It has already passed more than one year since I entered this university. Now‚ I think that it is good for me to talk about my university life. I want to focus on an aspect this time. It is also relevant to my aim which I had had when I entered this university. It is the language study. I am majoring in English‚ so I have many English classes every week. At first‚ I got very nervous whenever I have to give my opinion and make a presentation in class‚ because I had not had such experiences before
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English as a Second Language It is a struggle to adapt to a new culture and language‚ which may be completely different from the ones young child may have already learned. This can lead to inner conflict‚ confusion‚ and even anger. One way to handle the conflict is to cut ties with the first culture including language. But is this the answer? Doing so can create a sense of loss. In the essay “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”‚ Richard Rodriguez shares his personal experience with learning
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Launched in 1998 by the band’s front man Jared Leto and his older brother‚ drummer Shannon Leto‚ 30 Seconds to Mars found success in the 2000’s with their musical mix of post-grunge‚ scream‚ and hard rock. The band gained an audience with its self-titled debut‚ but it was the platinum-selling album “A Beautiful Lie” that opened the doors in 2005‚ gaining the band a spot on MTV while making the way for a long road of tours. The bands mates also showed a high appreciation for marketing‚ which they
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some 20 years ago‚ the field of second language acquisition research has focused on two areas: the nature of the language acquisition process and the factors which affect language learners. As we know second language acquisition focusses on the developing knowledge and use of a language by children and adults who already know at least one other language. Knowing this we can say that SLA has two main goals: description and explanation. Description is about how second language proceeds. Explanation
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In Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address‚ Lincoln states that our nation should not be in war. He believed that we should end the war with a mutual agreement to cease fighting. He believed that our nation was falling apart and war needed to be no more and so he gave his speech.in his case war should not be a fight to win but an argument unforgotten. Lincoln’s speech was more based around repetition more so than personification. As he spoke he used phrases like “All dreaded it‚ all sought to
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among these concepts? Choose two of the works we have read so far (except Lolita)‚ and develop a compare/contrast argument about how they define one or more of these concepts. You may choose among the following texts: The Crucible (the play); The Second Sex; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; the performance "The Book of Longing" (or the song lyrics or drawings from it); The History of Sexuality." When you hear the word sexuality what is the first thought that comes to mind? Do you remove the “uality”
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According to Reader’s Digest Universal dictionary (1987; 1278)‚ reality is that which exists objectively and in fact. In philosophy‚ it is the sum of all that is real‚ absolute‚ and unchangeable. In other words‚ it is something that occurs in real life and is comparable by facts‚ according to Baron (2012). These definitions suggest the idea that reality is something that anyone can notice at any given time as some type of actuality or fact. However‚ another way of looking at reality‚ according
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Critical essay on “The Second Coming” “The Second Coming” from W.B. Yeats is a description that transcends the limits of poetic beauty to become a work of critical character. The poem transmits to the reader an atmosphere of chaos and destruction‚ this description chaotic of environment has a direct relationship with the cultural and political interwar period. The poem has three common themes: 1) the presentation of chaotic motion as the bustle of the World War I destruction left in its wake‚
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THEORIES OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Taxonimies‚ hypotheses and models I believe everybody creates their own way to learn. Nobody thinks the same and just the brain of everybody works different. A teacher can’t ask a student to learn a whole book by the next day‚ but he can ask the students to read it in a certain period of time‚ because everything takes time‚ and depending on how everybody’s brain works‚ the students will know how to create a process to finish that book. Nobody can tell you
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speaking about foreign language‚ it is important to think about the benefits and possibilities that knowing and gaining this skill might bring to your kid in the future. On the way of making a good career‚ professionals who are able to communicate in a second or third language are always more desirable since they can embrace additional responsibilities and have more job opportunities. Therefore‚ starting a foreign language learning as soon as starting learning at school or even earlier is one of necessary
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