Basically, we are aware that there are two forms of language learning. The first type is second language learning and next is foreign language learning (FLL). Learners from English language speaking environment are categorized as English language learners (ELL) and theylearn English as a second language. In contrast, foreign language learning is when the language studied by the learners is not spoken in the native country of the learners. There are key differences which are relevant to teaching…
MY EVOLVING PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING It is the writing that is considered as an important surviving skill in the new era in this globalized world (Yunus, 2016). Therefore, the methodology along with pedagogical philosophy of teaching writing was undoubtedly received greater attention than what we had expected. More evidently, more and more studies has been devoted to aforementioned issues such…
English must be mastered in order to communicate in international business meetings either virtual or face-to-face, as well as to read technical and specialized documents which cannot easily be translated into every language. For some educationists, learning other languages enables people to understand their own first language in a different way, building more sophisticated lifelong patterns (Puntis, 2011). Therefore, communication skills have always been valued in the workplace and in civic…
them respond positively. Only some people prefer to own only one language. They may say that the most valuable from a literary point of view has already been translated into Russian, and everything else is not worth it for the sake of this study a second language. But if they do not know it, they are not able to truly appreciate its benefits. Especially that only ignorance of any language is flawed, not possession. Each language has its own characteristics - this we know from childhood, but how…
The systematic study of speech and the sounds of language is referred to as phonetics. Traditionally phoneticians rely on careful listening and observation in order to describe speech sounds (Nolan, 2007). Phonetics is often defined with respect to phonology. Both disciplines are concerned with the sound medium of language. Phonology is concerned with the pattering of sounds in a language (and in language in general), and is thus comparable to areas of linguistics such as syntax and morphology…
PART A “The Use of Cloze Test to Determine the Proficiency Level of ESL Students” by Jeanette Lim and Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar is a research paper written in purpose to describes and discuss the development or the evolution of the viable test instrument used to measure and determine the level of English proficiency among students in Malaysia who are enrolled in private university in this country. The purpose of the research is to determine the level of proficiency among students through several…
The culture of Ghana includes much of the variation of musical theme and Ghanaian people. English is the required language of Ghana and also the basic language for education in Ghana. Akan language is the recognised language taught in schools as a local language. Although there is more than one local language, the Akan language is what is recognised and taught as the local language in Ghana. The different ethnic groups are what give Ghana a rich culture. Ghana is made up of about seventy-five…
Amanda Wilson Professor Leightenheimer English 1102-01 23 October 2017 Role and Pathos: How Eugene Debs Creates Relatability Crafting and reciting a speech can be an incredibly difficult requirement. The main difference between these and, for example, an essay, is that enunciation and delivery can make or break a speech. With this addition also comes extra importance on understanding and reading the responses of your audience to gauge effectiveness. Speeches need to have a form of an emotional…
I am bilingual. I state this based on Grosjean’s perspective that “the bilingual is not just someone who speaks two languages, but he possesses… communicative skills in two languages at different levels” (in Wei, 2007). In this paradigm of bilingualism (or multilingualism), being able to use English for communicative and academic purposes, being able to read academic texts in Italian and understanding general conversations in such language, being able to understand general ideas from…
According to Merriam Webster, discourse is “a mode or organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (as history or institutions)” (“Discourse,” n.d.). Discourse Analysis focuses on how human exchange ideas, and for interpreters this includes verbal, nonverbal, and signed communication. Interpreters sometimes believe that their main goal should be to learn to sign as many words, sentences, and facial expressions as possible. However, in the…