learner and will also comment on the content and organization of a text rather than only focusing on formal mistakes. Let us look at different forms and types of feedback in turn: The purpose of feedback and marking is to help learners improve their English. To correct or not to correct... The first question we need to ask ourselves is whether to correct all the mistakes in a student’s writing. Hyland (2003:185) says that ’teacher written feedback should respond to all aspects of student texts: structure
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The students in the American Language Program at Columbia University‚ interviewed by the author‚ Anita Wenden‚ of the article titled "How to Be a Successful Language Learner‚" proposed some strategies in learning English. Comparing those strategies to my own strategies‚ I find many similarities in how to be a successful learner. However‚ we have some big differences in the ways of using English‚ which is one of the strategies the students proposed. Some students suggested that living and studying
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In television and radio the interview techniques are very different. Graham Norton does both‚ in both situations we do see Norton adapting himself. He interviews Jedward in the television interview and Benedict Cumberbatch in the radio interview. They are many differences the obvious one is that one is in a television studio and the other in a radio set; another difference is the audiences that would watch them. The television situation is broadcasted on a Friday night at 10.30pm so the audience
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Research Project- Language input and learning in the Foreign Language Classroom Abstract: This article examines the differences between native and non-native English speaking teachers‚ in an Italian Primary school classroom. It uses recordings of four language classes and analyses the teachers’ lexical input‚ alongside the lexical output of the learners. It examines the types of interaction which take place‚ and the teachers’ use of the L1 comparing it to the second language acquisition theories
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The acquisition of a new language can pose many difficulties to both the student‚ in learning the language‚ and to the teacher in communicating and teaching the language. The following essay attempts to outline some of these difficulties. One of the major factors affecting all students attempting to acquire a foreign language is the correlation of the new language and their native tongue. The degree of variation between the student’s native tongue and the English language can cause all kinds of problems
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Assessing the English Language Learner (ELL) The Growth of ELL (ESL) The number of human beings who speak a language other than English continues to increase in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Australia‚ for example‚ as the number of immigrants grows. In 2006‚ 34.70% of the population of Los Angeles‚ California‚ was foreign born; 25.50% of Miami‚ Florida; 39.60% of Vancouver‚ British Columbia; 45.70% of Toronto‚ Ontario; 28.90% of Melbourne‚ Australia; and 31.70% of Sydney‚ Australia (Statistics
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DISADVANTAGES OF LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE By Rebekah Richards Learning a foreign language has some obvious benefits: you can learn about other cultures‚ improve your job prospects and travel through foreign countries more easily. However‚ learning a foreign language has some disadvantages‚ too‚ such as the cost of language courses and the time it requires. Weighing the costs and benefits can help you decide whether learning a foreign language is the right choice for you. Learning foreign language study isn’t
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GCSE English Language Unit 3: Descriptive Writing The Descriptive Writing task in Unit 3 is worth 7.5% of the subject award and is marked out of 20. The mark given for each of the examples provided is supported by comments related to the criteria given in the specification for: i) Content & Organisation ii) Sentence Structure‚ Punctuation & Spelling. A national grade is indicated in each case‚ based on the way that the same mark scale for Writing has been used in the past
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English Literature Carol Ann Duffy: Hour Context Carol Ann Duffy is the first female Poet Laureate (2009)‚ and probably the best known female poet working in Britain today. She was born in 1955 in Glasgow. Duffy is well known for poems that give a voice to the dispossessed (people excluded from society); she encourages the reader to put themselves in the shoes of people they might normally dismiss. Her poetry often engages with the grittier and more disturbing side of life‚ using black humor
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Analysis of Piers Plowman NOUNS Somer: sb. Summer. M. nom sg seson: sb. Season. Sonne: sb. Son. Dat nominal Heremite: sb. hermit. Dat nominal Workes: sb. work. Gen sg/ nom/gen/dat/acc pl World: sb. world Wondres: sb. wonders. Gen sg/ nom/gen/dat/acc pl May: sb. The month of May Maluerne: sb. marvel. Dat nominal Banke: sb. bank. Dat nominal Wateres: sb. water. Gen sg/ nom/gen/dat/acc pl Wildernesse: sb. Wilderness Toure: sb. tower. Dat nominal Dongeon: sb. The highest tower of a castle
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