African-American Vernacular English can be described as an assortment of American English that is mostly used by urban-working class and mostly bi-dialectical middle-class black Americans. The language is also commonly known as Black Vernacular Engli Continue Reading...
Fingerspelling As children learn new languages they are taught how to sound out words in order to be able to write it correctly when the need comes. Language development in children takes on the traditional form of first experiencing the language, l Continue Reading...
Second Language Learning To What Extent May L1 Affect Second Language Learning Linguistic and Metalinguistic Knowledge This category includes variables that are effective in both reading and listening comprehension and that involve knowledge abou Continue Reading...
Theoretically, CLIL draws on research that situates the integration of language and content as the relationship between form and meaning. An understanding of the theory and practice related to the content-based classroom is essential to the present Continue Reading...
While I understand why non-literal meanings are particularly difficult for speakers to comprehend, it seems to me that interlanguage would be easier for people learning second languages, because they can draw from examples of interlanguage from thei Continue Reading...
The Natural Order hypothesis posits that there is a "natural order" that is predictable when it comes to acquiring grammatical structures. The Input hypothesis is completely in relation to the Acquisition hypothesis and it is especially vital to the Continue Reading...
Thus, traditional methods of teaching English or any other language to native speakers of another language can be damaging to students, according to these authors. Thus, teaching English as a second language must be considered as a cultural and lin Continue Reading...
The reaction on the part of the community of language researchers has ranged between the grudging acceptance that some multiple word collocation do exist in the lexicon, and the lexicon re-conceptualized as incorporating elements from all levels of Continue Reading...
Language Controversy The art of argumentation is a style of reasoning with civility that is the foundation of discourse in business, public affairs, and group process. The emphasis on freedom of speech in a democracy is based on a civil society's n Continue Reading...
United States make English its Official Language? The calls for English to be adopted as United States' official language have been prevalent since 1919 when President Theodore Roosevelt stated that the country has room for only one language i.e. T Continue Reading...
Modern Language Associations of America, commonly related as the Modern Language Association is dauntlessly regarded as the sole functional professional association in the United States of America that is serving the purpose of facilitating the acade Continue Reading...
com). Having English sound 'stressed' correctly is often a challenge for French speakers. Compared with some other languages, French and English have fairly similar grammatical structures. Both languages, for example, have auxiliary verbs, participl Continue Reading...
Age and Learning a New Language What is the ideal age for a person to be able to learn a new language? What are the dynamics (besides age) that contribute to SLA? This paper delves into those subjects using scholarly articles as resources. The Lite Continue Reading...
In practice, TESOL is often used as synonymous with TESL or TEFL, where the acronyms stand for Teaching English as a Second Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. TESOL has however become more popular than these two concepts since its Continue Reading...
5). Surprisingly, however, in a corpus of 50,000 spoken words compiled from "group discussions between representatives of the EU government and national agencies of higher education" (pp. 6-7), Breiteneder (2009) did not find a large incidence of 3r Continue Reading...
24). The findings of this study challenge accepted notions concerning the efficacy of the teacher-initiated initiation -- response -- feedback (IRF) sequences that are delivered in whole group teacher-fronted environments. Based on his findings, Ba Continue Reading...
Linguistics of Arabic and English Contrastive Morphology Between English and Arabic Languages: The Use of Prefixes and Suffixes in Both Languages? There are many contrastive elements between the English and Arabic languages, beyond the obvious hist Continue Reading...
African-American Vernacular English There are a couple of theories as to the origin of African-American Vernacular Englsh (AAVE). Some linguists believe that the language derives from West African languages. This dialect theory is based on the know Continue Reading...
Bilingual First Language Acquisition Bilingual Paradox Bilingual Deficit Hypothesis Unitary Language System Hypothesis Bilingual Advantage Hypothesis Differentiated Language System Hypothesis Vocabulary Development The MacArthur CDI Linguisti Continue Reading...
wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicative_language_teaching#Overview_of_CLT,2005). This means that successfully learning a foreign language is assessed in terms of how well learners have developed their communicative competence, which can loosely be defined a Continue Reading...
The groups were distinguished by those who participated in language acquisition activities employing enhanced reading with word-based activities and those who participated in what the researcher called 'narrow reading,' which occurred without this s Continue Reading...
Many studies show that one should start foreign language studies as soon as possible, and the peak age of learning the second language is said to be on or before the child reaches the age of 10. After the baby is born, and eventually learned his/he Continue Reading...
The researcher observed the following conclusions about conversation analysis The use of a conversation-analytical transcription is important because it pinpoints details which are essential for understanding code-switches and the negotiation of r Continue Reading...
Lesson Plan FormatName: Campus/Teacher:Subjects/Grade Level: ESL/Adults, college students Date Taught:Prior Learning TEKS: A Lesson Plan for Educators of Mature Students of the English LanguageFinding the time to teach grammar to adults or college st Continue Reading...
234). Thus, the connection between social choices and variability in language for the second language leaner is remarkably clear. What is left up to interpretation, however, is the extent to which variability is influenced by linguistic or social f Continue Reading...
These different perspectives were based upon their language learning experiences from the past, their language proficiency, their current academic needs, and also their future career choices. To bridge the gap, the teachers engaged in dialogue with Continue Reading...
A child who has been exposed to English as part of the curriculum of his or her native school will likely have an advantage over a child who has not. The processes of learning a new language are themselves helpful, even if the child has not previous Continue Reading...
Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language One among the many important topics in multiculturalism in the U.S. is centered on the many diverse languages in the country. One of the topics of quite often-heated discussion is the way in whic Continue Reading...
Bilingual Policies One of the most controversial issues facing today's policy makers in the United States is the issue of bilingualism. The United States currently has a significant minority population whose first language is Spanish and not English Continue Reading...
This was usually the case with the proliferation of British rule at the time; trade was the predecessor to British Colonialism. For administrative purposes, Singapore became a part of Penang and Malacca which were two other settlements in the region Continue Reading...
strong interest with language. She holds the view that language is a powerful tool which can evoke emotion, a complex idea, a visual image or just a simple truth. She noticed keenly of the different English that she uses when giving a talk to a larg Continue Reading...
These people are also, reportedly, more creative, and also excellent at problem solving. One Moroccan individual was injured in an accident, she was a bi-lingual, and she could speak both French and Arabic before the accident. During her recovery, s Continue Reading...
The illustrations found within the pages of Dr. Seuss stories are also an attention grabber which help keep students focused and tie into the lessons of prepositions and vocabulary. Another simple yet effective method of teaching English to ESL stu Continue Reading...
The main thesis is that the Yupik tales will have a number of similarities with stories from other cultures, which show the generalities among human cultures regardless of where they are worldwide. In addition, the tales will include differences th Continue Reading...
He is 37 years old, born in France, of Senegalese descent. His native language is French, but he also speaks Wolof, Fulani, and American English. He was from a middle class background and was educated in the French school system. He knew virtually n Continue Reading...
Thus, lessons can utilize elements learned from understand how the brain naturally learns a language to augment the student's ability to progress more efficiently in learning a second language later on in life. Lessons would produce the environment Continue Reading...
Education -- Oral Language Development Oral language development has the five stages of Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics. All five stages are vital to appropriate oral language and reading development. Furthermore, each stage Continue Reading...
Learning a language: Gaining fluency in a language to be free The acquisition of language is never a culturally neutral process. When someone learns his or her first or even a second language, that individual also acquires a status in the eyes of th Continue Reading...
speak two languages that I feel I inhabit two different identities. Or are the reasons for my feeling this way more complex? It is difficult to say, but I do know that although I am only one person, inhabiting one body and one mind, in many ways, I Continue Reading...
Spanish as World Language in the Field of Media There are approximately 400 million people who can speak Spanish by the end of the twentieth century; this makes Spanish the 4th most commonly used language in the world. The first three languages are Continue Reading...
