... very tall buildings. My grandpa was one and I want to become like him a famous arquitector. My bigger sister want to become a Doctoress and help sick people." The instruments for analysis that will be used for the analysis are Corder's categorization of errors these "fall into four categories: ... of its mistake is the interlingual transfer from the student's L1, for example: the word 'build-er' in Spanish is 'constructor' this ending '-or' is very common in Spanish many profession names end in '-or', therefore, the assumption of the student of the rule and applying th...

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... Asian and Latin countries. Hasting Law Library also states it would also push for these immigrants to learn English as quickly as possible. The proposition is said by some to help create more national unity, but a lot of people including myself see this proposition as a tear in the constitutional rights that make this country what it is and the reason many ... who haven't had a chance yet even to learn the new language that they are bombarded and confused with every day of their lives. U.S. Senator S.I. Hayakawa worries that the influences of Spanish, especially in the Southwest and Cal...

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... reflection about the main aspects of this essay. In Chile, most of English teachers were born in our country, it means that their native language is Spanish and they had to study English as a second language in order to become an English teacher. This is the first advantage of being a NNEST, because ... practicum period, I had to observe and participate of some English school classes from different contexts and realities, and I have noticed that the use of the Spanish language for giving instruction or even explaining tasks is recurring. It is for this reason, I agree with Richards's idea...

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... literate in the L2 (second language). However what could be the possible reasons for this statement? "Bilingualism can be seen as successful brain training, contributing to cognitive reserve, which can help delay dementia," (Thomas Back, 2011). "Cognitive reserve" refers to the ability for the brain to function at a normal rate despite any cognitive inconsistencies. What is being suggested is ... Bialystok, a professor of cognitive development in the University Of York, America, claims that she has studying whether bilingualism is the advantage of the speaker. She claims that being bili...

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Language is an important aspect in our day to day life because it enables us to communicate. The effective communication is made possible with the help of language. Language employs a combination of words to communicate ideas in a meaningful way. By changing the word order in a sentence, you can change its meaning, and even make it meaningless. ... later developmental stages to occur. A group of languages that descend from a common ancestor is known as a language family. The Indo-European family is the most widely spoken and includes English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Hindi;...

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... the case of certain nation period" (Macquarie Dictionary). Every nationality has their own culture, which includes language, customs, life habits and so on. Using English as an international language can help people from different cultural backgrounds understand each other with less misunderstanding (House, 1999), which is the most important aspect in cross-culture communication. English is an important tool for the ... integration (Schumann 1978). Cultural integration will produce some ill language (Hall 1966). Using English, as a global language will not be helpful in avoiding divaric...

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