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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Language plays and important role in human life. Out of all the languages in the world‚ English is considered as the international language and in recent years‚ English is more and more popular in the world. this language is learned and studied by a higher number of people with every passing day because of its two importance in this modern world: a mean to communicate and to create a greater opportunity for a job. Saudi Arabia is a developing country and everyone has to learn English because today
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said “English is the future.” He says that English will soon be the ‘lingua franca’ or common language. Many aspects contribute to the rise of English speakers around the world; they include the number of people who speak English and the visibility of those people through things such as media‚ tourism and business‚ the need for people around the world to be able to communicate in a common language and the common language that is spoken in politics. However‚ countries that do not speak English will
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The English language has had an adventure in many respects‚ and has been very near extinction. The original language is undistinguishable from the language that we speak today. Although the language is very deeply rooted in the Latin language it has managed to retain much of its Germanic qualities. Today the language is about sixty percent Germanic and forty percent Romantic. The beginning of English started with the Scandinavian people when they landed in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries A
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Learning English: A surprising experience Learning a new language can be a scary and frustrating experience but for other people it is not. This is the case of a girl named Lindsay. She is 22 years old and she is studying a Bachelors of Arts in English Language Teaching. She started to learn English when she was ten years old because it was a mandatory subject at the school she attended. The interesting thing about her case is the fact that‚ even though it was a compulsory course‚ she mentioned
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The development of English as a global language is one of the most remarkable phenomena of this century. It has developed from the native language of Inner-circle countries to the most widely read‚ spoken and taught language in the world. It has been widely spread through emigration‚ colonization‚ and globalization and has been acquired as a first‚ a second‚ and a foreign language (Karchu‚ 1990). Being the world’s leading language‚ English has become the main vehicle of international communication
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English is a Crazy Language (An Opinionated Reflection) English is indeed the most popular and the most used language in the world. There are some countries like in Japan; not sure but Japanese people don’t actually require speaking English. For me‚ it’s the reason for their unreachable success. With their Japanese to Japanese language speaking‚ they can understand each other very clear. I think‚ it is one of the major problems here in the Philippines wherein we are doing Filipino to English
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‘English Seen as Co-star among Global Languages’ and ‘ Can English Be Dethroned?’ Decide which article is more persuasive in your opinion and why. Use examples from the articles to support your ideas. Nowadays‚ all people say that English is the most essential and easiest language that people could use to communicate in different countries. As I read thoroughly the two articles‚ which are called “ English seen as a Co-star among Global Language” and “Can English be Dethroned”‚ I’ve found out
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English as a Global Language English is fast becoming the dominant means by which the world is able to communicate. It is being referred to as the global language as it is seen as a common means for interaction between different countries. This new phenomena can be seen in a positive light because the use of English as a common language brings efficiency and greater understanding. Growth and development are not tolerant of differences and English becomes a means for international expansion. Nonetheless
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Abstract Listening skills research has tended to focus on strategy use in classrooms and on theory and practice of second language (L2) teachers. This study examined the teachers’ and learners’ perceptions of listening skills in non-classroom learning situations. Five (n = 5) study skills teachers and 19 former learners in a distance study skills course at the University of the South Pacific (USP) were interviewed for this study. The interviews with the study skills teachers sought their expectations
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