Practice Essay “These days we are far more tolerant of taboo language; it no longer has the power to shock or offend. Discuss.” Why are we more accepting of taboo language today? Increased usage‚ social groups that use taboo language to build solidarity/exclude others. What are the social purposes of taboo language? Support group solidarity‚ create social distance‚ challenge authority‚ establish identity In what situations would taboo language be shocking or offensive‚ and when would it be expected/tolerated
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Learning a new language In my 16 years old life‚ I have learned three languages so far. I may not be an expert‚ but so far I am working on developing my vocabulary in those languages I can‚ and I even learn more and more for each and every day. I am currently talking German‚ Swedish and English. I’ve studied also Spanish for four years now but I do not think I can speak the language fluently because I have not learned so especially much those years. I would like to learn a fourth language because
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Yiching Chen Department of Applied Foreign Languages Takming College in Taiwan Abstract As theorized in Anderson ’s (1983‚ 1995) associative stage of skill acquisition‚ errors or obstacles become an important index of the learning process. However‚ learning obstacles have not been widely researched in the field of language learning strategies. This study explores the difficulties or barriers confronted by the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners while acquiring listening comprehension
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get a comparison between the Hungarian primary schools and the secondary schools regarding how they teach the English language. I chose an ordinary city school to visit in Vac. First of all‚ inasmuch as I am much more interested in teaching grammar school – aged students than children in their early years I was curious about how do the elder students get along with the language learning. Secondly‚ in my future plans I put at a highlighted place the prospect of teaching in a grammar school therefore
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Horror Plague Overwhelms Village The Duvall family is this morning leaving the small village of Malsam‚ after a terrible experience. During the past two weeks‚ an infestation of mice has occurred throughout the village of Malsam‚ where the Duvall family had recently moved in. Various neighbours of the Duvall family began to be suspicious as they heard unusual noises coming from their home. On Monday 13th Gabriel and Luca‚ the Duvall children‚ arrived at school with a shoebox containing
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gifted with a special value: language. Engrossed in the theory of Chomsky‚ I have been intrigued by the human’s innate language acquisition structure and have grown up flourished by my passion of being intellectually able to seize this concept. This idea‚ in combination with my personal experiences‚ has made me consider studying English Language and Linguistics in further depth. My early years as a child were undoubtedly full of interaction with the English Language. I clearly remember the first
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THE ROLE OF GENDER IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN NIGERIA CASE STUDY OF KANO STATE BY HAUWA MAGAJIYA BALA (MRS) DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE MASTERS DEGREE [MA] IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE [TEFL] SUBMITTED TO LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 2004 DEDICATION DEDICATION OF THIS PIECE OF WORK GOES TO MY BELOVED PARENTS‚ HAJIYA FATIMA ZAHRA AND ALHAJI YUSUF MUSA. MAY GOD BLESS THEM‚ AMEEN. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I thank the
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Module 3 ~ Essay 2 | The Systems; Language Skills of English | | | 1. Take a look at the list of items below. Decide which system these relate to: lexis‚ phonology‚ grammar or function. | | I went to London; I´ve been to London.grammar | | Lend me $5. Could you possibly lend me $5?Function | | library; bookstorelexis | | foot; footsgrammar | | I’d rather not; No way!Function (grammar? Because of ;?) | | hit; heatPhonology | | photograph; photographerLexis | | should;
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000–000 Procedia Computer www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia Science www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia WCIT-2010 Effects of e-learning on Language Learning Neda Mohammadia* ‚ Vahid Ghorbanib ‚ Farideh Hamidiab a b MA student of Curriculum Development‚Department of Education‚mohammadi173a@yahoo.com BA student in English Education‚Department of English Language‚ v_ghorbani777@yahoo.com ab Assistant professor of psychology‚Department of Education‚fhamidi@srttu.edu Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training
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myriads of languages. Most countries today‚ because of increasing urbanization‚ international commerce‚ tourism‚ business travel‚ and modern technology have begun to embrace the concept of a society that is multicultural. And evidently‚ a globalized multicultural society would have to also be a society that is multilingual. Even though the US regards itself as the world’s melting pot‚ it has very low levels of proficiency in learning a second language. Most students usually study just English‚ or learn
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