... on specific information in
the text. The students have to use information inthe text to fill inthe provided blanks by
inserting a single word or a group of words.
Filling inthe blank is ... First there is basically visual task, that of
deciphering the marks on the page, the brain receiving signals, from the eyes. Secondly,
there is cognitive task, that of interpreting the visual information, ... 2) there still exist both
strong and weak points inthe process of teaching reading comprehension texts, especially in
the while- reading stage.
In terms of strong points, the condition of...
... are: the murder of
Wilson Pinheiro and Francisco “Chico” Mendes in the
Amazon rain forest, the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur
and several others inthe Philippines, and the public hanging
of ... toxic
waste dumping, natural resource exploitation, and the conse-
quent degradation ofthe means of subsistence of indigenous
people. The roles ofthe state and MNCs in suppressing the
rights of communal ... wastes dumping. There is a
need to develop a mechanism to enforce the EIA and SIA of
the activities of multinational oil companies operating in the
interiors of Third World countries. The “polluter...
... character ofthe painting is by referring him to the engravings of Albert Durer and the serious parts
of Chaucer. There is the same want of proper costume the same intense feeling ofthe human being, ... and Paine. Think
of the unshrinking gaze which Dante fixes upon the tortures ofthe souls in pain; ofthe wasted body of Christ
upon the cross; ofthe fasts, flagellations, mortifications of penitents; ... Time coming
up unawares to destroy them the other rows of elders and doctors ofthe Church, forming part ofthe array of
heaven the uplifted hand of Christ denouncing the wicked at the day of judgment...
... neither English nor French is spoken receive most
of their schooling inEnglish or French, depending on the
area ofthe country in which they live. Because the major-
ity of provinces in Canada offer ... understanding of
the reading process, including reading failure. Since the con-
cept of learning disability was first outlined by Samuel Kirk
(1963), investigators have concentrated on identifying the
basic ... Columbia
The purpose of this article is to review published studies oftheEnglish literacy of children in
Canada who are Englishlanguage learners (ELLs) with the goal of understanding the read-
ing...
... suggest that the choice is either to invest inlanguage skills or in other
forms of education. In fact, one ofthe key findings in this paper is that knowledgeofthe foreign
language, English, as ... English very well.
There are a number of interesting findings when we add knowledgeofEnglish to the equation. First,
we find a large effect ofEnglishknowledge on earnings. Knowing English well ... existing results inthe literature. Our first innovation inthe paper is to
include Englishlanguageknowledgeinthe regression. As with Hebrew, we begin by including
dummy variables for knowing...
... children inthe lowest reading group were relatively orally
proficient inEnglish (after two years of schooling in English) , but still couldn’t read well.
In summarizing the findings, the authors ... sure that the words activated
in their minds fit with the meaning ofthe context. In addition, they must link
new information to what they have already read, as well as to their
background knowledge, ... English- speaking students and may not
tap into the issues encountered by ELLs as they read in English. Such issues include
interference from the students’ first languageinthe areas of phonology or writing...
... ideas write of the
role oflanguagein this concept of Spain inthe same vein that Herder saw the
link with language and national identity. They were writing of course at the
36 THE ‘CASTILIANISATION’ ... where the
use of Spanish is largely on the decline and even likely to become extinct
altogether. The use of Spanish in Latin America, and particularly inthe US, is,
on the other hand, on the increase ... definitions offered in Chapter 1
containing within their political borders many nations, whether these be Catalan,
Basque, Galician in Spain, or any ofthe many indigenous nations in Latin
America.
The...
...
typical example of initial accumulation of capitalism. Holding power in
economics, theEnglish bourgeoisie further encroached on the politic field.
They became the driving force intheEnglish society. ...
intensively industrial development. The industrial revolution began: new
machinery was invented that turned Britain into the first capitalist power of
the world. The capitalist path paved the ... oftheEnglish society
at that time. They thought they had rights to be proud of their status in society
and inthe superiority of their race. They wanted other countries to give way to
English...
... natural, going against the feeling ofthe
target language.
Through modulation, the translator generates a change inthe point of view ofthe message
without altering meaning and without generating ... uses the continuous –ing form for binding clauses much more frequently than other
languages which have equivalents for it.
(k) The use of loan words inthe source text
The use of loan words inthe ... used inthe translation of labels for musical instruments, which
are culturally different inthe two languages. By adaptation, the translators used the concepts
of musical instruments inthe English...
... subconscious knowledgeofthe rules allows
them to produce an infinite number of sentences. And of course they have
lexical knowledge too - they know words inthelanguage and how they
operate ... 'How interesting', starting
at a low pitch and dropping their voice on the 'int' of 'interesting' I will be
fairly despondent since by their use of pitch and intonation they ... who is in a position to select the
textbook which their students are going to use.
The Practice ofEnglishLanguage Teaching deals specifically with
the teaching ofEnglish as a Foreign Language...
... that the tin
mines were on the mainland of Cornwall, and
Pytheas would describe the process:
They extract the tin from its bed by a cun-
ning process. The bed is of rock, but con-
tains earthy interstices, ... Mount)
indisputable proof of human presence in the
Americas. These people are referred to as
Paleo-Indians (“ancient Indians”) and are
assumed to be the direct ancestors of most of
the Indians ofthe ... other trees, plenti-
ful inthe Lebanon range that backed the
coastal cities ofthe Phoenicians, would
remain one of their major exports.
As early as 1200
B
.
C
., with the decline of
the Minoans...