Encouragement of Child Language Acquisition Essay

has seen a great change in the way schools service their cultural and linguistic learners. Once pushed aside as bystanders by teachers waiting for the English language to arrive so instruction could begin, the professional educator today realizes a student’s primary language is a great resource to be utilized when acquiring the second language. School systems have accepted the fact cultural diversity is now the norm in education therefore, many educators like me have embraced such diversity in…

Prof. Dr. Henry Guntur Tarigan, a linguist, author and a professor at University of Indonesia, defines speaking as a language skill that is developed in child life; it is produced by listening skill, and in that period speaking is learned. (i) What is speaking? Speaking is a skill that one can learn to perfection with ease like swimming, cooking, driving a car, etc. One has to work at it continuously to improve speaking. Speech is the tool used to manifest our creative thoughts, feelings,…

Psychology Gerson Francis Tuazon Learning Style “Learning another language is like becoming another person.” - Haruki Murakami -1949 This quotation tells us that learning is not just for information only but also in other language too. This also tells us that if we try to learn a language we somehow turn into another person or persona it is because we think that since we are in another country and we speak different language, we create a different side of us, the side of us that wants to…

in terms of English acquisition. During stage III, the child is a beginner but can still function on a social level (Smiley & Salsberry, 2007). David’s English is currently at a basic conversational level. He is speaking in sentences, which falls under being in stage III. David’s social skills are mentioned in the case, with him being able to speak English with his classmates. Not only is he able to function on a social level when speaking English, but also in his native language of Spanish.…

increased attention for immigrants and English-language learners (ELL) in the United States. The generation 1.5 are overlooked and misidentified in the high school level. This generation is of students who are familiar with the U.S culture because they were raised here and many were born in the United States. Even though, they appear to be native in speaking English, they are less skilled in academics, literacy, and especially in writing in their first language. Moreover, there are nine…

Latifi; ketabi & mohamadi, 2013, p. 224). The second i+1 is challenged from another perspective that “input is necessary but not sufficient for acquisition to take place” (Ellis, 2003, 47 as cited in Latifi et al., 2013, p.224). Although the role of unconscious learning cannot be denied, conscious learning is supposed to have more…

Motivation Factors in Language Learning Makiko Ebata Digital Hollywood University (Tokyo, Japan) cocomaki4(at)hotmail.com Introduction Motivation in language-learning plays a vital role. It is motivation that produces effective second-language communicators by planting in them the seeds of self-confidence. It also successfully creates learners who continuously engage themselves in learning even after they complete a targeted goal. In order for English instructors to motivate them, a number of…

Age, Orthography, and Language Maturity Effect of age on language development, cross-linguistic influence, and orthography are one variable worthy of consideration. However, the focus of this research segregates age from language maturity, that is, we measure the orthographic understanding of the mother tongue, or first language (L1), against the second language (or additional new language). Therefore the issues that I believe need consideration are the ability for individuals to read,…

Empirical Study in Critical Language Classrooms”, Foreign Language Annals, vol. 48, Iss. 3, pp. 511-520. Summary: This article studies how the global influences of different countries are related to the learning of these countries’ language, in the classrooms of the United States. The researchers believed that there was relationship between global competence and language learning motivation, and therefore set global competence as an independent variable and motivation of language learning as a…

Demotivators of Japanese English-as-a-Foreign-Language Learners ' Oral Fluency The increasing use of English in global business and international communication has led many countries to emphasize English as a foreign language (EFL) in their education systems. In Japan, compulsory English education extends from elementary school to high school. However, oral fluency continues to be a weak point in Japan’s education system when compared to written and reading skills. One possible reason for this…