Today I want to remember him by doing something that would surely please him. I want to share with you a speech he gave in 2009 to a group of international students about writing in English as a second language. I have used his words as much as possible. Zinsser said that he was “h...
5. LINGUIST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "linguist". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. LANGUAGE: Rank these with your partner. Put the most useful langu...
Online writing support tools can scaffold writing development by providing this feedback, but existing systems provide inadequate support when instructors are inaccessible. In this paper, we show how feedback system design can leverage peer and automated feedback to support mature English Language ...
While still at school, Nissen had stared experimenting in the family garage, using metal from the local junkyard for a frame and strong cloth from a tentmaker, with strips of material from old car tyres to attach the cloth to the frame. At university, he and Griswold developed this ...
In conclusion, understanding the different types of verbs is crucial to mastering the English language. Whether you are writing an essay, giving a speech, or having a conversation, using the correct verb tense and type can make a significant difference in how your message is received. Classificat...
Crystal, David|Davy, Derek - 《Language》 被引量: 1952发表: 1969年 Investigating English Style. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1969, Goffman, Erring Frame Analysis CiteSeerX - Scientific documents that cite the following paper: Investigating English Style. Bloomington: Indiana University Press ...
The purposes of this article are to (1) explain how to use www.learnenglishkidsbritishcouncil.org/en in teaching English Integratively to Elementary School students (2) explain about the advantages of this website in teaching English I... H Alimi,FS An - 《Journal of English Language Teachin...
We decided to teach a short lesson on Native language preservation, especiallySequoyah’s creation of the Cherokee Syllabary. If you haven’t seen it yet, you might check out the seriesWe Shall Remain. James and I are considering showing our students the final episode, “Wounded Knee,” whic...
In the last ten years we have seen a number of significant changes in the field of foreign language teaching. Views have changed with regard to both what should be taught – the linguistic content of syllabuses – and howwe should teach – the techniques and procedures needed to transform th...
This paper investigates the use of English verb-argument constructions (VACs) in second language writing in light of usage-based constructionist approaches to language development. It employs a comprehensive list of VACs to analyze every sentence in 390 essays written by L2 learners of three levels,...