As a former British colony, Honk Kong was said to be have a more favorable environment for English learning. ... (Cook, 2001) Therefore, Hong Kong students learn English by associating Chinese with English. ... (Lightbown & Spada, 2006) Intrinsic motivation is induced by interest in learning, while external motivation is induced by the necessity of learning. ... (SCMP, 2002, November 16) However, it seems that Hong Kong students are externally motivated to learn English rather than being interested in learning English. ... They feel the necessity to learn English in order to cope with future s...

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Therefore, I can better relate to a student learning English as a Second language. ... I have never stopped learning languages. Even now, I am furthering my English and learning Hebrew. ... Additionally, As a new immigrant I can relate to students learning English as a Second language. I can share my own learning experiences and show them how I solved the problems, which I encountered while learning English. ...

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The problem of this fact is that the students would have brief knowledge in the English language in higher classes and lack if interest in learning languages. The solution to this problem as I see it is to make English learning obligatory already in primary school. ... Those are three of many advantages when it comes to learning English at a young age. Learning English in primary school should be obligatory instead of waiting until the fourth grade as many schools do today. ... The consequences of not learning English in primary school is that it will be more difficult for the students to u...

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After reading the "A practical Guide to language learning", I gain lots of precious knowledge about the language learning. ... Last but not least, we should not get into negative thinking after listening other's failures in learning language such like "English was impossible", "I hate English, it was super hard." This chapter has just pointed out what I want to know because I sometimes feel anxiety in learning English. ... First I set my goal is to keep reading English newspaper and articles everyday and dropping down the new vocabulary in my notebook...

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Most immigrant children arrive in the United States as monolingual speakers of their native language, develop bilingualism as they acquire English, establish English-speaking households, and raise their children as English-speaking monolinguals. ... People may become bilingual either by acquiring two languages at the same time in childhood or by learning a second language sometime after acquiring their first language. ... The exposure must involve interaction; a child growing up in an English-speaking household who is exposed to Spanish only through Spanish-language television won't be...

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I"m going to talk about "The difficulties(hardship) of learning several languages". ... So we are learning English and Chinese everyday. ... These days, I can heard so many lamentations, so many students sigh for learning Chinese. ... When the time to speak english such as english class. ... I think that learning languages is a getting into another habit(In another words, It's a aquiring another habit). ...

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Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has become an ever expanding. ... When learning a new language we also need understanding. ... And 31 percent reported using "Mainly English, some Thai". ... What these studies show is that CALL is still very much a part of language learning. ... They want it made clear that "more than language instruction and/or learning is involved"....

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The Integration of English Language Development and Science Instruction in Elementary Classroom written by Susan Gomez Zweip, William Straits, Kristen Stone, Delores Beltran, and Leena Furtado is an article that examined the significance of blending Science with ELD classes. ... This meant that ELL students would not only have to test in a language they were not fluent in, but also be proficient in the subjects of math and English. Schools put the focus on teaching math and English to the ELL students in hope that their test scores would go up. ... With that being said an under-performing ...

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The Integration of English Language Development and Science Instruction in Elementary Classroom written by Susan Gomez Zweip, William Straits, Kristen Stone, Delores Beltran, and Leena Furtado is an article that examined the significance of blending Science with ELD classes. ... This meant that ELL students would not only have to test in a language they were not fluent in, but also be proficient in the subjects of math and English. Schools put the focus on teaching math and English to the ELL students in hope that their test scores would go up. ... With that being said an under-performing ...

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Black English and some other dialects of English differ from standard English, the "accepted" dialect. ... But proponents say recognizing black English will only help African-American kids learn linguistic skills-- including standard English--better. ... Behind all the furor is a long history of serious research by linguists and educators on the existence of black English, or ebonics as it's called, and its impact on learning problems. ... Underlying their decision is a belief, based on many studies, that black English is a distinct dialect, if not a language, that has systematic...

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Contrastive Analysis: English and Japanese The majority of Japanese find learning English hard, especially learning to speak English is the hardest part for them. ... In Japanese schools, English are taught as academic purposes rather than practical one. ... Learning English through this teaching system, I experienced a lot of difficulties in having a conversation. ... However, I have learned English only through reading and writing, this is the only way I found to speak English. The cause of the poor performance of Japanese in speaking English is not only in the English teaching sys...

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For example, Portuguese, English ans Spanish are spoken languages, whose comunication is oral. ... When talking about teaching English to them, we must think about English as a foreign language (EFL) - "a non-native language that has no status as a routine medium of communication in a country- (Crystal, 1997). ... Taking this into consideration, this work poses the following question: what are the Brazilian deaf beginners' difficulties when learning written English? ... Considering my own experience as an English teacher of deaf students, I also have another reason to study this topic. ...

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Introduction Metacognition has been recognized as one of the most important factor in EFL(English as a Foreign Language ) studing. ... In China, most of the students choose English as their foreign language. It is necessary for us to discuss how to make them learn English effectively. ... However, metacognition does not only relate to strategy use but also has broader function in language learning, especially in EFL context. 2.2 The significances of mecacognitive awareness *Metacognitive awareness can inhance learner's intake In EFL context, implicit learning mainly comes from ...

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As a result, they combat this issue by sacrificing pronunciation and focusing solely on learning vocabulary words when they are learning a new language. ... For example, Julie, whose first language is English, was able to successfully achieve native-like pronunciation while learning Egyptian Arabic. ... However, after meeting my friend, my English greatly improved. ... Now, I can communicate with him without any problems in English. ... Improving my English skills by learning proper pronunciation has made my life in Hawaii more convenient compared to when I initially arrived. ...

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Learning English is a big procedure; this is one major step for a person to achieve. Everyone experiences problems that could delay the learning process, but what exactly could some factors be that could affect a person learning the English language. Down syndrome individuals are born with brain abnormalities, which is already a setback for them learning English. ... This could be a good attribute in becoming more interactive with other kids, increasing the practice in learning the fundamentals of English. ... Some might be learning English and some are completely oblivious to the new languag...

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During our tasks, we tended to make the students in groups because ''they encourage socialization and teamwork; they also make possible learning by observation of others.'' ... Since this is a tasked-based lesson, we didn't want it to involve only drill exercises which would send the message that learning English is all about completing a series of short, controlled exercises which don't require any personal creativity, expression and interpretation. ... Our students are 8th graders so we thought learning from content might still be as effective as referential le...

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Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good safe learning environment 8. ... With respect to pupils learning EAL, the Coalition Government's policy is focused on promoting the rapid acquisition of English. ... Task 1: Auditing your knowledge of children learning English as an additional language. ... What do you think the issues are for bilingual children children learning English as an additional language? ... In my opinion the biggest issues bilingual children face is fitting in and the transition period for learning a new language. ...

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When I discovered there was a language requirement for college I was nervous because I had such a hard time in high school learning a foreign language. ... All this time I thought that ASL was only picture symbols used to communicate English with the deaf. But that's not true one does not have to know English, or any spoken language to understand and communicate in ASL. ... With in the second and third weeks I began to see the differences between ASL and English in grammatical structures. ... Such as in other languages, like English, you can take two words and put them together to mak...

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The "broken" English of her mother and her excellent English. ... He gets to know the value of learning both languages. ... The English she uses is well and grammatically correct. It is the English she learned in school. ... For Rodriguez learning English was not a choice but a key to surviving in school. ...

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Of course English is still the most widely spoken language in the world, but knowing other languages has several very important advantages, linguistically as well as culturally. ... First, he stated that normal language learning occurs primarily during childhood (the critical period). ... Second, Lenneberg suggested that a neurological mechanism was responsible for the change in learning abilities with age. ... Alternatively, one half of the day could be all in French, and the other half all in English (possibly even further broken down). ... Since children in their critical period can pick up...

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Formal English is, for the most part, a written language. ... Informal English is the language spoken by most people every day. ... Another genre of language is Popular English. ... Learning to write is not a natural extension of learning to speak. ... In our diverse society there needs to be a strong emphasis on encouraging equal acceptance of language learning from all cultures. ...

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Fromkin remarks that if you know only English your unconscious knowledge of its sound system will influence the way you pronounce a word in any other language you may try to speak. ... It is argued that the changes in the development of the brain affect the nature of the language learning process and the language acquisition that occurs after the end of the critical period may not be based on the biological structures but it is believed to contribute to the first language learning or the second language learning in the early childhood. Adults may depend on more generalized learning skills-t...

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Considering the focus of technology being used in everyday life and in general education classrooms, it's imperative that it continues to evolve and be incorporated into education, especially with language acquisition for young students. iPods can be used to support language development and content learning for elementary English Language Learners (ELL) (Min Liu, 2014), while other iPod or iPad applications can help to expand their vocabulary (Nisbet, 2013). ... In the article, "The effects of an iPad® multimedia shared story intervention on vocabulary acquisition for an English ...

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For example, while the majority of Americans speak English and significant proportions are Spanish speaking, yet even among the English speakers, accents and vocabularies differ by region of the country. ... It was a great learning experience all of these things I have mentioned have greatly influenced me and the way I talk to around others depending on who I am around in order to communicate with them in a way that is familiar. It's not just Spanish languages that are different, even English if you were raised in the southwestern part of the U.S and you go to the northwestern parts of th...

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It can be seen that the sentence that uses abstract and technical language ends up being longer than the plain English one, contrary to the conciseness that most abstract and technical language offers to writers. ...

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