acquisition of a second language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development Mei Jiang ‚ Raymond J. Green ‚ Tracy B. Henley & William G. Masten Date submitted: 22/03/2012 Overview In this article from the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development‚ ‘Acculturation in relation to acquisition of a second language’ (Jiang‚ Green‚ Henley‚ & Masten‚ 2009)‚ the authors explore the connection between acculturation and second language (L2) acquisition
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TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction
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success of English Language Teaching (ELT). One of the factors is teacher. Teacher can determine whether or not other factors can work well. English language learners who have low motivation to learn English can be made more interested in English classrooms because of the way good English teachers involves them in the learning experience. There are four language skills in English‚ such as Listening‚ Speaking‚ Writing‚ and Reading. My action research here emphasized about young learners. They still difficult
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investor is an acute language barrier. To keep the machine that is the global market well-oiled and functioning at maximum efficiency‚ it only makes sense for a common language to be spoken. The sooner the United States schools realize this‚ the sooner they can stay competitive on a global scale. The culture-blending effects of globalization necessitate high school and college students to achieve proficiency in a second‚ useful language. To fully understand why a second language is so important for
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Principio del formulario TEACHING PRONUNCIATION INTRODUCTION During the present paper I will choose two problems of transfer between Spanish and English that I consider to be obstacles to efficient communication and I will analyse them from two points of view. In the first place I will explain the causes of the problems as regards phonetic and phonological aspects. In the second place I will explain how I think the problems can be solved. This will be done considering I am working within
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reading comprehension‚ literary competence and literature in teaching English as a foreign language. 6 2. Past approaches until the second half of the 20th century. 7 2.1. Analysis of the past methods with reading and literature in view. 8 2.2. The shift in the attitude towards reading and literary texts in teaching English as a foreign language. 11 3. Modern approaches – introduction to Communicative Language Teaching. 12 3.1. CLT analysis in the context of reading‚ literary
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Grammar is very important for everyone who wants to learn English language because it is a central to the teaching and learning languages. It is a requirement for them to write or speaking correctly and fluently. By learning grammar‚ students can easily adapt of learning target language from native language. Other than that‚ grammar learning would help students grow intellectually. Student would probably never use the target language‚ but the mental exercise of learning it would be beneficial anyway
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students‚ but for the majority of the student population‚ the present style of teaching is no longer relevant to their needs. This being said‚ most students have a new way of looking at the world‚ as the world itself now looks different than it did when those teaching methods were created. Education should be restructured to reflect the 21st century learners‚ to enhance the intellectual capital of Canada through adapting teaching styles to the modern mindset ‚ logical incorporation of technology‚ and increased
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ASSIGNMENT 1 – FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Part One Background The first part of the assignment focuses on the general overview of Entry 1 group who are majority females of South-Asian origin; also a Chinese‚ African & Arab learners are also enrolled in class. Learners of this group are housewives with little or no previous education background. They would have learnt Urdu or Gujarati in their country. The ages range between 24 and 45. The majority of learner’s first language speaks Gujarati or Punjabi
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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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