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- Realisation of Vowel Sounds in Different Australian LanguagesPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Describe how an aspect of grammar (eg. phonology, transitivity, tense, possession, noun classes) is realised in three Australian languages, comparing their similarities and differences. Aboriginal Australian languages are, at their core, grammatically complex and intricate. Phonology, the linguistic system of speech sounds, is integral to every language of the world as it underpins successful communication […]
- Stephen Krashen and Second Language AcquisitionPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Stephen Krashen and Second Language Acquisition Linguist Stephen Krashen was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941. Krashen is well known for his second language acquisition theories. According to Dr. Kathy Escamilla and Elizabeth Grassi of the University of Colorado, Krashen was a close follower of the works of linguist Norm Chomsky. Krashen developed his theories […]
- Analyze the Public Speaking Skills of PresentersPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Analyze the Public Speaking Skills of Presenters This week assignment is based on analyzing two educational presentations that interested me. I was able to view two presentations and discuss how the presenters captured my interest. There are two presentations, but the one the I will analyze the most is www.youtube.com TEDtalk Education: Rita Pierson, “Every […]
- Linguistic Case Study of AdrianaPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Introduction The Spanish language is currently spoken by almost 500 million people. This includes native speakers and individuals that speak Spanish as a second-language. It is the official language of 21 countries which includes Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, […]
- Language Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment: A Chilean PerspectivePublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Chapter One Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to present the current study. This introduction has been divided into four sub-sections: overview, aims of the study, research settings and organization of the dissertation. 1.1 Overview Educational research has put forward the difficulties of implementing new forms of assessment, especially those which […]
- Rhetorical Evaluation of President Trump’s Attack on the Four Congressional WomenPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Abstract President Trump recently came under fire due to some controversial tweets made July 14, 2019, in which he insinuated that four Democratic Congresswomen of color, three of them being Americans by birth and one naturalized as a legal citizen at the age of 13, ought to go back and help fix their crime infested […]
- Interlanguage & Developmental Sequence AnalysisPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Part 1: Developmental Sequence Developmental Sequence of Focus: Question Formation Line Statement Developmental Stage 15 I can say whatever I want? 2 17 What’s the first question? 4c 56 Miss what’s your favorite place to go? 4c 58 What’s your favorite animal? 4c 60 Where do you live? 5b 62 Where are you from? 4c […]
- Literacy and Discourse In Our SocietyPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: Literacy and Discourse In Our Society Something often overlooked in the world around us is the effect literacy has on people’s lives. Literacy is often defined as someone’s ability to speak, read or write, however I recently learned it means much more than this. Throughout everyone’s life there are countless people, opportunities and events that […]
- The Influence of Accent Familiarity on Rater Behavior in L2 Speech AssessmentPublished: Mon, 18 May 2020Extract: INTRODUCTION Rater training has long been considered the panacea for variance in speech assessment ratings. For decades, large-scale language testing organizations have used human raters, specifically native or first language (L1) speakers, as the standard measurement tool for evaluating second language (L2) oral proficiency. However, nuances in human behavior and construct irrelevant factors need to […]
- Stuttering in Relation to Speech ProductionPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: IntroductionStuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is delivered in broken repetitions, abnormal stoppages, or prolongations. According to the Stuttering Foundation unusual facial and body movements can be associated with stuttering. I would like to know what exactly happens when a person stutters. Also what is the psycholinguistic approach in solving […]
- Comparison of South African and Jamaican EnglishPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: This essay will give brief linguistic descriptions of two varieties of English, one that formed in the South of Africa and the other located in Jamaica. The English of South Africa started to develop in the 18th century, when the British first occupied the Cape in 1795, however, in history, the arrival of the 1820 […]
- Role of Speech-Language Pathologists in Treatment of Individuals with Craniofacial Syndromes/AnomaliesPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Speech therapy that is successful for children with cleft lip and palate involves collaboration among the speech-language pathologist (SLP) (e.g., school, hospital, private clinic, etc.), the cleft palate team, and parents and caregivers. Partnership within the SLP and the SLP on the cleft palate team is crucial to ensure optimal speech outcomes for an individual […]
- Nature and Nurture in Language AcquisitionPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: NATURE AND NURTURE IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION INTRODUCTION Researchers have studied how children acquire language. There is a constant debate about the impact nature and nurture has on language. One of the topics is how children learn a language. I intend to answer the question: How do children learn and acquire language through nature, nurture, or […]
- Treatment Methods of Auditory Comprehension in Individuals with AphasiaPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Understanding language is significant to social reciprocity within family, peer groups, professional settings, and everyday society. When an individual is diagnosed with aphasia, specifically Wernicke’s aphasia or global aphasia, there are many challenges ahead of them, including the ability to understand spoken language, as auditory comprehension may an area of deficit. There is ongoing research […]
- Impact of Linguistic ImperialismPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: The imposition of the colonizers’ language on the natives has been instrumental in the colonial process. In this essay, my aim is to explore how the English language was intrinsic to the expansion of the British Empire and its culture in India and in the African continent. I will also examine two very different attitudes […]
- Study on Orthographic Markers at the Beginnings of WordsPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Study on Orthographic Markers at the Beginnings of Words Abstract The disyllabic verbs which have iambic stress and nouns which have trochaic stress in context of Australian English are phonologically categorized. The current study examines (1) whether monolingual native English speakers (NS) use orthographic markers at the beginnings of words to assign lexical stress? (2) […]
- The Origins of Human Language & CommunicationPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Language has been an ever changing tool used by animals, humans specifically, to communicate and express thoughts, desires, and notions throughout the world dating back to the earliest moments of time. From the early moments, stories and ideas were expressed as movements, then as stories, and eventually turned into poems, books, plays, movies, and many […]
- Issues of Conversation Analysis and Critical Discourse AnalysisPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE WAYS IN WHICH CA AND CDA FOCUS ON DISCOURSE AT A LEVEL THAT IS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF RHETORICAL AGENTS “Conversation Analysis (Sacks, 1995; Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson, 1974; Goodwin, 1981; Atkinson and Heritage, 1984; Sidnell, 2010) focuses on the ways in which discourse is organized “sequentially” as a series of […]
- Regional Differences in English AccentsPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: INTRODUCTION Foreign learners of English go to the United Kingdom to practice their knowledge; but when they are there, they realize that it is not the same pronunciation they have learnt, and the way of speaking vary from that they know. In English, there are two terms whose meanings are confused when talking about regional […]
- Neuroprocessing, Linguistics, and Cognitive Approach to Deciphering WhistlesPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Abstract Of the thousands of languages in the world, the whistling language is one of the most fascinating forms or langauge. The whistling langauge is an antient practice of communication which has been effective in transposing messages from afar. This article will be analyzing the brains workings behind the decoding of a whistle. I will […]
- Garden-path Model Andlexicalist Constraints-based Model of Sentence ProcessingPublished: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: What are the main claims of the Garden-Path Model and the Lexicalist Constraints-Based Model of sentence processing? How are these claims supported by empirical evidence? Introduction Both the Garden-path and Lexicalist Constraints Models have clear empirical evidence to support their claims, however the basis in which they are founded on differs. The Garden-Path model relies […]
- Does Babbling Have a Linguistic Purpose?Published: Sat, 08 Feb 2020Extract: Babbling has no linguistic purpose and is merely motor activity resulting from the opening and closing of the mouth and jaw. Examine this claim in light of cross-linguistic evidence, paying particular attention to the research covered in this course. Babbling, in the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Linguistics is defined as “meaningless speech-like syllables…characterized by the […]
- Does Age of Acquisition Have an Influence on Lexical Access and Selection in Late Bilinguals?Published: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Title:Does age of acquisition have an influence on lexical access and selection in late bilinguals? Introduction: This dissertation will be a critical review of data primarily from linguistic and other cognitive science studies into the nature of lexical access. It will primarily focus on lexical recall in older bilinguals and how age of acquisition may […]
- EFL learners’ confidence and fluency communicationPublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: Research Method Major Assignment Autumn Term Design for my own research project Introduction The topic area of this research is EFL learners’ confidence and fluency communication when they speak English. This research will especially focus on East Asian EFL learners. I learned English several times with people who are from all over the world. As […]
- Effects of Bilingualism on the Acquisition of a Third LanguagePublished: Mon, 23 Sep 2019Extract: An analysis of the effects of bilingualism on the acquisition of a third language. Literature review The study of third language acquisition combines two fields which have in previous years remained separated by researchers: second language acquisition and bilingualism. Cenoz (2003, p.71) describes third language acquisition as the “ability to acquire a non-native language by […]