This paper aims to explore how learners of English as a second language(ESL)acquire English conditional sentences and what causes their difficulties,especially focusing on how their native languages affect their acqui...This paper aims to explore how learners of English as a second language(ESL)acquire English conditional sentences and what causes their difficulties,especially focusing on how their native languages affect their acquisition of the conditional sentences.Interviews were carried out with four undergraduate ESL students of University of Central Oklahoma in the United States who are respectively Chinese,Korean,French,and Greek.By conducting interviews with them,the participants’perceptions of acquiring English conditional sentences will be collected and analyzed.There will be some typical errors of constructing conditional sentences demonstrated.Moreover,some pedagogical implications will also be provided,which will help students have a better command of the conditional sentences.展开更多
A great deal of L2 vocabulary is indeed learned through extensive reading,which could contribute to solving the beginner's paradox.In extensive reading,the vast majority of vocabulary can be learned gradually thro...A great deal of L2 vocabulary is indeed learned through extensive reading,which could contribute to solving the beginner's paradox.In extensive reading,the vast majority of vocabulary can be learned gradually through repeated exposures in various discourse contexts.Direct instruction of vocabulary cannot possibly account for the vast growth of students'vocabulary.Consequently,teachers should promote extensive reading because it can lead to greater vocabulary growth than any program of explicit instruction alone ever could.Make sure that students should be preoccupied with relevant background knowledge and have great interest in chosen materials.In this paper,the technique of semi-extensive reading is also developed to help learners balance contextual guessing with dictionary use.Furthermore,at the end of this paper,some pedagogical implications are also given.展开更多
A distinction between two terms: SLA (second language acquisition) and FLA (foreign language acquisition) has been made with the purpose of clarifying these two related terms and providing pedagogical implications int...A distinction between two terms: SLA (second language acquisition) and FLA (foreign language acquisition) has been made with the purpose of clarifying these two related terms and providing pedagogical implications into EFLT (English as a foreign language teaching) in China. Three aspects have been taken into consideration to reveal the differences between SLA and FLA, namely the learning context, motivation and cultural perspectives.展开更多
According to Brown's theory, culture plays an important role in language learning and teaching. This paper mainly analyzes the relationship between language and culture, and then gives some pedagogical implications.
文摘This paper aims to explore how learners of English as a second language(ESL)acquire English conditional sentences and what causes their difficulties,especially focusing on how their native languages affect their acquisition of the conditional sentences.Interviews were carried out with four undergraduate ESL students of University of Central Oklahoma in the United States who are respectively Chinese,Korean,French,and Greek.By conducting interviews with them,the participants’perceptions of acquiring English conditional sentences will be collected and analyzed.There will be some typical errors of constructing conditional sentences demonstrated.Moreover,some pedagogical implications will also be provided,which will help students have a better command of the conditional sentences.
文摘A great deal of L2 vocabulary is indeed learned through extensive reading,which could contribute to solving the beginner's paradox.In extensive reading,the vast majority of vocabulary can be learned gradually through repeated exposures in various discourse contexts.Direct instruction of vocabulary cannot possibly account for the vast growth of students'vocabulary.Consequently,teachers should promote extensive reading because it can lead to greater vocabulary growth than any program of explicit instruction alone ever could.Make sure that students should be preoccupied with relevant background knowledge and have great interest in chosen materials.In this paper,the technique of semi-extensive reading is also developed to help learners balance contextual guessing with dictionary use.Furthermore,at the end of this paper,some pedagogical implications are also given.
文摘A distinction between two terms: SLA (second language acquisition) and FLA (foreign language acquisition) has been made with the purpose of clarifying these two related terms and providing pedagogical implications into EFLT (English as a foreign language teaching) in China. Three aspects have been taken into consideration to reveal the differences between SLA and FLA, namely the learning context, motivation and cultural perspectives.
文摘According to Brown's theory, culture plays an important role in language learning and teaching. This paper mainly analyzes the relationship between language and culture, and then gives some pedagogical implications.
