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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

THE NON NATIVE SPEAKER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS AN INTERNATIONAL PROOF READER

Today’s ‘native’ English speaker typically hails from Great Britain but present day English evolved from a mix of languages like Latin, French and German. Typically, ‘native speakers’ of English come from both Great Britain and the United States of America, hence the internationally recognized divisions of the English language into ‘British English’ (BE) and American English (AmE).
 
It is a widely held belief that the ‘non native’ speaker of English is from any other country even if he was born in the aforementioned countries and knows no other language.
 
The international proof reader who is a non native speaker of the English Language is sometimes faced with the challenge of being regarded as less competent than the native speaker but this is a perception that can often be changed by providing practical evidence of his language proficiency.

Due to colonial influence and in recognition of its spread, the English Language has become the official language of several countries, especially in post colonial Africa and India where it is the main language of instruction in educational institutions. You therefore have other climes where the English language is officially the second language but it actually plays a primary role in foundational education.
 
School pupils in these countries are usually carefully taught the basic rules of English grammar, syntax and punctuation which they also apply orally, unlike in today’s ‘native’ English environments where the language has become diluted with so much slang and the only people who actually speak ‘Queen’s English’ are British television newscasters and the Queen of Britain herself!   A look at the spellings and grammar in any online ‘English’ forum of native speakers will reveal the actual extent to which the average 'native' speaker is skilled in the use of the language.

On the other hand however, the ‘non native’ speaker usually takes the pains to really apply the principles of the language as he has been taught. It is no wonder then that  foreign students, in the arts especially,(who had their early basic education in their native countries) studying in British and American institutions of higher learning, often produce brilliant and correctly worded essays in the course of their studies - they have firmly grounded language skills.

 It is also no mystery too, how an Asian, Sir Vidhadhar S. Naipaul who was born, educated and spent his early years in Trinidad or an African, Nigeria’s Professor Wole Soyinka, who had all his basic education in his own country, could become  Nobel Literature Prize Laureates, thrilling and captivating every audience both in writing and in speech. The rules of correct English grammar, spelling and syntax have been seared into their consciousness right from childhood. When creativity and imagination is added to this, it becomes an irresistible mix.
 
The non native speaker does not ‘own’ the English language so to speak, but when he learns to take the ‘threads’ and ‘pieces’ of the language and weave them into beautiful literary works of art or even gains sufficient proficiency to become a teacher of the language in an English institution of higher learning, he becomes a ‘master’ and ‘wordsmith’ of his adopted language.

The one who seeks a proof reader would thus do well to remember that a person can become a ‘native’ and expert user/critic of a language through study and self application, regardless of his origins or where he acquired his basic education.

 
Ibiyemi Ogunlana, BA (Ife); MILD (Lagos)

Thursday, November 22, 2012

WHETHER IT'S RESEARCH PAPER EDITING OR ESSAY EDITING: HIRE AN ONLINE EDITING SERVICE

 
Students while studying in schools, colleges or universities have to face many writing challenges. They have to deal with essay writing, research paper writing or thesis writing where they have to show their research skill along with writing aptitude. One may be acquainted with compelling research techniques but lack the competency of arranging the researched articles in a convincing pattern. The students may know the resources from where to collect the information about their respective topics but cannot express their concepts in the perfect manner. Professional thesis editing, research paper editing and essay editing services provide the students with a scope to refine their paper in terms of format, style, thought, grammar, spelling, sentences structures, referencing and many more.


These days, students who have to submit or other professionals like researchers make the use of the facility of hiring online editing or proofreading services in order to satisfy the requirements of submitting the PhD thesis etc. The students may turn to any of the online editing services for the editing of their research paper, thesis paper or essays and they will get these services immediately. One has to explain whether he or she is looking for essay editing or thesis editing. The students’ paper will be evaluated by the experienced person in the specific arena.

Emergency editing requirements is never a problem as there are online editing services that have standby experiences editors 24x7 to meet the demands of the students. Hiring online editing or proofreading services reduces the complexities of the students’ writing project. But the cost may vary for the editing service task. Whether it is research editing or Thesis editing services, they will benefit each of the students in improving their papers and grabbing the attention of the tutors.

The editors employed by the editing services will refine the mode of presentation and the flow of the concepts in the students’ research paper or dissertation and essay. The documents  produced by the editing services will be grammatically perfect. Students’ very general errors can be traced in the verbosity, application of collective nouns and possessive nouns, principal phrases, subject and verb agreement, verb appropriateness in tone and mood. The proofreading services will enable their clients to attain congruity, intelligibility and incisiveness.

Professional editing services commonly interact by means of email, telephone, instant messages. The students who need to edit their documents can mail their documents and along with instructions. Selecting a reliable proofreading service is really a tedious work. For this, one can type online research paper, thesis paper or essay editing in any of the search engines. You will be provided with numerous sites. In order to opt for a trustworthy editing service ,you are advised to conduct a well-organized research. So do not delay but start to look for a reliable proofreading or editing service.By Puneet Puneet http://www.bwithyou.com/article/9401/whether-it-is-research-paper-editing-or-essay-hire-an-online-service/