involved. Since Chinese and English belong to two different language families and present a lot of differences in their grammar, lexicon, discourse structure, etc., one of the problems we cannot avoid while translating is how to make the version sound as smooth and natural as possible.Translating...
English, the Global Language English is spoken as a native language by around 377 million people, and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world. Speakers of English as a second language will soon outnumber those who speak it as a first language. ...
The impact of technology on language is a topic that often causes concern, with many assuming that it is simply ruining it. However, language experts resist such pessimism, noting that there is little evidence to support the view that speech is getting worse. Gretchen McCulloch,in her book Be...
doi:10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0448CALLcomputer mediated communicationESL/EFLlanguage teachingdigital technologieslanguage learning technologymobile-assisted language learningonline toolsweb-based language learningJeong-Bae SonUniversity of Southern Queensland AustraliaAmerican Cancer Society...
Bringing the people and the best of K-12 technology together to make it easier to achieve our shared goal of delivering a learning experience designed specifically for each student PowerSchool’s Personalized Learning Cloud offers a comprehensive set of assessment, curriculum and learning managemen...
language patterns and how language changes and evolves. For example, an English major is more likely to take a course analyzing Chaucer’s works from a literary standpoint. At the same time, a linguistics major is more likely to study how the English language of Chaucer’s day differs from ...
In Hong Kong, catering for the different learning needs of culturally diverse non-Chinese speaking (NCS) secondary students in the Chinese language classroom has recently become a pressing challenge to the teachers. This paper presents a case study of using information technology for assisting teaching...
However, careless language can be devastating. We are all familiar with a traditional entry level engineering class where an instructor might say, “Look to the left and look to the right. Two-thirds of you will not pass this semester.” However, through use of appropriate messaging, students...
Millions of U.S. students must learn English to access the rest of the curriculum -- and teachers are stepping up to help.
which serves simultaneously as an English as a Second language course to foster proficiency in the language, and as an introduction to college-level humanities studies; I am joined in this endeavor by my excellent collea...