Causes of Student Weakness in English A foreign language can be quiet difficult to master especially for learners who are living in their mother country. However‚ students are expected to have a certain knowledge in English language so as to be able to continue their studies and communicate easily in their personal and professional life. Unfortunately‚ most of today’s students don’t seem to reach the level required due to some reasons that I intend to discuss in this paper. One of the most
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schools -- NST‚ Jan 19). There are many reasons for students getting stressed. The main reason is their inability to follow lessons in English. They suffer in silence. In the process‚ they lose their self-esteem. A majority of students are weak in English. Most of them can hardly write a 100-word comprehension or read simple materials. If we care to do a random survey‚ we will find that the majority of Penilaian Menengah Rendah students don’t understand the required text‚ Phantom of the Opera
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International Journal of English Language Education ISSN 2325-0887 2013‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 Factors Causes Students Low English Language Learning: A Case Study in the National University of Laos Thongma Souriyavongsa (Corresponding author) School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Malaysia Tel: 601-6690-9027 E-mail: thongam_2008@yahoo.com Sam Rany School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Malaysia Tel: 601-7506-3234 E-mail: sr11_edu045@student.usm.com Mohamad Jafre
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Write a short paragraph about your students’ reading fluency. Where are their strength and weakness? What have you done in the past to support students who are not yet fluent in their reading? Reading fluency is defined by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as: "the ease or ’naturalness’ of reading‚" including how a reader (i) groups or phrases words as revealed through intonation‚ stress‚ and pauses; (ii) adheres to the writer’s syntax; and (iii) expresses oneself in feeling
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Marques Johnson September 16‚ 2014 “Skepticism about Weakness of Will” Summary By: Gary Watson In this essay Watson argues that there is no fundamental distinction between weakness of will‚ akrasia‚ and compulsive behavior. Watson said that when a person knowingly acts against their better judgment that is a weakness of their will. In particular‚ he challenged the common view that the weak-willed individuals are unable to resist‚ while a person who acts compulsively cannot resist their
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LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; CAUSES AND EFFECTS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS The low levels of English proficiency among university students nowadays becoming a hot issue among academic thinkers. This is because the students’ English language skills are not being developed during their higher education experience. Thus‚ reflects negatively on the quality of higher education and its graduates. The factors low English proficiency among most learners are due to two factors; internal factors such as no confident
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Title : The poor English communication among students in high education Today‚ the problem of vulnerability to master English more serious among students regardless of primary‚ secondary or university level. More worrisome‚ the problem spread among students in the high level education. Let us think about why this problem occurs. Firstly‚ students seldom practice what they have learned English. The amounts of students reading a material in English is too less. They did not take cognizance of current
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THE CAUSE OF STUDENTS’ DEPRESSION IN THEIR STUDY In the beginning of their study‚ students often feel excited with what they are going to do. However there comes a time in the middle of their study when they feel depressed with their study. These are some possible things that cause the depression in their study‚ too much expectation‚ feeling disoriented‚ family problem‚ teenager problem‚ and having no vision. When entering new life as college students‚ students often expect things to go right.
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everyone in general‚ mainly for my students - soldiers. These people are required to reach a sufficient level in a foreign language in order to accomplish military assignments in missions abroad. Teaching foreign languages‚ mainly English‚ for these military purposes is provided by the Defence Language Institute in Vyškov where I have been working as an English teacher for almost three years. My principal goal is to provide the soldiers with as efficient English lessons as possible because it will
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Dunkelburger‚ Anthony‚ Williams and Zhang‚ children with speech sound disorders (SSD) demonstrate delayed achievement of developmentally appropriate speech sounds‚ resulting in reduced intelligibility of their speech. The authors hypothesized that the weakness in students ability to hear sounds and print with
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