...
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 ... directly. On one hand, the advertisers try their best to
promote their product; on the other hand, they don’t want to give the consumers a feeling of
spending their money. Therefore, the choice of verbs...
... 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 ... level at
the end of the fifth semester. However, the level above said is just individual
expectation of the Pre-doctoral Training Center, the institution in charge of teaching the
English subject ... might be the one they think is best for their
students in preparing for the end-of-semester exam focusing firstly on grammar and
vocabulary, then reading, writing and listening. When the process...
... 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, ... of English- language needs in four major areas: Language Structures, Rhetorical
Categories, Language Functions, & Language Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
The findings...
... 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 ... of language gained a distinct advantage over rivals, then the power inherent in
language comes into universal demand the business standard is raised. There are many signs now that the
business ... 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 ...
Making the Curriculum Relevant for the Learners
Many students do their homework and engage inmany types of learning activities, even
when a subject is not very interesting. Obviously, these ... exhibit an inborn curiosity to explore the world, so they are likely to
find the learning experience per se instrinsically pleasant. In reality, however, this
“curiosity” is weakened by such inexorable...
... 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 ...
11
Introduction to the Linguistic Study of Language
must know how to accurately interpret thelanguage of texts in that discipline
and to be able to recreate their authors’ meanings. Both of these...
... 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 ... position
In the two languages, adverbial clauses can appear in initial, medial and final position.
However, in English, the final position is often seen and in Vietnamese, the initial position ... 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 ... whatsit
that the boojum existed.
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The whatsit
was used up by
the
thingummy to exist.
and invites the user to specify which ones
are grammatical inthe domain in ques-
tion. The user would...
... on
their interest inthe story? How might the
theme of competition/winning be extended
to other works or other kinds of projects?
■ In this vignette the teacher selected the story
and guided the ... 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...
... 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 ...
ing events. The operator set is introduced
during scoping since collective/distributive
distinctionsmlike scoping ambiguities are
not present inthe initial QLF.
We have extended the generalized...
... (foreign) language writing.
Swaffer, Janet Language Learning Is More than Learning Language: Rethinking
Reading and Writing Tasks in Textbooks for Beginning Language Study.”
Foreign Language ...
composing, the role of instruction in facilitating the development of writing abilities and
the writing process, creating “real” audiences for writing, and responding to and
evaluating writing. The ... Troyanovich maintains that there is
no place for writing inthe foreign language classroom. He claims that the “writing bias”
or over-emphasis of writing inthe classroom stems from Martin Luther’s...