The History of English Teaching Methodology by S. Kathleen Kitao : Doshisha Women’s College‚ Kyoto‚ Japan Kenji Kitao : Doshisha University‚ Kyoto‚ Japan Language teaching has been around for many centuries‚ and over the centuries‚ it has changed. Various influences have affected language teaching. Reasons for learning language have been different in different periods. In some eras‚ languages were mainly taught for the purpose of reading. In others‚ it was taught mainly to people who needed to
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English as a World Language. The global spread of English over the last 50 years is remarkable. It is unprecedented in several ways: by the increasing number of users of the language‚ by its depth of permeation ["pE:mI’eISn] into societies and its range of functions. There is a model consisting of 3 circles proposed by B.B. Kachru in 1982 in order to describe regional varieties of English. The 1st or inner circle includes people who speak English as their vernacular language (200-400 mln speakers)
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My Communication Skills Charlotte A. Stanton Com 321 Communications Theory Instructor Durrani April 1‚ 2013 Everyone communicates in one form or another. Communication is the elixir of life because it bonds us to one another‚ good and bad. There are so many forms of communication that no one needs to be alone unless that is their desire. Studying one ’s self and understanding how you communicate is perhaps the most important thing we can do to grow. This paper
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Methods to improve the standard of English by the government English as spoken and written by Malaysians nowadays really isn’t as standardised as one might expect it to be. The language itself which admittedly is not the native language for any of us Malaysians is not used in proper conduct as by the native speakers. We adapted a language which incidentally is considered one of the most important languages of which one needs to be able to speak in‚ yet we haven’t been able to use it as it
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IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE Today‚ we use English as a form of language in terms of communication. A language is a systematic means of communication by the use of sounds or conventional symbols. It is the code we all use to express ourselves and communicate to others. It is a communication by word of mouth. It is the mental faculty or power of vocal communication. It is a system for communicating ideas and feelings using sounds‚ gestures‚ signs or marks. Any means of communicating ideas‚ specifically
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English is an international language which is used officially all around the world. Anybody who wants to make connections with the world we live in should learn English. I had English language classes in my secondary and high school years. I also took some private English learning courses throughout summers in my country‚ Turkey. However‚ I could not improve my English effectively as all Turkish students in Turkey. I fully agree that English will be learned most efficiently in the boundaries of an
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In the 21st century‚ the evolution of the English language is occurring at an alarming rate. With the blending of cultures and religions and the advent of new technology‚ such as cellphones‚ and global messaging software‚ the basic core of the language is beginning to change. Slangs and shortened versions of words‚ are becoming universally accepted. Some of this is likely to be just trend or fashion‚ but with a new emphasis on speed and transfer of data‚ many of these new word forms will be permanent
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an important skill‚ as it is used by everyone in order to communicate. Some forms of communication‚ such as advertisements and the newspaper‚ are written to draw attention to and explain a subject. Other forms can be written to express feelings or thoughts on a day-to-day basis. George Orwell wrote Politics and the English Language‚ which criticizes the English language. Orwell used this book to express his feelings about language‚ and he included ways to improve the English language‚ including
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Many of them have not been in Malaysia for longer than 3 months and are still discovering the surrounding areas of the city. The text would provide motivation and purpose for the learners to overcome challenges in order to read its content. The language used in the test is written in concise sense units (Ur‚ 2013‚ p139). The sentence structure is generally simple enough that reading it will be without hindrance. Much of the content is general enough that students will be able to utilise their background
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