encounter different blockages in the course of language learning. These blocks can be categorized as both internal and external. Internal factors include reasons such as lack of motivation and fear of failure. External factors‚ on the other hand‚ include factors like unsuitable classroom environment and social influences. Motivation is an affective factor for students to engage in a study. Students have a variety of reasons to learn a new language. These reasons can be due to academic purposes
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to which a number of answers can be given. Some of them are: good English is correct English; it is economical‚ clear‚ interesting... In a word‚ it is effective English. To be effective‚ and thus to achieve the writer’s or speaker’s purpose‚ the language he uses must be appropriate to the material he wants to communicate‚ to the time and place‚ to the audience aimed at‚ and to the impression of himself he wants to give. Thus‚ good English is correct English appropriate to a certain level of communication
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Time: 90’ Class: M3 Unit: 2 Jennifer is going to live in Vientiane Lesson: 3 What are you going to do this year? Aims: Ss will be able to: * Read and remember the meaning of each word. * Read and understand the conversation. New language: sunglass‚ farewell party‚ pilot‚ blouse‚ drinks‚ jumper‚ overnight‚ pants‚ engineer‚ singer‚ computer science‚ toy plane‚ medicine‚ travel bag… Materials: Book3‚ board‚ flipchart. Stages | Teacher’s activities | Ss activities | Materials | Time
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Argumentative Essay Why Americans Should Learn a Foreign Language Steve Fidel once has written‚ “A person who speaks three languages is trilingual; a person who speaks two languages is bilingual; a person who speaks one language is — American.” In spite of the fact‚ that English language one of widely widespread in the world‚ it should not use that as an excuse for native born residents of the United States to avoid studying another language. There is a set
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The role of Video in foreign language teaching Nowadays‚ the first video (or just moving pictures) celebrates its 117th birthday. Do you remember the first movie by Lumière brothers? Which one shocked and impressed the unprepared audience? “The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station” What was the main aim of this video? Yes you are absolutely right … just to impress and to entertain. But today‚ Im going to speak about another aim which one is closely connected with the sphere of education
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10 principles for designing foreign language learning video games proposed by Purushotma‚ Thorne‚ and Wheatley (2009). The details are provided below. Principle #1 At least as much thought needs to go into the design of failure states as for success states. As a learner of a new language‚ it is normal for the players to make mistakes and fail. What is important is how video games react to the failure that occurs. Designer of video game for foreign language learning should design games that not
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English is an international language which is used officially all around the world. Anybody who wants to make connections with the world we live in should learn English. I had English language classes in my secondary and high school years. I also took some private English learning courses throughout summers in my country‚ Turkey. However‚ I could not improve my English effectively as all Turkish students in Turkey. I fully agree that English will be learned most efficiently in the boundaries of an
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The 7 Conditions of Learning Language -Mark B. Rosales I have been reading Helping Children Become Readers Through Writing by Arlene C. Schultze and I’m finding it very illuminating. It is accessible and draws on many staples of literary fact and example. I wanted to share for you all here today Cambourne’s 7 conditions of learning language. I have read them before but have greatly enjoyed the reminder as the philosophy is one I agree with and employ. Cambourne (and Schultze) assert that there
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A research paper on English language in Higher Education: Exploring Learner centred approach ‘Crisis in English language learning’ Bandhavi Kumari G Regd No 1224122 Dais Maria Regd no 1224124 Christ University Bangalore Abstract “An international language belongs to its users‚ not to the countries whose national languages have become internationalized” (Edge1993). The position of English in the world has changed so greatly‚ and the number of L2 speakers has increased so rapidly that all
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com/tefl-articles/tefl-methodology.php Nativist Language Development Language development‚ according to the nativist theory‚ is driven by an innate learning device. The development in language is a rapid learning process that begins at birth. Children learn quickly how to communicate their wants and needs first through cries and coos‚ then to more complex sounds. By age 5‚ a child’s vocabulary has increased tremendously and communication is performed with ease. The process of how language develops has been studied since
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