...Hugvísindasvið Second Language Acquisition The Effect of Age and Motivation Ritgerð til BA prófs Einar Garibaldi Stefánsson Maí 2013 Háskóli Íslands Hugvísindasvið Enska Second Language Acquisition The Effect of Age and Motivation Ritgerð til BA prófs í ensku Einar Garibaldi Stefánsson Kt.: 030382-4209 Leiðbeinandi: Ásrún Jóhannsdóttir Maí 2013 Abstract This paper looks into the competence of second language acquisition by investigating how second language is acquired. Furthermore it explores the age factor in learning another language other than mother tongue and also attempts to answer if there is enough current evidence that can demonstrate clearly that starting young makes any real difference in achieving better language competence. Moreover, research such as on motivation in relation to the learning environment along with language exposure and attitudes will be discussed and data analysed to find out if it plays any significant role in aiding learners to achieve successful second language competence. It has been a common belief that starting young to learn a second language makes a significant difference in language learning. However, results indicate that this is not entirely true in all cases since there are further factors that affect successful second language acquisition achievement such as language exposure and motivation. Consequently, if there is not enough language exposure, this might prevent the learners from succeeding in learning the language. Clearly...
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...and academic performace of a student can be easily determined by the grade they earned by the time alloted to learn. Good grades imply that the student learned a lot, while poor grades imply less learning. However learning process is also affected by several factors, like heredity, IQ level, age, year level, study habbits, social status, emotions, and many more. The researchers are interested on the factors that affect learning process to find solutions on the common academic problems “the failing grades of students”. The researcher believed that it is study habbits that has the greatest effect on the learning process and academic achievements of the first year students of Bachelor of Science in Mathematics of University of SouthEastern Philippines. Study habbits also has several factors to be considered to make the learning very effective and useful and it has the greatest issue on all students, thus giving the researchers the motivation to conduct this study. B. Conceptual Framework INDEPENDENT VARIABLES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY LEARNING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DEPENDENT VARIABLES Time alloted for studying Time alloted for the homework How works on a subject are organized Time alloted for each subject How the mind of the student is set to learn new skills STUDY HABBITS Time alloted for studying, doing homeworks and advanced studies of the subjects are all the independent variable of the study habbits, as it affects learning and academic performance...
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...gifted students of the province of Laguna the opportunity to develop their potentialities and is committed to establish and operate vocational, technical, and higher education to accommodate graduates of secondary schools to pursue vocational, technical and higher education courses.By virtue of Provincial Ordinance No. 1 s. 2006, the Laguna University was established on February 15, 2006. The incumbent governor was elected President and Chairman of the Board of Regents under Resolution No. 198. A s. 2006 dated March 29, 2006 by the SangguniangPanlalawiganng Laguna. This research paper is about the effect of spelling ability of the second year IT students of Laguna University. The student must had books and writing of the correct spelling of words and correct grammar. The aim of this research paper is to develop the spelling ability of the cellphone users. Background of the study In the primitive ages, people have used signals, to get a message from one point to another. And that is a clear evident that even before, it is very important to communicate or to get messages from other places. That is why Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Probably no means of communication has revolutionized the daily lives of ordinary people more than the telephone. Telephone comes from the Greek word tele, meaning from afar, and phone, meaning voice or voiced sound. Generally, a telephone is any device which conveys sound over a distance. A string telephone, a megaphone...
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...service over all the others fighting for attention. Before we define an effective advertisement is global or local, we should know one thing first . what is the meaning of an effective advertisement? What is the factor to construct a successful advertisement ? effective advertising is advertising that changes the behavior of the consumer of that one thing and also effective advertising, is advertising that makes people feel a certain way about a brand mean it’s all about the brand and how people allow that brand to influence their lives, effective advertising is there is a lot of ways to measure advertising these days, but the over view of what makes an add effective is to people remember and they motivated by is it to the consumption habbits. The basic concept of effective advertising including advertising by a marketer are to inform potential customers that new products or services are imminent to exist; to persuade the customers that how the new products and services could solve customers’ problem or bring conveniences or pleasures, and we are the best that the customers must try; to remind the customers that...
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