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English grammar is the structure of expressions in the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses and sentences.
There are historical, social, cultural and regional variations of English. Divergences from the grammar described here occur in some dialects of English. This article describes a generalized present-day Standard English, the form of speech found in types of public discourse including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news reporting, including both formal and informal speech. There are certain differences in grammar between the standard forms of British English, American English and Australian English, although these are inconspicuous compared with the lexical and pronunciation differences.
Eight types of word ("word classes" or "parts of speech") are distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. (Determiners, traditionally classified along with adjectives, have not always been regarded as a separate part of speech.) Interjections are another word class, but these are not described here as they do not form part of the clause and sentence structure of the language.
Indigenous education specifically focuses on teaching indigenous knowledge, models, methods, and content within formal or non-formal educational systems. The growing recognition and use of indigenous education methods can be a response to the erosion and loss of indigenous knowledge through the processes of colonialism, globalization, and modernity. Indigenous communities are able to “reclaim and revalue their languages and [traditions], and in so doing, improve the educational success of indigenous students,” thus ensuring their survival as a culture.
Increasingly, there has been a global shift toward recognizing and understanding indigenous models of education as a viable and legitimate form of education. There are many different educational systems throughout the world, some that are more predominant and widely accepted. However, members of indigenous communities celebrate diversity in learning and see this global support for teaching traditional forms of knowledge as a success. Indigenous ways of knowing, learning, instructing, teaching, and training have been viewed by many postmodern scholars as important for ensuring that students and teachers, whether indigenous or non-indigenous, are able to benefit from education in a culturally sensitive manner that draws upon, utilizes, promotes, and enhances awareness of indigenous traditions, beyond the standard Western curriculum of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
(There is)
(There is)
(There is)
(There is)
(There is the time, there is the place)
(There is the girl, there is the face)
(There is the hand, there is the touch)
(There is the love I need so much)
Oh girl, why won't you let me love you
And let your troubled heart be free
A-take heed a-to all my goodness
Take a hold and follow me now listen, baby
([unintelligible] there is today) yeah, yeah
(I am the road, I am the way) oh...
(I'll fight your fears down through the years) uh-huh!
(Believe me, believe me, baby)
Girl, why won't you let me love you
What does it take to make you see (you got to see, baby)
All the precious time you been a-wastin', baby (you been wastin',
you been wastin')
You coulda been sharing it with me sharing it baby
With every ounce of my love
I have in my command
I'm doing the very best I can
To make you understand whoa, yeah
(There is) you, baby
(There is) and me
(There is) and hope
(There is) and love
(There is) you, you you
(There is) and me
(There is) and hope
(There is)
(This is the time, this is the place) yeah, yeah
(You are the girl, you are the face) all right
(I am the hand, this is my touch) uh-huh!
(There is the love I need so much)
(There is) you...
(There is) and me
(There is) and love