An article discussing the grammar-translation approach to language learning. At the height of the Communicative Approach to language learning in the 1980s and early 1990s it became fashionable in some quarters to deride so-called "old-fashioned" methods and‚ in particular‚ something broadly labelled "Grammar Translation". There were numerous reasons for this but principally it was felt that translation itself was an academic exercise rather than one which would actually help learners to use language
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message. Functional grammar is an unconsciously learnt ability to manipulate the grammar of a language to suit the occasion; taking in ones social‚ cognitive and pragmatics‚ relating to the structure of the language. (Walter de Gruyter). Communicative competence is a subset of functional grammar and its approach in teaching will allow students to learn grammar through meaningful communication. Communicative competence is a speaker ’s internalized knowledge‚ both of the grammar rules of a language
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1. Introduce yourself Before I start‚ I’d like to thank you for give me this opportunity by conducting this interview. My name is Jing Shen‚ and you can call me Jane‚ I am from Dailian‚ I was studying and working in Ireland for last 9 years‚ I got my Bachelors degree in Accounting and Finance at 2008 from Dublin Business school‚ and just before that‚ I got a certificate of Business English issued by higher education and training awards council Ireland. During my study‚ I also held various part-time
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Unit 8 Teaching Vocabulary I) Understanding Vocabulary & vocabulary learning The acquisition of vocabulary at first sight seems straightforward; we all know you need a large number of words to speak a language. That is to say‚ the role of vocabulary seems to have received people’s consistent understanding in foreign language learning. However‚ people are still uncertain about which vocabulary items should be taught and learned‚ in what order and how they can be taught and learned most effectively
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generative grammar refers to a particular approach to the study of syntax. A generative grammar of a language attempts to give a set of rules that will correctly predict which combinations of words will form grammatical sentences. In most approaches to generative grammar‚ the rules will also predict the morphology of a sentence.[citation needed] Generative grammar arguably originates in the work of Noam Chomsky‚ beginning in the late 1950s. However‚ Chomsky has said that the first generative grammar in the
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i Research on Prescriptive Grammar and Its Comparison with Descriptive Grammar ii Abstract In English linguistics‚ there are two approaches which are opposite to each other theoretically: prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar. These two grammars were born in different historical conditions‚ and the application rules involved in has been still under the dispute through the development of English linguistics. It is significant to study the development trend and application in English
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Vocabulary for TOEFL® iBT ® ® N E W YO R K Copyright © 2007 LearningExpress‚ LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress‚ LLC‚ New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Vocabulary for TOEFL iBT. p. cm. ISBN: 978-1-57685-632-1 1. Test of English as a Foreign Language—Study guides. 2. English language— Examinations—Study guides. 3. Vocabulary—Examinations—Study guides. 4. English
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A Gap of Sky A) Youth. It is a time‚ a state in life in which a person‚ who is not a child but still not an adult yet‚ is forced through many changes‚ physically as well as mentally. Age and responsibility are growing proportionally as well as the expectations from parents‚ school‚ friends and more. Youth is often characterized by independence‚ desire and by a struggle of individuality. Youth is like millions of traffic lights‚ switching colors in high speed and forcing you to hit the brake at
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"Dressed to kill" (well-dressed girl) 2.) "I wish to have wings‚ I want to fly" (based on SOP) 3.) All that glitters is not gold 4.) Archipalago (was out of the blue‚ but after this my interview revolved around islands) 5.) Coincidence (Coz there were too many Varuns and Vikas in the GD group. Infact interview started with this question. My answer was Sir may be we have been arranged alphabetically to which he responded or may be its just a coincidence) 6.) ’Govinda aala re’ (name govinda)
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***Since can also function as a subordinate conjunction Should I end a sentence with a preposition? The so-called "rule" about never ending a sentence with a preposition comes from Latin grammar. In Latin‚ the word order of a sentence didn’t matter; subjects and verbs and direct objects could appear in any sequence. However‚ the placement of prepositions was important. Latin sentences could quickly become confusing if the preposition does not appear immediately before the object of the preposition
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