...
with the endless advertisements hiding inthe newspapers and magazines, clamoring on the
radio, or dazzling on the TV. On the other hand, they still need the information to guide their
purchasing. ... each time the customer reads it out loud. This
interesting thing will remind them of the airline, especially in this case when the brand name
is included inthe slogan. Moreover, the noun Thomas ... of the Study
The values of the study lie in both theoretical and practical aspects. Theoretically, the study
helps to find out linguistic features used in airlines slogans in particular and in...
... about studying opportunities offered to the
college. The administrators also keep in mind that they are to build up and maintain
their students' interest in learning by keeping close contact ... portraying 'living
language& apos; because they are born into the culture represented by thelanguage being
taught. Above all others, this quality is the property and domain of the native ... learn the language. It is a dynamic
process involving both the teacher and the students, either as a class or individually. As
stated by Language Link, students learn thelanguage best when they...
... employees in different companies in Malaysia. The participants ranked the use of
English and the important of each language skill. The findings indicated that students ranked
reading as the most ... development of the target group of learners by linking their Englishlanguage
proficiency with the communicative function of languageinthe target situation. When defining
the goals of SLA, ... professionals from all
over the world. All employees are either trained inEnglish or hired in part because they are
proficient in English. As a result English comes as a natural choice in communication....
... forms, i.e the base form (including the finite form and the infinitive
form), the third person singular form, the V-ing form, the past form, and the past participle
form and also allows multiple ... Englishin LOCNESS, although together with
the English from other sources. Lin (2002) discussed the overuse and underuse of it inthe
writing of Chinese learners of English against the reference ... understood as the same
(or approximately the same) thing with the same parameters inthe measurement of the
learners’ English. Table 2.1 shows the incompatibility in labelling the degree of...
... follow the vowel, as in masking, standing, wilting, the vowel even in an accented syllable remains
short. But in pining with one n following the i inthe accented syllable, we know that the vowel ... plain prairie praise quail rail rain raise raisin remain sail= saint snail
sprain stain straight strain tail train vain waist wait waive
ai for i or e obscure.
bargain captain certain curtain ... after reading the proof of this series.
CONTENTS.
THE ART OF WRITING AND SPEAKING THEENGLISH LANGUAGE.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 7
WORD-STUDY
INTRODUCTION THE STUDY OF SPELLING
The Art Of Writing &...
... of them: a) increasing
the learners' self-confidence; and b) creating learner autonomy.
Increasing the Learners' Self-confidence
In an inherently face-threatening context, as thelanguage ... Student Motivation
Ideally, all learners exhibit an inborn curiosity to explore the world, so they are likely to
find the learning experience per se instrinsically pleasant. In reality, however, ... In order to inspire
learners to concern themselves with most learning activities, we should find out their goals
and the topics they want to learn, and try to incorporate them into the curriculum....
... is about the grammar of English; the second is
about related topics, including language variation (e.g., dialects), language
learning, English spelling, and the history of theEnglish language.
... acts with the intention of in u-
encing the mind of another, for example, by getting him/her to entertain
some idea, and when that other person recognizes the rst person’s inten-
tion to in uence ... about
Communication
Language
Discourse
Text
Genre
Ideology
Language in education
inking critically about language
Standard English
Grammar
Other reasons for studying and teaching about language
e organization...
... leave them in their
original clause form. Likewise, Cobuild, C. (1972) writes: In English, people often omit
words rather than repeat them. This is called ellipses”. On the other hand, about the ... Non-finite adverbial clauses of time
Instead of using a finite clause, we can use non-finite adverbial clauses including : ing
clauses and ed clauses. Despite the common position at the beginning ... understanding and
using them correctly. However, there have been so few studies on such a challenging but
interesting topic.
In the second place, the common use of adverbial clauses both in spoken...
... good.
5 The boojum was used up
the
whatsit by the thingummy.
6
The whatsit
was used up for
the
boojumby the thingummy.
7 The thingummy used up existing.
8 The thingummy used up the whatsit ... VEX
presents the following list of sentences:
I The thingummy used up.
2 The thingummy used the whatsit
up.
3 The whatsit
was used
up by the
thingummy.
4 The thingummy used the
boojum ... from the user
to determine which paradigm (or set of
paradigms) occurs inthe same contexts
as the word being defined, and then con-
structs the new entries by making substi-
tutions in these...
... all
leading to the attainment of the standards.
Perspectives Informing theEnglishLanguage Arts Standards 9
CHAPTER
2
PERSPECTIVES
INFORMING THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS STANDARDS
LITERACY AND LANGUAGE
LEARNING: ... student. It involves
posing interesting and substantive questions, identi-
fying and securing multiple data sources, analyzing
and synthesizing data, and positing findings or new
understandings.
Language ... peacefully. The students begin by predicting
the possible content of the story, based on the title,
and they record these predictions (and the reasons
for them) in their journals. The students...
... never influenced in any
great degree the +spoken language+ of theEnglish people. The ear and the mouth carried the
Norman-French words into our language; the eye, the pen, and the printing-press ... lasting in its results. The two
peoples the Normans and theEnglish found that they had to live together. They met at church, in the
market-place, inthe drilling field, at the archery butts, in ... of the Scandinavian Element.+ The introduction of the Danes and the Danish language into
England had the result, inthe east, of unsettling the inflexions of our language, and thus of preparing...
... the implicit
relations involved inthe interpretation of
possessives and compound nominals.
The first two extensions inthe list are part
of the LF language, to be described next, the
other ... discussed inthe paper.
INTRODUCTION
The SRI Core Language Engine (CLE) is
a domain independent system for translat-
ing English sentences into formal represen-
tations of their literal meanings ... be in a linguistically well-
defined class: they are the quantifiers that
can occur inthe NP position in "There are
NP'. This quantifier class can also be char-
acterized logically,...