Second language acquisition

bilingual people is going to increase considerably during the next years. Consequently, in the last few years there has been a growing interest in foreign language learning and teaching due to bilingual education has become understood as a real priority in schools around the world. In all European countries, English has become the main language for communication among non-native English speakers, which may explain the categorization of “lingua franca” that many experts have given to this…

When it comes to the topic of foreign language being taught at an early age to children beginning at the first school year of their elementary experience, most of us would readily agree that it shouldn’t be taught at an early age because, it prevents children from achieving more in their academic life. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what are the benefits of teaching children a foreign language. Whereas some are convinced that a children’s brain can absorb a…

of language and how it communicates one’s culture. He first writes about growing up in Kenya; describing the language, Gikuyu, and how storytellers told stories that were mostly about animals or humans. He considers Gikuyu as the language of his community, culture, and work. Later, due to the English colonization in Africa, he went to a “colonial school” where he was forced to learn English. In Kenya, English became the dominant language and if anyone was caught speaking their native language;…

In learning English, there are four basic skills that should be mastered by everyone. Those are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening is the one of the most important language skills and also foundation of all human communication. “Listening is the ability to identify and understand what other saying” (Saricoban,1999). Listening plays an important role in building communication skill, as well as we know; communication is a part of human’s daily activity. Teacher as the facilitator…

translation of converting words or text from one language into another; in other words, he was adapting poetry by using the exact equivalent or close by meaning…

this essay about language, I can’t help but ask myself “why is language, let alone the use of multiple languages so important anyway”. This questioning of the very thing that allows me to construct my thoughts and express them to you as a reader quickly begins to feel foolish. Language is so important, but so overlooked that it’s not surprising that I’d so quickly question it in this way. There’s not a day that we as humans don’t take advantage of the concept that is language. Language is THE…

Culture and Language In order to access a culture, language is the key. You cannot fully understand a culture without speaking its language. This is because the values and worldview of a particular cultural group are embedded within their language use. For example, highly individualistic cultures often use "I" statements, while collectivistic cultures would use "we" and "our" more frequently. Intercultural scholars have posited two worldviews that divide Western and nonWestern cultures. These…

There are three argumentative models that were outlined by Rottenberg and Winchell. Aristotelian Rhetoric, Rogerian Argument, and the Toulmin Model. Rhetoric approach is divided into three categories—Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in which Ethos referring to the trustworthiness or credibility of the writer or speaker, Pathos referring to experience, and Logos referring to the internal consistency of the message. Rhetoric approach is also called the Classic approach. The Rogerian approach is an…

“The language as a whole will not decline. In texting what we are seeing, in a small way, is language in evolution” (Crystal 345). Throughout 2b or Not 2B, author David Crystal is pro- texting and makes many valid points which show how texting has come about and changed throughout the years. Crystal also touches on whether or not texting is ruining children’s ability to read and write. Even though texting has not always been the most popular thing, it is a major component in today’s society.…

was negatively impacted by language formulation difficulties as his sentences deteriorated into fragments and short phrases that were linked with the connective “and”. He exhibited errors in subject-verb agreement during discourse (e.g. “I no feel good”) and in formalized testing (e.g., “pencil is do your homework”). According to Hoff (2005), by the time children are 4 years old, they typically produce complex sentences and essentially master the grammar of their language. Informal assessment…