This was the last chapter that we saw what are the factors of L2 learning and also what are the motivations in learning L2. And we also saw the Characteristics outside the teachers control age and gender language aptitude
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domingo, 22 de abril de 2012
•Psycholinguistics
In this chapter we learn that Psycholinguistic is s the study of the cognitive processes that support the acquisition and use of language. We also saw Levelt’s speaking model that aims at describing the process of language production from the development of communicative intentions to the articulation of the sounds.
•Corpus Linguistics
In this chapter we learn what corpus linguistics means to explore actual patterns of language use and as a tool for developing materials for classroom language instruction. And that Corpus linguistics provides an extremely powerful tool for the analysis of natural language. And that there are many types of corpora as there are research topics in linguistics General corpora specialized corpora Learners corpus.
Pragmatics
•pragmatics
In this chapter we learn what pragmatics has grown into a well established secure discipline in institutional terms. We also saw what Pragmatic meaning is and Assigning reference in contexts. we also saw that the importance of context is a crucial factor in pragmatic analysis it influences what people say, how they say it and how other interpret what they say.
CORPUS LINGUISTICS
A corpus study by Mindt (1998) concluded that 50% of any usage takes place in affirmative statements, 40% in negative statements, and only 10% in interrogatives. The purpose of this exercise is to get the students to discover three usage patterns and their relative frequency. These concordance lines can also be exploited for other purposes such as defining functions and common language chunks of any. It is assumed that an exercise like this would be part of a lesson context in which the students were studying quantifiers or something related.
A Closer Look at "Any"
Read through the following lines taken from a concordance of the word any.
This is going to be a test like any other test, like, for example
working with you.. If there are any questions about how we're going to
and I didn't receive any materials for the November meeting
and it probably won't make any difference. I mean, that's the next
You can do it any way you want.
Do you want to ask any questions? make any comments?
I don't have any problem with that. I'm just saying
if they make any changes, they would be minor changes.
I think we ought to use any kind of calculator. I think that way
I see it and it doesn't make any sense to me, but I can take that
Source: Corpus of Spoken Professional American English
What conclusions can you draw about the use of any?
Part 2
What are the three main uses of any in order of frequency?
Any 1:
The first use of any that I found was to specified a certain kind of thing.
Any 2:
The second use is to say that there is nothing.
Any3:
The third use would be to use it as some.
SLA
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Universal Grammar
Universal grammar is a theory in linguistics that suggests that there are properties that all possible natural human languages have. This theory was originated by Chomsky’s view on the first language. Critical period is referred to, UG permits a young child acquire language during a particular development period.
Synopsis of what is discourses analysis
Discourse comes from Latin word discursus which means conversation or speech. The term discourse is use to reference texts.
Beaugrande suggested Seven criteria to be fulfilled to qualify written or spoken text as a discourse. These include the following:
Cohesion
Coherence
Intentionality
Acceptability
Informativeness
Situationality
Intertextuality
Types of discourse:
informative
narrative
argumentative
The differences between speech and writing are that writing includes some medium which keeps record of the conveyed message while speech involves only air.
The first modern linguist who commenced the study of relation of sentences and coined the name 'discourse analysis', which afterwards denoted a branch of applied linguistics, was Zellig Harris (Cook 1990:13).
The examination of oral discourse is mainly the domain of linguists gathered at the University of Birmingham, who at first concentrated on the language used during teacher - learner communication, afterwards altering their interest to more general issues.Written texts differ from one another not only in genre and function, but also in their structure and form, which is of primary importance to language teachers, as the knowledge of arrangement and variety of writing influences readers' understanding, memory of messages included in the discourse, as well as the speed of perception.
lunes, 5 de marzo de 2012
A Closer Look at "Any"
Read through the following lines taken from a concordance of the word any.
•This is going to be a test like any other test, like, for example
•working with you.. If there are any questions about how we're going to
•and I didn't receive any materials for the November meeting
•and it probably won't make any difference. I mean, that's the next
•You can do it any way you want.
•Do you want to ask any questions? make any comments?
•I don't have any problem with that. I'm just saying
•if they make any changes, they would be minor changes.
•I think we ought to use any kind of calculator. I think that way
•I see it and it doesn't make any sense to me, but I can take that
What conclusions can you draw about the use of any?
Any is a word that is very used for a lot of terms in the english study, if is used out of context it can be get in a wrong way, so we should know and be awared of all the ways we can use it.
Part 2
What are the three main uses of any in order of frequency?
Any 1: As a sinonim of nothing.
Any 2: as choosing several options
Any3: to ask if is something missing.
Read through the following lines taken from a concordance of the word any.
•This is going to be a test like any other test, like, for example
•working with you.. If there are any questions about how we're going to
•and I didn't receive any materials for the November meeting
•and it probably won't make any difference. I mean, that's the next
•You can do it any way you want.
•Do you want to ask any questions? make any comments?
•I don't have any problem with that. I'm just saying
•if they make any changes, they would be minor changes.
•I think we ought to use any kind of calculator. I think that way
•I see it and it doesn't make any sense to me, but I can take that
What conclusions can you draw about the use of any?
Any is a word that is very used for a lot of terms in the english study, if is used out of context it can be get in a wrong way, so we should know and be awared of all the ways we can use it.
Part 2
What are the three main uses of any in order of frequency?
Any 1: As a sinonim of nothing.
Any 2: as choosing several options
Any3: to ask if is something missing.
martes, 24 de enero de 2012
lunes, 23 de enero de 2012
What I understood about this chapter is that language education depends directly on the education of people since they are child , is crucial to their education. So it should not be allowed in future mistakes that can damage your language because in school children are expected to be able to read write and speak properly and it is not healthy and right that for sentimental reasons, this caind of behavior be allowed.
Is also important to note that in the last chapter we found that in fact humans are programmed to speak and communicate orally, but we must also learn the leguaje correctly and that starts at home.
Is also important to note that in the last chapter we found that in fact humans are programmed to speak and communicate orally, but we must also learn the leguaje correctly and that starts at home.
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