When ESL students enter the school system they are given a Home Language Survey which is used to identify the potential students that may be eligible for the ESL program. Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) are used to assess each Limited English Proficient (LEP) student. BICS is the language we need in order to be able to socialize in a social setting. CALP is the language needed for a student to read, listen, speak, write and understand
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Figures of Speech Second language acquisition occurs unconsciously through important interactions by a natural conversation in the society. One is said to have acquired second language when he or she speaks a different language apart from one’s mother tongue. As a result of differences in cognitive development in specific individuals, people acquire and learn the second language at various speeds and transfer the concepts learned from the first language to the second language acquisition. The following
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Learning English English language Learning is widely spread over different parts of the world. It is taught as a foreign language in many countries. In many others, it is not only considered as a part of their culture, but it is also used as a second language. These are called the Commonwealth of the English language speaking countries. The English language learners are often seen as the best judges of their own needs and wants
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Classroom English and Employability Skills: An Insight Author: E S Sharmila Sigamany, Assistant Professor, Kingston Engineering College, Vellore. Co-Author: S. Shirly Christina, Assistant Professor, Kingston Engineering College, Vellore. Abstract: Teaching English to students both at higher secondary level and at collegiate level requires a lot of planning and the ability to execute the plan. Language learning involves improvement in all 4 skills involved: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
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Chapter I The Problem and Its Setting “Computers in Teaching English Language in the Selected Grade Seven Students of Puerto Galera National High School Main Campus S.Y. 20015-2016” Introduction: Living today in a newfangled world, computer seems to be an extremely important technology in our daily lives. Every difficult task can be done with the help of it. The crucial technology distinguishes its culture on all of us. It changes the individual’s ways in facing the role to community, home,
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The impact of English as instructional design on understanding level of students The impact of English as instructional design on understanding level of students Submitted By Md. Shariful Islam Kabbo ID No.-1620997 Shakera Ferdous ID No.- 1621030 Md. Ashekz Zaman ID No.- 1621050 Submitted To Dr. Muhammad Shariat Ullah Professor Independent University, Bangladesh Date: 15-03-2015 15th March, 2016 Dr. Muhammad
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Making Use of English Subtitled K-Pop MV in Exploring Students’ Extensive Reading Comprehension YUNINGSIH Telkom University, Indonesia yuningsihlegiman@gmail.com ABSTRACT Studies on captions and subtitles in EFL learning gave positive effects on comprehension and vocabulary acquisition (Chung, 1996, Neurnan & Koskinen, 1992; Price, 1983; Vanderplank, 1988, 1993). Using song in ELT was highly impressive and motivating (Murphey, 1992; Lied, 2000). This study was designed to investigate
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Arizona, California and Massachusetts implemented Structured English Immersion to improve the development of English language and preparation for grade-level academic content for English Language Learners (ELL). The program restricts bilingual education as laws were passed to require Structured English Immersion (SEI). The SEI program encourages school districts to improve ELL students English proficiency so state student performance assessment scores don’t create possible sanctions for the school
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culturally-diverse learners. People who move from one Country to another often experience feelings of alienation and displacement. These people have to deal with separation from their native culture. They have to live in a society established by foreigners. Along with this, most have to learn a new language as well. In Clark Blaise’s short story titled: A Class of New Canadians, the main character is a young man in his thirties living in Montreal. He is teaching English as a foreign language to a variety
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carrying out this study. RELATED LITERATURE Foreign (English) According to Catherine Snow, Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin (1998), one difficulty in trying to evaluate the degree of risk associated with limited English proficiency is that cultural as well as linguistic differences are also involved and may introduce other kinds of risk factors. Many Hispanic children with limited English proficiency also have in common that their parents are poorly educated, that their
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