the past perfect continuous tense in english

... to investigate the role of metacognitive knowledge in the English writing of Chinese EFL learners, in the hope of shedding some light on the teaching and learning of EFL writing skill in China ... in the Chinese context The questionnaire consists of two sections, with the first aiming to gather the participants’ basic information, such as the scores of their College English course2 in the ... Mainland China There are 68 males and 52 females When the study was carried out, the students were at the beginning of their second semester in university, so all the students have been learning

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 08:20

... out in order to generate the reordered English sentences. These are input for training a PSMT system or input to the decoder. The processing steps are shown in figure 1. For the development of the ... the finite verb can sometimes be the last element of the verbal complex, while in English, the finite verb is al- ways the first verb in the verbal complex. In terms of positions, the verbs in English ... to the clause end. The finite verb is moved in the 1st position, i.e. in front of the subject (cf. have finV [gone up] mainV in in- put 3). 729 Subordinate clause (S-SUB) (i) simple tense: the

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 21:20

... also integrating some pronunciation work into the lessons The more natural speech they hear, the more effective their learning speaking - Accustoming students to combining listening and speaking ... understand the experiences of others In this study, interviewing was used to obtain ideas and information from students about speaking lessons they learned In the interviewing, most of the questions ... speaking skill? “Speaking is the delivery of language through the mouth” Oxford dictionaries define “Speaking is the action of conveying information or expressing one’s feelings in speech” In addition,

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 08:03

... figurative meaning lying deep under its form According to the Eastern philosophy, fire is one of the five factors ending the old things and starting the new things in the ring Yin-Yang ... rather equal There are the equivalent percentages of metaphor jokes, the findings indicate that both the English and the Vietnamese are fond of using metaphor as the linguistic ... One more point in his book is that he introduced us the linguistic uses for making laughter, including puns, slang and bad language. We can find the words having the co-equal meanings as follows:

Ngày tải lên: 28/02/2015, 11:54

... use what they have in mind to describe an entity using language That is why this principle asserts that language refers to concepts in the mind of the speaker rather than to objects in the external ... Cognitive Linguistics, the majority of linguists working within this paradigm share the view that linguistic knowledge is part of general thinking and cognition 3.3.2 Major principles of cognitive linguistics ... cognitive linguistics is the theory of linguistic meaning Cognitive linguists believe that meanings do not exist independently from the people that create and use them (Reddy, 1993) All linguistic

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:30

... working as teachers of English, but also our students who are learning English as a compulsory subject 2 Aims of the study In the Investigation into the Linearity to simple sentence in English ... least, in chapter 5, the implication in teaching and learning English of the study will be mentioned 4 Method of the study Contrastive analysis is the main linguistic method applied in my study in ... did Paul The above – mentioned linguists together with others, have classified inversion in English into different kinds However, in my study, I divide inversion into Subject – Verb inversion,

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:30

... for the majority of the world population These scholars have agreed that since the mother tongue and target language co–exist in the learners‟ mind, in the learning activities they involve, there ... favoring and disfavoring the use of L1 are presented Chapter II, the study, presents the participants, the data collection instruments, the results and the discussion of the findings Part C is the ... conducted in order to gain insights into the teachers‟ rationale of using L1 in the classroom The interviews were transcribed fully and analyzed qualitatively according to emerging themes  Questionnaire

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:32

... answered that they had no interest in speaking English, 30% of the students had little interest in speaking English In contrast, only 10% enjoyed speaking in class In general, students‟ interest at ... may involve expressing ideas, wishes or opinions, negotiating or solving problems, or establishing or maintaining social relationships Speaking is “the process of building and sharing meaning ... of the teachers gave speaking skill much importance in learning English. 2.3.1.2 Students’ interest in speaking English in class Most students did not like to speak English in class 40% of the

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 09:24

... language Thematic/Topical Integration In this type of integration, skills are practiced in conjunction with each other around a topic in the way they are integrated in real life If there is ... under the title of “Integration of Four Skills” 1.2.2.2 Integration of skills The integration of skills is a combination of four language skills including Listening, Speaking, Writing and Reading ... throughout the learning process for students to develop their own language skills by responding verbally as they read, write, and learn in English 1.3 The statement of the problems The teaching staffs

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 14:32

... English teaching course at the University The others obtained the in-service courses at an English language training centre in Hai Phong city Three of the teachers majored in Engineering course ... management in time; upgrading pre-service and in-service training programs for the teachers in the coming time and increasing the qualified graduates working in maritime industry who will make a ... applying the integration method 70% of teachers said that they need more in-service training on this method Provision of in-service training is limited at MC Thus, they required more training of integration

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 14:32

... has/have been + Ving - How long have you been living here? I have been living in Sao Do for 2 years. - Have they been working in this (?) Has/have been + S + Ving? 1 Form I/ you/ we/ they + have ... It (rain) for 6 hours. 10 Cathy (attend) a course of cooking II Bài tập ‘ve been working ‘s been writing has been eating has been peeling have you been using has been living ‘s been earning ‘ve ... up the phone 8 She has been tidying up her office, hasn't she? a yes, she has tidied it up already b yes, she has 2 Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or present perfect continuous.

Ngày tải lên: 06/04/2015, 06:03

... working as teachers of English, but also our students who are learning English as a compulsory subject 2 Aims of the study In the Investigation into the Linearity to simple sentence in English ... least, in chapter 5, the implication in teaching and learning English of the study will be mentioned 4 Method of the study Contrastive analysis is the main linguistic method applied in my study in ... In the English language, the position of elements is essential to the meaning of a sentence in general and the meaning of a simple sentence in particular A change in element position may bring

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:49

... 13My brother → kinship My singing → activity In other words, the translators must first find out the meaning of the text to be translated and then re-express it in the form of the RL since each ... analytical processing of the SL.” In addition, “Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language – the ST – and the production, in another language, ... “replicates the same situation as in the original, whilst using completely different working” They also suggest that if the procedure is applied during the translation process, it can maintain the stylistic

Ngày tải lên: 27/11/2015, 18:33

... coincidence that the researcher comes up with the study on English Disclaimers The urge lies in the significance of the subject in the context of increasingly serious legal issues paralleling the ... going along with them The more they are exposed a wider borderless society with the aid of English language and Internet, the more they are taking a risk of being labeled deviant to go against ... Vietnamese people From the light of the significance of the study, the researcher thrives on pursuing the Study on the Linguistic Features of Disclaimers in English in order to help Vietnamese

Ngày tải lên: 14/05/2016, 18:38

... Linguistic Viewpoint in the Study Cognitive science firstly developed in America, therefore the number of cognitive linguists in the Western is remarkable To have a right viewpoint in the thesis, ... to the present knowledge of the field Furthermore, they can get a deeper insight understanding into the cultural characteristics in both English and Vietnamese with the help of Cognition Linguistics ... structure and the use of idioms In fact, idioms relating to such colors as “Black”, “White” in English and Vietnamese are popular but the meaning of these idioms are different in English and in Vietnamese

Ngày tải lên: 06/06/2016, 15:00

... STUDYING FRENCH LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH 43 3.1 Applying in studying English for students and further research on loanwords in English 43 3.2 Applying in translating English – French and French – English ... French in English in different periods It also analyses the process of absorbing loanwords in English and their influences on English pronunciation, grammar, meaning and word-formation During the ... more information on the origins, the historical background of the integration of French loanwords in English The final aim is to clarify the changes of French loanwords when being imported to English

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2016, 21:18

... PAST PERFECT and PAST PERFECT CONTINOUOS PAST Past Perfect; My husband had painted our house (in 1789) before we moved in (1790) It was very colourful then We had a very original house then! ... original house then! PAST Past Perfect Continuous: My husband had been painting our house He was very tired It was half painted then It wasn`t finished It didn`t look cool… The lion was tired ... (take) all the kittens from the animal shelter Happy hippo? My friend wasn`t (be not) happy after the hippo had sat (sit) on his face [...]... sugar Bad luck! Kevin had been painting (paint) for

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2016, 10:48

... you reading the same passage - Call on one or two of them to say in their own words what they have just heard' Thus the activity can be used in teaching the post reading After finishing the while ... 5II Integrated language skill activities 1 Speaking and listening 1.1 Reading the text aloud We must distinguish reading texts in phonetic intonation and reading texts inordinary spelling Only ... I Reading skill in English 1 The nature of reading Reading is always a necessary activity in both real life and in language learningand teaching Much effort has been spent on finding out the nature

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2017, 00:12

... pressure in strict tradition of teacher respecting, being open-minded in English communication – not asking students perfectly perform in the correct way all the time Making sure these standards in ... should give some hints or clue (elements related to cue) with the aim of encouraging learners having brainstorming and making sense with the cue In the other hand, raising “opening questions” is ... knowledge and treating behaviors etc Taking examples of examining their own assumptions and views on the topic to reduce the risk of allowing their own stance influencing the discussion inappropriately,

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2017, 17:49

... fondness for leaping into a lecture from a standing start Other incidents followed the savings affair as winter moved into spring One evening, while the grouch and I were watching a basketball ... 136 icing on the cake/gravy on the cake, 144 imminent/eminent, 129 in, needed in sentence, 146–47 in a huff/with a huff, 85 in/with, 85 indicative historical present, 61 indulge/divulge, 149 informal ... blunders!” the grouch said to me one day “They’re getting to me, Parrish, really getting to me! Just killing me! Where they come from? Where in the hell they come from?” “Well,” I said, “they may—”

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2017, 22:59