The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Mobile Phones

Judie Haynes’ article, “Stages of Second Language Acquisition”, clearly states five stages that a new learner of English may go through. In Haynes’ theory, there are five stages in total, and they are pre-production, early production, speech emergence, intermediate fluency, and advanced fluency. According to Haynes, new learners of English acquire language by going through the same stages. However, how much time each student spends at a particular stage may be different. Despite the different time length, the stages of people acquiring new language are worth discussing.

Not being good in English was one of many struggles that I faced at the beginning of my journey. I spent two years of my lifetime studying at an English language center. I had reading and writing class, listening and speaking, and grammar. I started from the basics. I didn’t know how to combine words to create a sentence or even the order of the alphabets. Step by step they taught me to many rules that could help me to learn. I began with making a sentence then a paragraph, and finally a whole essay. During that time I had the passion to read every word that I see. I started to listen to songs in English and tried to repeat that the singers said. I used to talk to my friends in English, even if they speak the same language that I speak. I was practicing all the time. Every time I go back home during my summer vacation, I bring some books that was written in English and read them everyday in order to keep my expertise in English

“In homes, in social settings, and at workplaces, where people once interacted with each other and engaged in actual conversation, silence has now taken over as everyone’s attention is dominated by their email, their text messages, and their social media.” Nowadays, many cannot imagine life without a cellphone. Yet, as much has cellphones have plenty of pros, they also come with a whole lot of cons. In what ways are cellphones changing the way we live today?

Ever since English became my second language after Arabic, I realized that I will be struggling with it.

A reason why English is known for being difficult is because it is full of contradictions. There are innumerable examples of conundrums such as: if teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? As native speakers, we rarely stop to think how illogical many of the things we say really are. One is just used to it. Unless one has brought up speaking English how can one possibly begin to learn

The hard way is when a person already has a primary language in his head that he grew up hearing and is now trying to associate that language with a new language that he desires to learn. This is typically the case when a person wants to learn a language that is not native to the country he grew up and learned his first language in. Notice that every person that tries this ends up having to work at it and take initiative to learn new words…..different from a toddler beginning to speak his native

Learning to read and write in English was a very tough accomplishment that I made in first grade. It was difficult because my first language is Spanish. With the help of my parents and my teachers in school, I had the chance to learn another language. It took time, practice and effort to accomplish my goal to read and write in another language.

My classmate’s discernment enticed me to study relentlessly with flashcards, books, and getting help from the school. So, my perseverance, and determination led me to speak fluent English within one year.

I started to study English when I was seven in different schools and institutes. During my English Language Learning Process, there were many experiences I can highlight as the most difficult. At the beginning

Taking into consideration, that I have never spoken in English for a long period of time, other than during English classes, and that I never honestly did that well in English, unlike my friends who were ahead in everything, I expected to find a great difficulty in

Many English learners have the goal of speaking fluently - but how many years of study does it take to reach fluency? Every student is different, and the answer depends on three things: your native language, your natural learning ability, and your level of effort and time invested in learning.

Seventy three percent of teens have access to a smart phone.Cell phones have became incredibly advanced in a relatively short amount of time, and the possibilities for the future are seemingly endless. Many of the early cell phone were considered to be car phones. There were no cell phones back then well there was but they was not like the ones people like to use. The cell phones that people had to use were really old and they were called back phones. The back phones was really confusing to work and no one could text or do any thing the only thing the cell phone could do was make calls. The phones that people really love to use touch screen phones because the is so much social media. The popular phone is gonna be the new i phone and the newest one is the i phone x and you will not believe how much it costs, it costs one thousand dollars. That is way to much for a phone. The teachers and associence should let student use there cell phones during school.

“Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we are too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone”, said Seven Spielberg. Everywhere you are no matter what, you will see someone in contact with his or her cell phone. The effects of them cause negative and positive outcomes within our society. Cell phones have influenced society both positive and negative ways regarding teenagers life, social interactions, emergencies & crimes, and health.

How difficult is it to understand the English language? The Earth is made up of a variety of languages that have its difficulty of understanding and English is nowhere near the difficulty level of the Mandarin or Hungarian language. But even if a fluent Latin American speaker migrates to an English-speaking country like the United States, it may be a difficult transition for the individual to learn that language. They must take ownership of a language which means that one must consider possessing the knowledge of the dialect of the country. Obtaining ownership of a language is a necessity because in order for an immigrant to get by in a new country they must secure their cultural identity and it is essential for everyday purposes.

There are lot of different aspects and rules involved in writing a language that make it difficult and complex to learn and understand. Dr. M.Maniruzzaman, the youngest Phd holder in Bangladesh and a renowned professor in the department of English at Jahangirnagar University, writes in a research paper about the Bengali people trying to learn English: