Applied linguistics

Introduction English pronunciation is a major problem among some ESL learners. Majority of the cases the degree and type of difficulty depends on the learner’s native language. Despite the differences between countries, there are certain common mistakes among ESL students all over the world. According to (Pesce, 2017) there are seven common pronounciation mistakes among the ESL learners.Pronouncing the letter “th”,it is the most tough comsonant to produce. There are three different ways to…

Abstract: Prominent folklorist Alan Dundes mentions about three levels of studying and analysing folk lore: (1) Text, (b) Texture, and (c) Context; of all these the level of context is the most important. According to Allan Dundes the context of an item of folklore is the specific social situation in which that particular item is actually employed. Without context study of proverb also remain incomplete. In his book Magic Science and Religion (Garden City, 1954 P- 104) Bronislaw Malinowski…

Throughout the country, language variation exists with many languages when being compared to one another. Although isiXhosa seems that it contains variation within the country, there is a lack of variation in certain words or phrases. This can be interpreted by the collection of data and the certain trends that can be identified. There are many different facets to draw on such as the comparison between the use of standard and non-standard forms among males and females. There can also be a…

Intelligence tests are usually based on cognitive skills and learning that are needed in a Western society in order to succeed both in an educational and occupational setting. Intelligence tests usually are formulated under a Western ideal of ‘clever’ and can not account for various other ways in which ‘clever’ might be idealized in other cultures. It also usually relies on strong verbal content and the products of western schooling. Behaviour or intellect surrounding certain subjects may not…

What is Writing Instruction Anybody can pick up a pen and write. However, a good writer typically doesn’t just learn to write on their own. Writing is a task that involves explicit instruction. When we think of writing we typically think of just putting words on paper. However, writing is so much more. Writing is being able to gather information, thoughts, opinions, arguments, etc. and organize it a way that is comprehensive to a specific audience. Why is Writing Instruction Important…

and Code-Mixing Among Bilingual Children, they are defined, one as “the juxtaposition within the same speech exchange of passages of speech belonging to two different grammatical systems or subsystems” and the other as “the embedding of various linguistic units such as affixes, words( unbound morphemes, phrases and clauses that participants in order to infer what is intended, must reconcile what they hear with what they…

information about the brain is known even though there are so many researches. When the brain is examined, it can be said that it has several parts which work for particular purposes. One of these purposes is about language. So, the brain is a topic of Linguistics because of its relationship with the language. Neurolinguistics is the study of how language occurs in the brain. In other words, it is the study of the relationship between language and the brain. What is there in the Human Brain?…

Mother Tongue Every language is unique in itself. Everyone have a different way to express them self. Yet why do we do not accept the people who are different? “Mother tongue” is are on the article written by Amy Tan. In the story, she discusses about her mother ‘fractured” English. How her mother faced difficulties because she had an accent when she talked. She said that “some says they understand none of it is as if she were speaking pure Chinses.” instead of praising her that she…

“Hola, mi nombre es Sra. Rose. Como estas?” that was the first question I heard in Spanish while starting out in preschool. I pretended to go along with it even though I could not understand what she was saying. She continued with saying words in Spanish until I finally could make out what she was talking about. Ever since then I have been exposed to Spanish and now have the understanding and ability to speak it when I want to get a job. I have also been able to help Spanish speakers when they…

Specifically, the research compiled explains the inherent uncertainty in these ideas and the consequent dangers of delving into the complicated study. Keywords: Universalism, Linguistic Relativity, Sapir-Whorf, Psycholinguistic, Language, Cognition Language, the most diverse yet universal concept, has existed since the beginning of mankind. An important aspect of growth and development, language is the means by which ideas…