time period that lasted between the 30th century BC to 1st century AD. The first symbol picture was that of the word "great". Shortly after‚ the second was that of the word "man". This pictorial writing then later developed into a series of wedges and hooks. The wedges representing whole Sumerian words are described as ideographic. This writing consists of using ideograms‚ or word symbols. This writing system was used primarily in Mesopotamia until the century before the birth of Christ. This
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listening comprehension. The listening material may contain a variety of fields in life or society. For instance‚ it is likely a business report‚ a daily conversation or a political issue which confuse the listener. These conversations may include words‚ phrases or terms unfamiliar to listeners. They are totally strange to them so it is such a hard job to listen when the message is full of terminology. The solution is to ask the students to practice as much as they can on these various materials.
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A. What are these words in normal English script? Phonemic script English script 1. /naɪf / knife 2. / mɪɵɒləɗʒɪ / mythology 3. / aɪlənɗ / island 4. / kjʊə / cure 5. / Һjʊməres / humourous 6. / əkwaɪə / acquire 7. / krʌmz / crumbs 8. / ɪgzæmɪneɪʃən / examination 9. / juːniːk / unique 10. / Ɵættʃʃ / thatch B. Write
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The Melody of Spoken English: Intonation Patterns Do you ever hear people say that English has a melody? It’s true. Many people think that spoken English has a musical quality. That’s probably because we use many intonation patterns when we speak. What do I mean by intonation patterns? Well‚ intonation refers to the pitch patterns we Americans use when we talk. There are many intonation patterns in American English. These patterns are important because they convey meaning. While some tonal
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on-line‚ I referred to this sample lesson as if adopted by a teacher to use as a lesson plan for teaching vocabulary. Reviewing the words on left end column‚ it is evident that: - word list( decontextualized - There are no chunks/ multi words - Most words are not frequent The learner is required to use a dictionary to define the words. Dictionary definitions: New items need to be presented as fast and efficiently as possible looking up in the dictionary
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Studying Spoken Language Unit 4 Lesson 1: Introduction to studying spoken language OBJ: to gain an overview of the unit and begin to understand how to study spoken language Starter: Using PPT‚ explain the outline of the unit. Students to write the three areas down in their books. Development: ‘Let’s start with you’ activity on PPT. Students write down the definition of ‘idiolect’. Write down two ideas for each ‘bubble’; each factor that can change their idiolect. Share with
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A. HOMONYMY I. Definition - Homonymy is a relation in which various words have the same (sound and written) form but have different meanings. II. Classification 1. Homonyms (full/absolute homonyms) - Two or more words identical in sound and spelling but different in meaning‚ distribution and origin are called homonyms - We use the term homonyms when one form (written or spoken) has two or more unrelated meaning‚ as these examples: Bank (of a river) – bank
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communicate to others. LANGUAGE can be spoken‚ written or signed with hand communication skills. Each different language uses their own set of intricate rules which one must follow to make or read the appropriate sound and therefore for the words to make sense. The amount of sounds and letter/symbols will vary depending on the language. English has over 40 different phonemes. Language will be learned by listening and or watching the appropriate sign for a word. However in the U.K‚ the written language
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Vol. 8. No. 4 A-2 March 2005 Return to Table of Contents Return to Main Page Barriers to Acquiring Listening Strategies for EFL Learners and Their Pedagogical Implications Yiching Chen Department of Applied Foreign Languages Takming College in Taiwan Abstract As theorized in Anderson ’s (1983‚ 1995) associative stage of skill acquisition‚ errors or obstacles become an important index of the learning process. However‚ learning obstacles have not been widely researched in the
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structure is the present perfect tense. Pronunciation /hæz hæpənd/ The sentence stress falls as follows (underlined where stress occurs): has happened Has has one syllable‚ happened has two syllables: has hap-penned The two words are linked and flow together when spoken (shown with the underscore): has_happened Appropriacy Neutral Anticipated problems and solutions Students may think it is the simple past when they spot the past participle‚ and therefore think it is an event in the past which
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