Second Language Research http://slr.sagepub.com/ Structural Minimality‚ CP and the initial state in second language acquisition Rakesh M. Bhatt and Barbara Hancin-Bhatt Second Language Research 2002 18: 348 DOI: 10.1191/0267658302sr210oa The online version of this article can be found at: http://slr.sagepub.com/content/18/4/348 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Second Language Research can be found at: Email Alerts: http://slr
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Language is a crucial part of the heritage of any community that shapes and builds its identity. Therefore its existence needs to be valued and preserved as we do with the cultural and environmental heritage of a region. As there are between 5‚000 and 7‚000 languages in the world and only about 200 independent states‚ multilingualism seems to be a very common phenomenon. On the other hand‚ the governments of many countries give official recognition to only one or some of the languages spoken in the
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disagree with the idea of foreign language instruction in kindergarten. Knowing the fact that learning foreign language such as English is must to compete and communicate internationally. But‚ I believe educators should not take foreign language instruction that serious to begin it in kindergarten. The educators should realize that emphasizing on a foreign language instruction will make learning tougher for kindergarten level students. Reason why foreign language should not begin in kindergarten:
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community the importance of errors in language learning process. Corder (1967) mentions the paradigm shift in linguistics from a behaviouristic view of language to a more rationalistic view and claims that in language teaching‚ one noticeable effect is to shift the emphasis away from teaching towards study of learning. Corder further argues that in L1 we interpret child’s ‘incorrect utterances’ as being evidence that the child is in the process of acquiring language and that for those who attempt to
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Georgiy Sichinava Peter Starr Writing 115 10/11/2012 The challenges in learning foreign language The case of being a foreigner while improving your skills is very common in the contemporary society. A lot more people are crossing the border of the home country either to advance their language skills or to get a better education in a certain sphere. Being the part of this reality‚ I recently moved to the United States to earn a degree. Thus the situation shown in the David Sedaris’
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The 7 Conditions of Learning Language -Mark B. Rosales I have been reading Helping Children Become Readers Through Writing by Arlene C. Schultze and I’m finding it very illuminating. It is accessible and draws on many staples of literary fact and example. I wanted to share for you all here today Cambourne’s 7 conditions of learning language. I have read them before but have greatly enjoyed the reminder as the philosophy is one I agree with and employ. Cambourne (and Schultze) assert that there
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INTRODUCTION The person that I have chosen for this assignment‚ in order to analyse his performance in English‚ is called John and he is 23 years old. He comes from Greece and he was here in England for three weeks visiting a friend. He has been studying English for seven years in a private school of English back in Greece and he holds the Cambridge First Certificate degree. After going back to Greece‚ he will continue his studies in order to set exams for the Cambridge Proficiency. John was very
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encounter different blockages in the course of language learning. These blocks can be categorized as both internal and external. Internal factors include reasons such as lack of motivation and fear of failure. External factors‚ on the other hand‚ include factors like unsuitable classroom environment and social influences. Motivation is an affective factor for students to engage in a study. Students have a variety of reasons to learn a new language. These reasons can be due to academic purposes
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Different Ways of Learning Languages DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING LANGUAGES Being able to speak more than one language I think it’s a gift from God that not every person is blessed with. Having this gift makes me fell very special because I can travel‚ communicate‚ and understand others’ people language and culture. At a very young age I started learning French‚ German and Italian besides my native language‚ Romanian. Learning a language to me in learning how to ride a bicycle‚ once
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LEARNING TEHORIES How do we learn? How do we learn simple things such as; learning to ride a bike or more complex phenomena such as; learning how to play chess‚ learning a language? Several learning theories attempted to answer these questions; behaviourist‚ cognitive‚ humanist and constructivist learning theories respectively. In the following lines we will try to outline principles of those theories and how constructivist learning theory can be applied to English Language Teaching domain.
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