Second Chechen War

Once upon a time, there was a girl whose first language was Arabic. When she was a kid, she admired anyone who could speak English. She had a dream of speaking English one day. As a result, she had a strong desire to learn English. This girl is me, Eman. I am starting my language learning autobiography as a story because stories always have value, and are worth a lot to someone. My English learning autobiography expand several stages of my life: elementary, middle, high school, college, and my…

When I first came here from the Middle East I did not know English. I was worried for my family and myself. The culture here is much different than the culture where I am from. Classes move very quickly and the assignments are very different. Before I came here I had a five day long meeting that helped me prepare myself for American culture. We discussed behavioral things, such as what to ask, social networking, and research. At home in my country, I read the news before going out, here is much…

studies looking at anxiety and specific language skills, in which the emphasis was mainly on second language (L2) speaking. 2.1.1 FL Anxiety in the Listening Skill FLLs are facing a big sufferance when listening to foreign language. In this regard, Krashen (1982) claimed that when listening or attempting to extract the message from messages in L2 was the major procedure in the evolution of a second language, in this juncture; he supposed that anxiety formed an “affective filter…

ccording to the data from the National Center for Educational Statistics, in the 2002-2003 school year there was an estimate of 4.1 million ELL students (NCES, 2015). However, this number has increase throughout the years. In the 2012-2013 school year there was an estimate of 4.4 million ELLs (NCES, 2015).In addition, Texas is one of the six states that has “10.0% or more of public school students” that are English language learners (NCES, 2015). Since there are a growing number of ELLs, it is…

My family’s lifestyle was focused on outdoor activities, not reading and writing. I would have to say that it was a lack of encountering writing materials that lead to difficulties in reading, spelling, and writing. I believe that my grandparents second language also played a part in that difficulty. Hearing people talking with words and sounds that you don’t understand would be confusing to young…

Pfeiffer was presented a child who had very little exposure to writing or reading, little to no knowledge of the alphabet, phonological awareness, or concepts of print. Whatever her strategies were, she found a way to get through to me and send me into second grade well prepared. From that point on, my grades were always As and Bs, and positive…

Questions In this study, the authors addressed three research questions regarding L2 fluency. The first research question was: “Do learners of Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish improve their L2 fluency after a semester of language study abroad?” The second research question was: “Is there a difference in gains made by learners of…

meaning. Also, by considering the effect of task type on the low incidence of negotiation of meaning, the researcher claimed that, although the task was one-way in nature but, in resulted in the high rate of modified output. Next, in relation to the second question regarding the possibility of other interactional process in the absence of overtly signal of communication problem, the data…

“Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.” Language is the intersection between human interaction and distinct cultures. Our species rely (depend) on language to communicate one’s thoughts to one another. For decades, language has carried one culture to the next. Before the world had anything else like technology or material gain, the modes of communication confided in face-to-face interaction. It has been a life-long debate whether the…

In these two stories “Finding Her Way” and “Kylie’s Project” both are about how they had to deal with something like Angela in “Finding Her Way” had to deal with trying to learn to speak English and how to deal with getting teased on. Kylie in “Kylie’s Project” had to deal with being disabled and not being able to walk, she wasn’t really made fun of but she couldn't things that other people could do. They both were going through a hard time but they learned how to deal with it. How do these…