www.ccsenet.org/ijel International Journal of English Linguistics Vol. 1‚ No. 2; September 2011 A Study on Strategy Instruction and EFL Learners’ Writing Skill Giti Mousapour Negari Department of English Language & Literature University of Sistan & Baluchestan‚ Zahedan‚ Iran Tel: 98-541-805-6622 E-mail: mousapour@hamoon.usb.ac.ir Received: June 20‚ 2011 Accepted: August 3‚ 2011 doi:10.5539/ijel.v1n2p299 Abstract Writing in a second or foreign language seems to be the most
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Engro Foods Limited Engro Corporation Limited is one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates. It has diverse businesses that represent the rich legacy of innovation and growth. Engro Foods is one of the unrelated diversification of Engro Corporation Limited which is going towards growth very rapidly. Asad Umar is the President of Engro Corporation Limited since January 2004‚ the Chairman of all Engro subsidiaries and joint ventures. He quotes that: “The leadership challenge is simple. It is to
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and evaluate two specific parts of the Inside Out course book‚ the contents page and Unit 10. To save preparation time‚ it is more useful and convenient to evaluate any course book before using it with students. As English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers‚ we must follow evaluation criteria or a set of questions that are suitable and correspond to the students’ goals. As Dougill (1987‚ p. 32) argues‚ the quality of criteria is more important than the quantity. This research paper uses several
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Speaking a second or foreign language is‚ undoubtedly‚ a highly complex‚ and fascinating human activity. During the past few decades‚ there has been a growing interest in enhancing and encouraging the active use of the L2 in instructional contexts. There has been an emphasis on the crucial role of practicing and internalising a structure; fostering the balanced development of learners’ fluency‚ accuracy‚ and complexity of language; or enabling and encouraging learners to communicate their own meanings
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From Chinese English‚ Chinglish to Standard English The modern English trends to globalization and also manifests localization. Chinese English and Chinglish are two different kinds of linguistic expressions and of Chinese characteristics. Chinese English is a variety of English and Chinglish is a transitional language before English learners know English well. Finally‚ they trend to the same and blend in Standard English. 1. Chinese English It is commonly believed that Chinese English is
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Vocabulary Acquisition [15] Marefat‚ H. & Shirazi‚ M. A. (2003). The Impact of Teaching Direct Learning Strategies on the Retention of Vocabulary by EFL Learners [16] Mendonça‚ D.M.( 2003). Working Memory Capacity and the Retention of L2 Vocabulary. [17] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.(2010).Vocabulary. Retrieved on July 9‚ 2010. [18] Min‚ H.-T. (2008). EFL Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention: Reading Plus Vocabulary Enhancement Activities and Narrow Reading [19] Nation‚ I. S. P. (2001). Learning Vocabulary
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your notes by hand. Source Information: Hastings‚ M.‚ Thiel‚ S. & Thomas‚ D.(2003‚ January) The deadly noodle ‚Newsweek‚ 141(3)‚ retrieved from http://www.newsweel.com/2003/01/19/the-deadly-noodle.html. Vocabulary: New words‚ key words in text‚ collocation information a culture bound syndrome: n. a group of symptoms that consistently occur together or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms vulnerable: susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm Main Idea: State the main
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betterenglish LEARNING BETTER SPEAKING A GUIDE TO IMPROVING YOUR SPOKEN ENGLISH Welcome Welcome to Better Speaking. This booklet is designed to help you overcome some of the most common problems which people face when they are learning to speak English. Using extracts from the BBC World Service radio series‚ Better Speaking‚ we look at how you can become a more fluent speaker of English‚ and at some of the skills you need for effective communication.The topics we look at include…
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ON Assessing Vocabulary Learning and Teaching Ahmed Qadoury Abed Assistant Lecturer University of Wassit College of Education‚ Department of English Abstract Vocabulary knowledge is fundamental; students cannot understand a text without knowing what most of the words means. Lack of adequate vocabulary knowledge is already an obvious and serious obstacle for many students. Teachers and students are in need to new techniques in this issue. The reasons behind students ’ low performance in learning
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most of the principles of co-occurrence constraints found in many other languages. Some of the combinatorial restrictions that have received attention in the language include‚ among others‚ selectional restriction‚ inherent verb compliment‚ and collocation. The first-mentioned is the concern of this study. So far‚ discussions on this topic have always been generative‚ suggesting that the mechanism is rule-based. This work departs from this traditional approach. It has been argued‚ with sufficient
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