Assertiveness in ELT: A Review of Literature Nur’ain Balqis Binti Haladin Faculty of Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia nurainbalqis@utm.my Noor Aireen Binti Ibrahim Language Academy Universiti Teknologi Malaysia naireen@utm.my According to Sigler‚ Burnett and Child (2008)‚ in 1940s research on assertiveness started to gain the scholarly interest. In its early popularity‚ assertiveness was mainly focused on the differences in assertiveness based on gender and race of the communicator
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Master & Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language Entrance Exam Name: Date: I. Read the following text and answer the questions below: ‘Acquisition’ In order to study how learner acquire a second language‚ a clear‚ operational definition of what is meant by the term ‘acquisition’ is needed. Unfortunately‚ researchers have been unable to agree on such a definition. ‘Acquisition’ can mean several things. First‚ some researchers (for example‚ Krashen 1981) distinguish
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report is to talk about a narrower‚ functional perspective of variation in language use and the linguistics resources which ESP /EAP students may choose and ignore in order to achieve their communicative goals in professional practice. This involves three important concepts: EST (English for Science and Technology)‚ EAP (English for Academic Purposes) and ESP (English for Specific Purposes). The first concept‚ EST is the language used in the professional contexts of natural sciences and technology. According
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN Faculty of Philology Department of Theory and practice of foreign languages Term Paper Using independent creative activity in the course of teaching a foreign language Written by A. I. Bakhytov FL-36 student Major 050119 Supervised by
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The Grammar-Translation Method The grammar-translation method of foreign language teaching is one of the most traditional methods‚ dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. It was originally used to teach ’dead’ languages (and literatures) such as Latin and Greek‚ and this may account for its heavy bias towards written work to the virtual exclusion of oral production. As Omaggio comments‚ this approach reflected "the view of faculty psychologists that mental discipline
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from greatly.Learning English as a foreign language at one of the clubs in my town back in Russia was‚ probably‚ the best learning experiences I have had so far. But what made it so positive?First of all‚ the motivation factor. I was 15 years old and very passionate about learning English. I wanted to be able to use it for my career as a teacher and simply in daily communication with my friends‚ American missionaries. The ability to speak another language opened up a whole new world for me of a different
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Word – Combinations. Various Theories. Types of Word – Combinations. 4. The Sentence. Principles of Sentence Modeling. 5. The sentence. Types of sentences HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1. Mutation in OE and Its Later Results. 2. The Great Vowel Shift. 3. The Formation of the National Literary Language. 4. The System of Declension and Its Later Development. 5. The System of the Weak Verb and Its Later Development. 6. The System of the Strong Verb and Its Later Development. LINGUOSTYLISTICS
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Introduction Technological advancements the last decades have contributed to the creation of a globalized era‚ with the English language as a common denominator‚ as the major language spoken between those who do not share any language. Globalization have made it possible for an extreme output of popular culture that has mainly origins of English speaking countries with U.S.A. as the main exporter of popular culture through music‚ movies‚ television etc. In this essay I explore the positive
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1. The SUBJECT MATTER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (LANGUAGE SYSTEMS & LANGUAGE SKILLS). The important questions are “What exactly we are teaching?”‚ “What is the subject matter of language teaching?” There are two main headings: a) LANGUAGE SYSTEMS and b) LANGUAGE SKILLS. a) Language systems-we could consider: 1. Vocabulary (or lexis) - the meaning of the individual words or groups of words. 2. Grammar - how the words interact with each other within the sentence. 3. Phonology – the sounds
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English Language Department Master ’s Research Proposal Entitled: The effect of Task-based Instruction and Content-based Instruction On the comprehension and Production of Existential Constructions by Iranian EFL Learners February 2012 Introduction The acquisition and appropriate use of grammatical constructions have always been one of the significant dimensions of foreign language teaching. They have always been at the center of attention in any approach or method focusing on teaching and
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