SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT: APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM CONTEXT GENERAL INFORMATION: The subject assignment consists of doing three short exercises. To do so‚ keep the activities statements and answer just below them. This assignment must be done in groups of two and has to fulfil the following conditions: * Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover‚ index or appendices –if there are any-). * Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman. * Size: 11. * Line
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The Course of Theoretical Grammar Seminar 1. Theoretical Grammar and its Subject. General Principles of the Grammar Analysis 1. The subject of theoretical grammar. The scope of linguistics. 2. The grammatical structure of the English language. Morphology and syntax as two main parts of grammar. 3. Language as a system and structure. The dichotomy of language and speech. Different approaches to the language study. 4. Characteristics of the language levels and their units. 5. Systemic relations
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Higher Education King Abdual Al. Aziz University Faculty of art and humanities English department Tense and aspect in English and Arabic By
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According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2010)‚ quality is defined as the standard of something when it is compared to other things and how good or bad something is. The quality of a piece of writing is often evaluated by the number of grammatical errors. Research has shown that the relationship between grammar and writing well is complex. It was suggested by Kroll and Schafer(1978‚ as cited in Frodesen‚ 2000) teachers should look at students’ errors not simply as failures‚ but also as windows
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1. L-ge and speech. We use language in speech. Language is a system of signs‚ of meanings‚ of expressions‚ registered in different written sources. Speech is a kind of manifestation of the system of language in the process of communication. Language as a system consists of material and non-material parts. The system of the language consists of material units (words‚ texts) and rules of their use (non-material). Speech includes the act of producing of utterance. The units of language form hierarchal
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The Present Progressive The present progressive tense is equivalent to the English construction “to be + _ing” or “I am studying”. To express the present progressive which is a compound verb‚ you will use the verb estar (to be) with a verb in the present participle. Take note that the present participle is invariable and the endings for the three groups of verbs are as follows: -ar verbs (ajudar) -er verbs (escrever) -ir verbs (partir) -ando (ajudando) -endo (escrevendo) -indo (partindo) Here
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Lecture III The traditional grammatical classes of words are called "parts of speech". Since the word is distinguished not only by grammatical‚ but also by semantico-lexemic properties‚ some scholars refer to parts of speech as "lexico-grammatical" series of words‚ or as "lexico-grammatical categories". It should be noted that the term "part of speech" is purely traditional and conventional. In modern linguistics‚ parts of speech are discriminated on the basis of the three criteria: "semantic"
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A Case for Teaching Communicative Functions of Certain Grammatical Categories Gaurav Deep‚ lecturer Dept. of English‚ Sobhasaria Engineering College‚ Sikar Introduction: Grammar can be narrowly defined to include only morphology and syntax. Structural linguists held this view of grammar. Grammar can be widely defined so as to include phonology‚ morphology‚ syntax and semantics. Grammar then under such a view will be concerned with the principles and processes of sentence construction. Transformational
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is decided to be carried out. 2. Aims of the Study: The study aims: - to describe and analyze lexical and grammatical cohesive devices in the new English textbook 11; - to give some suggestions for teaching reading skill for 11th grade students. In order to achieve the aims stated‚ the study is meant to find out the answers to the two following research questions: 1. What are the grammatical and lexical cohesive devices used in reading texts in English textbook 11? 2. How can the findings help English
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Plan. I. Introduction. What is a noun declension? II. Mainly part 1. Old English noun declension 2. Middle English noun declension 3. New English noun declension III. Conclusion IV. References I. Introduction. What is a noun declension? Noun Declension - It’s how a noun changes (‘declines’) its form depending on its position in a sentence‚ i.e.‚ whether it’s a subject‚ a direct object
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