... strategies, attitudes and motivation as well as environment and context of learning 2.2 Definitions of language acquisition “Language acquisition is one of the most impressive and fascinating aspects ... a language that is not your native language Once you have acquired a foreign language, you have mastered that language Second language acquisition may be more difficult for some people than the ... situation, etc “Learning strategies include both general approaches to studying language and specific techniques or study habit” (Chandrasegaran, A. , 1981) A learner’s approach to 10 language study...
... Definition of the language activities Language activities are activities that are used in teaching a language for teachers aims In speaking class, language activities are often exerted because the ... data collection process was carried out in phases, namely preparations for questionnaire administration, administering the questionnaire Phase 1: Preparations for questionnaire administration ... to qualification as well as qualification 44 Finally, the study method of class observations was chosen because the researcher was aware of the importance of what actually goes on in the classroom...
... nớc International Abbreviation International Abbreviation is a group of letter standing for a phrase of words These international abbreviations are used as official economic terms They are used ... to an abbreviation, people always understand what are stands for and what it means immediately F.O.B for example, stands for Free On Board or F.O.R for Free On Rail international abbreviation, ... word parallel means comparable or marching Parallel grammatical structure math, they are the same The following sentence, for example, lacks parallel grammatical structure although it has parallel...
... spatial orientation, verticality is a more important dimension of orientation than horizontality and, within horizontality, orientation along the FRONT/BACK axis outranks orientation along the ... meaning that may be greater than a single 14 word (1995:118) Cowie and Mackin (1993) also share a similar idea that a phrasal verb is essentially a verb and one or two additional particles As ... away - She broke into his conversation In each pair, the first phrasal verb has a literal meaning and refers to a physical action, while the second is metaphorical and describes an action that...
... comparison between Vietnamese final consonants and English final consonants The literature review discusses previous works related to consonant pronunciation among second language learners Chapter ... English and Vietnamese, a careful comparison and contrast of commonly-mispronounced English sounds, a detailed analysis of data gathered from the learners at various levels and ages, Bao, analyzed ... characteristics and articulation of these sounds and a comparison of Vietnamese final stop consonants and English final stop consonants are included in the theoretical background The second part of this chapter...
... NỘI – 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content Abbreviations Lists of Charts and Tables PART I: INTRODUCTION Rationale Aims of the study ... VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES VŨ THỊ THẢO ASTUDYON THE USE OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ESP READING ... Theoretical background of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) 14 1.6.1 Introduction and definition of CLT 14 1.6.2 Basic features of communicative approach 14 1.6.3 Definition of...
... a normal auxiliary expressing grammatical function, but a modal auxiliary With a negative modal auxiliary, verb phrase falls into a situation that the negation belongs to main verb or auxiliary, ... his A Natural History of Negation” that all human systems of communication contain a representation of negation No animal communication system includes negative utterances, and consequently none ... of using negators in translated version 45 v ABSTRACT Negation is present in all human languages; it is one of the prevalent and fundamental features of any human languages As Larry Horn observes...
... The Asian Games Hobbies Recreation tasks tasks tasks tasks -Talking about advantages and disadvantages of energy sources -Asking for and giving information about the Asian Games -Talking about ... pairs again (same pairs as task 1) to match the measures with the reasons In pairs, one student was asked to say the reason, one is asked to say the possible measures Then, the teacher called onsome ... which can motivate learners in oral presentation The above mentioned reasons have inspired the writer to conduct a research titled AStudyon the Adaptation of Speaking Activities in “Tieng Anh...
... presentation and no practice) The definition of grammar teaching that informs this study is a broad one: “Grammar teaching involves any instructional technique that draws learners’ attention to some ... language autonomy and keep the balance of focus between language forms and meanings Littlewood also gave an example of dialogues that learners had to start from a specific functional meaning and ... increasing living standard and the unceasing demand for broader international cooperation, the communication among different nations is necessary day after day Communicative competence has become...
... of integration and globalization, language teaching and learning in Vietnam has witnessed a marked positive change, that is, the popular adoption of Communicative Language Teaching approach, in ... collection process was carried out in phases, namely preparations for questionnaire administration, administering the questionnaire Phase 1: Preparations for questionnaire administration After finishing ... Carrier (1980): Games add variety to the range of learning situations 11 Games can be used to change the pace of a lesson and so maintain motivation Games can be used to punctuate long formal...
... Unit 1-Part Four, the reading texts in this unit are all about the Hawaiian Islands such as Water Sports in Hawaii, and Natural Disasters in Hawaii and Hawaiian Traditions, etc, Hawaii nowadays, ... in hand There are many advantages of using visual aids in a reading lesson that the teacher can use First of all, using visual aids can focus attention on meaning and help to make the language, ... Instrumental Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Global Situational, and Tasks Among them, intrinsic and extrinsic motivations have an important part in classroom motivation and they are partially accessible to teacher...
... foreign language and to make a comparison between the traditional activities and CLT classroom activities through the quasi-experiment so as to evaluate the effectiveness of some CLT classroom activities ... basic unit of a given language resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds capable of a particular grammatical employment The word is structural and ... derived and figurative meanings semantic relation connotation derivations Usage subcategorization collocation sociolinguistic and stylistic restrictions slangs and idioms From illustration of what...
... Class F Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class A Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Content (20 marks) Organization (10 marks) Language (20 marks) Total Average (50 marks) 2.4 ... Body and one for the Conclusion In summary, logical division, cause and effect, and compare and contrast are common patterns of essay organization Learners of English can apply these flexibly on ... in second year at FPT university generally have: (1) a very basic language foundation An average high school graduate has a receptive English vocabulary of about 2000 words and a much smaller...
... we are What about the crying man Although I know we've drifted far What about Abraham Hey, what about yesterday What about death again What about the seas Do we give a damn ) The heavens are falling ... translation One is form-based and the other is meaning-based Form-based translations attempt to follow the form of the source language and are known as literal translation Meaningbased translations ... hounds and a candle of kits Enough of frogs and as it gets dark and an exaltation of larks We live ona farm in Tennessee We have a drove of cattle and a grist of bees A colony of ants and a gaggle...
... message and gives the sender a feedback Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality They are auditory means, such as speaking, singing and sometimes tone ... interpersonal communication success ―Apology‖ is not a neutral word: it has strong personal and emotional connotations An apology is a speech act between two individuals, during which there is a direct ... voice, and nonverbal, physical means, such as body language, sign language, paralanguage, touch, eye contact, by using writing Communication is thus a process by which we assign and convey meaning...
... draw attention to new idioms by taking them into vocabulary improving and reading activities Teachers should also take advantages of authentic materials like on TV, in newspaper, magazines and ... syntactically anomalous It has an unusual grammatical structure For example, “diamond cuts diamond” two parties are equally matched is grammatically in correct, for normally the verb “cut” should take ... paraphrased in a way that assigns a meaning to individual words; even if some of them are non-standard, as for example spill the beans, where spill is paraphrased as reveal and beans as secrets Then,...