Grice’s Maxims Quantity [don’t say too much or too little]; Relevance [keep to the point]; Manner [speak in a clear‚ coherent and orderly way]; Quality [be truthful] Grice’s Maxims Quantity [don’t say too much or too little]; Relevance [keep to the point]; Manner [speak in a clear‚ coherent and orderly way]; Quality [be truthful] Filler Items which do not carry conventional meaning but which are inserted in speech to allow time to think‚ to create a pause or to hold a turn in
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Every language has its trouble spots‚ so does English. Learning the words of a foreign language is not an easy business since every word has its form‚ meaning‚ and usage and each of these aspects of the word may have its difficulties. Indeed‚ some English words are difficult in form (daughter‚ busy‚ bury ‚woman ‚ women ) and easy in usage; other words are easy in form (enter‚ get‚ happen) and difficult in usage. Consequently‚ words may be classified according to the difficulties students find
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school students do so (2011). My philosophy for Navajo students who are considered English Language Learners (ELL) need to have a better education meaning qualified teachers‚ accommodations‚ and programs to improve the areas they are lacking. When they receive a better education the dropout rate will decrease and the Navajo Nation will improve overall. My philosophy of what I believe are; utilizing native language‚ teacher and student communication‚ providing manipulatives‚ and using scaffolding
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English has become an universal language. Do you think that the positive effects of this trend outweigh negative effects? The influence of English as a universal language is a subject matter. People are increasingly concerned about whether the popularity of learning English is a positive trend. As far as i know‚ its benefits are far more pronounced than its downside. In economic terms‚ the prevalence of English creates two benefits. One benefit is that it enables people to explore new business
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English is an international language‚ as we all know. Therefore‚ the role it plays is very significant. For this reason‚ all efforts should be made in order to enable the students master this language. In my opinion‚ as a teacher of English language at schools for more than two decades‚ English language is easy to master. But‚ what I see now is something different. Nowadays‚ a majority of the students refrain from using this language. Many of my students at school tell me with frustration that they
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group) • Power in discourse- the ways in which power us manifested in situations through language • Power behind discourse- the focus on social and ideological reasons behind the enactment of power. (Gender‚ class etc.) • You cannot look at how power is communicated through language without looking at the society. • Language is underpinned by strong ideological perspectives. • No example of language used is a completely neutral. Fairclough- Synthetic personalisation- Basically when
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Cited: Bartholomae‚ David and Anthony Petrosky. “Introduction: Ways of Reading.” Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Readers. 8th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2008. 209-236. English Dept. of Quinnipiac University. “Part Seven: Editing Grammar.” The College Writers Reference. 5th Ed. Upper Saddle River: New Jersey‚ 2008. 335-350. Foucault‚ Michel. “Panopticism.” Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Readers. 8th Ed. By: David Bartholomae
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that many individuals are aware of the common misusage of the English language today‚ but in general do not believe that they are capable of taking action. However‚ Orwell has a different point of view; he describes a weakening of language by political and economic origins‚ which results in misleading communication. He claims that the language is dimmed and that English speakers are thoughtless‚ and their carelessness of their language only exacerbates this. He makes the point that they can reverse
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Polysemy as the Source of Ambiguities in a Language……………………..18 2.2.Historical Development of Polysemy……………………………………….22 2.3.The Diachronic Approach to Studying Polysemy…………………………...24 2.4.The Synchronic Approach to Studying Polysemy…………………………...26 2.5.Polysemy and its Connection with the Context……………………………...28 3. PRACTICAL USAGE OF POLYSEMY IN TEACHING ENGLISH….31 3.1. Ways of conveying the word meaning………………………………………31 3.2. Polysemy in Teaching English at Intermediate Level……………………….34
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Misconceptions about adults’ language learning When adults start taking English lessons in order to learn this language‚ it is common listen some comments like “you cannot teach an old dog new tricks”. Despite research results show the contrary‚ many people still believe that adults cannot learn a second language with good proficiency. All these myths related to adults’ language acquisition set a negative effect that in some cases produces that second language learning becomes a wish never reachable
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