What is the poem I was only 19 about?

What is the poem I was only 19 about?

John Schumann’s song ‘I was only nineteen’ is a ‘national anthem’ to the Australian veterans who fought in Vietnam. It has become one of Australia’s best-loved and best-known songs, and it honours the memory of those who fought and those who died in that brutal war.

Who wrote the original 1985?

Jaret ReddickMitch AllanJohn Allen
1985/Composers

Did Bowling for Soup do the Phineas and Ferb theme?

Bowling for Soup cowrote and sang the theme song for Disney’s Phineas and Ferb, “Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day”. The group briefly appears in one episode of Phineas and Ferb, called “Phineas and Ferb’s Quantum Boogaloo”. “Greatest Day” was the opening song to the Nickelodeon film The Last Day of Summer.

What is Schumann acculturation theory?

Schumann’s Acculturation Theory as presented in The Pidginization Process: A Model for Second Language Acquisition (1978) predicts that the degree of a learner’s success in second language (L2) acquisition depends upon the learner’s degree of acculturation.

How old is John Schuman?

69 years (May 18, 1953)John Schumann / Age

Who is the girl in the 1985 music video?

She became known as the girl in the music videos of a-ha’s singles “Take On Me” and “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” made in 1985. She is the former girlfriend of the band’s lead vocalist, Morten Harket….

Bunty Bailey
Occupation Actress
Years active 1980–2008

Is I was only 19 a protest song?

This iconic protest song written by John Schumann was released as a single in March 1983, hitting number one on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The song presents a soldier’s experience of war and reflects on Australia’s attitude to involvement in the Vietnam conflict.

What is language shock?

1. The challenge of understanding and communicating in a second language in an unfamiliar environment, and confusion about the norms of behavior in a new cultural setting.

Why is I was only 19 a protest song?