In her essay‚ Linda Moore tries to persuade her audience that learning a second language should be a requirement not a luxuary. She tried to persuade her audience by using facts and experiences from other countries and to touch the reader’s feeling to make him/her on her side. Firstly‚ she compared the number of Chineese student who are learning English with the number of American students who are learning Chineese. The difference is HUGE. She used that to demonstrate how highly regarded this skill
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English Be the Second Official Language of Taiwan? English is the most widely and internationally spoken language in the world; many countries set English as their second official language‚ such as Singapore‚ India‚ and Korea. We may hear plenty of news reporting the rapid development of economy in these countries‚ and it is no doubt that one of the biggest advantages they hold is the knowledge of language. Therefore‚ in this business world‚ we should understand that language makes us more competitive
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The crucial factors for efficient language learning with details are: 1. Motivation 2. Regular practice 3. Emotional involvement 4. Playfulness and willingness to make mistakes 5. Humble approach – The basic first 6. Grammar is secondary to practice‚ theory is secondary to practice. 1. Motivation Turns out that the more you are motivated toward learning the faster and better you will learn. This seems obvious but the crucial point is that to be motivated you have actually
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The Influence of Age Factors on Second Language Acquisition Xu Bailin Abstract: In second language acquisition‚ age factors has always been the study focus and one of the most controversial issues of linguistics. Based on the Brain Plasticity Theory and the Critical Period Hypothesis‚ the purpose is to prove such a hypothesis that the younger the leaner who begins to learn an second language‚the greater the probability that he or she will achieve a native-like command of it
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The Argument for Learning a Second Language at an Early Age Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Foreign language education is no longer a foreign concept to today’s professionals. As the world becomes more integrated‚ it is only a matter of time before one finds themselves confronted by a language that is not their native. Encouraging young children to learn foreign languages‚ therefore‚ has become a common policy among many individual
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read or write. Some have a specific place to read and write and some have problem with language‚ because their English is a second language that makes a little bit harder than everybody. The hardest problem of all of this is when someone is blind or deaf that way is consider to me as a challenge when they try to do the best to learn. I have been in United States only three years‚ so my english is a second language. In reading I do not have much experience‚ because since I was child I did not like to
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Assumptions behind Singapore’s language-in-education policy: implications for language planning and second language acquisition L. Quentin Dixon Received: 30 September 2007 / Accepted: 14 January 2009 / Published online: 27 February 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Singapore’s officially bilingual education policy‚ in which the majority of children are schooled through a non-native medium with their ‘Mother Tongue’ (an ethnic heritage language that is not necessarily
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Introduction Language is the medium of communications and mechanism for social interaction. It is a vehicle of expression of thoughts‚ concepts‚ principles and cultural orientation. In fact‚ it is the most indispensable element of culture. It is never possible to understand the vitalities or components‚ as well as idiosyncrasies of another culture without its medium structure and medium of communication. The English language as a dynamic medium of communication and second language of Filipinos
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Explanatory Essay Language is used to communicate in so many different forms across the world. Everybody may not be able to understand it all‚ but language plays a huge role in a person’s life. Many different languages are spoken and written through out the world. Academic language‚ Standard English and dialects are just three types of languages that exist. Languages come from different origins‚ represent different social classes‚ and according to certain people‚ the type of language used can define
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them it is the Winning that counts! In Sport people remember the winners‚ nobody remembers who was the runner up or who came second‚ a great example of this is who was the first person to break the 4-minute mile? most people know it was Roger Bannister. How many people can name the 2nd person to the break the 4-minute mile? I doubt many people would know this answer‚ and the reason is
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