among foreign language learners. These include age‚ intelligence‚ aptitude‚ motivation‚ attitude‚ personality‚ learning/cognitive style and learning strategies. Definition of language learning strategies according to scholars : According to Brown 2007‚” learning strategies are those specific “attacks” that we make on a given problem‚ they are the moment-by-moment techniques that we employ to solve problems posed by second language input and output”. For Chamot 2005‚ “language learning strategies
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for dinner? Which outfit should be worn today? Do the homework now or later? Choices are what decide the path that is taken. The choices made can change futures. A question to ponder is if kids should start thinking about college at a young age? I say that kids should start thinking about college in their freshman and the three reasons why. To start off‚ some of the classes a person takes in high school may affect that person in college. An example would be if a person studies sports medicine. That
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Foreign Language in High School Does freedom of speech include the choice of what language you learn in school? Many high schools are only offering Spanish as the sole foreign language. Gone are the days when students could choose what language to learn second to English. The schools have taken this choice away from our youth‚ due to the number of Spanish speaking people in this county. It is important for us to as a global society to offer multiple languages in high schools. If students are given
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SUCCESS THROUGH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE These are a couple of readings that I have been asked to do for our friends from Russia who visited with us as a part of the Children of Chernobyl Program. I’m going to read a short selection from a motivational book called "Insight". This particular reading has to do with the importance of understanding and using foreign languages that might be appropriate to the Russian students‚ because‚ certainly‚ we’re living in a world that is getting smaller and smaller
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Persuasive Language Techniques 1. Attacks Attacks are a version of playing the man‚ not the ball. If you can make your opposition seem less credible‚ you may be more likely to get a reader to agree with your side of the argument. At the least‚ attention can be taken away from the issue itself and put on to the personality. Attacks can attempt to belittle or embarrass or just plain insult an opponent. The idea is that the weaker you can make your opposition appear‚ the stronger you and your contention
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERACTION ANALYSIS One way to begin to look at your role as an initiator of interaction in the classroom is to look at yourself (and other teachers) in terms of a well known taxonomy for describing classroom interaction. More than two decades ago‚ the work of Flanders (1970) and‚ more specific design of Gertrude Moskowitz (1971‚ 1976) gave us some categories for observation of classes known as the FLINT (Foreign Language Interaction) Model (see Talble 11.1) How is a model like
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percentage‚ and must be lean and muscular. A wrestling practice can start with a six mile jog followed by a thirty minute session of running up stairs‚ and carrying people on their backs. Afterwards‚ the wrestler would engage in a full practice of drills‚ learning new moves‚ and going "Live". Live is not quite drilling‚ but not as intense as a real match. It allows wrestlers to see what will happen when they try new moves and counters in a sort of "practice" match. Not many people are physically and mentally
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References: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2006). About BMI for Adults. Retrieved April 9‚ 2007‚ from http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/ adult_BMI/ about_adult_BMI.htm Koretz‚ G. (2003). Those Heavy Americans. Business Week‚ Retrieved Tuesday‚ April 9‚ 2007 from the Academic Search Premier database. Obesity
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learn a foreign language In this world‚ there are many type of language exist. Some of them exist since the ancient history such as Mandarin and Arabic. However‚ plenty of them was formed by the evolvement of other language. For example‚ Korean and Japanese languages exist from the evolvement of Mandarin Language. Other than that‚ Malay language exist from the evolvement of Arabic language and all them still been used until now on. Moreover‚ today life needs us to learn the foreign language for the
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Language is a critical component of every student and the importance of learning a language is an integral part of the learning process. Not only is it important to learn how to read‚ but it is equally as important to be able to learn how to write. Students are without a doubt at a great advantage if they are able to communicate and read and write in multiple languages. As for myself‚ I was exposed to the English language at home. My parents would do every effort to teach me to learn how to first
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