... the futuredevelopment ofEnglish in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of thosewho speak it as a second language. English often plays a specialrole in their lives and the fate ofEnglish in the ... domains of English Will the growth of the Internet help maintain the global influence of English? p. 50What effect will changingpatterns of trade have on the use of English? p. 33 English ... a professional interest in the development ofEnglish worldwide. The Future of English? takes stock of the present, apparently unassailable, position of English in the world and asks whether...
... the futuredevelopment ofEnglish in the world is the ‘outer circle’ of thosewho speak it as a second language. English often plays a specialrole in their lives and the fate ofEnglish in the ... Although the structural properties ofEnglish have not hindered the spread of English, the spread ofthe language globally cannot beattributed to intrinsic linguistic qualities.2 The spread of English There ... future for global English. One ofthe unanticipated achievements ofthe twenty firstcentury was the rapid diffusion of Basic English as the lingua franca ofthe world and the even more rapid...
... 34% of all the errors in the use of cohesive devices (Table 4.1). These errors are in the use of the, there, this. The table below shows these errors in detail.Table 4.3: Errors in the use of ... co-occurrence in the students' papers; they are the result of the interference of Vietnamese into English and ofEnglish items themselves.In summary, the data analysis ofthe study has displayed ... effect ofthe mix ofthe two sources on the students’ use of cohesive devices. Also, the tables and chart in this chapter has presented how each of these sources affects the use of each type of...
... Significance ofthe study The results of this study will help test the quality oftheEnglish translation of the Law on Investment 2005 of Vietnam under the model developed by the German linguist ... the drawback of affecting the reader’s impression on the ‘technicality’ ofthe ST. This is true of Vietnamese legal documents. If following the style and format ofEnglish legal language, the ... for the translation of Vietnamese legal documents into English? 4. Research methodsThis study aims at assessing the quality oftheEnglish translation ofthe Law on Investment of Vietnam. Therefore,...
... most students. 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. UsingEnglish in the classroom as ... STUCTURE: How often do you | go | to the zoo?Introduce pictures ofthe park, the sports center, the mountain, the river, the kitchen and the school. Check if the students know the vocabulary. ... by the teacher’s guide, the student’s book and the cassette-tapes.Most ofthe JHS teachers believe that The TIENG ANH textbook series is better than the ENGLISH textbook series. They like the...
... 24iiTABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements iv List of abbreviations v Part 1: Introduction 1. Rationale ofthe study 12. Aims ofthe study 23. Methods ofthe study 24. Scope ofthe study 25. ... like to acknowledge my debt to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lê Hùng Tiến and the staff members of Postgraduate Department, College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi for their enthusiastic support.I am sincerely ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFirst of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all my teachers at College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University-Hanoi for their valuable lectures. And their knowledge, their...
... that soften or tentativize what they modify. Nevertheless, the author only investigates weakeners mentioned above in the scope ofthe study because ofthe suitability to the topic ofthe thesis ... strategy of “saying less than one means”, the function of strategy being to modify the writer’s responsibility for the truthfulness of an utterance, to modify the attitude ofthe author to the propositions ... hedges of these three types is illuminating in theoretical terms, it seems that the distinction between them is not always clear-cut.G.Lakoff who drew attention to the theoretical importance of the...
... English students would be made. The thesis consists of three main parts: the introduction, the development, and the conclusion. The introduction - gives rationale for the study and sets up the ... University of Industry” is submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of Master of Arts is the result of my own work, except where otherwise acknowledge and that this minor thesis ... deals with the research methodology which covers participants, the settings ofthe study, the data collection methods, the data analysis, and the findings and discussions. Chapter 3 offers some...
... understand as the advertisers are all airlines. Obviously, they would like to highlight the characteristic of their service by reminding customers ofthe magical feelings of The Language of Airlines’ ... Feedback: the response ofthe receiver to the sender and vice-versa.• Noise: it is interference that gets in the way of sharing meaning. There are 3 forms of noise. External noises: They are ... to the advertising information and evokes them to take the action of purchasing. It is here that the topmost task of advertising is fulfilled.2.2.5.3 Types of Advertising The features of different...
... 4: QUEUING There is one sport at which the British are always the world champions. Nobody can beat them at the noble art of queuing. The British actually look forward to spending their weekends ... SATISFACTIONOver the years, the development of different theories of management and different approached to organization has affected the way we view motivation. In the 19th century, the writer ... almost seventy-eight million hectares of forests, grasslands, rivers and lakes. It is an agency ofthe Department of Agriculture. The first is the threat of fire and fuel. This year, forest fires...
... classified in terms of: (1) The height ofthe bulk ofthe tongue in the mouth(2) The front/back position ofthe tongue in the mouth(3) The degree of lip-rounding(4) The length of vowels (Roach, ... overview ofthe study in which the rationale for the research, the research problem, the purposes, the research questions, the scope ofthe study, the research method, the significance ofthe study, ... enter the CFL, VNU in the hope that they would be accepted to another college usingthe marks they got at this exam. However, to their surprise, they passed it. The truth was that they passed the...
... interpretations to the ones intended. (Hughes, A. 1989: 38). In the case oftheEnglish section at the University of Technology, the teachers should do the trial tests first and then, mark and remark the ... Implications The study aims at evaluating the reliability and the validity ofthe final achievement test for the third-year students at the University of Technology. To deal with the stated aims, the ... compatible with the aims ofthe courses and the objectives ofthe syllabus and the test specification. However, with the negative skew of score distribution analysed above, along with the evaluation...
... The most importantvariations are as follows:C and G have each a soft sound and a hard sound. The soft sound of c is the same as s, and the hard sound the same as k. The soft sound of g is the ... all languages besides the English, i, when accented, has the sound oftheEnglish long e, e when accented has the sound ofEnglish longa, and a has the Italian sound. TheEnglish long sounds are ... that of leading the student through the maze 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...