... Practice ofEnglishLanguage Teaching deals specifically withthe teaching ofEnglish as a Foreign Language (EFL). It is not focusedespecially on English as a Second Language (ESL) although much of ... users of a language are proficient in a range of language skills, though not all of them have the same range of sub-skills.It will be our responsibility to see that the students' language ... subconsciousknowledge oflanguage use, and oflanguage as discourse. Communicativecompetence involves not just language competence (grammar, vocabulary,etc.) but also a knowledge of how language is used...
... published studies of the English literacy of children inCanada who are Englishlanguage learners (ELLs) with the goal of understanding the read-ing development of ELLs and characteristics of reading ... experienced in one language will be experienced in other languages.LIPKA, SIEGEL, AND VUKOVIC: LITERACY SKILLS OFENGLISHLANGUAGE LEARNERS 43with measures ofEnglish rhyme detection and English phoneme ... 2years in full-day Englishlanguage schools by the time of the study. ELLs had continued exposure to and education intheir native language, although English was the language of instruction in...
... consists of the following 4 elements: • Selection of application domain. • Development of a manually-bracketed corpus (tree- bank) of the domain. • Creation of a grammar with a large coverage of ... broad but not unrestricted range of sentence types and the availability of large corpora of computer manuals. We amassed a corpus of 40 million words, consisting of several hundred computer manuals. ... incorrect, since two of its part -of- speech labels and one of its bracket labels differ from those of the treebank parse. Grammar writing and statistical estimation: The task of developing the...
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... understanding of the need and interest of each class on the part of the teacher. Vietnamese classes ofEnglish are often very big. In regular classes, students are often of the same age, ... group of regular classes consists of students of both sexes and group of in-service classes are of students of different ages, occupations and sexes. VŨ THỊ VIỆT HƯƠNG THE USE OF GROUP ... the strong points and weak pointsof using group writing. It indicates that nearly 100% of the teachers agree on the psychological and pedagogical advantages of group writing, of which the...
... number of students studying English in your school: Grade 6 . Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 2. The number ofEnglish teachers: 3. The average size of your classes: 4. What percentage ofEnglish ... qualification you have:CDSP/CQ in English CDSP BA in Russian + CDSP/TC in English CDSP/TC in English DHSP BA in Russian + CDSP/TC in English DHSP/CQ in English DHSP/TC in English Other (specify): ... What the students hear is usually out of their control and often unclear. Their knowledge of situations and topics help them make sense of it. Using English in the classroom as much as possible...
... 24iiTABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements iv List of abbreviations v Part 1: Introduction 1. Rationale of the study 12. Aims of the study 23. Methods of the study 24. Scope of the study ... members of Postgraduate Department, College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi for their enthusiastic support.I am sincerely grateful to Mr. Đinh Tấn Bảo and my colleagues of Foreign Languages ... attention and encouragement.I am appreciative of all those who have kindly advised and helped me during the period of my study at College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi.Finally, I wish to thank...
... The University of Birmingham: The Centre for EnglishLanguage Studies.15.Hybels, S. & Weaver, R. L. 1992. Communicating Effectively. New York: McGraw Hill.The Languageof Airlines’ Advertising ... population of its target customers. Therefore, choosing one kind of products or services to study the slogans used in it should bring more thorough and detailed results of aspects oflanguage ... investigation ofEnglish employed in airlines’ advertising slogans, namely The Languageof Airlines’ Advertising Slogans Page 2Doing What We Do Best 13. Asiana Airlines South Korea To the heart of...
... from foreign languages, it is well to remember that in nearly all languages besides the English, i, when accented, has the sound of the English long e, e when accented has the sound ofEnglish longa, ... that of leading the student through themaze of a new science and teaching him the skill of an old art, exemplified in a long line of masters.By way of preface we may say that the mastery of the ... may say that the mastery of the Englishlanguage (or any language) is almost the task of a lifetime. A few easy lessons will have no effect. We must form a habit oflanguage study that will growupon...
... perception of intonationWork on learner’s perception of intonationGet learners to produce whole utterances, and combinations of Get learners to produce whole utterances, and combinations of utterances, ... recording of themselvesLet learners listen to recording of themselvesTeaching WritingTeaching WritingAsk learners to produce a variety of text types Ask learners to produce a variety of text ... explanation techniquesTeach the grammar of vocabulary itemsTeach the grammar of vocabulary itemsEncourage awareness of collocationsEncourage awareness of collocationsSpend some time on connotative...