1 Vilnius Pedagogical University Department of English Philology Laimutis Valeika Janina Buitkiene An Introductory Course in Theoretical English Grammar Metodine mokymo priemone aukљtuju mokyklu studentams 2003 2 © Vilnius Pedagogical University‚ 2003 Leidinys svarstytas ir rekomenduotas spaudai Uћsienio kalbu fakulteto Anglu filologijos katedros posedyje 2003 03 12‚ protokolo Nr. 5 Leidinys svarstytas ir rekomenduotas spaudai Uћsienio kalbu fakulteto Tarybos posedyje 2003 03 13‚ protokolo
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Spelling Bee - List of Words (with meanings in brackets) A Agreeable (to your liking) Appearance (outward show) Apprehensive (Worried) acquiesce (to agree) appurtenance (an accompanying part or feature of something) (sketchily indicate something) aristocratic (upper class) attenuation (decrease) (Overconfident) audacious ascendancy (power) adumbrate Abstinence (Self-restraint) Accoutrements (accessories) Acetaminophen (pain-killer) Aesthetic
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Abstract Address terms is the first level and the most basic content of verbal communication. Due to the different cultures‚ histories and social systems‚ habits of Chinese and English address terms are different. It is of great help for English language learners to communicate with understanding these differences. In this dissertation‚ address terms are divided into the name address‚ kinship terms‚ social address and reference terms. Chinese address terms system is complex and detailed‚ and includes
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NAME:___________________ Year 12 English Language Revision Pack 1. Complete many practice exams and correct them yourself (exams and suggested answers are on MOODLE). Do them under time constraints 2 hours with 15 mins reading and figure out a way to do them that suits you. Do them at 3pm. You will also be completing one in class during week 1‚ term 4. 2. Create flip cards with all the terms listed (unless you are 100% sure you know them) – give the word on one side‚ then definition
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have varying degrees of exclusivity Examples of exclusive relations between words Blonde almost only occurs with (collocates with) hair‚ woman and lady They collocate strongly Nice Nice day‚ nice salary‚ nice view – weak collocations Two kinds of collocation grammatical/syntactic collocations E.g. main word + grammatical word (depend + on‚ acquainted + with) Semantic/lexical collocations E.g. two words of equal standing – spend + money‚ cheerful + face
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The Use of Literature in Teaching English as a Foreign Language By: Amr Alhemiary Abstract This research aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening)and language areas(i.e. vocabulary‚ grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary text in a foreign language classroom‚ suitable situations for teaching literature and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts
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would be useful to define some terms used in language testing. Language tests have been divided into four categories based on their use: a) language aptitude tests are used to predict probable success or failure in certain kinds of language study. In other word this kind of testing predicts how a student will perform on a course. b) language achievement tests are
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4 Stylistic Features of Language Speech communication employs a host of expressive means ranging from linguistic to paralinguistic and extralinguistic features. It is the natural language‚ however‚ whose systematic variation on all levels of its structure (phonology‚ morphology‚ lexicology and syntax) offers the widest possibilities of suiting its use to fit communicative functions of discourses in various contexts. Thus linguistic expressive means‚ which are systematically identified and cetegorized
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Critical Discourse Analysis of Obama’s Political Discourse Juraj Horváth Abstract This paper examines the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as well as the covert ideology of the same‚ enshrined in his inaugural address. Our analysis is grounded in Norman Fairclough’s assumptions in critical discourse analysis‚ claiming that "ideologies reside in texts" that "it is not possible to ’read off’ ideologies from texts" and that "texts are open to diverse interpretations"
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Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov COURSE PAPER THEME: IMPERATIVES AS DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS Faculty: LIC Year: 3rd Group: tourism 1st Student: Nare Yeremyan Supervisor: Gayane Barseghyan Yerevan 2011 INTRODUCTION At present it has become quite obvious that a good amount of comprehension must be ascribed not to the rules of language‚ but to our ability to infer what the speaker’s intentions are in saying what he says. Linguists try to explain this
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