This page intentionally left blank Introducing Second Language Acquisition Written for students encountering the topic for the first time‚ this is a clear and practical introduction to Second Language Acquisition (SLA). It explains in nontechnical language how a second language is acquired; what the second language learner needs to know; and why some learners are more successful than others. The textbook introduces in a step-by-step fashion a range of fundamental concepts – such as SLA in adults
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Lang Policy (2009) 8:117–137 DOI 10.1007/s10993-009-9124-0 ORIGINAL PAPER Assumptions behind Singapore’s language-in-education policy: implications for language planning and second language acquisition L. Quentin Dixon Received: 30 September 2007 / Accepted: 14 January 2009 / Published online: 27 February 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Singapore’s officially bilingual education policy‚ in which the majority of children are schooled through a non-native medium
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KUTAISI AKAKI TSERETELI STATE UNIVERSITY English studies department VITALI SIMSIVE FROM TRADITIONAL TO MODERN TEACHING ENGLISH SUPERVISOR: RUSUDAN GVILAVA KUTAISI 2005 Nowadays‚ when the market of education at technology is full of suggestions how to teach English‚ a very actual issue has arisen: "what methods of teaching do you use?" A thoughtful student or a businessman often stops in front of bookshelves‚ full of linguistic literature or books on media and steadily goes through the long
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Chapter 2 Communication Accommodation Theory A cross-disciplinary discourse-sensitive framework Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate‚ while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish‚ and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me‚ my tongue will be illegitimate. I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian‚ Spanish
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Wednesday‚ February 18‚ 2009 Meeting 1 (What is semantics?) What is Semantics? FOLK NAMES TECHNICAL TERMS CONTENT • Meaning • Wordings (words & structures) • (discourse) semantics • Lexico-grammar EXPRESSION • Sounds/letters • Phonology/graphology A tri-stratal semiotic system of language When the lights are out‚ they are invisible. When the stars are out‚ they are visible. There are three types of context: 1) Situational context what the speakers know about what they can see around
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THE ONTOLOGY OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS: Levels of Organization‚ Perspectives‚ and Causal Thickets* (Canadian Journal of Philosophy‚ supp. vol #20‚ 1994‚ ed. Mohan Matthen and Robert Ware‚ University of Calgary Press‚ 207-274). by William C. Wimsatt Department of Philosophy University of Chicago January 4‚ 1994 wwim@midway.uchicago.edu [REVISED MINIMALLY FOR THE COLLECTION] Willard van Orman Quine once said that he had a preference for a desert ontology. This was in an earlier day when concerns
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1 REVIEW OF THE TYPES OF TESTS 1. Discrete and Integrative Tests Tests have come to be an accepted component of instructional programs throughout the world. The main reasons for testing are: a) to measure individual progress; b) to assess the degree of success of teaching and learning and to identify areas of weakness and difficulty; c) to measure students probable performance; d) to sort new students into teaching groups so that they are approximately the same
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI RAJSHAHI‚ BANGLADESH AN EVALUATION OF THE TEACHING OF READING SKILLS OF ENGLISH IN BANGLADESH A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English by Md. Hamidur Rahman Roll No. 042069 2004 Supervisor Dr. M. Shahidullah Professor Department of English University of Rajshahi January 2007 i DEDICATED To My Parents ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS At first I would like to express my gratitude
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Using the Web to support language learning DENISE E MURRAY PAM MCPHERSON SERIES EDITOR DENISE E MURRAY TEACHING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY SERIES USING THE WEB TO SUPPORT LANGUAGE LEARNING Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SERIES INTRODUCTION Published by the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research Macquarie University‚ Sydney NSW 2109 for the AMEP Research Centre on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs McPherson‚ Pam‚ 1946– .
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Routledge. Phillipson‚ R. (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ----- and Skutnabb-Kangas‚ T. (1996). English only worldwide or language ecology? TESOL Quarterly‚ 30. 429-452. Pienemann‚ M. (1989). Is language teachable? Psycholinguistic experiments and hypotheses. Applied Linguistics‚ 10. 52-79. Richards‚ I.A. (1940). Basic as the International Language. The Basic News‚ 9. 17-22. ----- (1943). Basic English and Its Uses. London: Kegan Paul‚ Trench‚ Trubner and Co. Rossiter‚
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