the writing of second language learners

... the Needs of English Language Learners While the causes of the discrepancy in achievement between ELLs and their non-ELL peers are debatable, it is a clear indication of the need to address the ... academic language development in the later grades In the absence of increased teacher knowledge, skills, and support to address the needs of English language learners, the National Assessment of Educational ... knowledge of both the development of a first language and the acquisition of subsequent ones They can describe the principal observable milestones in each domain, and identify the major theories

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2016, 19:59

... retained by the time of the delayed posttest, suggesting the durable effects of the instruction on these three aspects of the learners? ?? pragmatic performance On the other hand, there was a lack of sustained ... using the three production tasks mentioned above The pretest was conducted at the onset of the study while the immediate posttest at the end of the treatment period To examine whether the treatment ... this study, the short-lived effects of the instruction on the learners? ?? usage of internal modifiers were attributed to the absence of these opportunities Despite the insightful findings, the current

Ngày tải lên: 12/12/2017, 06:59

... adapted for the examinees Furthermore, the use of translated tests may only be of limited benefit to examinees, particularly if the language of instruction and the language of the test are not the same ... receive an explanation of the extent to which the examinee’s level of English proficiency affected the scoring Low levels of English proficiency can affect the scores of many students, not just ... English Language Learners 21 Recruiting Scorers The proper scoring of ELLs’ responses includes an understanding of the language or presentation style examinees use Knowledge of second language

Ngày tải lên: 27/11/2020, 20:10

... errors in the learners? ?? responses The analysis of their responses reveals the use of a number of different techniques during the interpretation process One of the strategies that the learners ... associates of that word The literal meanings of other words in the string may be ignored, even if they are incompatible with the projected meaning of the phrase as a whole The saliency of the word ... the word may not depend on the level of its contribution to the figurative meaning of the idiomatic phrase, but rather on the level of representation of that word in the learners? ?? mental lexicon

Ngày tải lên: 29/04/2024, 05:20

... words However they not always sound as natural as they want to The problem is most often the use of the wrong intonation of sentences As a teacher of English at Quang Ninh University of Industry, ... of pronunciation For the above reasons, the study entitled: “Strategies to enhance the understanding of English intonation for the development of communicative language ability among second language ... Do the strategies suggested in the study help second language learners enhance their understanding of English intonation? 1.4.2 Is knowledge of English intonation helpful for the development of

Ngày tải lên: 28/02/2015, 11:55

... pronunciation For the above reasons, the study entitled: “Strategies to enhance the understanding of English intonation for the development of communicative language ability among second language learners? ?? ... Do the strategies suggested in the study help second language learners enhance their understanding of English intonation? 1.4.2 Is knowledge of English intonation helpful for the development of ... Limitations of the research The study suffers from a number of limitations First of all, the validity of the research would be better guaranteed if more participants were involved Another limitation of

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2022, 08:26

... while at the same time responding to the changes in the industry The design and content of the proposed course emphasizes the USER approach and is directed to English as second language learners ... alongside the required advanced English language courses One of the academic courses is Introductory Accounting The second stream of students is the ‗Direct Entry‘ group These students have achieved the ... explanation of courserelated information, as well as an overview of the application of accounting in business and in their everyday lives The aim is to clarify the changing role of accounting and the

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2022, 17:34

... the first is more important than the second (with the fall at the end of the first part and the rise at the end of the second) It can be also used if statements show reservation on the part of ... part of the message ? ?The function of the tonic is to form the focus of information: to express what the speaker decides to make the main point or burden of the message” Halliday (1970:40)) When the ... starting-point for the description of tonality The clause is the most obvious unit of grammar to handle a typical piece of information: the subject represents the theme- what the message is about, the predicate

Ngày tải lên: 03/02/2023, 17:44

... 1.1.1 The role of home language proficiency in second language acquisition 1.1.2 Music to enhance the learning of a second language 1.2 Motivation of the research ... ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS: USING MUSIC TO ENHANCE THE LISTENING ABILITIES OF GRADE ONES by CATHARINA ALETTA HORN submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION ... Department of the University of South Africa, for analysing and presenting the research statistics ¾ Dr JC Huebsch, for the language facilitation and editing of this work iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ENGLISH SECOND

Ngày tải lên: 18/11/2023, 11:25

... needed. 1 3. Scope of the Study The study mainly deals with the practical issues of second language acquisition in the classroom, therefore only the main theoretical aspects of linguistics shall ... in the language classroom. This may be a composite of the classroom itself, the lesson routines, the audio-visual aids, etc. The triangle of the teacher, the learner and the environment are the ... disciplined atmosphere in the classroom. In the light of Communicative Language Teaching, where the roles of the learners and the learner-centred concept are the main concern, the teacher’s importance,

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:06

... PROCESSLEARNERS’ AWARENESS OF THE WRITING PROCESS LEARNERS? ?? AWARENESS OF THE WRITING PROCESS THE CASE OF SECOND THE CASE OF SECOND THE CASE OF SECOND THE CASE OF SECOND YEAR STUDENTS YEAR ... DEVELOPING THE WRITING SKILL THROUGH INCREASING DEVELOPING THE WRITING SKILL THROUGH INCREASING LEARNERS? ?? AWARENESS OF THE WRITING PROCESS LEARNERS? ?? AWARENESS OF THE WRITING PROCESSLEARNERS’ ... product of accurate use of grammar and vocabulary. Students should be made aware of the writing process through the intensive practice of writing which leads to the effective use of the writing

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 19:20

... each completed two writing tasks aimed at diagnosing their language support needs For one of these tasks they were given a maximum of 30 minutes of writing time and for the other they were given ... needs of undergraduate students following their admission to one or the other university and to guide them to the appropriate language support offered on campus The Diagnostic English Language ... in the context of a diagnostic assessment administered in very similar forms at both the University of Melbourne and the University of Auckland The assessment serves to identify the English language

Ngày tải lên: 13/01/2019, 16:29

... being the candidate for the degree of Master of TESOL, accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the Library In terms of these ... elementary learners The main reasons were to help the learners understand the meaning of difficult words, and to help the teachers save time The learners? ?? attitudes towards the way their teachers ... Analytical framework of reliability and validity of the learner questionnaire Frequency of the fact that the learners saw their teachers using Vietnamese compared with what the learners thought L1

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2019, 21:12

... IN OTHER WORDS The Science and Psychology of Second- Language Acquisition ELLEN BIALYSTOK AND KENJI HAKUTA • BasicBooks /1 Dn.·uzon of H.arpcrCotlmsPuMuht'n GrRteful

Ngày tải lên: 22/04/2019, 12:09

... towards the second language or the cultural group of the second language they are learning. A positive attitude enhances motivation because of the success and positive experiences in the second language ... neglect, then the roots of the mother tongue will not be sufficiently nourished…”as such the learners suffer the negative effects of semi-lingualism which further impedes mastery of a second language, ... assess learners developmental goals and the influence of the second language as the medium of instruction; and Ü stress the importance of listening in respect of music and movement in the language...

Ngày tải lên: 24/02/2014, 18:20

... successfully in the first language should be transferred to the second language. The main idea of this theory is that learning a second lan- guage does not hinder the progress of either, and, in ... learning a second language are relative to the struc- ture of the language. Therefore, it is possible that children may experience difficulty in one language but not another. Support for the linguistic-interdependence ... Vukovic University of British Columbia The purpose of this article is to review published studies of the English literacy of children in Canada who are English language learners (ELLs) with the goal of understanding...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 04:20

... understanding the implications of rst language in the acquisition of a second language and how the use of the mother tongue affects learning the target language. However, one of the negative ... express themselves in the other language. The language transfer theory”, also known as L1 interference, is the effect the learners rst language has on his/her production of the second one. ... into the second one varied among the students, regardless of the language in which the second language is taught. This means that no matter what language the rst or the second is, the transferability...

Ngày tải lên: 24/02/2014, 18:20

... food stocks, and the mood of the garrison. The tactics of the Daily Mail captured the attention of the nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation of the town by emphasizing the danger that ... than the question of a possible dissolution is the prospect of the early relief of Mafeking. The nerves of the public, which now takes the war so quietly – possibly, indeed, in the opinion of superficial observers ... notions of Boer inhumanity toward Africans, the pro-war argument of the ‘‘negrophilists.’’ The other cat- egory into which mentions of Africans fall is praise of the loyalty of the Cape Boys and the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:54

... a foreign language because they are attracted to the culture of one of the TLCs (see (c) above). They learn the language because they want to know more about the people who speak it, the places ... as will other members of the student's community. Another factor affecting the attitude of students is their previous experiences as language learners. If they were successful then they may ... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2013, 11:15