CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction In the world today, the place English language has earned as an international language is indisputable. Gaining access to loads of information that is at our disposal through journals and websites and TV channels, etc requires proficiency in English. Reading skill is one of the four basic skills needed to become a proficient language user. It is the combination of a long range of human mind processes working in harmony that helps us achieve understanding
and change throughout the life span. In the vast majority of cases, individuals become bilingual through life circumstances (Bialystok, 2011). By definition, a dual language learner (DLL) is someone who is acquiring two or more languages simultaneously, and learning a second language while continuing to develop his or her first language (U. S. Department of Health and
sentences in Punjabi language Abstract: In this paper we have explored the different types of sentences present in Punjabi language. We have given the details of the structure of these sentence. The work done on the compound and complex sentences in various Indian languages have also been explained. Introduction: Natural language processing is a very young discipline in Punjabi. Therefore, there is a lack of basic resources and tools for processing the Punjabi language. Sentence Identification
Pedagogical Practices By Debjani Sarkar English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad Email: debjanidivaa@gmail.com English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad Mahlaqa Bai Chanda Hostel 500007 Abstract The teaching and learning of language has gained a dynamic impetus, across decades. Considering the trends of English Language Teaching, we can rightly assert that one method paved the way for the
Successful language learners have a wide variety of thinking skills. Since they are conscious of their knowledge and know where, when, and how to apply it to any learning situations. Researchers agree that successful learners possess meta-cognition, i.e. the conscious ability to recognize their knowledge, understand and have control over their own learning (Gojkov, 2010). Students with good meta-cognition are able to direct and monitor their own learning processes; they have the ability to master
English language is one of the most important communication tools in the world. Learning English is a necessary subject for all contexts of English as a second or foreign language due to its popularity and importance all over the universe. Also word acquisition and identification of words rapidly as a skill is a major correlate of reading (Nathan & Stanovich, 1991). So students’ success with sight word recognition is a critical part in their achievement as lifelong readers
States Air Force with a Filipino descent and because of that I have been speaking two different languages “English” and “Tagalog” my entire life not counting another major Filipino dialect “Visaya”. And now, I would share some of my experiences using those languages on different communities which I belong to. For example, how did I manage switching or moving between language used in my job and language used with my family? How did it affect me, how it taught me and how it molded my identity into
afternoon everyone. Today my presentation topic is the translation of metaphor from the perspective of relevance theory, my case is two English versions of drama Teahouse. Tea house is a three-act play written by Lao She. He is good at depicting the life of common people, which easily finds echo among them, and also at vivid portrayal of characters. His language, often the oral Chinese spoken in Beijing area, is humorous and ironic. Teahouse reflects fifty years from the end of the 19th century
The Music Lab: Identifying literary decvices in popular music 1) Grade 8 English Language Arts: Topic, "Identify creative uses of language and visuals in pop culture such as commercials, rock videos and magazines; explain how imagery and figurative launguage such as hyperbol, create tone and mood" (Alberta learning Program of study, [English language arts] 2000, p. 12) 2) Intended purpose: Students will label and discribe in writing the literary decives used in popular music Assignement Students
The role of language is similar to that of a vehicle of thought that enables human thinking to be as complex and varied as it is. With the use of language, one can describe the past or speculate about the future so deliberately and plan in the light of one’s beliefs about how things stand based on one’s perception. Language enables one to imagine counterfactual objects, events, and states of affairs; in this connection, it is intimately related to intentionality, the feature of all human thoughts