... impact of the discourse ofEnglish language use and the regulatory power of the discourse of examinations in Malaysia on a group of secondary school students doing school writing. The discourse of ... 42 Writing English Essays within Dominant Discourses Ken's essay was but one of two essays (out of the 283 collected for analysis in this study) ... A methodological study. Review of Research in Education, 23, 119–169. 36 Writing English Essays within Dominant Discourses 19. Would you say that you are learning English for the sake of...
... H. Lewis, of the Lewis Institute, Chicago, and to Prof.John F. Genung, Ph. D., of Amherst College, for suggestions made after reading the proof of this series.CONTENTS.THE ART OFWRITING AND ... dates of birth and death, and lists of works, of every writer any one ever heard of: and when we have learned all these names we are no better off than when we started. It is true that in many of ... that of leading the student through themaze 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...
... extend our range of interests. Another important aspect of this is that art is an ancient means of communication. In old times people depicted the herds of mammoths on the walls of their caves. ... kind of contribution will they make for the society? I think such people are just afraid of changes. I think curiosity and aspiration to the new experience are two of the main reasons of human ... my opinion. First of all, I believe that studying history and literature is important for the range of interests of students and people generally. It extends the range of interests and teaches...
... remedy the weakness of BOW methodsin ASR result scoring.In the remainder of the paper, the related work of conventional AES methods is addressed in section 2.The details of the speech corpus ... result of using LSA-SVRapproach as a contrast experiment to show the im-provement of our FST model in scoring oral English picture composition.To quantitatively assess the effectiveness of themethods, ... the cost of substi-tutions is less than that of insertions and deletion-s. Here, we assume that the cost of substitutions isbased on the similarity of the two words. Then withthe help of different...
... theidentity of the base word clear (e.g.shoeing, canoeing).Do remember to keep the -e withsoft c and soft g words. It’s the e thatkeeps them soft (courageous,traceable). (SeeSOFT C AND SOFT G.)Don’t ... separate terms of address from the rest of the sentence:Sheila, how nice to see you!Can I help you, madam?I apologise, ladies and gentlemen, forthis delay.Note that a pair of commas is neededin ... assma)astrology ASTROLOGY is the study of theor astronomy? influence of the stars and planets onhuman life and fortune.ASTRONOMY is the scientific study of the stars and planets.athlete (not...
... Don't just see English speakers as a free English lesson. We are people too! But if you put in a little effort, you can help people out, make lots of friends and learn lots of English. 22. ... that you can be good at English. Anyone can become good at English. You can become good at English. Race does not matter. Millions of Japanese Americans speak fluent English, but they are biologically ... does not matter. Most of the English speakers in the World today learnt English as a second, or even third language. Even in Japan there are many, many highly proficient English speakers. Where...
... 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 ... JHS teachers of English. However, a lot of teachers still attach themselves to the traditional teaching method and they usually concentrate on only two of the skills, reading and writing. This ... presents an overview of the definitions of techniques, methods, approaches and a history of methods/approaches, and also introduces the definition, principles and techniques of the communicative...
... 24iiTABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements iv List of abbreviations v Part 1: Introduction 1. Rationale of the study 12. Aims of the study 23. Methods of the study 24. Scope of the study ... Design of the study 2Part 2: Development Chapter 1: Literature Review 41.1. Introduction 41.2. An overview of techniques, methods and approaches 4 1.2.1. Definitions 4 1.2.2. History of methods ... perception of their own teaching 11 2.6.2.5. Remarks about class observations 13• Methods 13• Techniques 132.7. Summary 13Chapter 3: Suggested Techniques to Improve the Teaching of Oral Skills...
... evokes them to take the action of purchasing. It is here that the topmost task of advertising is fulfilled.2.2.5.3 Types of AdvertisingThe features of different kinds of advertisements should be ... Research Methods. New York: Oxford University Press.48.Smith, R.N. 1982. A Functional View of the Linguistics of Advertising, in R.J. di Petro (ed.), Linguistics and the Professions – Vol. 8 of ... their slogans must be of simple and understandable English to all their customers, even those from non- English speaking countries.Bui Thi Bich Thuy Page 21must be of common values and highly...
... discrimination of the tests. The results ofEnglish test are not successfully and completely employed. In addition, during the time I have worked as a teacher ofEnglish at the University of Technology, ... University of Technology are of different levels ofEnglish because of their own background. It is common that those who are from big cities and towns have greater ability ofEnglish than those from ... effectiveness of programs of instruction. Providing Research Criteria: to provide a standard of judgment in a variety of other research contexts based on language test scores. Assessment of Attitudes...