1. Introduction Recent theories and methods of language teaching have begun to emphasize the importance of culture in language learning. However, little research has been done to investigate the impact of insufficient cultural learning in L2 acquisition for Saudi students learning English, and the role of pragmatic transfer in L2 real-life interaction. 1.1. Terminology 1.1.1. Speech acts The term "speech act" has been defined as a minimal unit of discourse, a basic unit of communication (Searle
research problem is based on the question: how does the Spanish language interfere in the English written production done by students in the course Written Communication III at the Paraiso Campus of the University of Costa Rica? From the foregoing, it is intended to assess and get results on the possible consequences of using structures of the Spanish language in the English written production and how the interference of the native language affects either positively or negatively on the student writing
Italian groups and native English groups that even the really experienced Native Italian speakers of English who have spoken English for a long time are still capable of pronouncing some of the English consonants inaccurately. “The study revealed that some of the NI subgroups produced word-initial tokens
country, not being fluent in English can be a huge barrier to being able to accomplish what one wants, and being successful in the educational system. Therefore, the people who control the education system have set specific standards in order to teach students who are learning the English language. Initiatives have been made in order to promote the development of the English Language and standards that keep up with the subjects that the other students who speak English are learning and are being tested
Language has provided human beings with the ability of communicating their thoughts, ideas, emotions to others, and their anticipation towards every episode of their life. Every community has its own language for communicating, but not all the languages have the same position when it comes to speakers’ number (e.g. English language). As far as the objectives of learning English language is concerned, English community has created open fields of success according to individuals’ interest by presenting
background knowledge of the topic, the situation or context, the type of text, and the language. This background knowledge activates a set of expectations that help the listener interpret what is heard and anticipate what will come next. Top-down strategies include: 1. Listening for the main idea. 2. Predicting. 3. Drawing inferences. 4. Summarizing. • Bottom-up strategies are text based; the listener relies on the language in the message,
Introduction English as a second or foreign language has gained much attention during the past decades in almost every country. In Iran English is taught as a foreign language in high-schools as well as in universities (Mirdehghan, HoseiniKargar, Navab, & Mahmoodi, 2011). Aside from different language courses presented in different levels of public academic centers, there are also private institutes that teach different levels of foreign language. As a branch of English language teaching, English for specific
goals：becoming an international Chinese language teacher, studying abroad and travelling all around the world. Majoring in English supports me with a stubborn base to successfully achieve them all. English majors tend to be top-priority among competitors who want to be international Chinese language teachers. An international Chinese language teacher could go abroad spreading Chinese culture to the world. According to Confucius Institute Headquarters, international Chinese language teachers need to know Chinese
The Spread of English Globalization made the world as a small village which needed a global language to enable people, from different places and cultures around the world, to communicate with each other. Nevertheless, one most important outcome of globalization is the increased spread of languages, particularly the English language. language Globalization can be defined as the correlations of global political, economic, cultural and environmental processes that modify present positions
writes in her books that England has always welcomed the alien and hundreds of words of non-English origin are part of English vocabulary indistinguishable from the native ones. More than sixty percent of English words have Latin origin while it is the case in more than ninety percent of the words with respect to technology and science domain (Green, 1990). While containing 178 Anglo-Saxon roots, the English language consists of 280 more roots out which almost all are Greek and Latin (Skeat, 1917). Henry