Language is one aspect of social culture. Language can only be used in social environments. Today, society continuously sets a new demand on the structure of knowledge, and learning a foreign language is no longer the fashion; it is a necessary demand of social development in the present time, and a kind of essential quality talented person should possess. Language and culture are related and interdependent. One’s ability to learn a language to a great extent depends on his/her level of…
Language does not control our lives, we do. In discussion of the advantages of being multilingual, it is important to entertain all argument and to directly respond to those with conflicting options. While discussing this issue two sides typically develop; one side will argue it is beneficial to learn multiple languages whereas the other side will say it is not beneficial because there are no foreign or domestic advantages. Americans who are monolingual are not at a disadvantage in the world…
the main languages of the Europe and it is used throughout world. It is an official language that is utilized by most of the world 's associations, for example, the UNESCO, the Red Cross Association, and various other international panels and associations. French is the world’s most used language after English in the globe. To comprehend the significance of French, one has to take in the language oneself to get the full advantage of this stunning language. In the 21st century, learning French…
tongue, code-switching, pre-school, and foreign language and research on using of mother tongue on children L2 acquisition, its advantages and disadvantage and also the situations that a teacher allowed to use of mother tongue. 2.1. Mother Tongue Mother tongue is an integral part of human existence and tied him with stem cells. Mother tongue is a language we learned from mother, father and relatives. According to Nordguist (2017), mother tongue is a native language that human learned from birth;…
other languages opening doors to different cultural connections. Many students, in today’s society, are noticing…
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ANGOLA The English massive study, is a recent phenomenon in Angola which is used as a foreign language by the very large number of speakers such as teachers, students, physicians, writers. Its massive spread all over the country is dictated by the globalization. More and more foreign companies started to establish their business in Angola, as a result of peace process achieved in 2002 which lead at the end of war in Angola. Vanity Vaish in Globalization of Language…
successful language learners have the ability of tolerance and adaptation to unknown factors and vague segments of a new language. Among learners there are several learning styles that we can point out the one of important one which is ambiguity tolerance (AT) and defined as “ the degree to which you are cognitively willing to tolerate ideas and propositions that run counter to your own belief system or structure of knowledge” (Brown, 2000: 119). As Ely (1989) mentioned, learning new language…
attitudes towards the English language in these engineering colleges, I used the Attitude Motivation Test Battery (AMTB). AMTB was developed by R.C. Gardner (2004). It was originally used with English speaking Canadian primary and secondary school students who were studying French as a foreign language. According to Gardner (1985 b) “The linguistic goals focus on developing competence in the individual’s ability to read, write, speak and understand the second language, and there are many aspects…
example, as an Arabic native speaker and previous English language learner and a current English as a foreign language instructor, and a future assistant professor at the University of Jeddah who has been involved in multicultural and multilingual contexts for several years, I produced a paper to investigate language use, motivation and attitudes towards foreign language learning. Through this investigation I learned how attitudes about language use influence the way some Arabic students…
Many college students may think that their mandatory foreign language classes are just requirements to check off their list, they may also wonder: “Is learning a second language in the United States worth it? What are the benefits of learning a second language?” These are common questions that not only college students, but many workers across the United States have faced and tried to answer during their education years. In an increasingly competitive international economy, while high GPA,…