Estonian Business School Institute of Foreign Languages GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN ENGLISH Term Paper By Maria Esko BBL-2 Supervisor: Ludmilla Podolski Tallinn 2012 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Common Features of Spoken English 4 Grammar Characteristics 7 Clause Combination 7 Position of items 8 Pausing‚ Repeating and Recasting 8 Organising the discourse 9 Ellipsis 9 Response Tokens 10 Vague Expressions 11 Headers and Tails 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction
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1 Vilnius Pedagogical University Department of English Philology Laimutis Valeika Janina Buitkiene An Introductory Course in Theoretical English Grammar Metodine mokymo priemone aukљtuju mokyklu studentams 2003 2 © Vilnius Pedagogical University‚ 2003 Leidinys svarstytas ir rekomenduotas spaudai Uћsienio kalbu fakulteto Anglu filologijos katedros posedyje 2003 03 12‚ protokolo Nr. 5 Leidinys svarstytas ir rekomenduotas spaudai Uћsienio kalbu fakulteto Tarybos posedyje 2003 03 13‚ protokolo
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The Importance of Studying English It is a big concerned for teenagers nowadays as they are unaware of the importance of English language as they tend to ignore to learn the language. Students’ attitude towards the language is also crucial to make sure that these teenagers can face the future world better by learning English language as it is an international language. Although the government has repeatedly told us of the importance of English‚ many students are still not bothered about
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English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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The Importance of Studying English It is a big concerned for teenagers nowadays as they are unaware of the importance of English language as they tend to ignore to learn the language. Although the government has repeatedly told us of the importance of English‚ many students are still not bothered about studying it seriously. English is the most important and the most useful language in the world today. There are many reasons why you should study the language properly.
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The Benefits of Studying English English is the most widely used language in the world. It is spoken by around four hundred million people. Along with its proud status as the top first language‚ it is extensively used as a second language across the globe. For those wishing to study the subject further‚ for example to A level or degree level standard‚ it is naturally assumed that an excellent level of written and spoken English will already have been attained. In these higher level courses you
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Descriptive Grammar of English WSJO 2010/2011 – Year 2 Vowels – general characteristics (8) 1. 2. Definition of a vowel – the type of sound‚ depending largely on very slight variations of tongue position‚ which is most easily described in terms of auditory relationships‚ since there is no constriction which we can feel with any precision. Characteristic features: • generally voiced • produced with unimpeded airflow • no noise component but a characteristic patterning of formants • made with
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Part 1: INTRODUCTION TO GRAMMAR 1. Introduction: what is grammar? phonology lexicology(lexicology + lexicography (voc)) phonetics syntax morphology pragmatics 2. Levels of Grammatical Analysis 390080512128525863551212850 2.1 Discourse(text level) consists ofimmediate constituent of shows cohesion cohesion can take form of ellipsis 2.2 Sentence(zin) 2.3 Clause(deelzin) main clause (can be textually dependent) subclause = subordinate clause (structurally dependent) with subordinating
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR IN AN EFL CONTEXT1 Abdu Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi PhD.‚ College of Education‚ Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman rayan3@gmail.com Ramani Perur Nagaratnam PhD.‚ Ministry of Manpower‚ Oman The role of grammar instruction in an ESL/EFL context has been for decades a major issue for students and teachers alike. Researchers have debated whether grammar should be taught in the classroom and students‚ for their part‚ have generally looked upon grammar instruction as a necessary
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have explained E) weren’t supposed to explain 11-You .......... anything until after your operation. The nurses will tell you when it is all right. A) needn’t eat C) couldn’t eat E) might not eat B) don’t have to eat D) mustn’t eat 4- A: This student has circled the mistakes in the text‚ but he hasn’t corrected them‚ so he’ll only get half marks. B: He ........ the instructions properly.
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