Informal Learning Of English Via Online Games Noor Azwa Mohamed Ozir General Studies Department‚ Ungku Omar Polytechnic Abstract : Computer games as a leisure activity have become an ever-increasing part of many young people’s day-to-day lives (Griffiths & Davis‚ 2005). Krasilovsky (2006) claimed that young learners tend to ‘favor “edutainment” applications-academics-oriented games’. Wood (2001) investigated the use of learning games as a learning tool and concluded that game-like formats
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Grammatical mistakes made by non- native English language speakers. Introduction Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication‚ or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistics. Linguistic theory has traditionally considered native speakers as the only reliable source of linguistic data (Chomsky 1965). It is therefore not surprising
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Martínez Teaching English as an International Language Native vs. non-native speaker teachers Llurda‚ Enric (2004) Non-native-speaker teachers and English as an International language. International Journal of Applied Linguistics‚ 14(3). 314-323. English has undergone different changes in how it is perceived in the world: In multilingualism countries‚ criticism defines the spread of English as an aggressive expansion. In less politically charged domains‚ English is perceives just as
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Age problems and difficulties in leaning English as a foreign language Since 19th century foreign language learning has been a practice for many people. That was mostly due do colonization and industrialization or economic purposes. People from different cultures came into contact to one another. They needed to talk and exchange ideas. For the colonizers‚ they needed to learn the language of those countries which they were invading‚ to understand the mentality and the culture of its inhabitants
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The important things of multimedia system in learning English Topic : Education Topic Area : The important things of multimedia system in learning English to the first Learners Audience : Government‚ Teachers‚ Parents‚ Students‚ Introduction : Assalamu’alaikum wr wb‚ Good Morning Ladies and Gentlement . . . . Honorable‚ Indonesian Chemistry of education . . . . Honorable‚ All of the Governors of Indonesian . . . . Honorable‚ All of Rectors‚ and the delegation of Teachers and the Students
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ESP World‚ Issue 1 (22)‚ Volume 8‚ 2009‚ http://www.esp-world.info ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES Galina Kavaliauskienė Mykolas Romeris University‚ Vilnius‚ Lithuania Abstract A revival of interest to using a mother tongue in the English classroom is stipulated by necessity to improve language accuracy‚ fluency and clarity. This paper aims at examining students’ perceptions of the use of mother tongue and translation in various linguistic situations. The activities
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roles. The biggest difference between of the Native Americans and the European immigrants is the issue of land use and ownership. Native Americans believed that land was sacred‚ and that nature needed to be cared for. They also did not value land ownership‚ all of the tribes land and belongings were shared. The idea of ownership here was not commonly used. On the other end of the spectrum‚ the Europeans had beliefs very different from the Native Americans. One of the main reasons the Europeans
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Densie Keaton Social Networking Advantages and Disadvantages HLT 610 Grand Canyon University Finding the advantages and disadvantages of social networking for career advancement was to say the least interesting. The employment advancement with Social media in education can teach students marketing skills early on in the process. When using sites like Facebook‚ twitter‚ and Instagram individuals are able to send information about themselves out to millions of people. If that same person
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Writing Seminar Final Essay Student: Aurimar Barrientos Prof: Alexander Salazar The teaching and learning of writing in English as a Foreign Language As foreign language students we possess the capacity to learn a new language‚ for example English. It might be easy to speak it‚ read it and listen it‚ but what about writing? Writing might be disliked and avoided for students because it is frustrating. It is frustrating because it is unnatural. Speaking is natural and not frustrating; when
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by non-native English speakers to learn the sounds of English letters and how to overcome it. (Outline) # Introduction: * Nowadays‚ non-native English speakers families tend to speak in their mother tongue with each others at home. Making them mastered their first language and as they grow up‚ they will most likely to be introduced towards English as a second language commonly through education. However‚ as they are not native English speakers‚ they are more likely to be several learning problems
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