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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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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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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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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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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Students spend more time there than in any other learning environment and there we can monitor students" performance in all four skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. ... If they see that speaking English and participating are rewarded they will be more motivated to participate and try to use English. ...

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Chomsky indicates that language learning is innate activity because we are born with the capacity for language. ... He also believes that acquisition is important than learning. ... In the theory of behaviorism, for example, ' 'language learning is seen like any other kind of learning, as the formation of habits''. ... The stages of language learning. ... The stages of first language learning is given at the figure 1, as it can be told that second language learning shows similar stages in language development. ...

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Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello Professor Danisa Salinas Linguistics Leslie Schiller Abstract: Errors and mistakes are part of our daily lives, not only in everyday situations but also in the learning processes such as Second Language Acquisition. In order to improve the learning process it is needed to begin by understanding the reason behind these errors and mistakes, this way, teachers have a richer and greater insight of the student's problems in the learning process and the students with teacher assessment can successfully overcome their errors and mistakes. ... Introduc...

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However, because of the globalisation and the growing opportunities for meeting different nations, the use of languages especially the English language now assume even greater importance than before. ... If there are similarities between the target language and the native language students are taught to recognise cognates by learning the spelling or sound patterns that correspond between the languages. In the Direct Method there is much less attention paid to memorising because the purpose of the language learning is communication. ... For example in English if we do not pronounce a word corre...

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HOW LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED CHAPTER 1: LEARNING A FIRST LANGUAGE Infants are able to hear subtle differences between sounds of human language By end of one year they can understand a few frequently used words. ... - By age of four, most English speaking children have passed through these developmental stages and ask questions that are grammatical and appropriate THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO EXPLAINING FIRST LANGUAGE LEARNING Behaviorism: Believe that traditional language learning is the result of imitation, practice, and feedback on success and habit formation. ... The tim...

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Human language has the properties of productivity, recursively, and displacement, and relies entirely on social convention and learning. ... The Indo-European family is the most widely spoken and includes English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Hindi; the Sino-Tibetan family, which includes Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and many others; the Afro-Asiatic family, which includes Arabic, Amharic, Somali, and Hebrew; the Bantu languages, which include Swahili, Zulu, Shona, and hundreds of other languages spoken throughout Africa; and the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which in...

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For example, even in countries that share the English language, the meaning of "yes" varies from "maybe, I'll consider it" to "definitely so," with many shades in between. ... Learning the significant and important values of another cultural could help to eliminate possible problems when interacting with that particular culture. ...

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