Nowadays‚ one of the hottest issues in the field of foreign and second language learning or teaching is how to converse fluently in the target language. Generally speaking‚ most of the EFL learners believe that their knowledge in English is nearly assessed by the way they can interact in the target language. They maintain that their linguistic knowledge and their abilities in other skills—reading‚ writing‚ and listening—are not that much important. What is significant is their ability in conversational
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Mass Media Tools: Internet Social Networks: Enhance Writing for English Language Learners Submitted By Joana Jane D. Santos Year and Section: BSEDE-3-1 Submitted to Cez Eugenio Language of Education Area Date SY 2012-2013 Introduction Social Networking has been one of the latest fads in the internet today. That most of the students spend most of their time in browsing like Facebook‚ YouTube‚ Twitter‚ Slideshare and etc. Socialization makes other people communicate with others
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Learners’ Attitudinal Challenges: Problems and Remedies Prof. A. G. Dodewar Assistant Professor of English Mahila Mahavidyalaya‚
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describe the points of referral to meet the needs of the learners. By Wayne Phillips City and Guilds: PTLLS Level 3 Theory Question Assessment 6 Group A Glenn Evans 16 April 2012 List and describe the points of referral to meet the needs of the learners. Planning • I would ensure the course documents take into consideration the individual needs of the learner. E.g. Initial Assessment‚ Scheme of work‚ ILP and APL
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Classroom A case study of a South Korean and a Saudi Arabian Learner Abstract The present case study was designed to compare the language anxiety and willingness to communicate of one Korean and one Saudi adult English Language Learner. The literature suggests that cultural characteristics and perspectives about language learning contribute to the extent of anxiety which learners experience. The topic was investigated by collecting qualitative
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By using my Life-long Learner goals‚ I developed many traits that got me into the habit of using Spanish in my everyday routine. My first Life-long Learner goal was that I would talk to my friends who are taking the same Middlebury spanish course as I am. I did this every day during the school week. We discussed the online course‚ our other classes‚ and everything about our days. It really helped me maintain practice and awareness of the Spanish language. It was very fun to communicate without using
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This journal article gives strategies for helping English-language learners develop basic vocabulary so that they can read effectively. It addresses the problem that English-language learners face today‚ they need vocabulary to be able to read effectively; on the other hand‚ the best way for students to acquire vocabulary is through reading. The solution according to the article is to build basic vocabulary by identifying the most basic vocabulary‚ appropriateness of simplified material‚ benefits
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Significant language development and academic growth of the English Learner Kathy Gallivan ELL 497‚ Capstone Class Prof. Louise Framan November 5‚ 2012 The ultimate goal of teaching content and language to English language learners involves many theories of pedagogy and language acquisition. One language development theory is discussed within an introduction of Stephen Krashen at a language seminar‚ Mr. Shoebottom summarized his theory of language acquisition as having “no fundamental
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DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING LISTENING SKILL OF NON-ENGLISH MAJOR LEARNER AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE DIFFICULTIES”. 1.1. Listening Skill: Many language learners consider listening ability the measure of knowing a language. As for them‚ fluency is the ability to converse with others much more than the ability to read‚ write or comprehend oral language. They regard listening as the most important skill they can acquire. Therefore‚ if learners do not learn how to listen or do not get any opportunities
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of Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners in Bilingual Education Classrooms‚” a scholarly article was written by Romilia Dominguez de Ramirez and Edward S. Shapiro; tailors the importance of constructing significant resources in schools to help Spanish-speaking English language learners‚ also addressed as ELLs. Over the years‚ a dramatic increase of Spanish speaking students in U.S. schools has increased. It is stated that 78% of English language learners in Grades K-12 speak Spanish. Two different
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