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... exhibit a variety of responses and behaviours as they learn a new language and adjust to a new social environment Initially, some Kindergarten children who are learning English as a second language ... grade-appropriate – understand grade-appropriate text, with assistance text that may be unfamiliar and unsupported by visual – select main ideas in short pascontext clues, and that may sages from a variety ... stages of proficiency in their use of standard Canadian English Stage 1: Beginning to Use Standard Canadian English Appropriately Students at Stage can read and comprehend simple written Canadian...

... Lorraine Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachers Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley 1996 Oxford, Rebecca L Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher ... (Melbourne, Aus: Addison Wesley Longman Australia, 1994), p.20 46 Language Features Forms ESL Learners: A Guide for ESL Specialists • • • • defined characters descriptive language dialogue usually past ... and will therefore read aloud automatically For others reading aloud is associated with memorization 24 ESL Learners: A Guide for ESL Specialists Ongoing Assessment and Support As an ESL student...

... that it has similarities to every other language Watashi wa kare ga okane o nusunda to wa iimasen deshita Or perhaps, Watashi wa kare ga okane o nusunda to wa ümasen deshita No matter how strange ... native language with an American accent If you can sound like an American speaking your native language, imagine how easy it would be to speak English with an American accent X Pause the CD and ... that he was an animal at a party As time passed, the expression became cliche and we changed the intonation to He's a real party animal because "everyone knew" what it meant Cliches are hard to...

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... 2006) According to Seng, CL can enhance achievement in English language acquisition in a class, and “help maximize the performance of the students in acquiring the English language as well as interpersonal ... been a highly-appreciated learning and teaching method in recent years since this method has provided many advantages in learning It increases interest among the participants, promotes critical ... unnecessarily decisive” (Luu, 2010) As a result, the Asian classroom is difficult to be arranged and it is hard to maintain a discussion, and a confrontational exchange of ideas, such as a debate In...

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... presentation, explanation, and application of grammatical structures, more classroom time could be dedicated to real communication that focuses on expressing meaning and using appropriate grammatical ... form-based drill and practice: Meaning-enhanced CALL on the Macintosh Foreign Language Annals, 25, 255-267 Doughty, C (1991) Second language instruction does make a difference Studies in Second Language ... knowledge on the application of computer- based grammar instruction increases, so will the flexibility and number of options available to teachers and students 58 CALICO Journal Joyce Nutta Appendix A...

... page vii ix xii List of tables Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Why a global language? What is a global language? What makes a global language? Why we need a global language? ... nearer a language moves to becoming a global language, the more newsworthy it is So how does a language come to achieve global status? What is a global language? A language achieves a genuinely global ... large numbers of the people speak the language ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE as a mother tongue – in the case of English, this would mean the USA, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand,...