of people who speaking in the similar language. A person has accent depends on several factors; but, accents are typicallyassembled in the following way: - Regional Accents - such as, people who are from England different than people who are from America. - Foreign Accents - such as, a person who was speaking English will sound different than a person who was speaking Spanish and learned English as agrown-up. Accents are an ordinary part of pronounced languages. It is essential to understand that
FOSSILIZATION IN L2 ACQUISITION There are several differences between first and second language acquisition: L1 is intuitive, natural, complete and trigger by birth. L2 in general is a choice, depends on the motivation of the learners and the difficult relies in achieving native proficiency. Related to second language acquisition, Selinker introduced the term ‘interlanguage’: "the process of learning a second language (L2) is characteristically non-linear and fragmentary, marked by a mixed landscape
to master the school subjects better, and achieve the educational goals of the curriculum. 2.8.4 Mother-tongue Instruction ( MAI ) According to the Finnish Constitution, everyone living in Finland has the right to maintain and develop their own language and culture. In this regard the main objective of mother tongue teaching is to build a strong cultural identity and establishing a unique self-esteem for immigrant children. According to Guvercin (2011), mother tongue has a very powerful impact in
Introductory Note The chapter discusses the theoretical framework and the literature review of the research. The theoretical framework focuses on the importance of both culture and language. On the other hand, literature review compare between several studies and focuses on the result. Theoretical background Language and culture are important factors in our life.Language cannot be separated from culture.They are both complementary to each other’s. The amount of information you know about the other
The use of first language or second language (L1/L2) is still used in teaching English classroom as a Foreign Language. Actually, the term of using L1/L2 in EFL classes is ongoing debates in some occasion by looking some consideration between pro and contra of using L1/L2 in EFL classes. In any cases, the term of first language is the first language that the students got from their mother and they may continue to use it in the rest of their life and second language is a language that the students
Need to Learn Foreign Language besides English Back in 2012, Ismail Eliyev, a truck driver for GNB Trucking Co. (contractor for FedEx) was demanded to be fired because of his Russian accent when he speaks (Insurance Journal, 2012, para 6). FedEx said that it is a requirement for workers to be able to speak language fluently. This shows that lacking in speaking foreign language is a serious problem to be taken not lightly. Though the awareness of learning foreign language has spread worldwide, a
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
but also having to face them in a completely different language than your own. In Harumi Kimura’s journal article, “Foreign Language Listening Anxiety: a Self-Presentational”, she explores the anxieties and the psychological repercussions faced by second language listeners. Using the Self Presentation theory as a basis for her study, Kimura discovered truth to her hypothesis, and created greater insight into problems faced by second language listeners. To begin it
journalists, teachers, writers, lawyers, etc. have 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
English is known as the international language in the world that make a strong communication between the people of the world, which many developing countries attempt to use this language while their native tongue is not English. Speaking English may have some positive and negative effects on those countries which English is not their original language. Although in many countries English is thought as a foreign language in schools and universities, some other countries used English as the Medium of