INTRODUCTION Our thoughts carry meaning that we make concrete by means of a language, so when we speak, we reflect what is in our minds, in our hearts and in our souls. These thoughts integrate our ideology which is affected by influences coming from the culture we live in. That is why the surrounding ideas, customs, skills, and tools, have impact on any language. As our culture provides us with guidelines to behave appropriately within our community, our speech must include those qualities that
Altenberg (1998) claimed that 80% of language consists of formulaic sequences and other scholars like Erman and Warren (2000) suggested that nearly one-third to half of language use prefabricated word sequences. Ellis (1996) and Wray (2002) maintained that Second language acquisition (SLA) theory shows that early stages of learning a second language are heavily based on formulaic sequences. Such sequences are first saved as undivided units but
Introduction In the contemporary world, English language is the proffered language of communication in many communities. Most of English speakers are not native and have acquired English literacy as a secondary language. However, it is a medium of ‘intra-national’ and ‘international’ communications (A. Matsuda & P. Matsuda, n.d.). Throughout the world all communities use a structurally different dialect of the English, hence the term ‘Englishes’. Like Australia, there are many countries in the world
2. SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF THE STUDY 2.1. Swot Analysis A SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured plan method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats involved in a project or in a business venture. ASWOT analysis can be carried out for a product, place, industry or person. 2.1.1. Strength • Mobile application of Nearest Hospital, includes complete, net and comprehensive information and avoid expressing unnecessary information. • The cost of the mobile
differences characteristic of the singer's voice, very less attention have been focused on examining the spectral characteristics across various registers in singers. Thus the present study aimed to document the spectral parameters, namely H1-H2, H1-A1, H1-A2 and H1- A3 in classical singers with the vidwath level of singing training across various registers of singing. Thus the voice was recorded from both singers and non singers on singing task and the recordings were analysed to extract spectral
of these vital events is ‘vital statistics’. These are “the facts, systematically collected and compiled in numerical form, relating to or derived from records of vital events”. In a broader sense, vital statistics is the collection, organization, analysis and interpretation of data on vital events. The aim of vital statistics is to provide the tools for studying population dynamics, i.e. the change in population composition with reference to sex, age, education, birth, marriage, deaths, economic status
good opportunities to use this method of communication in their workplace while others have very few instancesto resort to this method of communicating. Writing also fulfillsacademicfunction in second language teaching when used to fix the vocabulary and structures
skill and a unique asset in the process of learning a second language. Both aspect of writing are important in the typical language class, and both can serve to reinforce the other (Chastain, 1988). Writing may not be the goals of all language courses. Writing is one of the four language skills taught in language courses. In composition courses the emphasis is primarily on writing as communication, although increased knowledge of the language system is one of the by- products of writing to express one’s
Introduction Argumentative essay is one of the key text-types included in the English curriculum in Hong Kong. Students in Hong Kong first learn to write arguments in their first language in junior secondary and then move onto English argumentative essays in senior secondary. Many of them find it difficult to write an argumentative essay in English. Even in L1 context, writing an argument is a challenging task for a majority of students as they have difficulty in recognizing and applying argumentative
Colleges today require their students to register for general courses. Why? The idea of liberal education and general education came from the nineteenth century. They are both similar but they don’t necessarily mean the same thing. The liberal education refers to the study of liberal arts and classical languages, where as the general education refers to the study of the means of application in all branches of study which was thought to be essential for the youth. According to Russell Thomas, American