... Practice ofEnglishLanguage Teaching deals specifically with
the teaching ofEnglish as a Foreign Language (EFL). It is not focused
especially on English as a Second Language (ESL) although much of ... users of a language are proficient in a range
of language skills, though not all of them have the same range of sub-skills.
It will be our responsibility to see that the students' language ... subconscious
knowledge oflanguage use, and oflanguage as discourse. Communicative
competence involves not just language competence (grammar, vocabulary,
etc.) but also a knowledge of how language is used...
... published studies of the English literacy of children in
Canada who are Englishlanguage learners (ELLs) with the goal of understanding the read-
ing development of ELLs and characteristics of reading ... experienced in one
language will be experienced in other languages.
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, SIEGEL, AND VUKOVIC: LITERACY SKILLS OFENGLISHLANGUAGE LEARNERS 43
with measures ofEnglish rhyme detection and English
phoneme ... 2
years in full-day Englishlanguage schools by the time of
the study. ELLs had continued exposure to and education in
their native language, although English was the language of
instruction in...
... consists of the
following 4 elements:
ã Selection of application domain.
ã Development of a manually-bracketed corpus (tree-
bank)
of the domain.
ã Creation of a grammar with a large coverage of ...
broad but not unrestricted range of sentence types and
the availability of large corpora of computer manuals. We
amassed a corpus of 40 million words, consisting of several
hundred computer manuals. ... incorrect,
since two of its part -of- speech labels and one of its bracket
labels differ from those of the treebank parse.
Grammar writing and statistical estimation:
The task of developing the...
... variety of needs ofEnglish
were often “on call” for the variety of needs ofEnglish
were often “on call” for the variety of needs ofEnglish
were often “on call” for the variety of needs ofEnglish ... assess the English
language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage
language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage
language profi ciency of all California’s Englishlanguage ... teaching ofEnglishlanguage learners.
improve their teaching ofEnglishlanguage learners.
improve their teaching ofEnglishlanguage learners.
eir top choices included second language...
... in English) . If their
previous experience in pre-sessional Englishlanguage study was that of progressing from IELTS score
5.0 to IELTS score of 6.0 after three months of intensive Englishlanguage ...
the IELTS score of the student at the time of Test 2 and their current GPA.
The quest for IELTS Band 7.0: Investigating Englishlanguage proficiency development of international students
IELTS ... relationship ofIELTS scores to the proficiency ofEnglish
required in a range of different professions. There is much scope now for research in this area.
Elizabeth Craven
IELTS Research...
... number of students studying English in your school:
Grade 6
. Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
2. The number ofEnglish teachers:
3. The average size of your classes:
4. What percentage ofEnglish ... Years of teaching:
4. School:
5. Tick which qualification you have:
CDSP/CQ in English CDSP BA in Russian + CDSP/TC in English
CDSP/TC in English DHSP BA in Russian + CDSP/TC in English ... What the students hear is
usually out of their control and often unclear. Their knowledge of situations and topics help
them make sense of it. Using English in the classroom as much as possible...
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Acknowledgements iv
List of abbreviations v
Part 1: Introduction
1. Rationale of the study 1
2. Aims of the study 2
3. Methods of the study 2
4. Scope of the study ... members of Postgraduate Department, College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi for
their enthusiastic support.
I am sincerely grateful to Mr. Đinh Tấn Bảo and my colleagues of Foreign
Languages ... attention and
encouragement.
I am appreciative of all those who have kindly advised and helped me during the
period of my study at College of Foreign Languages, VNU-Hanoi.
Finally, I wish to thank...
... The University of Birmingham:
The Centre for EnglishLanguage Studies.
15.Hybels, S. & Weaver, R. L. 1992. Communicating Effectively. New York: McGraw
Hill.
The Languageof Airlines’ Advertising ... population of its target customers.
Therefore, choosing one kind of products or services to study the slogans used in it should
bring more thorough and detailed results of aspects oflanguage ... investigation ofEnglish employed in airlines’ advertising slogans, namely
The Languageof Airlines’ Advertising Slogans Page 2
Doing What We Do Best
13. Asiana Airlines
South
Korea To the heart of...
... from foreign languages, it is well to remember that in nearly all languages besides the
English, i, when accented, has the sound of the English long e, e when accented has the sound ofEnglish long
a, ... that of leading the student through the
maze of a new science and teaching him the skill of an old art, exemplified in a long line of masters.
By way of preface we may say that the mastery of the ... may say that the mastery of the Englishlanguage (or any language) is almost the task of
a lifetime. A few easy lessons will have no effect. We must form a habit oflanguage study that will grow
upon...
... perception of intonation
Work on learner’s perception of intonation
Get learners to produce whole utterances, and combinations of
Get learners to produce whole utterances, and combinations of
utterances, ... recording of themselves
Let learners listen to recording of themselves
Teaching Writing
Teaching Writing
Ask learners to produce a variety of text types
Ask learners to produce a variety of text ... explanation techniques
Teach the grammar of vocabulary items
Teach the grammar of vocabulary items
Encourage awareness of collocations
Encourage awareness of collocations
Spend some time on connotative...