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PB TV series, do you speak Americans? (2005), the supporting texts of Robert McNeill and William Crane provide rich insights on American dialects and how local language changes reflect changes in America's lives. For information on this material, please visit the following website. http://www.pbs.org/speak/ Age arrival: Hack's identity search focuses on adolescent transition from careless childhood to responsible adulthood. In general, this theme emphasizes psychological growth and maturity, as young people can search for identity potentially lead to isolation, confusion, and rebellion. Teenagers may be seeking independence and freedom to explore the surrounding unknown world, but they also rely on adult safety, economic and emotional support. Young people are seeking support from their colleagues in struggle for independence and in discovering their abilities and abilities

One of the biggest assumptions of existence is that people from South or New York have poor English ability. This myth is settled in the PBS special program "You say America"? Exploring how Americans speak and perceive languages. According to the documentary, a group of 150 people in southeastern Michigan ranked English correctness in 50 states. The lowest ranking is New York State and New Jersey, Southern Province and Northeastern State. But the documentary shows how the southern community uses languages ​​to share stories about its heritage. The words and accent they use are characteristic of the area.

Our way of talking is influenced by many things. First, learn to speak English itself and learn how to pronounce it. If we were born in a bilingual family, we may learn English and other languages. Then, as we went to school we learned to read and write English speech in grammar form called standardized spelling, punctuation marks and standard English. Depending on family history, you can speak standard English and its associated accented radio (RP). Alternatively, I speak standard English with regional accent, such as regional accent related to Birmingham and black nations. You can include a dialect function different from standard English, such as vocabulary (Bostin if good) and grammar (ay for me)) Your speech does not)