THE SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH CORPUS OF CHINESE LEARNERS SWECCL

... understanding of the use of English in online communication especially in Malaysia as well as the role of language and online communication in constructing identity Keywords: Computer- Mediated Communication, ... English is often used in intergroup dialogue Malaysian Indians tend to use one of t[r]

AN INVESTIGATION INTO ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH “WILL” AND “BE GOING TO” OF THE FIRST YEAR ENGLISH MAJORED STUDENTS AT TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY 1.1State of the problemEnglish is an international language and furthermore it is a compulsory subject in Vietnam. Learning a foreign language like English, learn[r]

TESTQuestion I: Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.1. My aunt speaks English veryA. goodB. wellC. goodlyD. best2. We have math on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; It means we have math a week.A. onceB. twiceC. three timesD. four times3. Lan promises to her best in learni[r]

The modern language teaching approach puts a strong emphasis on communicative language teaching and learnercentered activities. Therefore, motivational strategies in speaking have been worldwide applied in English Language Teaching. In teaching English to children in Vietnam, motivational strategies[r]

ESL123 course in Galaxy English Center is a 10week contentbased course for Intermediatelevel ESL learners that meets twice a week for two hours each. This course is designed for students who need to understand and communicate in English in vocational and professional context. The primary goal of the[r]

So English will continue being the world language until some other language, maybe Chinese, which is the most widely-spoken native language in the world, takes over as the world’s intern[r]

The study of English speaking skill has attracted much attention in recent research of second language acquisition. In details, one of the most concerned topics is the interference of native culture on mastering rhetorical patterns of the target language. Therefore, the research focused on the influ[r]

  Trường THCS Vân Trục Đề thi đầu vào THPT(6)   Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút I-PHONETICS: Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: 1.A.hone[r]

The pronunciation of common punctuation marks in english, chinese, vietnamese cách phát âm các loại dấu trong tiếng anh trung (hoa) 常用标点符号的英文越文读法The pronunciation of common punctuation marks in english, chinese, vietnamese cách phát âm các loại dấu trong tiếng anh trung (hoa) 常用标[r]

... III Abstract Qiyuan Cihua 憩园词话 (Ci Discourse of the Leisure Garden), written by Du Wenlan 杜文澜 in the late Qing Dynasty, reflects the social network of ci- poets in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hubei area... which is apparently against Du’s intention of “identifying those poets as one group There[r]

Why spoken English is difficult to understand
A lot of English learners have trouble understanding what native English speakers say.

One reason that real English is difficult to understand is that the English in classrooms and textbooks is very different from how people really speak. Some of the di[r]

A CorpusBased Study of Mixed Metaphor
As a Metalinguistic Comment
Elena Semino
Lancaster University (UK)
e.seminolancaster.ac.uk
The notion of “mixed metaphor” is traditionally associated with the prescriptive injunction that,
whatever it is, it must be avoided. Metaphor scholars have attempted to d[r]

Historical variations of American EnglishColonial America
The establishment in 1607 of the settlement which the explorers called Jamestown marked the beginning of British colonization in America.
By 1732 the original thirteen English colonies had been set up. The language of the early immigrants bro[r]

  Trường THCS Vân Trục Đề thi đầu vào THPT   Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút I-PHONETICS: Choose the word in each group that has underlined part pronounced differently from the rest: (1 ps) 1.A.[r]

A selfstudy reference and practice book for intermediate and more advanced learners of English. Covering all areas of language which students at this level find difficult, this substantially revised and updated book retains the clarity, simplicity and accessibility of the first edition, adding to it[r]

Effect of pedagogical environment on learning English in universities in HanoiAbstract ( research question ? / method ? )The aim of this study is to investigate the impact that the learning environment has in learning Englishlistening and speaking skills inc[r]

Collocational knowledge is at the heart of vocabulary learning and enables language learners to produce flawless language. Nevertheless, the use of collocation is more problematic on productive language skills, especially in writing because written contexts require precision in the use of words. Thi[r]

Problem Statement and Background
In today’s global context, with the rapid developments in information and
communication technologies (ICT), the thirst for knowledge access and mutual
understanding transcends the limitation of geographical boundaries and the different
educational and administrat[r]

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
This initial chapter states the problem and the rationale of the study, together with the aims, objectives and the scope of the whole paper. Above all, it is in this chapter that the research questions are identified to work as clear guidelines for the whole research.
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PART A: INTRODUCTION
1. Background to the study
English has become one of the most popular languages in the world. As an effective means of international communication, it is used as the official language in many fields of life such as economics, politics, science, technology, sports and many oth[r]