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Henry Ford High Forum, is a place for alumni and friends of this Detroit High School. This official Alumni Forum has been owned and maintained by Alumnus of Henry Ford High since 2001. The school is located at 20000 Evergreen Road, Detroit, Michigan 48219
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Ex-residents of Twin Valleys community/school (which was) in Ontario form the nucleus of this forum. The community was founded by George Bullied in the early seventies and numbered close to 200. Residents ran a school, built domes, grew food and learned to live creatively.
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This forum is for the discussion of the Japanese language, literature, and Japanese language learning. Feel free to use English or Japanese.
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This forum is meant as a Spanish language learning tool, for all those who are interested in brushing up their skills in it. Worldwide membership is more than welcome for a global view and represantation of the Spanish spoken in many parts of the world.
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Children learn to speak before they learn to read and write. Learning to speak appears to happen naturally within the home, whereas learning to read and write is usually associated with the beginning of formal schooling. Thus, we often assume that written language is more difficult to learn, and we perceive speech as less complex than written language. This is not the case: oral language is just as linguistically complex as written language, but the complexity is of a different kind. The... Children learn to speak before they learn to read and write. Learning to speak appears to happen naturally within the home, whereas learning to read and write is usually associated with the beginning of formal schooling. Thus, we often assume that written language is more difficult to learn, and we perceive speech as less complex than written language. This is not the case: oral language is just as linguistically complex as written language, but the complexity is of a different kind. The inevitable differences in the structures and use of speech and writing come about because they are produced in very different communicative situations.
Children learn to speak before they learn to read and write. Learning to speak appears to happen naturally within the home, whereas learning to read and write is usually associated with the beginning of formal schooling. Thus, we often assume that written language is more difficult to learn, and we perceive speech as less complex than written language. This is not the case: oral language is just as linguistically complex as written language, but the complexity is of a different kind. The...
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