negative undesirable personal evaluations (p. 233-234). According to Flege, Munro, MacKay (1995), discovered through a study done on native 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
all over the world are characterized by their ability to be productive and renewable. Languages occasionally renew their ability to survive in the world through the new vocabulary and structure added to it. Even when language stands as a barrier between people from different countries or cultures, they are able to communicate with each others using signals. The deaf also communicate with each other using sign language. Hence, there is no doubt that
different languages. According to Kasper (1992), cross-cultural pragmatics examines how language users who come from different language backgrounds use language. In others words, cross-cultural pragmatics can be described as the study of the similarities and differences of language use in different cultures. One of the most common issues in the domain of Cross-cultural pragmatics is the study of speech act realization which explores who how speech acts are realized in the different languages (Blum-Kulka
another categorization between simple and multiple themes: simple theme includes always a topical element. Multiple themes comprehend the interpersonal and textual themes in
Research question The current study will attempt to answer the following research questions: 1- Why Kurdish learners transfer phonological elements of their native language to the target English language? 2- What difficulties teachers face during teaching English pronunciation to the learners? Definitions of Key Terms Pronunciation . The word of pronunciation can be defined “the way in which a word or name is pronounced” or a particular person's
Their grammatical and lexical choices help us to understand their different views and ideologies. The language of written texts helps readers to understand the writers' experiences, their reasons, their differences and communicative effects so that written texts can demonstrate the relation between reality and language through lexicogrammatical features. The Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA Approach) has been developed to analyse the text in term of the lexicogrammatical
Part B 7. Issues and concerns in Teacher Education between developing and developed country. (Choose ant ONE (1) country from each category) Abstract Teacher education programs among countries are often examined and are analyzed for further enhancement of their effectiveness. In this 21st century, teachers are not only expected as imparters of knowledge, teachers are also to hold the responsibility of shaping a better citizenry. This paper aims to compare and contrast the teacher education in Singapore