inference maker: Towards a process model of inference generation in text comprehension. In D. A. Balota‚ G. van den Broek‚ P. W. (1994). Comprehension and memory of narrative texts: Inferences and coherence. In M. A. Gernsbacher (Ed.)‚ Handbook of Psycholinguistics (pp van den Broek‚ P. W. (1997). Discovering the cement of the universe: The development of event comprehension from childhood to adulthood. In P. van den Broek‚ P. W.‚ Lorch‚ E. P. & Thurlow‚ R. (1996). Children ’s and adults ’ memory for television
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Summary Thales of Miletus He was the first philosopher of Ancient Greece and the founder of Western philosophy. Thales came from the seaport of Miletus. He was born around 620 BC who claimed that water is the fundamental nature of the world. He correctly predicted that there would be a solar eclise in 585 BC which was credited by Herodotus. He was also known as the first natural scientist and analytical philosopher in Western intellectual history. Aside from being a philosopher‚ Thales was also
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State of the art article Devine‚ J. (1984)ESL readers’ internalised models of reading processes. In J. Handscombe‚ R Ericsson‚ K.A. and Simon‚ H.A. (1993)Protocol Analysis: Verbal Reports as Data. Cambridge‚ MA: MIT Press. Field‚ M.L. (1985) A psycholinguistic model of the Chinese ESL reader. In P. Larson‚ E.L. Flavell‚ J.H. (1976) Metacognitive aspects of problem solving. In L.B. Resnick (ed.) The Nature of Intelligence Flavell‚ J.H. (1987) Speculations about the nature and development of metacognition
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A REVIEW ON READING THEORIES AND IT’S IMPLICATION TO THE TEACHING OF READING Parlindungan Pardede Universitas Kristen Indonesia Abstract Opini dan masukan untuk peningkatan pengajaran membaca kepada pembelajar bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing‚ baik yang didasarkan pada hasil penelitian maupun pengalaman‚ tersedia sangat banyak dalam kepustakaan pengajaran bahasa. Tulisan ini merupakan sebuah rangkuman atas berbagai teori‚ temuan dan pendapat tentang pengajaran membaca. Pemahaman terhadap topik-topik
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THE LANGUAGE OF HUMOUR – THE HUMOUR OF LANGUAGE IRONY AND HUMOUR IN INTERPERSONAL VERBAL ENCOUNTERS Zsuzsanna Ajtony Abstract: In this paper the problem of verbal humour and irony is approached from a sociolinguistic perspective‚ starting from the Semantic Script Theory of Humour (Raskin 1985)‚ which establishes that all humour involves a semantic-pragmatic process. Humour should be understood and appreciated shared sociocultural knowledge; a common code should exist between speaker and recipient
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ON Assessing Vocabulary Learning and Teaching Ahmed Qadoury Abed Assistant Lecturer University of Wassit College of Education‚ Department of English Abstract Vocabulary knowledge is fundamental; students cannot understand a text without knowing what most of the words means. Lack of adequate vocabulary knowledge is already an obvious and serious obstacle for many students. Teachers and students are in need to new techniques in this issue. The reasons behind students ’ low performance in learning
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Second language acquisition (SLA) research: its significance for learning and teaching issues Author: Florence Myles © Florence Myles Abstract The purpose of this general overview article is to outline how research into second language acquisition (SLA) over the last few decades has fed into our understanding of learning and teaching in foreign language classrooms. After a very brief overview of SLA research findings concerning both route and rate of L2 development‚ theoretical models attempting
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Phonetics (from the Greek: φωνή‚ phōnē‚ "sound‚ voice") is the subfield of linguistics that comprises the study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones)‚ and the processes of their physiological production‚ auditory reception‚ and neurophysiological perception. Phonetics was studied as early as 2‚500 years ago in ancient India‚ with Pāṇini’s account of the place and manner of articulation of consonants in his 5th century BC treatise
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CHAPTER – II Title 2.0 Introduction The extent and expansion of the present study English in India make it one of the colossal magnitude and power. So many teachers are engaged in the task of teaching English. In the same way‚ many students are also enrolled at various levels of schools‚ and almost all‚ or many of them‚ want to learn English. Some of these students try to learn English as a second language for many years‚ starting at the stage
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area that continues to expand and develop. Concepts‚ theories and approaches developed within pragmatics are being used by those working in many other areas: both in other branches of linguistics‚ such as sociolinguistics‚ stylistics and psycholinguistics‚ and in different disciplines‚ such as artificial intelligence‚ clinical psychology and even law. Once we get beyond such general statements‚ however‚ we
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