LEARNING ENGLISH CULTURE THROUGH ITS LITERATURE “The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) The English language is viewed as the international language of the world. Many people are learning it as their second or third language. To be the international language‚ the English language must have the qualities that bring it to a world standard for its uniqueness‚ was called English literature. According to Solzhenitsyn (n.d.)‚ “literature becomes the
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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) ‘Communicative Language Teaching approach evolves as a prominent language teaching methods and gradually replaced the previous grammar-translation method and Audio-lingual method”. -(Warschauer & Kem 2000) Category Elaboration Note Theory of Language Language is a system for the expression of meaning: primary function-interaction and communication. Theory of Learning Activities involving real communication; carrying out meaningful to the learner
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method instead of method. 3. Organizing Principles Richards and Rodgers wrote about method as an as an umbrella term comprising approach‚ design‚ and procedure. Approach is the underlying theory of language and language learning. Design is how those theories determine the objectives‚ syllabus‚ teaching/learning activities‚ teacher/ learner roles‚ and the role of the instructional materials. Procedures are the
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socioeconomic status‚ which in the business industry is crucial. Variations in language therefore cause many social attitudes to arise and be utilised to discriminate others just on the way we speak which is what is occurring in the business world at the moment. Firms tend to hire people who speak in the same expected manner since ‘it is all about hiring ‘people like us’’‚ which further outlines one of the functions of language to separate ‘us’ from ‘them’ COURSE RELEVANCE: #accents #social attitudes
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Sharon Goodman (1996) She states that we are living in a time of increased in-formalisation. Informal language used to be reserved for close personal relationships but this isn’t the simplicity anymore. Norman Fairclough agrees and calls it conversationalised language. David Crystal (2001) In his book on language and the internet Crystal refers to dialogic e-messaging which refers to immediate communication rather than traditional letters. This has changed
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Linguistic imperialism occurs when the language of a large or dominant population or the language of power transfers to other people in the same or neighboring areas. There are many types of linguistic imperialism and many causes of it. Causes include immigration‚ conquest‚ trade and cultural superiority. The spread of religions that transcend local cultures and languages can also cause linguistic imperialism. Such changes in language can be forced or can take place through natural changes. Acts
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Competence and Performance in Language Teaching Jack C. Richards Competence and Performance in Language Teaching Jack C. Richards cambridge university press Cambridge‚ New York‚ São Paulo‚ Mexico City‚ Tokyo‚ Singapore‚ Madrid‚ Cape Town‚ Dubai‚ Melbourne‚ New Delhi Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY 10013-2473‚ USA www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 2011 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant
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Running head: English Language Anxiety [pic] English Language Anxiety among the Students of Centre for Foundation Studies‚ International Islamic University Malaysia Maryam Binti Tahir 115174 Centre for Foundation Studies International Islamic University Malaysia English for Academic Writing LE 4000 Tutor : Madam Suriati Mohd Yusoff 29th April 2013 Abstract The objectives of this study was to identify the specific language skill in which students in CFS‚ IIUM feel most
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Abstract This study aims at finding out differences between Persian and English speakers’ patterns (macro and micro) of responding to compliments and observed some dissimilarity between them while accepting‚ rejecting and evading a compliment. This study also indicates whether Persian learners of English produce target- like compliments and compliment responses in English and whether pragmatic transfer can occur. Discourse completion tests (DCTs) were used to study the strategies employed when
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Karseko Katarina 4th course 8 group Сreative ways to learn a foreign language Learner-based Teaching Class activities can be done using information that the students themselves bring to the lesson. In the first stage of learner-based teaching students prepare a certain material entirely base on their own knowledge‚ skill and ability‚ then in the second this material is passed over or performed to other students to carry out different activities with the aim of practising a particular skill‚
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