Krystalina Soash  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  59 views  |  Read Full

 

Have you ever read a note or letter that contained words, words, and more words but no punctuation? Well, I'm glad to say that I have, and I'm certain I used to before I learned English Grammar and Punctuation. While working with an English Language Learner (ELL) student some years back I remember asking the student to write a paragraph in English, the handwriting was beautiful and legible, however, there was not a single punctuation mark.

Krystalina Soash  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  77 views  |  Read Full

 

As an adult English language Learner, one of the greatest teaching tools my teachers used in helping me understand the language was with the use of examples. In this article I'd like to share the reasons examples are used and the benefits examples provide when learning the English Language.

M. G. Hines  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  105 views  |  Read Full

 

English language learning around the world is evolving in surprising and sometimes alarming ways. A few decades ago, the language learning process was either moderated by native speakers (NS) of English or proactively initiated by second language learners who travel to English-speaking countries to study and become proficient in the language. In many language encounters, English translators were also in high demand to facilitate a clearer communication between peoples of diverse linguistic traditions. This is not to say that formal English language teachers and translators have become relics belonging to a bygone era.

Andrew Weiler  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  60 views  |  Read Full

 

There is a crucial factor in determining whether a learner will be successful in their language learning and that is our beliefs.

Dedi Walker  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  88 views  |  Read Full

 

English is considered by many foreigners one of the most difficult languages to learn. The following list displays the obstacles that prevent some people from learning English:

Dedi Walker  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  64 views  |  Read Full

 

While you're learning English as your second language, you should know that there are millions like you trying to understand the complexities of the language, such as: irregular verbs and their applications, the difference between many and much, trying to pronounce the group of consonants TH to sound as natural as possible. You're not alone! Yes, there are more millions people across the world trying to learn English and around 1.5 billion people who already speak the English language.

Sepideh Mirzaee & Esmail Faghih  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  275 views  |  Read Full

 

In the present study, the way of deploying one of the most important kinds of references -deixis, and its major types and subtypes and also the effect of cultural differences between English and Persian languages on using them, was explored by employing the contrastive procedure. Three types of comparisons were made: (a) an original English novel written by a native speaker of English was compared with an original Persian novel written by an Iranian writer (as a non-native of English), (b) another original English novel written by a native speaker of English was compared with its translation into Persian and (c) finally both English texts under investigation were compared with both of the Persian texts under study regardless of being original or translation. For these comparisons, a corpus of 30 pages (approximately 10, 000 words each) from the beginning of each novel and the translated version were utilized.

Antimoon  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  218 views  |  Read Full

 

English classes are the most popular way in which people study English. They are so amazingly popular that most people do not even think about how to learn English. The process is automatic: I want to learn English, so I sign up for an English course. I will pay some money, sit in class for a few hours a week, and I will get good English.

Boye Lafayette De Mente  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  224 views  |  Read Full

 

Most people still today mistakenly regard the arts and crafts of individual societies as their "culture." Arts and crafts reflect culture but they do not create it and they do not transmit it. You can view and collect Chinese artifacts or Eskimo artifacts all your life and you will not become fully conversant with the cultures that created them.

Michael R. Browne  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  311 views  |  Read Full

 

English is quite a difficult language to get to grips with. Many non-native people who attempt to learn English find themselves making a few common mistakes. However, coming up against such obstacles should not deter any language students. What follows are examples of a few commonly made mistakes, which will hopefully enable students learning English to avoid or overcome them.