... some mistakes in using some kinds ofnouns With the aim of helping learners ofEnglish to overcome some difficulties in using some kinds of nouns, and with the aim of making the nouns to be more ... the compound nouns Some kinds of useful exercises as finding the plural forms of singular nouns, translating the meaning ofnounsin plural and singular forms, identifying compound nouns with its ... knowledge in pronouncing “s” of plural nouns They were lazy to practice speaking English with nouns which end in “s” or “es” II.2.5 Errors in identifying the different meanings of common nounsin singular...
... regard to instances of metaphors in investing money investing time lost money lost time running out of money running out of time contemporary view where cases of metaphor are treated the mapping from ... phenomenon of language in over the world Metaphor is also a basic ingredient of successful interpersonal conveying of ideas InEnglish and Vietnamese, can see most of topics of metaphor are used in both ... different kinds of 2.2.3 Metaphors versus other ways of meaning transference 2.2.3.1 Metaphors versus Simile processes Metaphor is principally a way of conceiving of one thing in term of another,...
... for beginners in learning English listening skills in the Asemlink of international languages center? Why beginnesr find it difficult to learn listening to Englishin the Asemlink of international ... MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING VINH UNIVERSITY - - PHAN HUONG GIANG A STUDY OF DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING ENGLISH LISTENING SKILL FOR BEGINNERS IN THE ASEMLINK OF INTERNATIONAL ... listening, speaking, reading and writing As an English teacher, with her own knowledge and experience in teaching, the author finds interested in studying the difficulties in learning the listening...
... determination of consonantal doubling rules in the inflection ofEnglish verbs C The determination of word-breaking rules as used in end -of- the-line practices in type composition D The determination ... use of one of the main results of reference There we found that certain consonant strings such as PL occur only in initial position in CVC words, certain strings such as NT occur only in final ... compounding units is not one of kind, but one of degree: affixes are attached to more classes of words One problem of AFFIXING IN WRITTEN ENGLISH 'affix' definition is to select the proper threshold...
... Rules of Golf in Plain English is a valuable tool for anyone with an interest in the Rules of Golf It is a good and interesting read, regardless of whether the reader is an expert or novice in interpreting ... novice in interpreting and applying the Rules.” David Fay, Executive Director, United States Golf Association the rules of golf in plain english ■ GO the rules of ■ LF in plain english Second edition ... Between Rounds 20 Restrictions During Round 21 During Suspended Play 21 rule 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 advice and indicating line of play Advice Restrictions 22 Indicating Line of Play 22 Exception for Team...
... the meanings of idioms can impinge upon an individual‟s understanding of language in social, academic and business settings In order to enhance the success of communication, the study of the relationship ... only interesting in their form of expressing the ideas but also their origins attached to the idioms The famous places in the world or in Britain are smoothly integrated in the idioms and bring ... people often compare: Castles in Spain e.g: They talk about moving to Australia, but they knew they were really only building castles in Spain The famous battle inold time again marks their imprint...
... teach English speaking 60 Teachers who use pictures inEnglish speaking lessons 50 40 30 20 10 Table 2: Percentage of teachers involved in teaching English speaking and using pictures inEnglish ... pictures in teaching speaking is the unavailability of speaking lessons in these proficient classes This proves the popularity of pictures in teaching English speaking and they seem to be an indispensable ... visual representations are intrinsically effective in supporting learning English speaking However, as the nature of an English center, students go to class in the evening and often feel unmotivated...
... In terms of causality, article errors are arguably both inter-lingual and intra-lingual However, in terms of the original interlingual- intralingual distinction these errors are not obvious intralingual ... indefinite articles +errors in using definite article for specific things +errors in using articles for definite or indefinite meaning +errors in misusing articles (such as, using the for generic plural ... abstract nouns, mass nouns, using the instead of Ø with generic plural noun phrases, using the in generic singular noun phrases where English would require a, using indefinite article for specific singular...
... with our experience of carrying heavy loads or observing other people or animals carrying a burden, and of sinking ships or objects In addition, the mappings of HEAVY and SINKING have an overall ... experience (emotional in the case of SADNESS; physiological in the cases of HEAVINESS and SINKING); and they deprive the experiencers of certain capacities: to think, as indicated in at your wits’ ... of different kinds of vegetations as well as animal life in Vietnamese, as indicated in (6) participating in the metaphor SAD IS DOWN cannot be transferable to English The effect of SADNESS in...
... Idioms a) Definition of Idioms According to Hornby [28], idiom was defined as “a group of words whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words.” b) Main Features of Idioms - ... examine the translation equivalence of idioms in Truyện Kiều in the English versions in terms of syntax and semantics - To identify the similarities and differences in the translation of idioms in ... English versions - To discuss the effectiveness of translation of idioms in the English versions of Truyện Kiều - To give out some recommendations in the rendering of idioms from Vietnamese into...
... learning, factors affection motivation in second language learning, the nature of speaking: definitions of speaking, the importance of speaking, phases to teaching speaking, key issues in teaching ... has been an increase in the number of people desiring to learn and master English with the hope of finding a good job, keeping up with the latest technology in the world In Vietnam, English is ... the First Year Non – English Majors at Ha Noi University of Technology in Learning Speaking Skill” in order to study the current situation of teaching and learning the speaking skill, the activities,...
... culture by analysing the features of idiomatic expressions of places in British English and Vietnamese; - indicating influence of British culture and Vietnamese culture on language in general and ... The influence of religion- Christianity + The influence of literature: 1.5.2 Influence of Vietnamese culture on idiomatic expressions of places + The influence of geographical factor: + The influence ... expressions containing the word: ‘sea / ocean/river’ 2.3 Findings Based on the analysis of the idioms in British English and Vietnamese, it can be seen that all the idioms containing the words of places...
... particular? Which views of China are transmitted and represented on modernity through the mediation of English? Are the forms and meanings of masculinity and femininity in China being reciprocally constituted ... literature of bilingual advertising, pointing to its drawbacks and deficiency The final point of the critical review attends to the complexity of meaning construction within the particular genre of advertising ... construction of identity in the particular site of Chinese -English bilingual advertising, drawing on the theoretical and analytical framework of CDA into which some cognitive tools are integrated...
... treating Englishin the domains of headline and slogan as the center of interpretation is analytically inappropriate In generating and interpreting meanings of a bilingual slogan or headline, ... convincing conclusion in the work of Chesire and Moser (1994) that asserts the way of using Englishin locally situated advertising is unique in every country In their study ofEnglish mixing in ... patterns of bilingual headlines and slogans, demonstrate convincingly the invalidity of assuming English as the element always necessarily playing a determinate role in constructing the meaning of...
... correct in connecting the construction of knowledge about identities to the minds of interacting individuals, saying “construction can only be taking place in the minds of (interacting) individuals” ... merging of the micro studies of code-switching with the macro context of sociolinguistic studies Sociolinguistic studies of code-switching in bilingual conversation are increasingly situated in ... use ofEnglishin non -English- language advertising as a locally distinct social practice in terms of indexical order suggests making a socio-critical study of identity constructed in the site of...
... type ofEnglish mixing accounts for 25.3 percent ofEnglish occurrence in the headlines, and 24.4 percent in the slogans Defined in terms of Poplack (1980), intersentential being the third type of ... slogan Domains Headline English- only Parallel 97 44 Intersentential 18 Slogan 57 19 Intrasentential 15 Total 174 78 Since the ways in which English is inserted into the domains of headline and slogan ... English mixing refers to cases ofEnglish mixing occurring at clause or sentence boundary, one clause being in one language, the other clause in the other They are few in the domain of headline...
... prompts Chinese people to build its spatial connection to the country of Spain in 176 the Continent In addition, being expressed inEnglish instead ofin Chinese, SPAIN signals the foreignness of the ... a sense of belonging Moreover, given the international position of English, the practice of naming inEnglish (sometimes alongside their Chinese translation) in itself is a marker of internationalization ... made in detail with the purpose of providing a far clearer illustration of how the proposed integrative framework works in exposing the significance ofEnglishin constructing different aspects of...
... ofgender roles for female has identifiably emerged In the following I start by examining the manner in which Chinese -English bilingual advertising sustains and reinforces the socialized feminine ... being as honourable and socially dominant inold Britain The cross-space mapping connects men of China today wanting to buy an Opirus to honourable and socially dominant men lived inold Britain ... models of masculinity And this is probably the reason accounting for the use ofEnglish instead of Chinese for the presentation of these masculine values in the headlines and slogans Of equal...
... involved in conceiving of a nation and distinguishing the nation the kind of nation that it is As a matter of fact, the construction of a unique nation is frequently gained through allusion in ... and underpinned In such advertisements the role ofEnglish is in opposition to the general assumption of bringing threat to national identity of contemporary China Instead, either is English occasionally ... necessary to be reminded that the use ofIN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE itself in this advertisement seems to function nothing in the final blend In other words, the formation of a unique China in this case...
... 274 In construction ofgender identity English has the same role as that in constructing national identity But in sharp contrast to Lee’s (2006) finding, the use ofEnglishin Chinese advertising ... These findings ofEnglish usage in Chinese advertising suggest that the advertisers of China, rather than drawing on undifferentiated “global English , selectively appropriate social styles ofEnglish ... meaning and function ofEnglish as a global language tend to emerge as a brilliant instance of the linguistic performativity of identity The finding of identities being particular in social meaning...