Some people insist that the main emphasis in foreign language teaching should be on speaking and writing correctly‚ while others feel that teaching learners how to communicate and express their ideas fluently should be the main goal. What’s your opinion? Support yow ideas with reasons and examples from your own language-learning experience. Which is more important in learning a language: speaking and writing correctly‚ or expressing yourself fluently but inaccurately? Although both are important
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SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT: APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM CONTEXT GENERAL INFORMATION: The subject assignment consists of doing three short exercises. To do so‚ keep the activities statements and answer just below them. This assignment must be done in groups of two and has to fulfil the following conditions: * Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover‚ index or appendices –if there are any-). * Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman. * Size: 11. * Line
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September 2010 Learning Another Language Have you ever considered learning a second language that you’re interested in? Learning another language can greatly improve your life and broaden your view in this world. Learning another language has been proven to raise your grades and exam scores. Companies and businesses have been known to hire many people who know more than one language because it benefits in dealing with other countries. You can benefit from learning another language because: you will
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foreign language learners. These include age‚ intelligence‚ aptitude‚ motivation‚ attitude‚ personality‚ learning/cognitive style and learning strategies. Definition of language learning strategies according to scholars : According to Brown 2007‚” learning strategies are those specific “attacks” that we make on a given problem‚ they are the moment-by-moment techniques that we employ to solve problems posed by second language input and output”. For Chamot 2005‚ “language learning strategies
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Learning Foreign Language The Cause of Learning Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Abstract Over the past two decades‚ countries in the world have become more and more interdependent and new technologies have erased many existing borders. So‚ learning English is very importance to economic development‚ Academic benefit to students‚ cultural understanding‚ expand relationships
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LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES Deepak K. SAMIDA This article gives a general view of language learning strategies. Each group of strategies is briefly explained. Their application is also added as an example to show how a learner can use them. The language learning strategies are not newly created strategies‚ but have been in use by ancient storytellers thousands of years ago. It is said that in the Celtic period it took twelve years for storytellers to fully train. In the first two years
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development of the world and the raising level of education‚ learning a foreign language has become a compulsory subject for every student. At the same time‚ the problem of learning foreign languages is extremely crucial. Foreign languages are socially demanded especially at the present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of education and has contributed to an overflow of information. Foreign languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information
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Language learning and motivation On starting to learn another language the initial difficulties you are likely to face are how to learn vocabulary‚ how to put a sentence together‚ and how to understand what is being said to you. All very frustrating‚ but you will get there provided you can remain motivated. Motivation is the hardest part to foreign language learning. The task can be so enormous‚ so endless‚ that after the initial period of enthusiasm it is tempting to give up. Learning
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JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING KUMAR KISHOR BORAH FLASH BACK:- Of all the languages in the world today‚ English deserved to be regarded as a world language. It is the world’s most widely spoken language. It is the common means of communication between
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Components of Second Language Knowledge Components of second languague knowlege are divided into three: vocabulary‚ morphology and phonoly. It is necessary deepen in these elements becase sometimes even the most highly educated adult native speakers do not have all the knowledge about language‚ and expect L2 learners have it would be unrealistic. Vocabulary is the most important level of L2 knowledge for learners to develop. We must remember that vocabulary is the key to communication. Yhe moment
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