essential steps for people learning a new language. English is not my first language‚ it is my third‚ and I have spent a lot of time and effort to going through these steps. As an individual learning a new language‚ I can definitely say it is hard. Believe me‚ there is no way that a person can learn to run before he learns how to walk; the same applies to learning a new language like English. One of my English teachers from De Anza College said‚ “English is one of the hardest languages in the world‚ so you
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English is an international language which is used officially all around the world. Anybody who wants to make connections with the world we live in should learn English. I had English language classes in my secondary and high school years. I also took some private English learning courses throughout summers in my country‚ Turkey. However‚ I could not improve my English effectively as all Turkish students in Turkey. I fully agree that English will be learned most efficiently in the boundaries of an
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Coming to the United States from a Spanish country means facing many challenges such as learning a new culture as well as a new language. Learning English has alway been a challenge for everyone. However‚ this gets worse when you’re learning English as a second language. This is because the second language English learners fears of getting bully. Another reason is that they’re scare of getting people laugh because of the way that they pronounce the words or their accent. At the same time‚ they scare
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The Learning of English as a foreign Language In order to communicate their ideas and survive in a society‚ human beings needed to use languages which vary depending on the country they live or are from. The acquisition of such languages involves no effort providing that such a process is natural. Individuals develop their communicative skill as they are exposed to the language‚ but when these face the learning of a second language‚ such a process gets complicated. Due to globalization‚ an urgent
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September 2014 My Experience in English Language I am not a professional reader‚ nor am I a professional writer. As a matter of fact‚ I do not like writing at all especially in English‚ but then writing is a part of life. Since English is my second language‚ I always have a hard time writing and reading in English. However‚ I have had to learn English to survive in this big country. I was born in Thailand. I wrote‚ read‚ and spoke in the Thai language almost all of my life. I had English class in Thailand
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reflective essay about my experience of learning second language language has been defined variously by various scholars. Generally‚ language is taken as the means of human communication. Learning a language is a mysterious task of human beings. Especially first language learning is too much amazing task. Sapir (1921:8) defines‚ “language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas‚ emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols.” Language is the unique property
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Learning a Second Language Nowadays‚ both students and people in business are required to have ability of using a second language. Learning a second language is not necessary but it is getting important ability. First of all‚ people who want to learn a second language want to seek self-contentment. Besides‚ that people can realize their potential to succeed‚ and they do not need to stay in their own small world either for outward or for personal fulfillment. That people can attain new ideas
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Learning a Second Language Acquiring a second language is a goal many adults set for themselves. Students have the ability to take foreign language courses early on in their education‚ but not many adults who attended school years ago had that option. The level of ease or difficulty in learning a second language is dependent on the stage of brain development and the style of learning. There are different options for learning a second language‚ and it can be most effective at a young age
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Intricate process of second language learning with reference to Yorio’s classification of learned variables (1976) with a interview of Non English Speaking Background (NESB) student who has recently completed an ESL course will be presented in this paper. We will start our analysis with a detailed personal background of the student‚ in order to see the influence of important factors of from different areas in relation to Yorio’s Taxonomy. Analysis is going to be constructed on the some important
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"English as a Second Language" What is an ESL Learner?English as a Second Language* students are those whose primary language(s) of the home is/are other than English‚ and who therefore require additional services in order to develop their individual potential within British Columbia’s school system. Some students speak variations of English that differ significantly from the English used in broader Canadian Society and in school.* In some literature‚ this is referred to as English
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