Essays on Pronunciation

THE MONOLITHIC TERM ‘STANDARD ENGLISH’ IS AN OUTDATED CONCEPT IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DISCUSS.

Introduction

Now, this is an expression for ‘by the way, I would be right back in five minutes.’ This is how English language is being used these days. The metamorphosis of English, predominantly driven by technology, has been well accepted by the pundits of classical English and the trusted Oxford dictionary has added several of these to its Standard English. Is there a dilution of standards or is it simply that English language is adapting to the changes of the 21st century and keeping pace, eventually ...

Traveling to America for the first time for my studies will remain to be my greatest adventure. Just like any other international student would behave, I was equally too nervous to see this aspiration come true. I got scared immediately I landed in the United States about the culture, the country I had only read in textbooks during my junior years in school, about their prowess regarding technology, economic strengths, and the military superiority. This also marked the first time I made my first flight to a foreign nation. How were these people going to treat me? Will they ...

Two Ways of Belonging in America is an essay written by Bharati Mukherjee and it is about the experience which she and her sister; Mira, had in the United States. They were both different than the rest of their family, but their lives in America were completely different from each other as well. While Mira chose to marry an Indian and remain her cultural identity, Bharati married an American-Canadian and embraced the American culture. All of this led to various difficult situation during the period of over three decades. The story of two sisters of Indian heritage in America ...

Listening and speaking are the best means of learning any language. Reading and writing only complicate the process of learning. I am talking about my experience with English language, which I believe is the most complex language I have ever come across. Coming from Kwait, Arabic is my first language. English, being a global language, has had a huge impact on my country. Consequently, the children there are supposed to learn English since grade one. English had always been a trouble for me. It was difficult because I didn’t have the favourable atmosphere at home. As I told ...

In this paper, I will analyze the dialectical variations of early modern English across England. Even though the country is not as vast as the United States, the linguistic complexities are apparent in the ways different communities use the same language in different ways. As Parkin mentions, “It has been widely recognised that the regional distribution of certain bynames and surnames, from the medieval period up to the present day, can represent regional distinctions in Middle English (ME) dialect lexis and phonology” (Parkin 24). Parkin is, of course, referring to names, but this same variation and complexity is present ...

Impact of Video Games in English Learning

Impact of Video Games in English Learning Technological changes have brought new ideas, software, video games and many other developing applications in computer use. Adults and children are using computers to distract their minds and perform challenging tasks that improves their innovative skills. Children play video games primarily for fun and education. There are different forms of video games that can be found over the internet via YouTube and many other technological sources. Children tend to choose the kind of games meant for their age levels that keep them interested. There are many different kinds of games available. For ...

As a native speaker of Arabic, learning to speak and write in English as my second language has been a very difficult task. While I love English, I think that its rules of grammar and pronunciation are very difficult for most newcomers. The main challenges I have faced in mastering the English language have been learning a new alphabet, and a new way to read and write. Whereas Arabic speakers write from right to left, English speakers write from left to right. In addition, there is a completely different alphabet, of 26 letters. Many times, when a person takes ...

Authors come up with great works by following a set of instructions that help their workflow. There are various ways an author might categorize their work such as problem-solving, attention and awareness. The information should come out clearly for the reader to understand and keep up with the author’s ideas. For that to take place, the author needs to streamline the ideas and give depth to it for the reader to experience. A good flow brings about the best read or understanding of a topic and excites the reader to keep looking for the author’s other works and similar ...

At the beginning of the semester in this English 101 course, I expected that I will be able to develop and improve different aspects of the English language such as reading, writing, speaking, pronunciation and grammar (Nunan and Lockwood 2). I am particularly hoping to enhance my writing skills and grammar. At the end of the semester, I also aimed to develop other skills such as understanding the details of conversations, pronunciation and deeper analysis from reading for gist and how to use the English language more fluently. One of the strengths I have learned is the proper sentence ...

Languages, just like various cultures, influence each other, as they are not sufficient on their own. The language intercourse contributes to the development of relationships among the parties involved. The French-American English dialect has gained popularity in various regions, such as CU Boulder. English has borrowed some words from the French language. Dialects have a significant influence on the automatic speech recognition; it is imperative to detect and classify various dialects to understand their originality and influence in the commonly used languages. The Standard English and American-French dialects have some similarities, as the languages borrow some words from each other. ...

Introduction:

The interview for Mr. Nguyen, a third-generation Vietnamese-American covers the aspects of the immigrant issues and cultural variations in America. Mr. Nguyen owns a Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant in Milpitas. Mr. Nguyen has a unique and diverse background in relation to the cultural foundations of the immigrant issues in America. He is well endowed with the cultural information pertaining to the cultural variations and diversity in America. The interviewee has a detailed background as far as the cultural conflicts and diversity is concerned in America. He knows well about the cultural values among the people of America and the ay such values affects the economic ...

Intervention Strategy

The proposed intervention strategy is centered on improving English language proficiency within the Gulfton community. The premise behind this strategy is that improved language proficiency will facilitate better communication skills that will lead to (better) employment, improved knowledge around legal status and rights, better healthcare and other amenities, and improved outcomes relative to children’s education.

This is a multifaceted strategy that aims to reach out to multiple groups of residents. In laying out an intervention strategy it is highly important to determine up front how to articulate a plan, implementation, refinement, etc. This will be laid in greater detail in ...

1. In her TED speech, Brene Brown does a good job supporting her points and she uses a variety of methods to do so. For example, she supports many of her central messages through personal experience such how she describes the role of vulnerability in making her own research and life choices. She also discusses the role of vulnerability from the point of view of other person’s lives, as she describes reviewing the interview records of her research subjects to understand how vulnerability affects them in their life choices. Finally, she supports the message that we are numbing the feeling ...

In order to know the appropriate English Language Learning level that an English Language Learner should be placed in, it is prudent to assess the student’s performance on various categories of language development. One of the assessment methods used in such cases is the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (most commonly abbreviated SOLOM). SOLOM’s main purpose is to assess the oral proficiency of a student in the English language. The categories in which the student is assessed on include comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, grammar, and pronunciation. Each category of the assessment is measured on a 1 to 5 scale. 1 ...

Child development is an area that was largely ignored for a very long time throughout history. Children were not given much thought because they were considered as smaller versions of adults and therefore incorporated in any study that targeted adults. Their cognitive abilities, language and physical growth which normally take place early on in life was not given the necessary attention. As theorists and scientists warmed up to this area of scientific research, so many theories came up in a bid to explain child growth and development and one such theory is B. F. Skinner’s operant conditioning. It is a theory ...

English is the Main Language of Work in Modern Society

Introduction Language plays a crucial role in workplace communication between employees. Since globalization has turned the world into a melting pot of various cultures and ethnicities, it has become a regular affair for people of different national identities to work together in harmony. In order to maintain a harmonious relationship in the workplace, language plays an important role. Lately, the technical advancements have closed the geographical gap between nations and have turned English into a lingua franca used by people not only in their day to day communication, but also in the workplace. The term "workplace English" refers to the professional interaction, business ...

There are five principles of verbal communication and a further five for nonverbal communication. These principles are important for the sender and receiver to achieve effective communication and establish a shared understanding (Cheesebro, O’Connor & Rios, 2010).

The first principle of verbal communication is to recognize that all languages have value. There is no language that is better than the other in terms of logic, ability to convey thought or complexity.

The second principle is to understand that everyone speaks a dialect. A dialect is a regional variation of language. It includes unique pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Despite the differences in dialects, ...

The Role of Functional Radicals – A Report

ABSTRACT Research is limited on the benefits of explicit teaching of Chinese second language (CSL) adult learners about the functions of radical components of Chinese characters. The following research, analysis, and discourse provides how CSL adult learners indeed benefit from the explicit instruction of all components of the radicals of Chinese characters at the onset of their learning. This connects to providing them a better understanding of the Chinese language as a non-alphabetical based framework especially for those students with English as their primary language. The following findings researched how a better understanding of such aspects of radicals including phonetic and ...

DISCUSSION BOARD

According to Matlin (2013), a simple sentence is the one that is considered to have the three most basic elements namely; a subject, verb as well as the object or a completed thought. An example of a simple sentence can be formulated as follows; James went to school. In this case James is the subject, went is the verb and school is the object. According to Matlin (2013), a sentence deep structure is basically considered as a basic structure of the sentence while a surface sentence is considered as an actual form of a sentence. The following are examples of the sentences “You push the chair” ...

The Canterbury tales is a collection of stories which were written in the Middle English at the end of the 14th Century by Geoffrey Chaucer. Most of the tales are in verses though some of them are also in prose form. The Canterbury stories were part of the story telling contest by a small group of pilgrims who travelled together on a journey from Southwark to Saint Thomas Becket where their shrine was located. Chaucer used the tales and the descriptions of his characters to paint a very critical and ironic paint of the English Community at the time in particular the church ...

Weeks 1 and 2: Throughout the first two weeks, reading lessons will emphasize learning the names and sounds of all the consonants and vowels in the alphabet. Identify words with the long -a, long -e, long -i, and long -o sound, and distinguish them from words that contain short -a, short -e, short -i, short -o, and short -u sound. Sound out words containing vowel pairs. A vowel pair consists of two vowels together. Sometimes the first vowel is pronounced long while the second is silent, or sometimes the second vowel modifies the pronunciation of the first. ...

Introduction

Reading is the most essential skill a student should acquire. Strong literacy skills are vital to a student’s educational success and their overall success in life. Regarding the importance of English, Arabic students must learn to read and comprehend more quickly, read critically analyze any written information. Despite living in a digital era, the Arabic students still need literacy skills to succeed in the field of education (Mutawa & Kailani, 2009). Instructors must learn to share enthusiastically a variety of genres, topics, and styles with the students to improve their understanding and make them enjoy life (Zemelman, 1998). There are certain skills and ...

The topic of telling whether there are similarities or differences between Japan, Korea, and China is very broad. There are notable differences between Korea, Japan, and China, but my major interest is on the similarities of these countries. This is because the countries have a lot of similarities which completely out way the slight differences noted. Therefore, my analysis is based on the similarities that exist between the three countries. There are a variety of differences and similarities that could be clearly cited between Japan, Korea, and china. All these similarities and differences could be perceived as three different societies or ...

Metalinguistic awareness refers to the ability of language recognition as an object. The objectification of language makes it easy for study with respect to transfer of knowledge between languages. Therefore, Metalinguistic awareness is the recognition by an individual of their knowledge of a certain language. For the complete knowledge of a certain language, an individual must possess a grasp of certain facets of the language for their reference as individuals who are wholly conversant with the language. These facets are phonology, semantic, morpho-syntactic, pragmatic and literate. Phonology is the study of sound arrangement within a language. This being so; the acquisition ...

Section A: Front-end Analysis .3

Target Audience Description 3 Procedure for Determining Information Processing Steps 3 Learning Objectives .... 7 Terminal Learning Objective .. 7

Enabling Objectives . 8

Section B: Instructional Strategies, Specifications, Documentation .. 13

Background .13

Terminal learning objective 13 Expanded Events of Instruction 14 Introduction . 14 Body . 15 Section 1: Basic Words 15 Section 2: Advanced Words 15 Conclusion 17 Teaching Elementary Children To Read A Second Language Section A: Front-end Analysis - Target Audience Description The target audience is elementary school children. To learn any new language, children must start early. The ...

Though originally a West Germany language, English is presently a global lingua franca following its wide use and the national language of several sovereign states. The knowledge of English has become a basic requirement for a number of professions, fields, and occupations. Its greatest impact is attributed to the reduction of native linguistic diversity across the world hence promoting mutual understanding amongst mankind of different backgrounds (Todd, pg. 7). Like any other discipline, the English language has evolved over time following the contribution of the Greek language. This discussion looks at Greek and Latin plurals borrowed into the English language citing plurals such ...

Thesis statement

Learning various languages expands the boundaries for people and provides the different opportunities to cross-cultural dialogue, business development and employment. About 60% of the World population speak more than one language. Acquiring correct and intellible pronunciation, according to general observation, is one of the hardest tasks for all language learners. Most of the additional language learners develop an accent, that allows other people to distinguish non-native speaker and to make suggestions about her origin and native language. Presence of an accent commonly does not change intelligibility of the speech (perceived phonological constancy, Mulak et al., 2013), that is ...

Oral presentation connotes to the delivery of information or rather a speech by means of verbal presentation. An effective oral presentation often requires adequate preparations. The mentioned preparations often need ample time. The speaker, who is the presenter frequently, requires performing a self- assessment prior to the occasion. The paper, therefore, intends to establish the necessary preparations and strategies for an effective oral presentation.Ethical responsibility. The speaker should ensure appropriate ethics. The cited ethics often determine whether the audience would concentrate or recognize the speech. The speaker needs to appreciate the presence of the audience before commencing presentation. Ethically, appreciating ...

Vocabulary Instruction

Volume of Words The number of words presented every week should vary depending on the needs for the class topic. Often, vocabulary words are related to what the students are learning in class. If the current topic has a lot of unknown words that the students need to grasp, then the vocabulary list for the week might be longer. However, vocabulary list should be kept short, of possible. According to Bromley (2007), teaching a few, meaningful words is more effective than teaching several words that have little to do with students current subject topics (p 8).

Start by posting the words ...

Hitchings (4) elucidate that the well-established dictionaries produced by lexicographers in English are within the inner circle depicting England, America, and Australia. The Oxford family, Cambridge family, and Collins family dictionaries are popular in Britain and Commonwealth countries. Recently, the American Heritage, Webster family, and Macquarie family of dictionaries from Australia appear to shelve the major bookstores in many countries. Currently, Lynch (7) observes that there is a global competition in the lexicographic market place where people embrace dictionaries and find it hard to work without them. The English dictionaries base on the traditional canon that helps in the development ...

i) the similarities and differences between L1 and L2 ii) psychological factors iii) social factors.

Then, drawing upon relevant literature, consider implications for language teaching/learning [250 words max].

This question as worded below specifies the student’s age, gender, L1 and country of origin. However, you may vary this question for gender, L1 and country of origin, if this would render it more useful for you. The student’s age, and other details as below, must remain the same. Ahmed is a nine-year old boy of Arabic background who immigrated to Australia through the family reunion scheme one year ago. He is living with his parents and two younger sisters in ...

I haven’t made many public speeches or presentations before, and the time I got to make a presentation before the class came as a shock. I generally don’t talk much, but having no option to pull out, I had to dig deep to instigate myself to stand before the class and make the presentation that I ‘managed’ to contrive. I was nervous and this reflected in the way I began my presentation. My voice was feeble, and I just couldn’t put words in my mouth. However, knowing the consequences of my action, I began my presentation. I had ...

Commonly referred to as “Southern,” Southern American English (SAE) is spoken in most states in the South-central and South-eastern parts of the U.S. This paper is a literature review which will critique the phonology and features of various sub-dialects in the Atlantic dialect of the Southern. The general American would be easily coaxed into the SAE accent due to its unique choice of words and pronunciation. Though it may seem insurmountable, the Atlantic dialect of the Southern is interesting to study and learn about. In keeping with Nagle et al. (2003), irrespective of the great disparity between the pronunciation ...

An ‘English as a Second Language’ Collection for

Brisbane City Council Library Services Collection Development for Library Services and Course Number 3. Initial ESL Collection Development The “Success in Reading English: An ‘English as a Second Language’ Collection for Brisbane City Council Library Services (BCCLS)” is our group proposed library collection project. As part of the detailed overview and discussion of the library and information services, the context in which we anchor our initial ESL collection development is at the city of Brisbane Queensland, primarily; and secondarily, the online community. Brisbane, as Australia’s largest local government, has to serve its more than two million ...

Introduction

Feng Shui is the Westernized term for the word ‘Fung Soy’, which is the correct pronunciation in Cantonese (Si, 2011). In other Chinese dialects the pronunciation of feng shui is quite different as it was originally, ‘Fung Shway’ (Levitt, 2000 p.1). Although there are varied pronunciations for feng shui, the characters remain the same in all dialects. Feng Shui means ‘wind’ and ‘water’ (Levitt, 2000 p.1; Feng, 2014). The field of feng shui was considered the ancient art and science of locating a sacred place on earth (Levitt, 2000 p.1). Originally, feng shui was used by the Chinese emperors in ...

The Advantages of Learning English in America

English is very useful for everyone and learning it has many advantages in United States of America. Learning English in an English native speaking country is very helpful. When a foreign language speaker studies English in USA, he or she tends to learn English better, faster and in perfect US form. An addition, studying in the United States to learn English has three other advantages like having to practice English for daily activity, native English teachers and general English speaking society. In the process of learning English in the United States, you can practice the language by talking with ...

Language is a fundamental aspect of our social lives that determine how well we associated with other people. Phonology refers to the study of how sounds are perceived, understood, and propagated in languages. Each language exhibits a unique configuration of sounds that are combined to propagate messages. Every language spoken on earth can be evaluated with respect to specific analytic factors common to each one of them as phonetics, morphology, syntax, as well as pragmatics. These factors highlight an acute distinction between how different languages are perceived and the effects they have on individuals. Phonology takes particular interest into the unique ...

When Arabic speaking three year old children are introduced to English as a second language how does this affect the “use” of both Arabic and English?

Introduction

The subject of research in this paper is Emergent Literacy Inquiry. The main objective of this paper is to explore the difficulties and challenges faced by Arabic children, when they are exposed to using both Arabic and English language together. Young children face difficulties in learning languages, when they are exposed to more than one language at their initial stages of learning to speak. They tend to get confused with the languages and suffer ...

Introduction

Second language acquisition refers to the process through which people are able to learn a second language over and above their first language. It is essential to note that second language acquisition connotes what learners of such a second language do, rather than the practices involved in the teaching of such language. More significantly, the concept of second language acquisition may extend to cover the learning of a third, fourth or any other subsequent language in addition to the first language of a person (Norris and Ortega 23-26).This reference is a book. In this research paper, I examine the difficulties that beset a second ...

The Code of Hammurabi – it is one of the oldest monuments in the sphere of ​​legislation. It is a black basalt pillar on which cuneiform inscriptions on the classic Babylonian dialect of Akkadian are located, which include two hundred eighty-two articles from various areas of law. The Code of Hammurabi was created by the king of Babylon Hammurabi, who reigned in round 1793-1750 years BC and made Babylon the biggest cultural, economic and political center of Asia Minor of those times. The Code of Hammurabi – is one of the most important sources of the ancient Babylonian law and of the ...

Definitely, I did participate on the class presentation through the videotape that concerned the pitch presentation on the investment program. In addition, I got a feedback that you evaluated from the feedback sheet and verbally, this led me to write this memo to address and highlight the above issues. This will be based on the concept of the weaknesses and strengths that are highlighted in the evaluation sheet. In addition, areas of opportunities and the value proposition of strengths with regards to the instructor’s feedback will be reflected.

- The introduction section, the instructor commended that it was a very ...

Language acquisition is the process whereby children acquire the capacity to identify and comprehend a language either native or a second language. Most young children learn a language through observation and listening and from there, they learn to copy what they hear and pronounce it. Young children learn to speak through sounds and vocabulary by imitating what the people around them speaks (Kuhl, 2010). Children are exposed to a language and this exposure helps them to be able to interact with the rest of the people. Children are not taught a language but they acquire it from the people around them at a tender age. ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with the etymology and history of three different words, each of one belongs to a different historical period. The periods which are to be presented in this essay are three. The first period is the one of Old English language which ranges from the middle of the 5th century till the mid-12 century A.D. The second period which is to be presented here is the period of the Middle English period which begins approximately in 1150 and ends in 1500. The third and last period is the period of the Renaissance ...

Introduction

This paper has discussed the relationship between slangs and the society The paper is based on the argument that people use slangs in order to demonstrate their membership with a particular class or a culture. Slang can be defined as the information language, which is created for a specific purpose. However, slang is not used by all people in a society (Moore, Bindler & Pandich, 2010). Slang is made by people, themselves. Once slang becomes a trend, it is also introduced to other societies. In the modern society, slang is used to express ideas and feelings. It is also used to make a conversation more interesting ...

Background

The paper is analysis of a second language learner. Chutimon is a 28 year old Thailand national. Her first language is Thai. Chutimon is fluent in her native language Thai. Her second language is English which she has studied in primary and secondary school. She has some profound knowledge in Japanese language which she studied for one and half years before abandoning the course. English language is the second language she is currently learning. She began her first experiences in learning English in secondary school where it was incorporated in the Thailand educational curriculum. Chutimon’s learning of English can ...

Introduction

Research shows that there are a lot of facts that are considered to be intriguing in regards to the language. Further investigation shows the fact that every human being has it, and those that are called non-humans do not. Studies show the fact that some learners are able to sponge things more easier than others. Second-language acquisition, is the procedure by which individuals began to learn a second language. Second-language acquisition or SLA also refers to the scientific discipline dedicated to studying that process. Studies show that second language denotes to any language learned in addition to an individual's first language; ...

Introduction

According to researchers, struggling reader’s environment is defined by poor motivation, low self-efficacy or limited rational abilities (Brozo, 1991; Guthrie and Davis, 2003). A struggling reader may refuse to accept his new identity and instead focuses on maintaining a different identity among his neighbors, teachers, family members and peers. This may influence negatively on the positive progress of reforming the reader. (Alvermann, 2001)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Gerald is a sixth grade male student at king’s international school. He lives with his father after the parents formally divorced. His father has a persistent problem of alcoholism that has drastically affected the family’s economic ...

English is a standard language used for communication between air traffic controllers and pilots of international flights. There are two forms of using English language, Standard phraseology and plain language. Standard phraseology employs standard structure, terminology and pronunciation to promote efficiency and accuracy. On occasions when the standard phraseology is not efficient, plain language is used to deliver vital information. Communication error has been cited has the biggest causal factor in both level bursts and runway incursions into Europe. This replicated in other parts of the world where aviation accident statistics have been documented. In a bid to standardize communication ...

Admission Essays

Admission Essays

Question One

“The world is not a friendly place”. I guess the first time I heard of the world’s harsh nature was when my mother told me not to talk to strangers because many children were abducted that way. My friends told me stories of nights they had been followed home by odd looking people although I figured that most of these stories were exaggerated all the same. I did not believe that the world was such an evil place, but I was an obedient child. One day, while walking home from school, my friends and I were stopped ...

“Aboriginal” has since time immemorial been used to describe the indigenous inhabitants of places that were discovered and colonized by European nations. However, the word has of late found widespread use of the term aboriginal in the description of the Australian populace. Before the spread of western civilization most aboriginal languages were entirely spoken languages which did not have any writing system. Before the spread of western civilization, recording of information on written material was not common. This explains why most written aboriginal languages lack voice and identity. However non –aboriginal writers have made large strides in the transcription ...

Communication: Oral Language is a Bag of Air (How the Environment is responsible for Speech and Oral Language.)

Oral language is like air is a concept that has been used in linguistics to express the importance of environment in shaping the development of language in society. Man has for instance made inroads to other planets other than the earth. However, under these circumstances man has depended on sign language to communicate because the condition in space do not allow for the creation of sound waves. This is contrary to how the situation is here on earth. The environment of earth allows for the travelling of sound. The thought patterns of human being and the communication process is shaped ...

Question 1

a). A British’s post master general brings up an error after commenting on Alexander Graham Bell’s invention. According to him he predicted that the telephone would be used by those who were in rural areas of America to aid them to hear the New York Metropolitan Opera at home arguing that this could help them to save train fare. He also suggested that it would be no use but only to be used by housewife who could only keep her recipes on it. This is an error since we all know importance of telephone in communication which enforces ...

Bilingual children

Introduction One of the most essential things to note concerning bilingual children is the fact that they are, to a given extent, exposed to challenging situations in terms of their growth and development, in comparison to other children. This is because of the developed and exposed conflict of lingual inter4est, whereby, the children are exposed to two or more lingual backgrounds, and as a result, unable to select the specific language which they will use in the communication, as well as development and perfection of the same. In this paper, we will look at the bilingual children, and the challenges ...

Phonetic transcriptions illustrate that there are various pronunciation in various accents of English. It is important to note that despite the word being spelled out the same, the fact remains that its pronunciation dictates the region or the culture that any English speaker hails from. The basic spelling of a word cannot be used to explain how a word should be pronounced. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a special system that is used in conducting transcription of an English word in different accents. A good example of a phonetic transcription is the word no. According to the IPA phonetic transcription of the ...

Learning a new language can prove to be very challenging especially if a person has no prior basic knowledge of the language. Different languages have different methods of expressions depending on the event, time, occasion or the person. This includes difference in sentence construction and the changes in expressions and tones during the actual verbal communication. The most common problem that hinders effective learning is the language barrier in terms of pronunciation of terms that could be totally different between the native language and the new language. This paper is therefore a reflection of the success factors and the challenged I have ...

There are many words that are never explicitly taught to children but they still manage to learn them and they do this with the help of morphology (Carlisle). In language acquisition, morphology can be described as a strategy utilized by children and even adults to discern that meaning of complicated words they do not know by studying their internal structure (Anglin).This strategy consists of morphological analysis in which complicated words are broken into meaning elements that are a part of the whole word, such as its bases, prefixes, and suffixes, which are collectively known as morphemes. Learners are able ...

This paper aims at providing a comprehensive and an analytical interview between the author and the ESOL student. It will discuss the steps and the strategies that are associated with the learning of language. This report paper shall contain a summary of the interview, discussion of the relevant theories and how they apply. The paper will also contain an interview journal. The paper shall be organized as follows: introduction, subject/ context of the interview, hypothesis, method, findings, discussion and finally conclusion.

Introduction

Just to begin with, I would like to emphasize that in this discussion, I am interested in determining the academic ...

Introduction

A lesson plan is a framework for any lesson that a teacher has to compile before attending a class. The lesson plans are the products of a teacher’s thoughts about their classes including what goals they hope to achieve at the end of their classes and gives the different methods/ways of achieving the goals and most of the lesson plans are in written form (O'Bannon, 2008).

Importance of lesson planning

Lesson planning is of great significance to both the learner and the teacher in very many ways. The lesson plan acts as a guide to the teachers in order to efficiently teach the same subject and topic ...

Introduction

Language is an important aspect of human beings that helps in shaping the identity of an individual or a certain group of people. People from a particular region or community are able to identify persons from another different community based on the uniqueness of their language dialect or accent. When a person speaks their mother tongue, other people can easily know the specific nationality or cultural background. They are therefore able to identify them as different. This way, language shapes a person’s or community’s identity, especially where people are interacting in a mainstream culture and/or a standard language. It is important to discuss ...

Code of the Course:

During early childhood, children often master language with respect to the cultural factors associated with it in their respective cultures. This may only be inhibited by physical disabilities or unsuitable environments which deprive them off the chance of learning the language which may lead to a communication disorder. This paper will discuss the steps that children go through in the process of developing language. The steps are pronunciation, syntax, vocabulary and meaning, pragmatics, metalinguistic awareness and partnerships with famines. The first stage in the language development process is the pronunciation stage. At this stage, children try to learn how ...