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• Importance of Language Development in Early ChildhoodPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: In early childhood a child adopts their own language from their environment. A child adopts the language people tend to speak around them. Early childhood education in kindergarten usually starts to speak at the age of 6 years. Many toddlers start communicating with meaningless words. Perhaps, it is a first stage when they begin to […]
• English in Post Revolutionary IranPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Iran, which is also widely known and recognized as the Persian Empire, and officially known the Islamic Republic of Iran, is one of the world’s oldest and most historic civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms dating all the way back to fourth century BCE. Iran is a beautiful and historic country that […]
• Language and Development Observation of Child with Downs SyndromePublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: I observed four year old Mia, who is female. She has both active parents in her life, along with a younger sister. She has downs syndrome. She can communicate fairly well verbally but also uses sign language and body language to communicate. Her parents used many early intervention programs to help with Mia’s language and […]
• Negative Transfer Effect by Cantonese Students Learning EnglishPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: This work[1] is focused on deriving salient mispronunciations made by Cantonese (L1) learners of English (L2) specifically due to negative language transfer effect .The study presents phonological comparisons between Cantonese and American English along with the anecdotal examples observed in daily conversations. In his study[2], Flege proposed a speech learning model for L2 pronunciation acquisition. […]
• Problems of Task-based English Language Teaching in Chinese High School ClassroomsPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Problems of Task-based English language teaching in Chinese high school classrooms   Introduction There are more and more people learning foreign languages, and there are many non-native teaching methods for this trend. The exploration of effective methods such as task-based language teaching (TBLT) has been extremely popular in recent years and has been widely promoted […]
• Annotated Bibliography: Acquisition of French as a Second LanguagePublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Acquisition of French as a Second Language Research on acquisition of second language has reported two conclusions. First, acquisition of second language is a highly systematic process, as illustrated the stages or sequences that learners from different backgrounds go through during the acquisition process. Second, the acquisition of a second language varies widely, and individuals […]
• Code Switching, Emotions and Trauma NarrativesPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Bilingualism or multilingualism being described merely as a phenomenon where an individual is able to speak and write in two or more languages is not exactly an accurate definition; the term also applies to those who think and feel in two or more languages and this can take place in multilingual communities or not. Early […]
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Dual Language SchoolsPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract:  I strongly recommend my neighbor’s son to go to a dual language school. The reason why I stated that is that there are lots of benefit in a dual language program. For instance, learn second language skills and maintain their native language. Therefore, a dual language program develops a sense of cultural pride while developing […]
• Spanish Language in the United StatesPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Introduction Despite the bilingual policy in the USA, Spanish speakers are still reporting numerous incidences of discrimination against their language (Fuller, 2013). Employed Latinos have reported that their bosses continuously warn them against speaking in their language. Similarly, students and young children state that their colleagues are always scolding them for speaking in an ugly […]
• Is it Possible to Create a Universal Language?Published: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Is it Possible to Create a Universal Language?     Language is a globalised phenomenon that has evolved over time for humans to be able to communicate with the rest of the population via spoken, written or gestured language. It has been heavily debated whether the first means of language was through gestures rather than […]
• Influences of Second Language AcquisitionPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Abstract Acquiring a second language at an early age is crucial in the Latino community, especially because it is a growing population. The involvement that is shown in preschool programs plays an important role because English Language learners (ELLs) spend much of their time in a school setting. Teacher interactions, the involvement of the school […]
• Critical Period Hypothesis of Language LearningPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: My father, while he was in his early twenties immigrated to the States from India along with his parents, 4 older siblings and 1 younger sibling. Although they had all learned English in school, they never spoke in English as the need had never occurred. Their reading and writing proficiencies were possibly at an advanced […]
• Effect of Repetition and Rhymed Video-songs in Facilitating Adults L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English) AcquisitionPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Research Proposal The effect of repetition and rhymed video-songs in facilitating adults L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English) acquisition in the K.S.A Introduction I taught English to adult students’ Arabic speakers as L1 [1] for almost 12 years. Teaching English to beginner level adults is a challenging task. Adults ability to recall vocabulary vary between individuals. […]
• A Detailed Account of the Use and Status of Languages in South AfricaPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Literature Research into South Africa’s language history has been covered rather extensively in the past twenty years. Papers on the countries implementation of policies such as (Ngcobo, 2007) and (Allwood & Hendrikse, 2003) have shed light on the governments plans to move away from past language dominance/oppression and towards equality. Rajend Mesthrie’s 2002 Language in […]
• ELF and GE Notions in ELT: Evaluation Listening Materials in Two TextbooksPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Introduction The idea of English as a Lingua Franca ELF is a quite new concept and was not recognised in many fields such as applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. There was a notion known as English as an international language EIL that had been used before. When the English language was chosen to be as the […]
• Early Childhood Language Development in the Digital age: A Review of ResearchPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Introduction   Early childhood language and literacy development for the children aged 0-8 years old is strongly influenced by the linguistic environment of the child. “Many educators and researchers have attempted to address the literacy skills that children will need to succeed in the 21st century and, in doing so, have discovered something of a […]
• Effect of Media and Texting on LanguagePublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: There are so many myths about language and the negative effects it has our society in general. Given that social media and technology now plays a relevant role in our everyday life, one such group that has become the subject of such myths are our young people. Very often, you will hear adults say that […]
• The Use of Loans in English in Spain and in AmericaPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Introduction Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world preceded by Mandarin Chinese and followed by English (Fernández, 2016, p. 4). In 2016, more than 472 millions of people spoke Spanish as their first language and there were 567 millions of Spanish speakers. It means that 7.8% of the world population speaks Spanish […]
• Issues and Challenges of Cataloging Materials in Non-roman LanguagesPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Theses Statement This paper reviews recent literature regarding issues and challenges of cataloging materials in non-Roman languages. It provides background information and a discussion of the issues and opportunities that libraries should be aware of as they consider providing services in the future. This review addresses the need for cataloging process. The writing on trends […]
• Analysis of the Transmission Model for Communication Theories and ResearchPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: ‘Despite the critiques from within the reception or cultural context school of thought does the transmission model still provide the primary conceptual basis for theorizing and researching communication?’ The Transmission Model of Communication provided a conceptual ‘axiom’ framework for theorising basic communication processes and studies in the twentieth century. The model was constructed by Claude […]
• Languages in BrazilPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: The Portuguese spoken in Brazil is similar to, but not the same, as the Portuguese spoken in Portugal. It has been influenced over the centuries by indigenous, Amerindian languages. It has the same alphabet as the English language (Latin) with the addition of accent marks over some letters in certain words.    Number of Brazilian […]
• Strategies to Prevent the Extinction of LanguagesPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Working Together is the Solution to the Rapid Increase in the Extinction of Languages Languages are disappearing worldwide at a rapid pace consequently becoming extinct. There are approximately 6,000 plus languages today, but by the end of the century it is estimated that about half of the languages will no longer exist. (Brookes 1) By […]
• Role of Language in the Formation of Social AttitudesPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: The Role of Language in the Formation of Social Attitudes Does language affect our attitudes about others? Early theories on attitudes saw them as stable, unchanging mental representations that dictated consistent behavior (Ogunnaike et al., 2010). Recent research suggests that the context in which these attitudes are expressed has an effect on the attitudes themselves. […]
• Rhetorical Analysis and Italian SubculturePublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Rhetorical Analysis and Italian Subculture There is only one thing that truly unites every person on this planet. There is only one thing that allows expression and connection. There is only one thing that breathes through each of us, and truly defines who we are: language. Language allows us to communicate with one another, and […]
• Effect of Latin on the Romance LanguagesPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: In order to understand how Latin broke up into the various Romance languages between late antiquity and the early middle ages, it is important to analyse historical and principal linguistic factors.  The fact that a language can change into several other languages is due to language change.  It is possible to examine how Vulgar Latin […]