Age and second language acquisition For over sixty years scientists and linguists have been doing the researches about the second language acquisition and bilingualism among children. It has been discovered that second language acquisition is a parallel of the first language acquisition but also there are a lot of differences. At the beginning it must be said what the bilingualism and second language acquisition are. SLA (Second Language Acquisition) refers to the process by which people learn
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Topic Literature Review: English Language Teaching Strategies for Learning-Disabled Secondary School Students Date : 26 November 2004 Introduction One of the aims of the Singapore Ministry of Education is to ensure that all school-going children receive a minimum ten years of general education. Streaming is one way to ensure that all students are taught according to their academic ability‚ and "learn at a pace which they can cope." (Coping with Singaporeans ’ Concerns‚ 2001‚ p. 4)
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ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE: ITS HISTORICAL PAST AND ITS FUTURE Zuliati Rohmah Abstract: This paper discusses English as a global language. The description of its history is offered to enable us to detect the underlying motivation of spreading English world-wide. How English plays a role on the death of other languages is presented to make us aware of preserving our own language‚ while making use of English. The future of English is predicted to give us a direction to our activities in relation
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ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE Abstract This paper is intended to raise awareness on the aspects which define English as an international language‚ by examining the characteristics of an international language‚ the number of users‚ how it spread to reach global status‚ what factors may impede its continued spread and what dangers are involved in the development of English as an international language. English’s
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development of the world and the raising level of education‚ learning a foreign language has become a compulsory subject for every student. At the same time‚ the problem of learning foreign languages is extremely crucial. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of education and has contributed to an overflow of information. Foreign languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information
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Success to learning English At the present time‚ English language is an international language that whole people are using very day. English is important language for today. Such as‚ communicating‚ using continue study‚ and so on. I remember that‚ I have studied English since I was primary school. There are ways that lead to success in learning English; attending in class‚ reviewing lesson‚ and practicing for real situation. English is difficult language because we are not native speaker
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INTRODUCTION The English language is very important to know and to use in communication. It does give us the chance to communicate well with others. Knowing how to communicate using the English language will make our life easier and abundant. It is assured that English language give us the opportunity to connect and share different ideas and conversation with all the people. We are aware today that we are in a high technology generation‚ where we used computers and high technology gadgets and
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Unit 13 Essay | American Students‚ Second Languages | CP-150 | Janet Petty 5/25/2012 | American Students should be required to learn a second language to help them compete in today’s market place. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the world population exceeded 7 billion on March 12‚ 2012. (Wikipedia) According to the United States Department of Education‚ as of 2006 less than 1% of American high school students combined studied Arabic‚ Chinese‚ Japanese‚ Korean‚ Russian
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Benefits of E-learning E-learning has definite benefits over traditional classroom training. While the most obvious are the flexibility and the cost savings from not having to travel or spend excess time away from work‚ there are also others that might not be so obvious. For example: It’s less expensive to produce - Using Trainersoft’s authoring software to produce your own asynchronous training programs‚ e-training is virtually free once you reach the break-even point. Synchronous programs will
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Linguistic imperialism occurs when the language of a large or dominant population or the language of power transfers to other people in the same or neighboring areas. There are many types of linguistic imperialism and many causes of it. Causes include immigration‚ conquest‚ trade and cultural superiority. The spread of religions that transcend local cultures and languages can also cause linguistic imperialism. Such changes in language can be forced or can take place through natural changes. Acts
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