it harder for Hong Kong ESL speakers to understand American English than British English? Hong Kong people are using Chinese basely‚ English as a second language. English will be an official language for the Official documents or legal (Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee). Now a day‚ under the education of Hong Kong‚ students needs to be learned biliterate‚ it will be Chinese and English‚ also trilingual speak in Cantonese‚ English and Putonghua. Hong Kong as a British colony from 1841 to 1997
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is undeniable that English is not an easy language to learn. Malaysian ESL students oftentimes find English to be rather confusing and difficult to learn. Pronunciation seems to trip most students up. Though the English language syllabus makes room for pronunciation skills to be included in classroom practices‚ many often have problems with the pronunciation of certain words. According to Abbas and Muhammad Reza (2011)‚ many ESL learners have “major difficulties” with English pronunciation even
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English as an Additional Language (EAL) English as an Additional Language (EAL) emanaid emanaid Contents Introduction 2 What are Schools’ Responsibilities for Inclusion under the National Curriculum? 2 What is an EAL learner? 3 Inclusion for EAL Learners and How Their Needs are Met 5 Factors that Impact on the Quality of Inclusion within the Classroom 6 The Role of Assessment to Provide a Baseline of Information to Support AFL 7 Access and Engagement Strategies Relevant to
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different things). 1. START YOUR OWN ENGLISH LANGUAGE BLOG. Even for people who don’t have to write in English‚ writing can be a great way of properly learning the kind of vocabulary you need to describe your own life and interests‚ and of thinking about how to stop making grammar mistakes. The problem most people have is that they don’t know what to write about. One traditional way to make sure you write every day in English is to write an English diary (journal)‚ and a more up to date way
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Proficiencies Of Human Resources Manager • HR Proficiency: Employee selection‚ training and compensation falls under this proficiency. It represent traditional knowledge and skills in those areas. • Business Proficiency: A Human Resource Manager has lots of duties and responsibilities. To assist top level manager for formulating strategies a HR manager should be familiar with strategic planning‚ marketing‚ finance‚ production‚ etc. Those knowledge will help top level manager to formulate new
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Impact of the English Reformation and the Restoration on the English Colonies From the turmoils of establishing a stable political and religious identity in all of Europe‚ and England in particular‚ gave rise to the English Reformation and subsequently the Restoration era in the 16th and 17th centuries. While the onset of both the English Reformation and the Restoration era had a prominent impact on the colonies in the New World in regards to religious freedom‚ they differed in that the
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TITLE: Youse wanna work with me? AUTHOR: Fiona Smith SOURCE Australian financial review DOP: 14 august 2007 The article talks about our accents‚ and how we are perceived by others. The characteristics of our speech send out lots of signs to the listener on who we are‚ building and creating our identity on just how we speak. The articulation of vowel sounds‚ usage of High rising terminals‚ accents‚ articulation of words‚ or particular usage of non-standard variants can aid the other to determine
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Today‚ English is used widely. It has become the most popular language of communication between countries and in many fields of human endeavor. So it is important that we learn to use English. Otherwise we will be at a disadvantage. The only effective way of improving my English is to use it‚ as often as possible. In school‚ the only time when English is used is during English lessons. That certainly is not enough. So wherever possible I speak English with some friends and teachers who will or
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Introduction I have chosen the theme “Intonation” because it is one of the most interesting things of the speech and it is very important to acquire the proper intonation. The aim of my speech is to tell what the speech melody is and how is it connected with sentence stress and how they influence each other. Intonation is magic. It can say more than even words. Intonation can tell you about the mood and the character of the person. Each person has his own intonation. That is why already at the first
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Furthermore‚ ELL students are a diverse group that offers challenges and opportunities to the United States education and to the English language arts teachers in particular (“English Language Learners” 2). English Language Learners have varied level of language proficiency‚ for this ELLs are defined as the highly heterogenous and complex group of students. ELLs all come from differents background and cultures‚ most of them are hispanic such as: Mexican‚ Puerto-Rican‚ Dominican‚ Cuban‚ Peruvian
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