LANGUAGE USE IN THAILAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CASE OF BHUTAN Namgay Thinley March 2002 CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ____________________________________________________________ ________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the study 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2 Introduction Background information on language use in Thailand Language situation Standard Thai The present status of Thai Background information on language use in Bhutan Language situation
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been paid to how classroom-based instruction can contribute to the pragmatic development of foreign language learners. This article presents the activities of a four-week program aimed at developing students’ pragmatic competence by focusing on two speech acts‚ openings and closings. 16 J U L Y 2 0 0 4 E N G L I S H T E A C H I N G F O R U M 04-0219 ETF_16_21a 6/23/04 11:21 AM Page 17 The role of pragmatic competence Communicative language pedagogy and
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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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According to Swain‚ ...producing the target language may be the trigger that forces the learner to pay attention to the means of expression needed in order to successfully convey his or her own intended meaning. (Swain 1985: 249) In Swain’s view‚ learners need not only input‚ but output: they need to use language in order to learn it. Krashen‚ however‚ as recently as 2009‚ stated that: Research done over the last three decades has shown that we acquire language by understanding what we hear and read
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MC Research Methodology A comparison between first and second language acquisition theories Primarily‚ I would like to mention some differences between the first and the second language acquisition based on Vivian Cook’s online paper. First‚ the tongue mother or first language is acquired during our childhood; when our ability to learn is unlimited. On the other hand‚ second language is acquired either when we are teenagers or adults. Then‚ we can say that our brains have changed along the
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Second Language Acquisition Second language acquisition or second language learning is the process by which humans all over the world learn a second language in addition to their native languages. Second language‚ target language or L2 are all synonyms which are used to refer to any language learned in addition to the native language called mother tongue‚ first language or L1. Furthermore‚ second language acquisition can also include a third language‚ which is then called heritage language or multilingualism
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BKristen Gershkoff Mr. Zabel Ecology 1 October 2012 How Abiotic Factors Affect the Biota The variation of abiotic factors in both the beach and the salt pond greatly affect the biota in those areas. At the beach there was a rocky landscape that rounded the water‚ while at the salt pond‚ there was more of a wet grassy area allowing different life forms or biota to thrive in each. Also‚ physical factors such as temperature‚ salinity‚ or dissolved oxygen levels allow for different life forms to
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Story 1 – Facebook buys Whatsapp Facebook has bought instant messaging service Whatsapp for £11bn‚ giving Facebook access to Whatsapp 450 million users. The deal was split into £2.4bn in cash‚ £7.2bn in Facebook shares and £1.8bn in restricted stock awards for the Whatsapp founders and employees. Facebook has also paid a break fee of £1.2bn (Rushton 2014). Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp can be described as a hostile takeover in effort for Facebook to monopolize on the Internet market
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Diversity In this country the English language rules the land. Although English hasn’t exactly always been the official language of America‚ it is now. In the early period of our country America was basically a melting pot for cultures‚ languages‚ religion etc. Things have very much changed since then. English may be the dominant‚ but millions of Americans speak more than just English at home. Bilingualism is all around us; in a country that is dominated by English I think bilingualism would strengthen
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SHAKESPEARE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Multiliteracies‚ Technologies and the Bard 1 My experience as a drama teacher in public schools and my observations on prac is that high school students in English or Drama classes find Shakespeare frustrating and alienating. And for many non-English speaking and Indigenous students‚ Shakespeare requires a cognitive leap made doubly problematic by cultural distance. In many ways‚ it’s like learning another language‚ hence the title of my investigation. I intend
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