communicative competence. This idea was introduced by Dell Hymes. Hymes says that being able to communicate doesn ’t only require grammatical and linguistic competence but also communicative competence‚ in other words: knowing when and how to say what to whom. To be able to speak in a foreign language the student needs to have knowledge of linguistic forms‚ meanings and functions. Among numerous forms‚ the speaker has to choose the most appropriate one‚ depending on the social context in which
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proficiency‚ but students of higher learning level in tertiary education also have problems in mastering the writing skill. In addition‚ Bacha (2002) suggests that non-native English learners primarily have more difficulties in writing than other three linguistics skills. As influenced by the culture of the mother tongue‚ language learners may find it difficult to acquire writing skills through changing the vocabulary and sentence structures. Zhang (2001) states that many learners learn to write by translating
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are made (articulatory phonetics)‚ the acoustic properties of the sound (acoustic phonetics) and how sounds are organized in the language (linguistic phonetics). Phonetics (Webster) is the science or a study of speech sounds and their production‚ transmission and reception and their analysis‚ classification and transcription. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics‚ which studies the sounds of the language‚ their functional side as well as material side‚ including the work of pronouncing operators or
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writing are deferred till speech is mastered. Reading and writing can start from the first day‚ if desired. 13. Teaching Patterns The target linguistic learner will be learned through the over teaching of the patterns of the system. The target linguistic system will be learned best through the process of struggling to communicate. 14. Competence Linguistic competence is desired
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because in the early age‚ the children’s brain still flexible so it is easier to acquire second language. In the following paragraphs‚ I want to show about beneficial aspects learning second language in a young age based on cognitive benefits‚ linguistic benefits‚ and lifelong benefits. First‚ before I show a number of cognitive benefits‚ we have to define what is cognitive. Based on longman dictionary‚ cognitive is relating to the process of knowing‚ understanding‚ and learning something. Roberta
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Translation Studies‚ predominantly with respect to translatability and transfer methods. It has been argued that metaphors can become a translation problem‚ since transferring them from one language and culture to another one may be hampered by linguistic and cultural differences. A number of translation procedures for dealing with this problem have been suggested‚ e.g.‚ substitution (metaphor into different metaphor)‚ paraphrase (metaphor into sense)‚ or deletion. Such procedures have been commented
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CULTURAL COMPONENT OF PHRASEOLOGY In recent years ‚ phraseology in the broad sense has become a unifying theme for an increasing number of theoretical and practical linguistic studies. Among this broad palette of investigations into the meaning‚ structure or use of set-phrases‚ cross-linguistic research is one of the major and fascinating topics. An Englishman may sleep like a dog‚ but Frenchman will‚ among other possibilities‚ sleep like marmot(dormer comme une marmotte)‚ a Dutchman like
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Literary Translation as a Creative Act Literary translation implies the translation of all genres of literature‚ which include prose‚ drama and poetry. Literature is described as ’an apparently nebulous body of knowledge in oral or written form‚ an imitation of life‚ which reflects civilization and culture‚ and which covers every angle of human activities-culture‚ tradition‚ entertainment‚ information among others.’ It is one of the great creative and universal means of communicating the emotional
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Chomsky’s Universal Grammar is a linguistic theory seeking to explain what constitutes knowledge of language‚ how knowledge of language is acquired‚ and how knowledge of language is put to use. (Chomsky‚ Knowledge of Language as a Focus of Enquiry‚ 1986‚ p. 16). Chomsky states: It is concerned with those aspects of form and meaning that are determined by the “language faculty”… The nature of this faculty is the subject matter of a general theory of linguistic structure that aims to discover the framework of principles and elements common
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speakers and serves as the principal vehicle for cultural transmission across generations. Culture influence how language is used and what is to be normal language development. To succeed within a cultural group‚ one needs to learn not only the linguistic code of that group but the ways in which language is used. Language is an important marker of identify. One is able to differentiate an Igbo‚ Hausa or same language‚ social groups differentiate
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