlier age, but not giving much more importance to the mother tongue language can affect the language in future prospects.       The role of mother tongue language in secon...