Assignment 1:Reflection on English Learning English is one of the international language.In my previous school life‚it is always around me.Although it is easy for me to learn English‚it does not mean that I will have a good English.So teachers use methods to teach us how to improve our English but actually some of it are not effective. My secondary school is a EMI school and English is my major language.We can use English in lessons but unluckily my English did not improve a lot
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Malay Language for Foreign Students Bahasa Malaysia Komunikasi ULAM1112 Pelajaran I (Lesson 1) SEBUTAN DAN INTONASI I. THE ALPHABET * Bahasa Melayu/Bahasa Malaysia is written in romanised script consists of alphabets A to Z. So Bahasa Melayu is not phonetics. * Words in Bahasa Melayu are syllable. * From all of the alphabets‚ five letters are vowels while the rest of the alphabets are consonants. II. THE VOWELS There are six vowels in Bahasa Malaysia: a is
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recent years‚ learning foreign language or languages has become a must at various fields of human life. After perceiving the necessity of a foreign language‚ people decide to learn an important one such as English‚ Deutsch regardless of their age. It is open to question whether it will be sufficient or efficient for an adult to start learning it‚ or not. In our country‚ children start learning English in school at fourth-grade. This means that they meet a foreign language when they’re ten
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Word Count: 1‚237 Denise Moreno Professor Carlene Coury English 120 13 April 2013 Deterioration of the English Language The English language seems to be deteriorating more and more each day. So many examples can be given to justify this observation. Three different writers have pointed out some examples of the butchering of the language. Martha Brokenbrough states that the constant use of instant messaging jargon and internetism can certainly be a good way to reshape the way we communicate
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level .c rs om ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1115/01‚ 1120/01‚ 1123/01‚ 1124/01 May/June 2003 1 hour 30 minutes Paper 1 Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name‚ Centre number and Candidate number on the answer paper/answer booklet. If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write
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Direct method Innovation in foreign language teaching began in the 19th century and‚ very rapidly‚ in the 20th century‚ leading to a number of different methodologies‚ sometimes conflicting‚ each trying to be a major improvement over the last or other contemporary methods. The earliеst applied linguists‚ such as Jean Manesca‚ Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff (1803-1865)‚ Henry Sweet (1845-1912)‚ Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) and Harold Palmer (1877-1949) worked on setting principles and approaches
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NAME: THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH COURSE: British or American‚ the language is basically the same‚ and its global stature is backed up by massive English-language training programmes‚ an international business that in textbooks‚ language courses‚ tape cassettes‚ video programmes and computerized instruction — is worth hundreds of millions of pounds or dollars to the economies of the US and the UK. The English language is now one of Britain’s most reliable exports. In the ironic words of the novelist
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learner and will also comment on the content and organization of a text rather than only focusing on formal mistakes. Let us look at different forms and types of feedback in turn: The purpose of feedback and marking is to help learners improve their English. To correct or not to correct... The first question we need to ask ourselves is whether to correct all the mistakes in a student’s writing. Hyland (2003:185) says that ’teacher written feedback should respond to all aspects of student texts: structure
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Assessing the English Language Learner (ELL) The Growth of ELL (ESL) The number of human beings who speak a language other than English continues to increase in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Australia‚ for example‚ as the number of immigrants grows. In 2006‚ 34.70% of the population of Los Angeles‚ California‚ was foreign born; 25.50% of Miami‚ Florida; 39.60% of Vancouver‚ British Columbia; 45.70% of Toronto‚ Ontario; 28.90% of Melbourne‚ Australia; and 31.70% of Sydney‚ Australia (Statistics
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children to begin to learn a foreign language at primary school than secondary school. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? (教育) There has been much discussion on whether to begin to learn a foreign language at primary school or at secondary school. I will compare and contrast two typical opinions regarding this issue. Start learning a foreign language earlier can benefit students to some extent. For one thing‚ those children who contact English at a relatively lower ages usually
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