The “good language learner” LIU Mingzhu (department of foreign language‚ Jiangsu University of Science and Technology) Abstract: In order to find out why some people learn languages fast and easily whilst others never seemed to be able to learn a foreign language at all. Was there a magic secret? Were some people naturally more able than others? By investigation‚ i conclude that some factors like motivation‚ personality make a great contribution. Key words: Motivation Extrovert Personality Experiment
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Language Teaching for the Future Andrew Littlejohn Reviewed by Ryan Andhika Pratama Sanata Dharma University Article by Andrew Littlejohn is about social changes may be influencing language teaching in the future‚ especially for secondary school aged material. In his article said that social changes is now begin to affecting language teaching. McCoursebook was one of many “McDonaldisation of Society” just like in his article. McCoursebook standardize the content in learning and make it simple
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deliberate increase in the tone of the utterance. By intensifying the tone of our speech when we insult means an attempt to let clear the seriousness of our intimidation or threaten. To affirm that insulting has turned out to be a habit in the use of language in modern society might represent a risky statement‚ but it is clear that is not unusual or strange to hear these sorts of words in any situation because all in all they are
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0063) Roll no.: 1308014090 Q.1 In a group of 50 people‚ 35 speak Hindi‚ 25 speak both English and Hindi and all the people speak at least one of the two languages. How many people only speak English and not Hindi? How many people speak English? Solution: Here‚ Let people speaking English language be ‘’E’’ and people speaking Hindi language be “H” respectively. E H 15 25 10
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THE TRIP THAT HAS CHANGED ME FOREVER Oscar Wilde once said “ Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing”. My trip to Sri Lanka has changed my perspective on living my life. My time in Sri Lanka has provided me with unforgettable experiences that changed many of my preconceptions such as understanding my parent’s individual identities‚ differing the ways of life between Sri Lanka and Canada and the importance of the connection to my heritage. When living in Sri Lanka
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Spanish]: The Development of Bilingual Teachers’ Spanish-Language Proficiency John A. Sutterby‚ Javier Ayala‚ and Sandra Murillo University of Texas at Brownsville Abstract This paper describes the development of Spanish-language proficiency in bilingual preservice teachers at a university on the Texas–Mexico border. A survey with open-ended questions was administered to preservice teachers in bilingual and English as a Second Language certification programs. The purpose of this study was to
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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(Begin by saying good morning in sign language) Specific purpose: To Inform my audience about communication by way of sign language. Thesis Statement: ASL (American Sign Language) has been around for quite a while‚ although Aristotle had a theory that people can only learn through hearing spoken language I. Aristotle was the first to have recorded anything about the deaf-blind‚ his theory was that people can only learn through hearing spoken language. A. According to start-american-sign-language
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a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is‚ after the Chinese one‚ the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages and their
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Language plays and important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language and in recent years‚ English is more and more popular in the world. this language is learned and studied by a higher number of people with every passing day because of its two importance in this modern world: a mean to communicate and to create a greater opportunity for a job. Saudi Arabia is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today
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