Language proficiency

of four sets of synonyms by Chinese second language learners and native speakers of English by using a forced choice question instrument beside corpus data as reference. As it is clear from the abstract, the data analysis of this paper uncovers many leading findings. One of the findings is the general synonym acquisition trajectory. Which is…

The world is formed of diverse languages which all have one purpose, to allow one individual to communicate with another. People have altered the way language should be interpreted by associating a language with a personality. As people continue to adapt to these changes, it will soon become the cultural norm. A norm that says people are to be judged based on their language and, not their personality. Sociolinguistics have proven that society has developed a norm which illustrates the way a…

All members of the faculty, our new students, good afternoon! On behalf of the faculty and students from the School of Translation Studies, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to all new faces here. Now please allow me to share with you the expectation from the school faculty for all freshmen. My first point is about the genuine purpose of education in university. What’s the definition of uni? Our schoolmaster Mr. 戚万学 had talked about his own understanding of university in this year’s…

providing lessons in English Language Arts, teachers should include activities that encourage verbal collaborations, reading, and writing aspects. Moreover, these should be done with accommodations for any student with English language barriers based off of individual skills levels (Hardman, Drew, & Egan, 2013). Using Speaking / listening, reading, and writing activities in lessons is important, because they are all forms of producing and processing information with language; which would cater…

Research Summary Assignment The article titled “The Development of L2 Fluency During Study Abroad: A Cross-Language Study”, reports on a study conducted by Francesca Di Silvio, Wenhao Diao, and Anne Donovan. Published in The Modern Language Journal in 2016, this quantitative research investigated on different aspects regarding learners’ improvement in fluency and holistic proficiency after a semester abroad. Research Questions In this study, the authors addressed three research questions…

Empirical studies in the extant literature have indicated a strong correlation between second language anxiety and two affective factors: attitude/motivation toward learning the target language and self-efficacy (Cubukcu, 2008; Liu, 2012; Mills, Pajares, & Herron, 2006; Shams, 2008;). To examine how students’ target language learning attitude and motivation orientation predict their level of language anxiety in the classroom, this study adapted Gardner’s (1985b) “Attitude/ Motivation Test…

were identified as English Language Learners (ELL), 9.8% of the district’s population. The School District of Philadelphia’s ELL students are identified through the district’s…

and inspire EL students to succeed. EL students are placed into their neighborhood schools. However, the EL student’s parents have the right to request open enrollment to their choice of school. One assessment that the district used is the Home Language Survey (HLS). This assessment is more a survey for the parent or legal guardian to complete. This information will help the school to provide appropriate instruction to the student. The HLS will remain on file in the student’s…

but her excitement is understandable; she and Jack worked hard to establish a new method of language learning for Northwestern students. The club, Campus Language Connection, is the McCarter’s second foray into creating a language organization. This new group joins native speakers of a language with those who hope to learn that language. CLC aims to help students not only become competent in a foreign language, but to build a unique community of students that appreciate cultures in a way that…

Flores, G. (2014). Families Facing Language Barriers in Healthcare: When Will Policy Catch Up with the Demographics and Evidence? The Journal of Pediatrics, 164(6), 1261-1264. Doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.033 In “Families Facing Language Barriers in Healthcare: When Will Policy Catch Up with the Demographics and Evidence?” (published in 2014), Glen Flores, MD, of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas explains how language barriers impact access to care, the availability of health…