MOTIVATION VARIABLES AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RURAL STUDENTS Mr. Sawant B.A. Deptt. of English Karmaveer Bhaurao PatilCollege Urun-Islampur Tal- Walwa Distt- Sangli 415509. Introduction: At the outset of this paper‚ we confess that the terms Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Motivation variables are adopted from ELT. If asked to identify the most influential factor in language learning /acquisition‚ motivation factor would probably be high on most teachers’
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Article Summary “Academic Vocabulary‚ Writing and English for Academic Purposes: Perspectives from Second Language Learners” Averil Coxhead (2012) conducted a research on the use of English vocabulary in Writing and Academic purpose by involving with 14 students of English as an additional language at a New Zealand university. The research was mainly conducted through the experience obtained from background language learning and academic studies of the students by mainly based on two target
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Rhetorical Strategies in Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ he uses many different kinds of rhetorical strategies to unite a broken nation. During the time of the speech‚ it is four years into the Civil War and it is about to end. In this speech‚ Lincoln uses allusion‚ parallel structure‚ and diction to unify the North and the South. A rhetorical strategy that is seen throughout Lincoln’s speech is allusion. He uses God and the Bible to show that
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Assess how the contributions of Fabius Maximus and Scipio Africanus to the Second Punic War. Scipio Africanus and Fabius Maximus both contributed to the course of the Second Punic War‚ although their victories were different‚ they both had success. Firstly was Fabius whose strategy‚ which would avoid direct contact to Hannibal‚ with dismay from many of Fabiuses peers. In contrast Scipio’s ability to learn from Hannibal’s tactics and derive a strategy that would end up with what was thought impossible
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The Second Amendment: A Threat to Civilized People? Gun control has recently created a massive uproar throughout the United States because of the recent‚ and sincerely unfortunate‚ Sandy Hook school shooting that occurred last December. In response to this tragedy‚ Democratic leaders have been attempting to capitalize on the incident and push forward their respective agenda of limiting gun rights. As one can imagine‚ there are a surfeit of opinions on the subject‚ but despite this fact‚ I have come
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In Bret Stephens‚ OP-ED article “Repeal the Second Amendment” he states the point that the Second Amendment needs to be repealed‚ just as the title insinuates. In the article‚ many points are brought from different standpoints are brought up and discussed‚ including a standpoint based on the law‚ one based on personal-safety‚ one on national-security‚ and another on the point of personal liberty. The first point that is mentioned is the standpoint based on law which states‚ that with a more prevalent
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2nd Amendment The Second Amendment is one of the most debated Amendments at this time in our country. In the U.S. Constitution the Second Amendment is stated that “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed.” The second amendment to the US constitution was written by James Madison‚ who became a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was presented to the House of Representatives
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Spoken Interaction in Second Language Acquisition with particular reference to the teaching of French at Primary School. Student: Eileen Lacey Course: M.A. in Second Language Learning and Teaching Module: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Lecturer: Dr. Fionnuala Kennedy Submission Date: 06/12/07 Table of Contents Introduction: The theoretical background to second language interaction: Analysis
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Article Critique of Peter Serdyukov’s Can Balanced Bilingualism Be Achieved in a Multicultural Society? Second and First Language Implications Serdyukov who casually and occasionally refers to himself and anonymous others using the pronoun “we” calls for bilingual symmetry in multi-cultural countries. In his article‚ Can Balanced Bilingualism Be Achieved in a Multicultural Society? Second and First Language Implications‚ he tackles the prominent issue of many immigrant-accepting countries with
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Lang Policy (2009) 8:117–137 DOI 10.1007/s10993-009-9124-0 ORIGINAL PAPER Assumptions behind Singapore’s language-in-education policy: implications for language planning and second language acquisition L. Quentin Dixon Received: 30 September 2007 / Accepted: 14 January 2009 / Published online: 27 February 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Singapore’s officially bilingual education policy‚ in which the majority of children are schooled through a non-native medium
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