... Aims ofthe study The study aims at: * Investigating the factors that cause a negative impact on learning English ofthestudentsat Ly Thai To High School in Bac Ninh based on the study of 100 students ... Rationale There is a long history ofthe study of motivation in language learning Research results indicate that motivation is one ofthe main factors determining an individual’s success in learning ... investigated Thus, this study is the first step in defining and testing the impact of this construct in a specific context As a starting point for investigating this question, and as a way of trying...
... explicit indicators of coordination are termed as coordinating conjunctions And a coordinator is organized atthe process of conjoining units which are equal status In other words, coordination involves ... as being related in some way Andthe sentences are related not only in terms ofthe ideas they share but also in terms ofthe jobs they perform within the discourse, that is, in terms of their ... phải cố gắng The aim of these exercises is to remind thestudentsofthe flexibility in meaning ofthe coordinators AND/ BUT/OR And it also aims to make thestudents be aware ofthe different...
... understanding and vocabulary learning After investigating and analyzing the data, some implications will be drawn out for both teachers and IT students Methods ofthe study To attain the aims ofthe ... reference the information to be retrieved is the referential meaning, the identity ofthe particular thing or class of thing that is being referred to; andthe cohesion lies inthe continuity of reference, ... electronic machines which can accept data in a certain form, process the data and give the results ofthe processing in a specified format as information Three basic steps are involved inthe process...
... fell off the roof! I know, dear; I saw him pass the window The word “pass” can be interpreted in two ways Either the mother saw her husband passing the window or he fell off the roof and passed the ... their understanding of puns, surprisingly, most ofthestudents reply that they not know what the puns are and what the features they have After getting to know more about puns, majority of them ... no interest in it, because they not know that the word “pole” has two meanings The first indicates a person originating from or inhabiting the country of Poland andthe second indicates a word...
... Description In this intonation pattern, the duration ofthe tone is shorter than its inherent duration In this intonation pattern, the duration ofthe tone is longer than its inherent duration In this intonation ... intonation pattern, the pitch ofthe tone is one level higher than its inherent pitch In this intonation pattern, the pitch ofthe tone is maximum In this intonation pattern, the pitch ofthe ... utterance; three basic intonation patterns (falling, rising, rising-falling) of both languages just tell the hearer something concerning the emotional attitude ofthe speaker or the apparent purpose of...
... Description In this intonation pattern, the duration ofthe tone is shorter than its inherent duration In this intonation pattern, the duration ofthe tone is longer than its inherent duration In this intonation ... intonation pattern, the pitch ofthe tone is one level higher than its inherent pitch In this intonation pattern, the pitch ofthe tone is maximum In this intonation pattern, the pitch ofthe ... utterance; three basic intonation patterns (falling, rising, rising-falling) of both languages just tell the hearer something concerning the emotional attitude ofthe speaker or the apparent purpose of...
... Meaning of compound words The meaning of compounds is one ofthe central focuses of linguists’ interest That is the concern about correlation ofthe separate meanings ofthe constituents andthe ... is to find out how studentsof ESP in my university understand the meanings of compound nouns in reading and listening, form and use compound nouns in their speaking and writing Besides, students' ... although they deal with them right atthe beginning of English learning process such as handbag, Tshirt, bedroom, dining-table etc [34] The exercise aims at finding how students understand the meanings...
... qualitative and quantitative The results show that thestudents awareness of speech acts, namely, greeting, addressing, introducing, requesting and responding, inviting and responding to offering, ... inthe relationship between grammatical and pragmatic awareness, Bardovi-Harlig and Dörnyei (1998) investigated the recognition and rating of grammatical and pragmatic infelicities ofthe ESL and ... aspects ofthe utterance when making their choices All was explained to thestudentsin Vietnamese, their native language, in order to increase thestudents comfort and understanding The students...
... further research Major findings ofthe research The aims ofthe study include investigating the kinds of lexical cohesive device and their frequency of occurrence in EBS text book and providing ... providing an insight into the use of these lexical cohesive devices thereby hopefully assisting the learning and teaching of BE The findings ofthe research reveal that all the types of lexical ... reading texts ofthe course book English for Business Studies hoping that it may help students more in comprehending the reading texts and learning vocabulary Aims ofthe study In brief, the...
... reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality ofthe copy submitted Inthe unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there ... the features of Euro-English However, the teachers show a genuine interest in this topic Where there is a general preference in holding on to the guidelines of standard norms, many comments indicate ... Part one investigates the background ofthe teachers, their attitudes towards different varieties of English, and their awareness ofthe research regarding Euro-English Part two tests the acceptability...
... that they may stand in various positions For instance, the interrogative pronouns sao/ sao/ often stand atthe beginning ofthe clause But sometimes, they can be put atthe final place ofthe ... negative particle The choice and tense ofthe operator are determined by the verb phrase inthe 20 subordinate clause andthe subject pronoun refers to the subject ofthe statement Affirmative ... with the internationalization process inthe world, the increasing development ofthe relationship between Vietnam and other countries has resulted in a great demand for English language teaching...
... (2001), Vietnam in ASEAN, Regional Intergration Process and Challenges, Hanoi 14 Damien J Neven (2000), Evaluating the effects of non-tariff barriers, University of Lausanne 15 The Australian ... University (2003), European Unilateralism-Environmental Trade Barriers andthe Rising Threat to Prosperity through Trade Website 16 http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/index.html 17 http://vietnamese.vietnam.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html ... http://www.thiennhien.org/About_ENV/Mission_Statement.html 25 http://www.vietnamstrade.org/index.php?f=news&do=categories&catid=2&lang= vietnamese 26 http://tcvn.gov.vn/btvn 27 http://vinhhao.com/newsshow.aspx?news_id=514346...
... contraception and HIV/STI prevention; inadequate teaching materials and training; a scattershot approach to providing specific information that undermines comprehensive student understanding; and a tendency ... education inthe schools (Greene, Rasekh, and Amen, 2002) In Senegal, organizers of sexuality education courses involve parents and teachers inthe design ofthe program and invite them participate ... “examinable” and others not test students on their achievements in learning the subject matter (Senderowitz, 2000) Training teachers Teacher training is a challenge everywhere, including in developed...
... contend that using nominal exchange rates to convert Chinese data (or that of other countries) into U.S dollars fails to reflect the true size of China’s economy and living standards relative ... manufacturing that occurred inthe country (i.e., it subtracts the value of intermediate inputs and raw materials used in production) These data indicate that China overtook Japan as the world’s ... complaining that releasing such data violates international conventions and Chinese laws.72 Atthe same time, China’s media has boosted its reporting of China’s environmental problems in response...
... involved in significant IO operations in neighboring states to help contain the fallout and reduce thein uence of Salafi-jihadist propaganda Narrowing of Threat Because ofthe nature ofthe nationalist ... synthesis definition ofthe long war to aid in further analysis In Chapter Three, we describe the participants inthe long war to date and examine the nature ofthe current threat under thethree ... United States in that part ofthe world, changing Indonesian public opinion the most (Pew, 2005, p 2) The tsunami was also implicated in bringing the regional insurgent group GAM together with the...
... capital inflows in late-2007 and early-2008, the SBV faced the dilemma of whether or not to intervene inthe forex market to prevent the VND/USD exchange rate from falling The Bank’s handling of this ... this preference, the SBV has relied on a number of administrative measures, including the daily setting ofthe official exchange rate andthe use of an allowable trading band These two devices ... statements by senior officials; and (3) estimation ofthe volatility of exchange rates Trends in exchange rates Figure illustrates annual movements ofthe nominal VND/USD rate (of which a rise corresponds...
... We test the hypothesis that these come from a perturbed generator in year y, as opposed to the atemporal generator Gk , by comparing the odds ratios of termcategory pairs in a PreModList in year ... across the term athens in a training document We might expect a fairly uniform distribution of this term throughout the ve categories; C athens = 0.20 for each C Howthat is, ever, inthe summer of ... expect SPORTS athens to be greatly increased relative to the other categories due to the citys hosting ofthe Olympic games Documents with temporally perturbed terms like athens contain potentially...
... Coping Skills Coping skills variables fall within the realm of gendered selves and are often overlooked inthe interpretation of gender in differentiated health outcomes Although the association ... Figure 1) In this case, there is a correlation between the determinant andthe health outcome, and altering the determinant results in a corresponding alteration inthe health outcome status Randomized, ... Thus, within the theme of gendered selves, there are a number of promising health determinants that (a) differentiate the sexes, (b) predict health, and (c) are modifiable They help illuminate potential...
... reporting agency will then supply this information to the lender 11 Based on the information in this report, and other information such as the applicant’ s income andthe loan to value ratio ofthe ... consolidating information from thethree credit repositories, and offering services to verify and update information in credit reports Credit reporting agencies primarily facilitate and support the ... dimensions – the fairness ofthe models that interpret the data andthe accuracy ofthe underlying credit related data E Untested Scoring Formulas Even if all credit data regarding consumers held at credit...
... to obtain descriptive information about the test corpus and to compare attributes and ratings We used the Searchable LEAD definition of leading text as our summaries The LEAD fields vary in length ... HEADLINE and BODY fields (abbreviated here as I-IBODY) and to the HEADLINE and LEAD fields (I-ILEAD) Queries were limited by date in order to reduce the magnitude ofthe evaluation task In order ... products and their prices, or companies and corresponding stock quotes In rare instances, the BODY of a list type document includes a brief description ofthe contents ofthe list that Searchable...