The Use of Mother Tongue in L2 Classrooms as a Tool of Target Language Acquisition Iasmine Oliveira Since the last century the discussion about the use of the mother tongue (L1) in Second Language Classroom (L2) has taken place. To use or not to use the L1 in L2 classes‚ that is the question. This essay will deal with the idea that the systematic use of L1 is a good practice. Although there are arguments against this idea‚ the benefits are greater than the problems. It will be discussed what
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Compare and contrast: Living things Question: Compare and contrast the life of a dolphin in the wild and at Sea World. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals. They are always friendly and take delight in playing with people. Because of their lovely appearance and high intelligence‚ many people began to keep them in a zoo or at sea world. This changed dolphins a lot. Although they are the same animals‚ actually‚ there are many differences between dolphins in the wild and in captivity
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Tan explains the difference between the English she speaks at home and the English she speaks outside the home. Tan identifies her mom as an educated woman however strangers pretend to ignore her because of the way how she speaks English and she is not able to receive the same respect as Tan does. Claims that she had a limited perception of her mother. Explains that speech changes with the people you interact with. Tan concludes that she is proud of her mother’s way of speaking English and wants
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Most people refer to tongue twisters as fun phrases to say so you’ll... twist your tongue. But the proper definition is... a combination of the same sounds to create a varied alliteration that could put pressure on your tongue which may cause your nerve system go above normal. In other words it can make you go wild! But there is more to tongue twisters than you think. In fact they are one of the only type of rhymes that is said in every language. The most popular English tongue twisters are Peter Piper
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What I am writing about today is a compare and contrast essay over a book and its movie. The short but reasonable book is called “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. The book and one of its many versions of movie have numerous amounts of differences‚ but with those differences there are similarities. “The Call of the Wild” is about a muscular‚ loving‚ and family dog whom is called upon the name Buck‚ and Buck is brought into the Klondike region as a part of a team of sled-dogs. The movie version
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CALL OF THE WILD The book and the movie of The Call of the Wild are both similar yet different. Like any movie based on a book‚ the movie of The Call of the Wild presents different characters and events than the book so it can be unique and enjoyable. In this essay‚ I’ll like to compare and contrast the book and the movie. The book and the movie of The Call of the Wild are fairly similar. In both the movie and the book‚ Buck first lives on Judge Miller’s estate and is kidnapped by Manuel‚ the
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Information plays a vital role in our lives today. We find it hard now in days to go a day with our phone which for most of us is how we get the information so that we can live our lives. However‚ since we have access to so much information that it can be hard for us to choice what information is important to us. In Speaking Tongues by Zabie Smith‚ she talks about the power of using different voices when talking to different people and why people and what people gain from changing their voices.
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A CAUSAL – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BILINGUALISM IN CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE LITERATURE AMONG GRADE 7 STUDENTS OF ANTONIO J. VILLEGAS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL‚ TONDO MANILA‚ SCHOOL YEAR 2013 – 2014 A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of College of Education‚ Global Reciprocal Colleges‚ Caloocan Philippines In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Research 1 in English by ERIC D. GABON MARVIN C. MONGAYA CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Based on the studies of
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In the article “Does your mother tongue shape how you think” Guy Deutscher argues that our mother tongue does indeed shape our experiences of the world. However‚ it does not do so as Benjamin Lee Whorf’s theory suggests but rather because of what our mother tongue habitually obliges us to think. Guy Deutscher takes a claim made by Benjamin Lee Whorf‚ a chemical engineer‚ who essentially stated that our native language constrains our mind and we are unable to grasp concepts that are not given
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In the poems “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt and “Half Caste” by John Agard‚ there are a variety of language features used such as personification‚ metaphors and repetition‚ which personally made descriptions in the poem more vivid. These techniques aided in making these poems more powerful and helped to effectively convey the messages that our identities are engraved in us and that we need to reconsider using the derogatory term ‘half-caste’ as it identifies people as ‘half’ people. Sujata
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