accuracy when you’re learning a second language. True or False? Learning second language brings many difficulties for learners and the biggest dilemma for teachers is to decide whether to take a fluency-oriented or accuracy-oriented approach. Both have advantages and disadvantages‚ so which one is the most efficient? Can we really separate learning process into accuracy and fluency or is it something that constantly overlaps? The modern view of accuracy-oriented approach is rather negative.
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A CATEGORICAL INSTRUMENT FOR SCORING SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING SKILLS James Dean Brown Florida State University Kathleen M. Bailey Monterey Institute of International Studies This paper first reviews recent research on evaluating second language learners’ writing skills. It then discusses research on a categorical instrument for evaluating compositions written by upper intermediate university ESL students. The form of the instrument used in this study included five equally weighted criteria for scoring:
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Misconceptions about adults’ language learning When adults start taking English lessons in order to learn this language‚ it is common listen some comments like “you cannot teach an old dog new tricks”. Despite research results show the contrary‚ many people still believe that adults cannot learn a second language with good proficiency. All these myths related to adults’ language acquisition set a negative effect that in some cases produces that second language learning becomes a wish never reachable
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Dispositional and Learning Approach to Personality Analysis Learning Team C Maria Gabriel‚ Tannis Tyler‚ Shandrell Conner‚ and Britny Holt PSY 405 May 4‚ 2015 Angela Snelling Introduction This paper will describe the role of personality in affecting situational behavior and it will also examine the personality characteristics attributed to dispositional and learning theories. With the theories selected for this analysis‚ this paper will aim to explain the interpersonal relational aspects associated
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English Be the Second Official Language of Taiwan? English is the most widely and internationally spoken language in the world; many countries set English as their second official language‚ such as Singapore‚ India‚ and Korea. We may hear plenty of news reporting the rapid development of economy in these countries‚ and it is no doubt that one of the biggest advantages they hold is the knowledge of language. Therefore‚ in this business world‚ we should understand that language makes us more competitive
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Assignment 1 Geico Total Rewards Program Case Study Advantages to a Total Rewards Approach There are several advantages to using a total rewards approach to compensating the workforce. The top five are described in the text (pp. 15—17). The following paragraphs discuss the facets of the Geico total rewards program that align with these advantages: The first facet is “Health and Well-Being”. Geico offers a variety of medical plans to their employees such as PPO’s‚ HMO’s‚ dental
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The extract taken from the book “Language and Language Learning” is a piece of scientific prose which deals with the problem of comprehension of literature on school level. The author touches upon the theme of topical interest in the field of language learning. That is why this text is of great importance for those who want to comprehend a story in a new language. The author provides the reader with possible steps of solution of this problem. Each of these steps is given in an extended form with
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better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary. Does the advantages of this outweigh the disadventages? Reason relevant examples 250 words Some experts suggest that it is better for children to learn a foreign language at primary school than secondary school. This argument is true to some extent. The researches and experiment about the difference between the way in which adult and children learn a foreign language have already showed that it
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“Language-based learning disabilities are problems with age-appropriate reading‚ spelling‚ and/or writing” Learning disabilities do not always define the intelligence of an individual or their potential abilities. One of the underlying causes of learning disabilities are due to congenital issues such as differences developmentally in the brain. One of the most commonly known language-based learning disability with importance to reading is Dyslexia‚ however this is not solely the only language-learning
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Why learning foreign language is important? How I learned English? Language is what makes human different compare to other living beings in the world and it is a tool that we use to communicate with one another. Nowadays‚ in a changing world‚ people become more competitive and ambitious so acquiring language as many as we can is also part of our goals. Unfortunately‚ I couldn’t realize why learning foreign language is important and its value until my senior year of school. For me‚ it took almost
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