Chapter One Introduction 1.1 The background of the study S. P. Corder, a famous linguist, pointed out: we actually haven’t the ability to make students learn a kind of language, the thing we can do is to create a proper language learning environment, which proved the importance of language environment in language teaching. With the globalization of economy and the frequency of communication, our country and society had the higher requirement for the use of English. However, at present, the…
1.6.3. Pragmatics of Cross-Cultural Communication No one can deny the fact that the study of cross cultural communication contributed to the field of applied linguistics and offered a plethora of examples of different aspects of communication. Deborah Tannen (1984), in her article: The Pragmatics of Cross-Cultural Communication has identified eight levels of differences in ways of speaking that differ from one culture to another and which represent the essence of language (ibid, 189).…
helped me slowly in improving my listening skills (Alshehry, Sedlmayr and Cork 2016). The theory of multiple intelligences that comprises of eight learning styles by Howard Gardner has also been implemented by my English teacher during the tutorial class. The eight learning styles comprises of intra-personal, spatial, naturalistic, musical, linguistic, logical, interpersonal and existential. This learning style enables readers to…
but paper and desk work. Later to find out that the words “Army Officer” has a much deeper passionate meaning than I thought. Over the years of training and talking to different Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, and Sergeants about becoming a Second Lieutenant, they all had the same thing in common with advice on becoming a Lieutenant. That advice was to take time and get to know…
have a system of asking questions. In English, there are two main kinds of interrogative sentences, close-ended sentences and open-ended sentences. Closed class interrogative sentences have yes/no answer while opened class interrogative sentences having many possible answers. 1.1. Yes/No questions Yes/no question in English is known as closed class questions because it has yes/no answer. Subject-auxiliary inversion (SAI) is applied to form yes/no question, if a declarative sentence contains an…
Early bilingual refers to someone who acquires two languages in early childhood. Those especially learn two languages as “first languages” at the same time can be termed as simultaneous bilinguals. Simultaneous bilinguals are commonly exposed to the languages since birth or shortly after. Generally speaking, learning two languages in early childhood does more good than harm. This paper will first discuss the benefits of bilingualism including advantages in metalinguistic awareness, and…
1. what it means to “ speak” ? The English language is a foreign language in Arab countries, where most of the students of the senior high schools are not familiar with it and they use only in the class. Moreover, most of the students have no much time to learn it, in addition, there is no supporting to practice it outside their classes (Hetrakul, 1995) . Teaching speaking indicates helping the learners of the target language to enhance their ability to interact successfully with. Howarth…
Language barrier. The difficulty of having an immigrant parent is the language barrier. My mother had to struggle when transitioning from Spanish to English. Being raised in a Spanish speaking home and attending an English speaking school was tough. I soon gave up on Spanish because I needed to translate for my mother in everyday life. Throughout elementary school, it was as if both my mother and I had to learn English. Slowly, but surely, we persevered and began to practice and master the beast…
Language is one of the most important component of civilization. The human race had evolved with time and so had language. Divided into different countries, races and ethnicity humans have innumerable languages all over the world and these languages are further divided into dialects. However, the English language has managed to make itself a global language. People from all over the world communicate through this language. When time evolves so does the language and it cannot be denied that this…
main characteristics of suggestopedia are the decoration, furniture, comfy armchairs, the use of music, the arrangement of the classroom. It’s like you are sitting in a living room rather than a classroom. The kind of music used in the suggestopedia class is probably Baroque music with its ideal sixty beats per minute. In this classroom, the teacher has a great power and even adult learners are encouraged to behave as childlike as…