Informal Learning Of English Via Online Games Noor Azwa Mohamed Ozir General Studies Department‚ Ungku Omar Polytechnic Abstract : Computer games as a leisure activity have become an ever-increasing part of many young people’s day-to-day lives (Griffiths & Davis‚ 2005). Krasilovsky (2006) claimed that young learners tend to ‘favor “edutainment” applications-academics-oriented games’. Wood (2001) investigated the use of learning games as a learning tool and concluded that game-like formats
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English is the only foreign language worth learning I likely diasgree with this statement. Every language is worth learning because it is how we communicate with each other. English is third most spoken language in the world‚ after Chinese and Spanish. I think English is leading language on this planet because Chinese and Spanish are spoken only in few countries. There are approximately 370 million native English speakers all around the world. On top that‚ there are roughly the same amout who
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I wait for the library to open and went there and took the assessment test and also it was a lot helpful with the tool and practice also the audio they use to explain to you how it’s been done and how you use it. It’s detailed and also when you want to hear to make sure you could go back and replay. I may be rusted and forget about some of the verbs and noun. Well going through the audio‚ it helps a lot. I was surprise for my grade for the assessment I took I didn’t know I was that bad‚ but I’m
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on English Learning and Teaching I. Introduction Nowadays‚ culture plays a very important role in the foreign language classroom. Because cultural differences may give rise to misunderstanding that exists in intercultural communication. So the teaching of culture in the English classroom has been becoming a heated topic and people pay more and more attention to the cultural studies and intercultural communication in recent years. Therefore‚ culture teaching is feasible in the English language
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THE CHILD’S LEARNING OF ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY JEAN BERKO In this study1 we set out to discover what is learned by children exposed to English morphology. To test for knowledge of morphological rules‚ we use nonsense materials. We know that if the subject can supply the correct plural ending‚ for instance‚ to a noun we have made up‚ he has internalized a working system of the plural allomorphs in English‚ and is able to generalize to new cases and select the right form. If a child knows that the
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English Learning Reflective Journal – Reading Newspaper There are many ways to improve my English‚ for instance‚ watching English Channels or movies and reading more English books. But I think this is not enough. Therefore‚ I choose to learn more daily news instead of just watching a movie or reading a book. There is only one way to learn English and to know more about our society and global economy at the same time. I think learning English is so hard. There is no doubt for saying that
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Reasons why you should always keep learning A recent article about raymond mill in The Atlantic reported that when individuals learn new tasks‚ they strengthen the part of their brain used in learning the task. Even better‚ this process makes the neighboring areas of the brain more resilient as well. This means that learning can make what you already know stronger‚ too. So‚ without further ado‚ here are five more reasons why you should always keep learning: 1. Keep in Touch With The World. If
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BENEFITS OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE Language is the method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in England and is now the most widely used language in the world. In this 21st century‚ with the help of developing technology‚ English has been playing a major role in many sectors including medicine‚ engineering and education. In Malaysia‚ which
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Brain Based Learning in Elementary Language Arts Classrooms Abstract Brain-based learning is a useful teaching method designed so that educators can better understand the young adolescents mind and apply this information into their classrooms‚ resulting in improved academics and emotional standings. English‚ or Language Arts‚ is one of the many subjects experimented in the efficiency of brain-based education. Research has shown that students
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America was when I was 15. I spent some time in Santa Barbara‚ CA to study English. Then‚ I went back to Korea and moved back to America completely when I turned 20. Since English is not my mother language‚ whenever I am in an environment or situations which I have never experienced before‚ I always have to challenge myself to learn new words in English. I’ve come a long way since I was fifteen‚ when I started learning English in school in the US. Since then‚ I’ve learned a lot more outside of the classroom
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