Applied linguistics

The relationship between language and culture is deeply rooted in the human mind. Language is used to maintain and convey culture and cultural ties. Different ideas stem from differing language use within one’s culture and the whole intertwining of these relationships start at one’s birth. It is not until the child is exposed to their surroundings that they become individuals in and of their cultural group. From birth, the child’s life, opinions, and language are shaped by what it comes in…

production of language (output), and corrective feedback on production (interaction) as three important environmental factors for the acquisition of second language to develop. There is a general belief that supports input simplification, that is, linguistic manipulation of the text will improve L2 comprehension. So many materials which are published commercially have taken this technique(Yano et al., 1994). On the contrary, several other researchers, for instance, Blau (1982), have questioned…

Patterson share the same way of thinking, deeming English as a gender exclusive language based on three factors. The first one is due to the fact that it constitutes sex-exclusive lexis like hunk for man and chick for women. Second, it is made up of linguistic items that stay unchanged but alter in meaning regarding the sexes such as the word “tramp”. The final element is that it is the language carrying within it a mutual acknowledgement about how men and women are supposed to conduct…

Any transaction that requires more than an individual can be done through communication. Communication is a two-way operation of meeting a shared understanding in which communicators and receivers does not only trade facts, ideas and emotions but also build and share value. In simpler words, communication is the process of delivering and acquiring between two or more participants. The individual delivering the message is called the sender, while the individual acquiring the message is referred…

Introduction In recent years there has been an increase in research investigating monolingual and bilingual individuals’ cognitive development. In order to research this area more accurately scientist examine language acquisition (how it all begins) in monolingual and bilingual children. This allows them to get an overall better understanding into brain development but also to address the cognitive advantages and disadvantages of being bilingual and monolingual. Define monolingual and…

In these present times, English language is known as the universal language due to its importance. Furthermore, the study of English not only in the world but also in Vietnam is more accessible. When learning English, Vietnamese learners will have difficulty in acquiring grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation. Personal Pronouns, in particular, can be considered as the easiest and the most basic grammar point at the first stage of learning English, but learners cannot avoid making mistakes when…

Interpersonal communication can be attributed as a reason to almost every conflict and misunderstanding. So, what is interpersonal communication? Interpersonal communication is humanity’s most vital characteristic and its biggest accomplishment. It is humans skill to turn meaningless grunts into articulated and composed words, across that they are able to make known their needs, wants, thoughts and feelings. In simple words, senders and receivers who exchange messages containing ideas and…

and it could to the term Linguistic Imperialism. At first I would like to define, what linguistic imperialism means and how it is explained, then I would like to define some other important terms connected with linguistic imperialism. Linguistic imperialism, sometimes called language imperialism, can be explained as the transfer of a dominant language to other people. A lot of information about linguistic imperialism provided book written by Robert Phillipson - Linguistic Imperialism (published…

What is storytelling? Storytelling is an interactive. It involves two-way interaction between the storyteller and audiences. Storytelling is always related to the way a story or narrative is presented. In addition, by storytelling, the teller can tightly connected to the audiences where the knowledge and information is being shared. Linear is something that is related to a straight line. It is characterized by line. In other word, linear is also a progressing from one stage to another in a…

Before this all thing of how to overcome cultural barriers to communication can be talked about, it is important to know or identify the barriers themselves. According to Joynt and Warner, culture diversity makes communication difficult as the mindset of people of different cultures are different, the language, signs and symbols are different. They said that different cultures have different meaning of words, behaviors and gestures. Culture also gives rise to prejudices, ethnocentrism, manners…