'English speakers' presentation slideshows

Adult L2-learners Lack the Maximality Presupposition, Too!

Adult L2-learners Lack the Maximality Presupposition, Too!. Heejeong Ko (MIT) Tania Ionin (USC) Ken Wexler (MIT). Investigation of Parallels between L1 and L2 Acquisition.

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Cultural differences

Unit 3 Reading. Cultural differences. Can you think of any other customs that are different in different parts of the world?. Fast Reading. 1. Which country is Waled from? Waled is from Brunei. 2. Where does Peter come from? Peter comes from the UK.

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The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties. Just What is America?. Social and Cultural Changes. What is America - New vs. Old, Modern vs. Traditional Charles Lindbergh - becomes an American hero when he flies the Spirit of St. Louis solo across the Atlantic to Paris Women voting - 20th Amendment passed

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???????? ?????????????? ?????. R yerson University, Canada Egerton Ryerson ??? ??????? ???????????. Good journalistic English . Limit the number of ideas in each sentence Use the active voice whenever possible Be positive Avoid monotony Use specific words

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Integrating podcasts into an ESL listening course: The What, the How, and the Why

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SIBILANTS

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CENSUS 2000: Counting Immigrants, the Undocumented and non-English speakers

CENSUS 2000: Counting Immigrants, the Undocumented and non-English speakers. Glenn D. Magpantay Staff Attorney ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND. AN EVALUATION OF CENSUS 2000 PROGRAMS AND POLICIES APRIL 2001 SPECIAL REPORT

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ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES of Globish

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES of Globish. ADVANTAGES. Globish is simple and easy to acquire. Globish is not a completely new language but based on English . Globish is simple and easy to acquire. No one must memorize so many words and phrases .

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Bonjour, monsieur (messieurs) Excusez moi, madame (mesdames)

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Welcome!

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Cognition & Language Chapter 7 Part II

Cognition & Language Chapter 7 Part II. William G. Huitt. Last revised: May 2005. The Structure of Language. Psycholinguistics The study of how language is acquired, produced, and used, and how the sounds and symbols of language are translated into meaning

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Chapter 8: Customer Service in a diverse world

Chapter 8: Customer Service in a diverse world. Learning Outcomes. 8-1 Recognize that diversity is not a bad thing. 8-2 Describe some of the characteristics that make people unique. 8-3 Embrace the need to treat customers as individuals. Learning Outcomes.

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WORD STRESS PATTERNS IN PROSODIC PHONOLOGY Charlotte Stice

WORD STRESS PATTERNS IN PROSODIC PHONOLOGY Charlotte Stice. What is prosody?. Prosody consists of distinctive variations of stress, tone, and timing in spoken language In linguistics, prosody refers to intonation and vocal stress in speech . What is stress?.

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The Bilingual Brain

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History of IDN APNIC Beijing 2009

History of IDN APNIC Beijing 2009. James Seng. Internationalized Domain Names. http://idn.icann.org/. Example of IDN. Significant of IDN. Large number of population in Asia Pacific are not native English speakers An English-only Internet is no longer viable

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What we know about linguistic relativity so far

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Diversity and Multiculturism in Education

Diversity and Multiculturism in Education. Jessica Gillson Educ 2201/03 Beth Marks October 22, 2002. Diverse and Multicultural Education? . Life is diverse, if students are taught real life then diversity should naturally be an intrinsic part of the classroom.

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Contemporary Linguistics

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Lecture 7

Weak Forms. Lecture 7 . There is a number of words in English (almost all of which belong to the category called function or grammatical words ) which can be pronounced in two different ways, a strong and a weak form. .

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The Scottish Accent

The Scottish Accent. The History of Scottish. Scottish English is the result of language contact between Scots and English after the 17th century. The resulting shift to English by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers.

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