INTRODUCTION It is undeniable that English is not an easy language to learn. Malaysian ESL students oftentimes find English to be rather confusing and difficult to learn. Pronunciation seems to trip most students up. Though the English language syllabus makes room for pronunciation skills to be included in classroom practices‚ many often have problems with the pronunciation of certain words. According to Abbas and Muhammad Reza (2011)‚ many ESL learners have “major difficulties” with English pronunciation
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COURSE CODE: ENG 454 COURSE TITLE: MULTI LINGUALISM COURSE GUIDE ENG 454 MULTI LINGUALISM Course Team Dr. Taiwo Abioye (Course Developer/Writer) – Covenant University Prof. Kunle Adeniran (Course Editor) – University of Ibadan Dr. I. Omolara Daniel (Programme Leader) – NOUN Mr. Theodore O. Iyere (Course Coordinator) – NOUN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ENG 454 National Open University
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14. Historical (diachronic) linguistics 14.1. Reasons of language change All living languages are changing in the course of time. If the evolution of some language stops on some level and doesn’t develop anymore it will become the dead language (e.g. Sanskrit‚ Latin). There are lots of reasons of language change and their difference is in between linguistic levels. For example If we consider vocabulary‚ we will convince ourselves that new things‚ objects‚ activities‚ establishments‚ ideas and
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Report In LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL Chapter 7 “Rizal Visits Japan‚ the United States‚ and some Europeans Counties” PRESENTED BY: Ms. MARY ROSE R. ICAY PRESENTED TO: Mrs. JELEMY M. JIZMUNDO Ms. EDELYN B. BUENO Mr. EDEL R. ALFARO Mr. VINCENT S. TRAQUINA Rizal Visits Japan Jose Baron Fernandez- Describe Japan as “Country that has conquered his heart.” February 22‚ 1888- Rizal sailed from Hongkong to Yokohama‚ Japan aboard the ship “Oceanic” Juan Perez Caballero- The
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ONOMATOPOEIA‚ SYMBOLS‚ OXYMORON‚ IMAGERY‚ SPEAKER‚ STANZA‚ TONE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POETIC DEVICES‚ THEIR FUNCTIONS‚ HOW THEY ARE RELATED TO 0THER LANGUAGES [EXAMPLE ENGLISH]. IN ADDITION‚ FOR THE RESEACH TO MEET IT GOALS‚ IT WILL LOOK AT THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE LANGUAGE AND ITS LINGUISTIC CLASSIFICATION AIMS AND OBJECTIVE THE RESEACHER AIMS AT BRING OUT THE LINGUISTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF POETIC DEVICE IN THE MENDE LANGUAGE. THE OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOW; TO HELP IN DEVELOPING THE LITERATURE OF THE
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in Brussels‚ Rizal wrote this articles in defense of his oppressed people and to point out the evils of Spanish rule in the Philippines. New Orthography of Tagalog Language In spite of his European education and his knowledge of foreign languages‚ Rizal loved his own native language. He was the first to advocate the Filipinization of its orthography. For instance‚ the Tagalog letters k and w should be used instead of the spanish c and o. Thus the Hispanized Tagalog word salacot should be written
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CIED: Critical Review of Professional Journal Articles Haylee Roy March 24‚ 2011 Contemporary Issues in Language Teaching and Learning: Effects of Immersion Programs on Native-Language Literacy I. Bibliographic Entries Cunningham‚ Thomas C.‚ and C. Ray Graham. “Increasing Native English Vocabulary Recognition Through Spanish Immersion: Cognate Transfer from Foreign to First Language.” Journal of Educational Psychology. 92.1 (2000): 37-49. Print. Cited as (Cunningham and Graham‚ 37-49)
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In response to Eric Uthus’ “Text messages destroying out language”. I found this piece very convincing but I personally do not agree with Uthus. Uthus believes people have a “weaker understanding of correct grammar” and use “little or no punctuation”‚ which he believes could lead to a decline in one’s education. One’s diction and ability to form coherent and complete sentences is very important for future job opportunities‚ exams and in everyday life. In my opinion children and the youth of future
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Books for mother tongue education In 1999‚ UNESCO decided to launch an International Mother Language Day (IMLD) to be observed throughout the world each year on 21 February. This celebration is designed to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education‚ to highlight greater awareness of the importance of mother tongue education. Multilingualism is a source of strength and opportunity for humanity. It embodies our cultural diversity and encourages the exchange of views‚ the renewal
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therefore could assume that his alphabet was well-known among Kyrgyz students living in Tashkent. Kasym worked on his alphabet between 1921 and 1926; he finalized the alphabet for the approval of the Government in 1924 and started to work on Kyrgyz orthography‚ which was approved in 1927. In 1924‚ Kasym Tynystanov‚ O. Aliev‚ B. Daniyarov and several others formed a Scientific Commission‚ which developed a Kyrgyz alphabet based on Arabic script. They created the first Communist Party newspaper in Kyrgyzstan
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