Pragmatic Transfer in Iraqi EFL Learners' Refusals, International Journal of English Linguistics, 1(2), 166-185. doi:10.5539/ijel.v1n2p166 The study deals with pragmatic transfer of Iraqi EFL learners' refusal strategies as reflected by their responses to a modified version of 12- items written discourse completion task; and compare with two groups ,namely Iraqi native speakers of Arabic and American native speakers of English. The data were collected from task consisted of three requests, three offers
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PERCEPTION OF CSU STUDENTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGLISH ONLY POLICY IN ENGLISH CLASS A Research Paper Submitted to Ms. Vanessa Natulla A Faculty of College of Arts and Social Sciences Caraga State University Ampayon, Butuan City In partial fulfillment of the course requirement in English 2 (Writing in the Discipline) Second Semester, A.Y. 2014-2015 By Horlic Mae Masocol Airene Faye Anoda Ronie Casinginan Melody Antonida (Section B2, MTh 9:00-10:30AM) March 2015
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better even in the pronunciation area. It is not clear when children start to catch up. b. GLA Factors affecting SLA success • Effects of age on the acquisition of native speaker proficiency Conflictive results: Some people say that under the right conditions adults can achieve native-like proficiency in
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communicative language games for teaching and learning English. The participants for this study were eight English teachers in the college. A survey using an 18-item questionnaire was designed in order to analyse the participants’ views on the use of communicative language games in English lessons. Results showed that English teachers from Henry Cort Community College generally appreciated the benefits and value of communicative game activities in teaching English language. The findings also suggested that
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ANXIETY AND SPEAKING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AMONG MALE AND FEMALE BUSINESS STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITI INDUSTRI SELANGOR Ayu Rita Bt Mohamad and Nadhia Dalila Bt Ab Wahid Industrial University of Selangor Jln Timur Tambahan, 456000 Bestari Jaya E-mail: ayurita@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study explores the nature and anxiety of speaking English as a second language among male and female Business Degree students in Industrial University of Selangor (Unisel), Berjuntai Bestari, Selangor. This study
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AND QUESTION CUES 4 6 SCORES 7 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) DESCRIPTION OF TEST FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION CONTENT MEASURED GRADE 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA): DOMAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTENT WEIGHTS ITEM TYPES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) EXAMPLE ITEMS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEMS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEM KEYS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) EXAMPLE SCORING RUBRICS AND EXEMPLAR RESPONSES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) WRITING RUBRICS 8
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How a Multicultural Workforce Might Affect Teamwork and Communications in Large Companies Bethany Ward, Nicole Ortiz, Brandi Cook Learning Team B University of Phoenix COMM/215 Linda Lawliss February 5, 2007 Large companies find a multicultural workforce essential because they have to do business effectively with many diverse cultures in order to be successful. Unique skills and/or lower costs become more accessible to companies when they broaden their work forces. However
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using multiple regression analysis, with the accounting course nal grade as the dependent variable. The paper also examines the factors that differentiate high- from low-performing students. Results: The study found that math prociency, English prociency, high school accounting, and academic aptitude inuence accounting performance, supporting the ndings of many previous researches on cognitive factors. Among the SHSA factors, only student perception of teacher effectiveness and level
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people characteristics have on the development of L2 learning because these are rust labels for an entire range of behaviors and characteristics, characteristics such as these are not independent of each other. Another difficulty is how language proficiency is defined and measured. 2. It would help us to understand better the way us humans learn. Intelligence 3. I think it is because learner’s strengths and weakness in these different aptitude components may account for their ability to succeed
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our daily customer services provided. In “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, who was always fascinated by language in her daily basis. She loves to talk about the English language and its variation she uses. From talking to mom, small groups and even in front of thousands of people. She also described how her friend respond when her mom speaks in English. After a while, she recognizes why her mom does not receive quality of good and services. She also described how standardize test was affected by a mother
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