www.ccsenet.org/ass Asian Social Science Vol. 8, No. 2; February 2012 EFL Students’ Attitudes towards Learning English Language: The Case of Libyan Secondary School Students Dr. Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia E-mail: Jafre@usm.my Majid Pour-Mohammadi (Corresponding author) Department of English Translation, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran Tel: 60-17-605-4350 E-mail: majid.pourmohammadi@gmail.com Hanan Alzwari School
findings, which disputed the impact of cognateness on L2 word learning. The first study was carried out by Willis & Ohashi (2012) to investigate the factors that affect the learning process of L2 words. The participants were 69 Japanese ESL learners studying in different departments of Tokyo University for females: Linguistics, Communication, Science, Mathematics and Psychology. They studied English for a long period, 7 years or more. The subjects were given a multiple-choice test in order to assess
to study MBBS is growing at a faster pace than ever before. The most popular study destinations among Indian students are Nepal, China and Philippines. A large number of reasons are behind this fact. Indian students might choose to study MBBS abroad as securing MBBS admission in India gets tougher due to competitive MBBS entrance exam, limited number of MBBS seats or huge MBBS course fees. Besides, there are other major reasons why students prefer studying MBBS abroad. 1. Medical Education in Nepal
An ELL is an English Language Learner. There are countless and diverse people around the world who become ELLs for a variety of reasons. This could include fulfilling a language credit during the years of general education, or in order to acculturate to an English-speaking country or group of people. ELL’s bring their own preunderstanding of language to their learning experience, just as teachers bring their own unconscious bias to their classrooms. Teachers of English need to keep an open mind,
How do you learn how to speak English very fast? Is it possible to accelerate your English speaking ability? Is it possible to make massive improvements in only 2-3 months? The answer is yes. But of course, to make massive improvements requires massive intensity and effort. So, how can you do it? How can you improve super-fast? What do I recommend for this kind of goal? 1. Obsession The first and most important thing you need to achieve this goal is incredible passion. You must have tremendous emotional
for English Literacy and Numeracy courses. • No computer or access to a computer, and therefore computer illiterate, will leave the learner frustrated – English Literacy and Numeracy with computer skills are vital today when applying for higher paying employment in order to better your standard of living. • No time to enrol in full time courses – adults must sometimes take on two or even more jobs to meet ends. This will leave them tired with no energy left to participate in part time English Literacy
Introduction: history of Chinese students studying abroad in U.S. The history of Chinese students studying in American universities dates back to the mid-1850s, when the first student, Yung Wing, graduated from Yale University in 1854 (Bartlett and Fischer Para. 8). After that. Qin Dynasty starts sending Chinese students to learned new sciences and technologies and we called “Westernization Movement”. The educational missions to the US were organized in the 1870s to train specialists who would create
of different theories of child development that have been issued, particularly over the last hundred years. For the most part, the different theories all agree on the fact that child development occurs in stages, and that a child's development is affected not only by the child's biological makeup but also through external stimuli. Learning English as a second language (ESL) is both easier and more difficult for children; while they have not yet acquired the cognitive faculties that they will fully
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Every year, many international students, particularly those from China come to the United States in pursuit of their higher education. Nonetheless, these international students’ desire and quest for further education and a better future faces many hurdles, especially the hurdle of language barrier. This research paper focuses on the issue of language barrier, and its limits of the potential of Chinese international students studying in America. As will be discussed in this paper, besides limiting