... , 2006) Intrinsic motivation is induced by interest in learning, while external motivation is induced by the necessity of learning. It is well-known that internal motivation is much better than external motivation. (SCMP, 2002, November 16) However, it seems that Hong Kong students are externally motivated to learn English rather than being interested in learning English. Students are pressured by examinations and peer competition. They ... feel the necessity to learn English in order to cope with future studies or career, but they fail to develop an interest in ... ...

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... my point of view. I"m going to talk about "The difficulties(hardship) of learning several languages". As we know, all the students in this class were selected for the English-Chinese course. (we chose English-Chinese class). So we are learning English and Chinese everyday. As a matter of fact, we already can speak english. Maybe some students in here would not agree with me. But that's true ... . We can speak english, and we can talk to person who speaks english as their mother tongue. Needless to say, there ... is a difference in ability between us. Some students are proficient in engl...

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... ideas so that they can incorporate the new information into their own worldview" (Peterson, Coltrane, and Center for Applied Linguistics 2003). Children learning a second language have the opportunity to connect with another culture through games, books, or meeting a person from that culture. Bilingualism would be ... the base for a new area of knowledge for children. In addition, learning language in early age increases the potential of success and achievements in a children's future life. Most parents want for their children to become a ... me to communicate with people. I knew that...

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... citizens to learn a second language and cite financial and time constraint issues. The argument falls apart, however, when one simply looks at the facts and research concerning the advantages of learning another language at a young age. American students should be required to learn a second language from an early age because it helps with cognitive skills, positively impacts foreign affairs and ... students who are not, both in verbal and mathematics scores on standardized testing. Essentially, knowledge of a secondary language boosts a person's potential in a variety of areas. Critics to...

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... is advantageous. It deserves the time, the money, and the effort for its benefits. Monolinguals claim that learning languages means losing your native language, especially when adult or children learn a second language such as English. Fillmore (1991) reported that it is a significant case when children under the age of five have to learn a new language, and they did not learn enough about ... , and language is one of identity components. I disagree with these people who claim that learning a language means losing your native language or your identity because learning a language will pro...

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... of communication" as it is the most commonly used language among foreign language speakers. You can get valuable benefits and opportunities if you can master English effectively. English is easier and fairly quick to learn and use if compared to other languages, for example Chinese. First, reading is the first and main thing ... to do in mastering and improving English. Reading is a very active process as you need to do imagination when reading. Reading requires you to think, feel and analysis the articles. Sometimes it ... be automatic. You should speak often because the more you speak...

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... I was young I have been very interested in languages. I am relatively new in Canada, so I had to undergo all the newcomers" perplexities. Therefore, I can better relate to a student learning English as a Second language. Knowing the language is very nice, but sharing your knowledge with others is more rewarding. First of all, I have been interested in languages ever since I was young ... languages relatively fast I decided to follow up my ability and languages become my mean interest. In High School we had to study Russian. Later on in University I studied Italian, English, Latin and Gr...

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... a signal correspondent for it or still they have a very different one. Taking this into consideration, this work poses the following question: what are the Brazilian deaf beginners' difficulties when learning written English? By answering this question, we intend to analyse their linguistic problems and propose a way of helping them. Justification: Scientist believe that there have been deaf people in the world since ... so, I intend to contribute to this area, that is not much explored. Considering my own experience as an English teacher of deaf students, I also have another reason to st...

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... , the teacher may conduct the lessons with creativity. Besides, environment is another very important aspect to reduce the students' anxiety. Teachers need to pay attention to the students' learning rate and their different cultural background. Teacher should relate the teaching plan with updated issues discussed in the society to attract the students' attention and the students can remember what ... who took French, German, and Spanish class. The teachers were complained by the students saying that their teacher spoke too fast and refuse to use English to make further explanation. This ...

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... brilliant in math and science but when they open their mouth, they sound like idiots because they don't know the proper way to speak. This English class will help us students in many ways. We will not only use this information in college, but hopefully it will stick with us for the ... communication is very important. People judge others by the way they speak. If you use improper English, you will most likely come off as unintelligent, even if you were the one who found the cure for cancer. Learning how to compose papers will also be very helpful now and in the future. In college, ... w...

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The Integration of English Language Development and Science Instruction in Elementary Classroom written by Susan Gomez Zweip, William Straits, Kristen Stone, Delores Beltran, and Leena ... only have to test in a language they were not fluent in, but also be proficient in the subjects of math and English. Schools put the focus on teaching math and English to the ELL students in hope that their test scores would go up. This meant that Science content was at the bottom ... with a high ELL population created a blend of both science and ELD, developing students' English skills with science as th...

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The Integration of English Language Development and Science Instruction in Elementary Classroom written by Susan Gomez Zweip, William Straits, Kristen Stone, Delores Beltran, and Leena ... only have to test in a language they were not fluent in, but also be proficient in the subjects of math and English. Schools put the focus on teaching math and English to the ELL students in hope that their test scores would go up. This meant that Science content was at the bottom ... with a high ELL population created a blend of both science and ELD, developing students' English skills with science as th...

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... there would be fewer racial conflicts and government operations would be more streamlined. On the other hand, immigrants that are opposed to making English the official language argue that minorities would have difficulty accessing health care, law enforcement officials would have difficulty questioning people speaking different languages. ... a green card which is a permanent residency card, to be over the age of 18, to be able to read, write and comprehend basic English, be of good moral character and to 2 believe and stand by the US Constitution. "In July 1993, the Immigration and Na...

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... to avoid misunderstanding and better connect others, it seems only logical to implement a universal language. Since there is no discernible coercion, I believe that English should become the global lingua franca. Thanks to globalization, the need for some world-wide lingua franca is more pressing than it ever was in the ... goes on it shall continue to maintain its popularity and authority, if not grow even more prominent. Since the world needs a lingua franca, English is undoubtedly a good choice because standard words are short and relatively easy to pronounce. There is also very litt...

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... ebony" and "phonics" - has been the subject of a bitter and contentious national debate since the school board in Oakland, Calif., voted last to treat black English as a second language in its classrooms and to begin instructing African-American students in the tongue as a way to build reading, writing and language skills. To ... country. Behind all the furor is a long history of serious research by linguists and educators on the existence of black English, or ebonics as it's called, and its impact on learning problems. In Oakland, blacks make up a little more than half of the 52,000 stu...

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Authentic Text Harmer states authentic material is the use of the normal, natural language used by native speakers of the language, where no concessions have been made for foreign speakers. (2007:273) It is the language that students encounter or will encounter in their every day lives, language that is not spoken slowly. Students may miss important aspects of the language that is presented by the teacher or text material as is "concocted texts exemplify the grammar not as it is but as the course writer believes it to be" (Willis, 1993:92) When choosing a listening activity it is important to ...

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... just takes more time for some people, depending on whatever the case may be. Learning English is a big procedure; this is one major step for a person to achieve. Everyone experiences problems that could delay the learning process, but what exactly could some factors be that could affect a person learning the English language. Down syndrome individuals are born with brain abnormalities, which is already a setback ... for them learning English. Down syndrome is cause by excess of genetic material on chromosome 21. Down syndrome is noticeable ... to be mastered. Kids come from other countr...

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... being bilingual far outweigh any disadvantages, so the hard work and persistence will always pay off. On the other hand, some people believe that learning a second language is not necessary and is a waste of time. In Spanish Lessons by Christine Marin, she introduces the idea of how ... have confusion between the two languages such as words and grammatical structures. They may then have a mash up of the two languages that they are learning and speak languages that are improper such as "Spanglish" and "Chinlish", etc. However, language confusion is just a short ... put effort and time,...

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... they will know the difference between the two ways of speaking (quoted Brand-Williams 1). There is nothing wrong with giving students two different perspectives of learning. Although I do feel that it is okay to have different dialects of the language, I also feel that when teaching the language it should ... even though there are numerous amounts of dialects that they speak, Chinese is the language of their page 2 school system. When it comes to learning the language of Chinese only one form is taught. There is a reason why there is a designated form of language in each country, but ......

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... needed to learn in a classroom. Ruth also argues that with this lack of attention, along with the use of "Tweetspeak," students aren't learning to use words and sentences correctly. I agree with Ruth's fear of "Tweetspeak." Young people today are beginning to talk as they tweet ... everything to be handed to them and in a world where information is attainable with the push of a button why wouldn't they? Students may be learning English in school, yet their habitual connection to 'the goings on' outside the classroom creates a constant lack of focus. Teenagers are so busy on ... word...

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... Japanese The majority of Japanese find learning English hard, especially learning to speak English is the hardest part for them. The main reasons of these difficulties are in English teaching system in Japan and the distinctive features of Japanese language. In Japanese schools, English are taught as academic purposes rather than practical one. Its teaching materials are emphasized more on grammatical rules ... or sentence patterns rather than the pronunciations or conversation. Therefore, students perform very well on writing or reading, but they perform poorly on speaking or pronounci...

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... among the language sub-skills and these are not always equally proficient. ELLs have various experiences learning styles and real-life experiences. In reflection, I think about the ELLS proficiency in the English language to actually listen and speak. If they are new to the United States, they may ... not be able to understand any language at all. This could create problems in learning conversation and context language in English. From the classroom, the teacher must offer different types of assessing based on the content knowledge. Teachers use assessments (instrument or ... and conte...

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... contained of 29% Hispanics. That is why I feel that it should be crucial for the American K-12 education to start teaching children as much English as well Spanish from first entering grade school to graduating high school. I will be focusing on three main aspects on the importance of knowing a ... coming into our country, usually crossing the borderline of Mexico into Texas, Arizona, New Mexico or California. Most of these immigrants have never spoken English before, and they're entering cities in America that are typically Spanish-Speaking only. However, American public education syst...

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... ethnic values and it is assimilation to American culture. Therefore Spanish is the only communication language at home. "Because I wrongly imagined that English was intrinsically a public language and Spanish an intrinsically private one, I easily noticed the difference between classroom language and the language of home" ... (4). The differences between both his languages is clear to a Rodriquez. He gets to know the value of learning both languages. Amy Tan's "public" language is also English but it is in a different form. One time Tan presented a speech in a perfect, well organized tho...

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... phrase into the translator, and it would instantly translate the word or phrase into English, and in this way he could learn various words and sentences to enable him to carry a conversation which in turn he will learn more English. This way of learning is not the most idle way to learn but is one is trying to ... get started in learning a foreign language it could help him to learn the basics, so that he can try and ... language is by using the internet to use message sending programs, and example is MSN, a user from France would like to learn a bit of English so what he could do is t...

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