Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/vol12num2/chencheng/ June 2008‚ Volume 12‚ Number 2 pp. 94-112 BEYOND THE DESIGN OF AUTOMATED WRITING EVALUATION: PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES AND PERCEIVED LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS IN EFL WRITING CLASSES Chi-Fen Emily Chen and Wei-Yuan Eugene Cheng National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology‚ Taiwan Automated writing evaluation (AWE) software is designed to provide instant computergenerated scores for a submitted essay along with
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Learning English: A surprising experience Learning a new language can be a scary and frustrating experience but for other people it is not. This is the case of a girl named Lindsay. She is 22 years old and she is studying a Bachelors of Arts in English Language Teaching. She started to learn English when she was ten years old because it was a mandatory subject at the school she attended. The interesting thing about her case is the fact that‚ even though it was a compulsory course‚ she mentioned
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very universal language and well known in other foreign countries‚ however here in the United States more and more students are being deprived of being bilingual. Monolingual English speakers at a huge disadvantage because not only does learning a second language help ones communication skills but it also allows one to get connected with a foreign culture and understand situations through their perspective. “Students who do well in a second language do better in their first language” which means not
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Did you know that animals are learning our language? And also some animals can even speak using our language such as bonobos? Animals are starting to learn our language. Such as a bonobo since in source 1 Speaking Bonobos paragraph 2 it says”...kept adding symbols to Kanzi’s keyboard …”Then in paragraph 3 it says”Kanzi learned to combine in regular ways…” In other words what this means is that the chimp would have symbols that they would press with other ones to make words or phrases. Also not
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Comparison on Chinese CLIL with European CLIL Abstract: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)‚ regarded as an “umbrella” term to dual-focused education where content is learnt through an additional language‚ is widely implemented in Europe. This paper mainly focuses on the theoretical bases of CLIL implementation‚ its implementation in Chinese context and its shortages compared with Europe. The whole essay includes three parts: the introduction‚ the body and the conclusion
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I’m in any social setting regarding Spanish—my second language. I am 3/4 Puerto Rican and 1/4 European‚ though my pigment carried from the European side‚ as I have the typical blonde hair and blue eyes. My father was born in Puerto Rico and my mother‚ although being born here‚ her mother was Czechoslovakian and Polish‚ my mother’s father was born in Puerto Rico much like my own father. It always boggles me why I don’t look more Spanish due to the more Spanish heritage I contain. When people see me
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immerse myself in the Spanish language‚ to gain experiences that will help me in reaching my professional goals‚ and to connect with the affairs‚ perspectives‚ interests‚ and service of people with different experiences than my own. Studying abroad will increase my knowledge and appreciation of the Spanish language. I have been taking Spanish for seven years now and I am ready to take on my greatest challenge yet‚ to immerse myself in the Spanish culture by living in a Spanish speaking country. I
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Following my friend into her family’s house‚ I immediately perceived the fluidity of the Spanish tongue being spoken. For a week‚ I stayed with Kiara and her family‚ Peruvian natives who live in the United States. I was the only non-fluid Spanish speaker and it was a detail I was all too aware of. Thankfully‚ with my years of high school Spanish classes‚ I could understand and communicate to a certain extent. I was restricted to short conversations with her family‚ and English conversations only
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Code switching is a surviving skill that some bilingual people and students encompass‚ sometimes to compensate for the lack of vocabulary in a certain language. It is defined as language alteration between two languages‚ transferring from one language to another in the course of a conversation (Brice‚ p. 10) In the teaching field code-switching has a great importance because it can be used by teachers or students in story telling to aid interaction‚ comprehension‚ and classroom participation‚ since
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Foreign Language Elective Preferences of High School Students of St. Scholastica’s Academy Marikina _____________________________________________ A Research Paper Presented to The Faculty of High School Department St. Scholastica’s Academy Marikina ___________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 4 ___________________________________________________ Submitted by 08 Micah Buela 10 Maikee Capati 13 Pauline Chan 18 Melissa Despojo
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