settlement of Hawaii involved two waves of Polynesian migration. Historians believe that the Polynesian explorers came from the South Pacific centuries before Cook arrived in Hawaii. First were the Marquesas that settled in Hawaii in 600 or 700 AD. The second wave came from the Society Islands in about 1100 AD. “Lacking instruments of navigation or charts or any kind‚ the Polynesians sailed into vast oceans. They staked their lives on their knowledge of the sky and its stars‚ the sea and its currents
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insecurities‚ they’ve become apart of us. It’s become easier for us to get caught up in the middle of the little things when we should start focusing on the things that truly matter. In the poem "The Second Coming"‚ William Butler Years portrays a worsening society that has chosen sin over faith. In the poem "The Second Coming"‚ the diction conveys the theme of the loss of hope by using ominous phrases. Such as "The darkness drops again" (18) which implies that darkness has been in their society before and
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Factors influencing the learning of a second/foreign language Some students learn a new language quickly and easily than others. This simple fact reflects the hard work and persistence of the learner. However there are other crucial factors influencing the success that are totally beyond the control of the learner. These factors can be categorized as: 1. Age: second language acquisition is influenced by the age of the learner. Many studies have found that adolescents learn more rapidly than
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Introduction Computers can be tremendously useful tools for English language instruction. They process data quickly and integrate voice‚ music‚ videos‚ pictures and text into lessons. They can be programmed to tailor instruction and test for each individual learner. They can even used to make students feel more comfortable and willing to take risks‚ because of their “untiring‚ unjudgmental nature” (Butler-Pascoe 1997:20). While there are many potential benefits to be derived from these “machines”
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The Relationship of a Risk-Taking Personality to Dangerous Driving In contemplating the term project’s objective‚ I hoped to determine the relationship between to variables that were unique‚ yet not so out of the norm that it would be difficult to collect and present the data. While pondering different scenarios‚ I thought about my two daughters. While a passenger in the car with both daughters‚ my younger daughter was being teased by her older sister about how slow and obedient she was when
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Sociological Principle of Language Teaching and Language Learning Speech Act Theory A theory of language based on J. L. Austin ’s How to Do Things with Words (second edition‚ 1975)‚ the major premise of which is that language is as much‚ if not more‚ a mode of action as it is a means of conveying information. As John Searle puts it‚ "All linguistic communication involves linguistic acts. The unit of linguistic communication is not‚ as has generally been supposed‚ the symbol‚ word‚ or sentence
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feedback in SLA Corrective Feedback in Second Language Acquisition Mounira El Tatawy Teachers College‚ Columbia University ABSTRACT Over the last few years‚ the role played by corrective feedback in language acquisition has become a highly controversial issue. In the field of First Language Acquisition (FLA)‚ researchers express strong reservations concerning the effect that negative evidence has on FLA‚ if there is any at all. In the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA)‚ however‚ there appears
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CU1688: Support Positive Risk Taking for Individuals. 1. Understand the importance of risk taking in everyday life 1.1 Explain ways in which risk is an integral part of everyday life. Without a certain amount of risk taking nothing could be achieved‚ this is because even the food that we consume on a daily basis could have a negative impact on our lives. The opposite side to this are the benefits that come from taking little risks every day‚ these may include how we get to work in the morning‚ what
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Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition Introduction There are many factors that affect second language acquisition (SLA). For example‚ SLA is affected by the role of the mother tongue‚ the role of gender differences‚ the role of personal differences and the role of age differences. The role of age differences is one of the most important factors that affect SLA. It is often claimed that children learn faster than adults. The younger the learner of a foreign language‚ the more effective
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The use of Computers in Language Learning and Language Teaching C M. G Research Paper for March 18‚ 2008 I. Introduction In defining the meaning of literacy‚ Luke and Freebody suggested that there are four sets of overlapping practices that literacy involves such as: breaking the codes of text‚ participating in the meanings of texts‚ use the texts functionally and critically analyze and transform texts. (Warschauer. P. 2) Depending on the situation
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