the nature of language learning

... education The national language policy currently in place in Botswana, is that Setswana is the national language of the country (Republic of Botswana 1985:8). So, despite the existence of other local ... (elites). The choice of which language or dialect to use to teach (medium of instruction) reflects the interests of those elite. In countries in which one of the languages dominate, there is ... order to improve the quality of life of the poor and rural people adult education programs should include as one of its components the observation and imitation of the artisans and other skilled...

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... waterproof / / wc:tCpru:f / (a): waterproof clothes keep you dry because they do not let rain pass through them: không thm nc a waterproof jacket: áo ves-tông không thm nc IN THE KNOW: The ... KNOW: The penguins of Philip Island are very small, as can be seen in the photograph. They are also a tourist attraction. They walk along the same pathways from the sea to their nests every ... _________ in the headphones. 4. First, Soriah fed the cat. Then, she called her mother. Soriah _________ her mother after she _________ the cat. 5. First, Marie did her homework. Then, she...

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... Part A is the introduction, which states the background to the study, the statement of the problem, the scope, objectives and research questions as well as the methods and design of the study. ... foremost objective of the study is for the sake of the students. Besides, the study is expected to serve as a source of reference for teachers of English on the teaching of speaking skills, ... 1997). The next section briefly examines eight hypotheses, theories and perspectives on language pedagogy in terms of their overlap with CL. V.1. The input hypothesis The input hypothesis...

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... A. The determination of stress patterns B. The determination of consonantal doubling rules in the inflection of English verbs C. The determination of word-breaking rules as used in end -of -the- line ... or later face the problem of unscrambling English affixes. The role of affixes is crucial in the study of word-breaking practice. In the automatic determination of the parts of speech (a central ... to the corpus K consist- ing of all of the cvcvc words listed in the Shorter Ox- ford Dictionary leads to the strong affixes given in Table II. We give some of the details illustrating the...

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... producing the 25-best list for the reranker. The log figure of merit is the sum of the log language model probability and the log channel model probability plus 1.5 times the number of edits in the ... look at these two components in the next two Sections in more detail. 5.2 Language Model Informally, the task of language model component of the noisy channel model is to assess fluency of the sentence ... overesti- mate the weight associated with the feature derived from the Switchboard language model, since the flu- ent sentence itself is part of the language model training data. We solve this by dividing the...

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... sample sentences in Engkoo because of their crucial role in language learning. Engkoo offers new methods for the self-exploration of language based on the applied linguistic theories of learning as discovery” ... after each round of the mining process. The second layer consists of the extractor, the filter, the classifiers and the readability evaluator, which are applied sequentially. The extractor scans the raw ... layers. The first layer consists of the crawler and the raw web page storage. The crawler periodically downloads two kinds of web pages, which are put into the storage. The first kind of web pages...

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... that the first iteration of EM reinforces the systematic mis- takes of the supervised initializer. In the first E-step, the posterior counts that are computed summarize the predictions of the supervised ... system. If these match the empirical counts, then the M-step does not change the parameters. But if the supervised system predicts too many JJs, for example, then the M-step will update the parameters ... (D,G,H). The migrations that happen during one iteration can also trigger additional migrations in the next. For exam- ple, the raising of the PP (B,C) inspires more of the 6 We could consolidate these...

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... to the environment, they are themselves subject to the dynamics of the environment. These dynamics, which are produced by the interactions of the nodes and shaped by the media that channel the ... made audible the resonances between the blast of Dada at the end of WWI in Zurich and Berlin, the gust of the Situationists on the Rive Gauche in Paris in the 1960s, and the explosion of Punk Rock ... supporters of FOSS. For the time being, the low costs which increase its accessibility are offset by the still rather high barrier of technical expertise necessary to make use of the much of the software....

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... these people, one of the ducts usually drains only a small part of the pancreas and empties directly into the duode- num. The other duct drains most of the pancreas but is often too small for the job, ... 16-27 depicts the major causes. Gallstones are by far the most common cause of obstruction. Other causes include cancer of the head of the pancreas, pancreatitis, inflammatory disease of the ducts, ... pancreatic duct merges with the common bile duct, and together they pass through the head of the pancreas before emptying into the duodenum at the ampulla of Vater. The pancreas is exceptional...

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... 1-2 at the end of the chapter offers another example to think about. THE EFFECT OF DISEASE PREVALENCE ON TEST USEFULNESS The prevalence of a disease is the number of persons who have the disease ... to be synthesized by elements of the cytoplasm. RNA carries DNA messages from the nu- cleus into the cytoplasm, the fluid part of the cell sur- rounding the nucleus. DNA is constructed of building ... 275 Nomenclature of Blood Vessel Disease / 277 Atherosclerosis / 277 The Causes and Consequences of Atherosclerosis / 277 The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis / 278 Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis / 279 The...

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... without change as the language is rather advanced and notions of ‘relevance to professional practice’ rather remote from the experience of 11 year olds. The author therefore modified the questions ... (1994, p33), thus increasing the likelihood of authentic observation (cf Busher 2002, p85). Furthermore, the automated nature of the logging minimized the dangers of observer bias identified ... of the pilot, use of these classes represents the involvement of one third of the school’s roll, for a subject allocated 5 hours out of a 27.5 hour timetable and notionally 50 minutes out of...

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... allow us to make the most of the best factors © 2009 Math Solutions allow us to make the most of the best factors and strategies and refine practices that influence teaching and learning. ” Mike ... “get it.” The Power of PLCs The most promising strategy for sustained, substantive school improvement is developing the ability of school personnel to function as professional learning communities.” ... Solutions – December 16, “English Language Learners” with Rusty Bresser Infusion of Knowledge • Without infusion of knowledge, there is a risk of using always the same techniques or approaches. • Infusion...

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... factors for selecting one verb over the other;, (I) the intended perspec- tive of the situation, (2) the emphasis of one activity rather than another, (3) the focus being on a particular individ- ... as a result of the use of the various control heuristics that guide the process of generation. In other words, they axe incorpo- rated in the procedural knowledge rather than the static knowledge. ... the rest of the lexical items do not have an independent epistemo- logical status, outside the context of an utterance. The selection of closed-class items, therefore, comes as a result of...

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... process evaluation of e -learning. In fact, the AAMC, at the request of the Council of Deans, has begun a peer-review process of e -learning that recognizes these materials as evidence of scholarly activity ... using e -learning. The complexity and breadth of medical education content, together with the scarcity of experts and resources in e -learning, make the creation of centers of excellence in e -learning ... and transforming the role of the teacher. The integration of e -learning into medical education can catalyze the shift toward applying adult learning theory, where educators will no longer serve mainly as the...

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