Non-native pronunciations of English

language even without knowing what does it mean, and depending on the sources of the input that provides them with language mode. ESL learners usually develop their language system which incorporates its elements from their mother tongue, and from the English which they are learning. This way of analysis and thinking (Inter-language) helps them a lot in testing the hypotheses they concluded through their learning. According to Bashir. M, 2012. Stages can be summarized as the following: the first…

found that newly arrived non-English-speaking children in the United States ages 8–12 years were the first to reach native-speaker norms (50th percentile), and they reached these norms within 4–5 years of arrival. . Another early Swedish study comparing 7–10-year-old Finnish migrant children … found children who arrived in…

Native American / American Indian Any cultural group is formed by different characteristics, such as home country, language, education, and traditions, work, among others. As part of a cultural group in the United States, the American Indians are the indigenous peoples of the Americas. According to Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2014), the name Indian is supposedly first given by Christopher Columbus who thought that the mainlands were part of the Indies, in Asia (p. 1). During the…

The size of vocabulary is an important standard to evaluate a learner’s English level. Without adequate vocabulary knowledge, a second language learner’s conversational fluency and reading comprehension will meet difficulties. Vocabulary is the foundation of a language. In language learning and teaching, vocabulary has always been a neglect and weak point. Therefore, the advances of computer-assisted language learning in educational applications have offered a new resource of authentic…

How baby talk can help? As mentioned above, baby talk is characterized by slower and more repetitive tone than used in regular conversation and the speech is more likely in shorter, simpler utterances. Do infants pay greater attention to speech with such characteristics? The answer appears to be yes: They show a clear preference for it, from an early age, over adult-directed speech (e.g., Fernald 1985; Panneton Cooper & Aslin 1990; Werker, Pegg, & McLeod 1994; see also Zangl & Mills 2007).…

Introduction : In this part, I tried to get everyone’s attention by leading up to my quote with a story which required me to give some background information about myself and the system that students go through to get into a college in Turkey. This was essential, because otherwise, people wouldn’t understand the situation. In this section, Iit was expected to give an overview of preview my speech by telling my main points; however, I couldn’t find a way to do it without breaking the story…

the globalization of economy and the frequency of communication, our country and society had the higher requirement for the use of English. However, at present, the situation that students can’t speak English is very general, for example, the dumb English. Most students can understand a sentence even the article in English, but they can’t express their ideas in English. As we all know, language environment decide the…

communication in English, designing and conducting experiments, analysing and interpreting data, and reading. Their study also shows that all communication skills fall in the third factor with relatively higher loadings. In addition, the Indian Government in 2008-2009 launched the National Skills Development Corporation (NSCDC), as part of the…

focus on the reading&writing-side of learning. This is to achieve frequent reading, reading and writing for business purposes, business analysis and researches. Based on the fact the most business professional would already have some understanding of English and they are familiar of the basic knowledge of reading and writing in their own language, I would make the learning process and contents literature-based. I would collect articles which are not only meaningful but also embody some language…

form. In the negative, the verb is left in base form but preceded by did not/didn’t. See grammar tables on page 50. * How many different pronunciations of the –ed suffix are there? What determines the pronunciation? There are three pronunciations of the –ed; suffix; t/, /d/, /id/. The pronunciation is determined by end sound of the verb. See Pronunciation Notes on page 53. * What actions are described when using the simple past? The simple past is used to describe actions or states…