www.ccsenet.org/elt English Language Teaching Vol. 3‚ No. 3; September 2010 Sociolinguistic Competence and Malaysian Students’ English Language Proficiency Mohan K. Muniandy Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Academy of Language Studies‚ Kuala Pilah Campus‚ 72000 Kuala Pilah‚ Negeri Sembilan‚ Malaysia Tel: 60-6-483-2130/ 60-12-611-8478 E-mail: mohan691@.ns.uitm.edu.my Gopala Krishnan Sekharan Nair Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Academy of Language Studies‚ Dungun Campus‚ 23000
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A child who is an English language learner (ELL) requires a positive‚ supportive‚ and secure environment in order to learn the second language (Gunning‚ 2013‚ p. 35). If the child feels a strong support system‚ he/she will have the confidence to attempt and work on their English skills (Gunning‚ 2013‚ p. 13). Educators must “know about and understand diverse family and community characteristics‚” which is NAEYC’s standard 2a. Acquiring knowledge on diverse characteristics that families exhibit will
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“IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE” CRISTINA MARTÍNEZ SIERRA DECEMBER 03/2012 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION “English is critical for countries’ successful participation in the global economy‚ that it provides individuals with access to crucial knowledge‚ skills and employment opportunities and enables organisations to create and sustain international links.” (Council‚ 2011) Recently I was in a well-known hotel for a conference
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the benefits of learning SBLE1042‚ English For Communication II. The aim of the paper is to identify the advantages of learning English. As an international language‚ English is an essential tool of communication in the pursuit of knowledge. In this global era of the information and technology‚ a good command of the English language is a definite asset. Hence the frequent clarion call of the government to learn the language could not be further underscored. INTRODUCTION English is an international
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English as a global language English has become the global language in the 20th century. It is the language of trade‚ diplomacy and the internet. However the increase in international languages‚ in particular English isolate smaller languages even within their own homelands. In other countries the languages that are supposed to unite the diverse country increasingly is becoming a second class languages. As it becomes more attractive to learn global languages so smaller languages become not worth
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any foreign language‚but who speaks another language can be able to broaden his knowledge. In Saudi Arabia students in government schools start learning English in the sixth grade and it is not concentrated learning because of the limitation of the classes and the books is not well developed. English is an international language that most people are using it. The well developed countries such as United States of America‚ Britain‚ Canada and Australia speak English as their first language." Over 300
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INTRODUCING A NEW TERM: INTEGRATED L2 LANGUAGE TEACHING Similar to other professions‚ teaching requires a plan of up-coming instructions. Improvising‚ although helpful as a style while teaching‚ is not thought to be enough for successful learning. Thus‚ a teacher needs to know some teaching techniques which are proven to be successful according to learners’ positive reactions. There have been many studies about second language teaching. Effectiveness‚ facility‚ and clarity of the results generally
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ELL 240 Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners Instructor: Jerrica Mesquita Antoinette Richardson September 30‚ 2013 In this paper we will explain the theory behind English language learners‚ and give the benefits Of the program. One will show how important it is to practice and or adopt this program as a teacher. In the scenario the teacher was caught off guard he know nothing about using‚ programs to help him teach the
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Importance of English in our Life English is the International Language and is one of the most popular and most spoken in the technology world. We need to know English language in order to study any science subject or any computer language. We need to know English to communicate effectively too many developed countries. English is very much important in our life...it is necessary in each and every field. If we know English we never feel tongue tide in front of others. It’s a widely spoken language. People
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2010 9 Euphemisms and English Lear ning ( 511325) 【Abstract 】Euphemisms are a linguistic technique for people to achieve various goals in communication.So mastering euphemisms is very important for our English learning.This passage mainly talks about relations of euphemisms and English learning. 【Key words 】Euphemism ；English learning 1 Introduction Euphemisms are “defensive in nature offsetting the power of tabooed terms and otherwise eradicating from the language everything that people prefer
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