an analysis of academic language proficiency

... Criteria for analysis 23 2.6 Content analysis procedure 24 2.6.1 Purpose of the analysis 24 2.6.2 Sample of the analysis 24 2.6.3 Elements of the analysis ... "the teaching and learning of an international language must be based on an entirely different set of assumptions than the teaching and learning of any other second or foreign language" These ... knowledge of English suited to their levels of proficiency and ages and the specific demand related to socioscience and humane Acquire some general understanding of the people and cultures of some...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 09:22

... more than the language of dissatisfaction Besides, no language in categories of ennui and pleasure is employed by writers on two channels - The evaluative language in category of social sanction ... category of social esteem Besides, among sub-types of social sanction, the language of propriety is used most on two channels - The writers on CNN and CNA use the same quantity of language in terms of ... CNN and CNA - The language in category of insecurity is outnumbered by category of security in news on two channels Moreover, no language in term of surprise is used by writers - The language of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/06/2016, 20:57

... units of language and usage They maintained that the study of discourse is the study of units of language and language use consisting of more than a single sentence, connected by some systems of ... to an attempt to analyze units of language larger than word and sentence Fairclough (1995) looks at discourse beyond analysis of sentences He sees discourse as social practice, and discourse analysis ... carefully planned, and presented in a clear and concise language Discourse/Discourse Analysis There are two types of language as potential objects for study: one abstracted in order to teach a language...

Ngày tải lên: 22/05/2017, 22:27

... special credit 1.2.2 The mechanics of letter of credit transaction The mechanics of the letter of credit transaction can be quite complex and has been standardized by a set of rules published by the ... the terms and conditions of the LC, the applicable UCP and international standard banking practice, the issuing bank or confirming bank, if any, is obliged to honour irrespective of any instructions ... credits stipulate Issuing bank (Opening Bank) The bank issues the letter of credit on behalf of the applicant Confirming bank A bank that at the request of the issuing bank, assures that drawings...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2012, 16:40

... Lu J., Zhang B and Harima M (1992) Study and circumstance of reclaimed water system in China, Making Water Technol., 18(1), 49-51 (in Japanese) Murakawa S., Nishina D and Wang L (1999) Analysis ... Japanese with English summary) Yang H and Abbaspour K C (2007) Analysis of wastewater reuse potential in Beijing, Desalination, 212, 238-250 Zhang H H and Brown D F (2005).Understanding urban ... J of Nagoya Sangyo Univ., 10, 45-61 Yang F., Liu Z., Cheng Y., Kawashima H and Furukawa K (2005).Water environmental problems and its countermeasures in urban area of north China, Japanese J.of...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17

... their understanding of the world and of human affairs, their ideals, sense of values, and their appreciation In this day of mass communication, much of it oral, it is of vital importance that students ... sounds, to understand sentence meaning, and to monitor and control the meaning of discourses by understanding sentence meaning Since the 1970s, with the development of functional language theory, ... receiving understandable input and listening ability is the critical component in achieving understandable language input Given the importance of listening in language learning and teaching, it...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:57

... Manager, Dear Chairman, =>Dear Chairperson, The following list will eliminate the problem from your writing : Avoid salesman chairman fireman watchman news man repairman policeman foreman mankind ... instance, if a customer placed an order for 10 laptops, the company should accept and address the letter as “we thank you for your order and we confirm the dispatch of 10 laptops” which means thanking ... exact name and part number of the item Any useful description of the item : size, style, color, and so on The quantity needed of each item The price of the item The shipping method The date of the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:57

... Language and culture Language 1.1 What is language? A language is system of signs (symbols) for encoding and decoding information Since language became an object of study by the ancient grammarians, ... speak is to assume a culture, and to know a culture is like knowing a language Culture is as much a product of language as language is a product of culture Language and Culture are thus homologous ... human cognitive facility of creating and using language Essential to both meanings is the systematic creation and usage of systems of symbols, each pairing a specific sign with an intended meaning,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:57

... the minimal meaningful language units and it cannot be divided any further into meaningful parts A morpheme has its sound form and meaning but unlike a word, it is not independent and occurs in ... – (It means “life”): biography (the story of person‟s life written by somebody else), biology (the scientific study of the life and structure of plants and animals)  “GRAM” – (It means “written”): ... is “-ist” The semantics of “-ist” can be considered underspecified “person having to with X” With the exact meaning of the derivative being a function of the meaning of the base and further inferencing...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 16:45

... learners’ first language into the second language In contrastive analysis, it is believed that the type of errors made by the learners of the target language can be predicted and their causes can be determined ... theory of acquisition” 28 In reality, error analysis is of significant to language learning process Richard (1974) suggests that “one of the goals of error analysis is to construct an account of ... in terms of the target language In “Errors in Language Teaching and Use” (1980), Carl James defined errors as “being an instance of language that is intentionally deviant and not self-corrigible...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:04

... repeating the language he has heard, not the language he, himself, can produce And when he, himself, tries his best to acquire language, mistakes are of great significance to the process of language ... a variety of ways in linguistics and language teaching theory, in error analysis research, in English language teaching (ELT) including Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL), and not least ... concerning errors in language teaching and learning process The error analysis supplanted Contrastive Analysis and became a recognized part of Applied Linguistics owing to the work of Corder (1967)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:04

... first language as a means of organising the L2 They "tend to transfer the form, meanings and the distribution of forms and meaning of their native language and culture to the foreign language and ... corpus of language is selected 23 Identification of error Description of errors Explanation of errors Evaluation of errors Prevention of errors 1.2.4 Causes of errors In fact, foreign language ... transfer is the influence resulting from similarities and differences between the target language and any other language that has been previously acquired There are two types of language transfer...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:04

... understanding of language competence Meanwhile mistakes are caused by the inappropriate use of language in the term of social acceptability or language performance 1.5.3 Error analysis Error analysis ... cause, and consequences of unsuccessful language" There are steps of error analysis: - Identification of errors - Description of errors - Explanation of errors - Evaluation of errors - Correct of ... form, meanings, and the distribution of forms and meanings of their native language and culture to the foreign language and culture (Lado 1957: 2) and interference is a negative transfer According...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:04

... errors are evidence of the system, and the investigation of the language of second language learners would rely heavily on Error Analysis 2.2 THE NOTION OF ERRORS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING There ... teaching and the recommendation for further research CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 ERROR ANALYSIS Error Analysis is the study and analysis of errors made by the second and foreign language ... forms and meanings of their native language and culture to the foreign language and culture” Interlingual errors may occur at the levels of pronunciation, morphology, syntax, vocabulary and meaning...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:04

... -negotiation of -no negotiation of meaning is allowed meaning is allowed Table 1.1: Spoken language and written language To sum up, the differences between spoken and written language are not absolute, and ... study of signs and symbols in language) psychology, anthropology and sociology All linguists are concerned with identifying regularities and pattern in language However in the case of discourse analyst, ... interpersonal meaning is one of four meanings of sentences: structural meaning, representational meaning, interpersonal meaning and textual meaning 1.3.1 Definition of Modality Discourse analyses have...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:07

... studying language helps us understand the nature as well as characteristics of it Language conveys meaning One of the dominant meaning of language is modal meaning Modality is one of basic meaning ... stretches of language perceived to be meaningful, unified and purposive (1989:158) 1.2.2 Discourse Analysis and Text Analysis Basing on the concept of text and discourse as mentioned earlier, Text analysis ... analysis and Discourse analysis can be interpreted as follow: Text analysis is the studying of how a text exemplifies the operation of the language code beyond the border of sentence Discourse analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:08

... AN ANALYSIS OF THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY G.W BUSH IN THE U.S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2004 FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF D.A VINH, 2007 VINH UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AN ANALYSIS OF THE ... Methodology and analysis procedures describes the data collection method and procedures of analyzing data Chapter 3: Data analysis and discussion provides description of the data analyzing process ... spoken) language larger than a sentence, often constituting a coherent unit, such as a sermon, argument, joke or narrative.” 1.1.2 Discourse analysis and text analysis With the concept of text and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:08

... analysis is defined as "the process of determining the incidence, nature, cause and consequences of unsuccessful language" Error analysis is the study and analysis of errors made by second language ... phenomenon in language learning Second language learners "tend to transfer the forms, meanings and the distribution of forms and meanings of their native language and culture to the foreign and culture" ... understanding of language competence, and mistakes are caused by the inappropriate use of language in performance 18 1.3.3 Error analysis According to Carl James in "Errors in language learning and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 18:16

... second language they will make errors in second language Interlingual can be called as language transfer, which is the phenomenon of native language influences on the learning of a second language ... from the norms of the target language In “ Errors in language Teaching and Use”, Carl Jame defined that “ Errors as being an instance of language that is intentionally deviant and not self- corrigible ... (1957:2) says that second language learners “tend to trasfer the forms, meaning and the distribution of forms and meaning of their native language and culture to the foreign and culture Here are some...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 18:16

... meanings and the distribution of forms and meaning of their native language and culture to the foreign language and culture’ (Lado,1957:2) Another idea of transfer is also pointed out, ‘Transfer ... and an error’ is associated with failures in language competence And only errors can be the object of study of Error Analysis Meanwhile, mistakes can not since they not show the true state of ... between the two language English and Vietnamese ‘Vietnamese is an isolating language or mono-syllabic non inflecting language (Diep Quang Ban, 1998:31) Vietnamese words are independent of each other...

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 18:16