when I first came to hongkong‚ I realized that people’s grammer and vocabulary is quiet good‚ but it is sometimes hard to understand them because of their pronunciation. Because relatively other aspects are quite good‚ I think that hong kong can increase their competitiveness in business English by focusing on this aspect. So‚ the following will cover the objective of the essay‚ the causes for the inaccurate pronunciation and the solutions. The objective is to look into how hong kong people can achieve
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English‚ and to gradually teach them English as a second language. If minority students were taught some subjects in their native tongue‚ proponents insist they could possibly learn English‚ without sacrificing content knowledge (Education). With bilingual education‚ children can have the advantages of advanced first language development. Therefore‚ bilingual education should be provided to students‚ who are not proficient with the English language. Why should learning English be a priority for
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with parents that speak a different language than the mother language picks up on the lingo so quickly. Children have porous minds‚ and vivid memories because their brains are so spongey‚ they absorb everything that is shown to them. Introducing Spanish during the golden years will cause every child to be bilingual for the rest of their lives. Implementing Spanish into the elementary curricular system is a great opportunity to adopt
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The role of English in our society I. Introduction Nowadays‚ we are living in a globalised world where english has became an important protagonist since it is considered as an official language worldwide. For this reason‚ the number of users of this language is increasing due to the fact that‚ english is opening up many opportunities for development. As a result‚ english have been made valuable contributions to our world and it is taking the role in different sceneries such as education
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SY 13-14 BY: Researchers 8 Feb 2014 Acknowledgements Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Oral instruction is an order given to specific or group of people in non written form or in verbal form. It is very important especially to the students for them to understand‚ appreciate and evaluate better the command given by facilitating a discussion about its substance‚ form and style. Oral communication‚ while
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JOR010HS / S28787 Assignment 7 Question 1) Vocabulary factors Level of English proficiency / Educational background Factors foe ELs Motivation / Primary language Vocabulary knowledge • How well developed students vocabulary is affects how much comprehended during reading. • Social language v. academic language: (i.e. a student may have vocabulary for communication skills but may not have the academic vocabulary needed for rigorous secondary content instruction). Educational
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How powerful can the knowledge of a language be? I used to work at a diner that was owned by a Greek family. The suppliers would drop off the goods in the back and then come to the register to collect payment. I would hand them the correct amount‚ they would say thank-you and leave. When my bosses made the payments‚ however‚ things were very different. As soon as the supplier was spoken to in Greek‚ they would light up-the prices were all rounded down‚ and although the suppliers were not rude to
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1. INTRODUCTION As learning an additional language is regarded as being competitive and advantageous‚ there are more and more bilinguals and multilinguals in many places worldwide‚ and Hong Kong is one of these places. With a majority of the population being able to master a number of languages‚ code-switching‚ which is the alternate use of (more than) two languages by a bilingual (or multilingual) within a discourse‚ is undoubtedly a common and frequently occurring linguistic phenomenon in
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using the child’s first language‚ their mother tongue which is called the L1 in teaching in school to help them understand and capture the lesson and get instructions easily. MTB- MLE program could also preserve or revive the dying native languages around the globe. One reason this was implemented and encouraged by UNESCO was because it has been estimated that there are two hundred twenty one million children who enters the classroom who could not comprehend and understand the language the school is
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educational development of children. This is because research has shown that children who are fluent in their home language are more successful in learning a second language. Furthermore‚ being bilingual offers greater sensitivity to language‚ more flexibility in thinking and better ear for listening. It also improves a child’s understanding for the native language. Moreover‚ knowledge of other languages increases a career of opportunities offering several job options. I will briefly give definitions of key
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