Effects of Google Translate on Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension Abstract With the rapid development of technology‚ more modern ways are applied to English learning. Though technology towards language learning has been extensively studied in recent years‚ the influences of online translation are seldom examined. This study investigates the effects of Google translate on English vocabulary acquisition and article comprehension. It was hypothesized that Google translate can improve students’
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2.2 Reading Comprehension In Walpole and McKenna’s (2007) phrase‚ reading comprehension can be defined as “a cognitive act of extraction and construction of meaning‚ an act that is influenced by characteristics of the reader‚ the text‚ and the activity or goal‚ each of which is influenced by multiple sociocultural texts” (p. 7). According to Day & Park (2005)‚ there are six types of reading comprehension- literal comprehension‚ reorganization‚ inference‚ prediction‚ evaluation‚ personal response
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Connections for Comprehension? Prior-Knowledge Activation Prior-Knowledge Activation T ext A ccording to the study From Kindergarten Through Third Grade: Children’s Beginning School Experiences (2004) only twenty-nine percent of all third-grade children surveyed in the longitudinal study were able to make interpretations beyond what was stated in text. Improved Comprehension Connections Genre/Text Features V ocabulary Themes/Topics T ext-to-Text T ext-to-Self T ext-to-World
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book integrates research in language acquisition‚ psycholinguistics and neuropsychology to give a comprehensive picture of the process we call language "comprehension‚" right from the reception of an acoustic stimulus at the ear‚ up to the point where we interpret the message the speaker intended. A major theme of the book is that "comprehension" is not a unitary skill; to understand spoken language‚ one needs the ability to classify incoming speech sounds‚ to relate them to a "mental lexicon‚" to
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Tablets on Children’s Reading Comprehension Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Background of the study Reading is often difficult for high school students with special needs. Participation‚ motivation‚ and interest in independent reading are low. Reading is an important part of everyday life and is imperative to students’ success in school. Many high school students that struggle in reading do not enjoy it and even have negative associations with reading. Cultivating an
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inside classrooms across the country‚ there is such a problem on how technology is being used for the enhancement of reading comprehension. It is not the unavailability particularly of computers but how they are being used in the classroom discussion. In teaching reading‚ technology is one of the available effective approaches. However‚ the use of technologies to enhance reading instruction is still its infancy. This reflects that the technological capabilities that are known to have potential in
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Analysis Process: 1. Display program welcome message 2. Ask for item name 3. Ask for item price 4. Ask for pound weight 5. Ask for ounces 6. Convert pounds to ounces then add to input ounces 7. Divide total price by ounces 8. Display the price per ounce. Input: Item Name Item Price Item Weight in pounds Ounces as integer Output: Unit price Main Module Declare Name as String Declare Price as real Declare Lbs as integer Declare Oz as integer Declare UnitPrice
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CHAPTER 3 1. Read the following poem and contemplate what it says about human origin‚ nature‚ purpose‚ or destiny: Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise From outward things‚ whate’er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all‚ Where truth abides in fullness; and around‚ Wall upon wall‚ the gross flesh hems it in‚ This perfect‚ clear perception—which is truth. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Binds it‚ and makes all error: and‚ to know‚ Rather consists in opening
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Project Timeline Please use this timeline as a guide for pacing your reading and for developing a clearer understanding of the novel. The dates for turning in the comprehension questions are included‚ and the final project is due on Friday‚ March 2‚ 2012. Students will receive 1 bonus point towards the culminating project for each set of comprehension questions turned in. Work hard‚ and have fun! Chapters Comprehension Questions Vocabulary-not in chapter order Week 1: (January 23-27) 1-3
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Beowulf Comprehension Questions Please be sure that you answer in complete sentences using quotes from the text to support your responses. After reading Section 1: 1. What role does Hrothgar play in the epic? -The role that Hrothgar played in the epic was the role of the king. 2. Who/what is causing so much grief in Hrothgar’s kingdom? -Grendel‚ the monster‚ was causing a lot of grief in the kingdom. “How Grendel wasn’t about to stop‚ or pay damages.” 3. How many years has this battle
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