Corpus linguistics

Epistemology and Contemporary Methodologies in English teaching Characterized by frequent change and innovation, the foundation of contemporary language teaching was developed during the early part of the twentieth century, as applied linguists as others pursued to build principles and procedures for the design of teaching methods and materials (RICHARDS; RODGERS, 2014, p. 1). The aim of the present text is to walk through the changes in language teaching through the methodologies, giving…

Elizabeth Bishop was one of America’s best poets; her poems were known to influence the world, mainly because she based her writings on real world experiences so that people could relate to her poems. According to Jonathan Sircy, “Bishop has a preference for poems with a happy ending or a ruefully cheerful one” (Sircy 1). Certain poems that Bishop has written end up in cheerful endings; such as, “The End of March,” “A Miracle for Breakfast,” and the “Moose.” One specific poem that diverges from…

According to the council of Writing Program Administrator Outcomes, I have succeeded in English 1900. I understood the rhetoric knowledge and applied it in my assignments. I have learned that I have to mention to mention the purpose of the topic, the audience, and the context of every assignment. I focused on the purpose by accomplishing the goal of my essays to let my audience understand my arguments. Assignments are often designed with a particular audience. Therefore, knowing my audience…

Language death is a process that affects speech communities. When the level of linguistic competence the speaker possesses of a given language decreases, eventually will lead to no native or fluent speakers. Language death occurs in many different ways. Language death can occur gradually overtime. Another way language death occurs is…

Kham established his life and had kids who grew up in Iowa. Since they grew up in Iowa, they were taught Taidam and English in the house, and English in school. Their phonology is different from their father’s since they grew up in America (Baccam). Their Taidam speaking skills aren’t as developed as their fathers, but they can still understand a good majority of the Taidam language. Even though they can speak in sentences and are capable of holding conversations with relatives, they aren’t able…

When first starting out on our learning journeys we encounter many struggles. For many of us it’s the first time we’re attempting to read and write, but for some reading and writing has been attempted and not succeed. When attempting to read and write for the first time it can be really challenging, you may fail a couple of times before you get it right, but learning to read and write is one of the most important things you encounter when first starting out in your education journey. Without…

Does age play a role in second language acquisition? In recent years, more and more parents have decided to introduce their children to one, or even several foreign languages in order to increase their opportunities in professional life. Parents are often uncertain whether or not their children could actually benefit from multilingualism and if an early acquisition of a foreign language could interfere with their child’s ability to fluently speak the mother tongue. To optimally prepare the…

While learning the principals of Functional Grammar, the students begin to decipher the linguistic variances that are common for the different fields of knowledge or subject areas. For example, scientific writing contains more technical and objective language whereas English writing often contains symbolic, literary, and subjective language (Balzarolo…

This year in English 101 I have learned a lot of new writing skills. I have learned new grammar skills along with learning how to make my writing stronger by adding more details. I plan to keep working on my summaries because as the semester has gone on, I have learned how to make my summaries better than they have been. In the future, I will use my writing skills a lot in the profession I plan to go in which is education. I will have to write letters home to parents and I will need to make them…

Writing can be seen as many things and in many ways, but I like to look at writing as it follows; writing is like trying to go home during rush hour on the free way. You start off, and you want to go fast, but you encounter slow traffic, dead traffic, and even some one-off time, fluid traffic. Once you are off the freeway, you encounter the casual red light and might even need to do U-turns along the way. However, we all know that no matter how long it takes, you arrive home sometime not too…