English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the significant features in the field of English Language Teaching; and‚ it is an important branch of the EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign/Second Language) arena. In the backdrop of the expansion of various fields and branches of knowledge‚ it assumes the status of a significant branch in English Language Teaching (ELT). ESP courses gain prominence and the concept of teaching of ESP has been accepted all over the world. Most of the countries are implementing
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English Literature Students should study English Literature because literature is part of our cultural heritage‚ literary works can be entertaining‚ beautiful‚ funny‚ or tragic. They can convey profundity of thought‚ for instance like 《Macbeth》shows that the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints. Each literature has a themes that the author wants to show. Also students learn a lot of history and culture from the English literature. It takes them to new places
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late‚ eight‚ and hate. Remember that you have to open your mouth wide for this sound.The long a sound is written as eɪ in IPA. Therefore‚ you can think about pronouncing the long a sound as the short e sound plus the short i sound. Many non native English speakers pronounce the long a sound as the short e sound because they drop the short i sound. | | | | Major Patterns for the Long A Sound | | | Pattern | Sample Word | Rule | Other Sounds for the Pattern / Exceptions | To practice
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English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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English IV/ Capstone Research Mitchell Annotated Bibliography Holmes‚ G: Britain after the Glorious Revolution 1689-1714. Macmillian and Co LTD‚ 1969. Print. Much of the excitement of history lies not in the narrative of events‚ but in the process of discussion. This book is wholly concerned with problems. Problems such as corruption took place in the 16th century. This book covers more than the corruption in the English church but every event that could lead up to this event. It defies
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INTRODUCTION Oral Communication The word Communication is a process whereby meaning is defined and shared between living organisms. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication
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Pretoria ENG1502/1/2013–2014 98917056 InDesign CGM_Style CONTENTS Page Preface Learning unit 1: What is Language? 1.1 An Introduction to Foundations in Applied English Language 1.2 What are texts and domains? 1.3 What is language? 1.4 Why study language? Conclusion References Learning unit 2: Let’s listen to the sounds of the English Language 2.1 The discrepancy between spelling and sound 2.2 Basic concepts of the sound system 2.3 Sound production 2.4 Variation in pronunciation 2.5 Attitudes and
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The Use of Humor in Senior High School English Teaching Author: Wei Lei Number: 05680211 Tutor: Yin Ting Abstract: Humor is an artistic method. Teaching humor is also considered as a kind of art. If it is properly utilized‚ it can make students obtain knowledge and wisdom in pleasant surroundings. The characters of teaching humor are that it is full of interest‚ implication‚ enlightenment and cheerfulness. This paper firstly analyzes the definition and connotation of humor and
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ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE 1. TESOL English for Adults 2. Dung Nguyen 3. Mailing address: 140/11B Binh Quoi Street - Ward 27th - Binh Thanh District - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam. Contact number: 00-84-8-355-624-41 or 00-84-8-903-974-993 Email address: nancynguyen_4293@yahoo.com 4. I have completed my “TESOL Traing Coure”. Date: 25th January‚ 2013 City: Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam 5. I am taking this specialization course as part of CERT IV. 6. I have completed one more specializations
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considerable challenge to non-native speakers. Spoken English has an unusually high number of vowel sounds - from 5 written vowels (a‚ e‚ i‚ o‚ u) we produce 19 vowel sounds (see chart below). Do you know how many vowel sounds your language has? If it has less than English‚ you will need to learn the new sounds. Types of Vowel Sound A vowel sound is made by shaping the air as it leaves the mouth. There are four types of vowel in English: Short monothongs (2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 7‚ 10‚ 12 in the diagram)
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