Essays on Second Language

Introduction Communication is always a two-way process. In the case of second language learning, this is between the teacher, imparting the knowledge, and the students, grasping the information. This paper shall discuss the learning styles of second language learners and how teachers must adapt their teaching styles to best utilize the learning style. Learning styles…

The study of individual differences in second language acquisition has achieved considerable efforts over the last years. Those researches had focused on four areas of individual differences: learning style, motivation, anxiety and learning strategies. Nevertheless, the aptitude factor had less attention. Second language aptitude was the subject of no much research during the 1950s and…

Universal Grammar has been one of the most debated subjects in linguistics since its origin in 1976. As to its function in first linguistic communication acquisition. UG has already established a name because it has to the full explained why kids are able to larn their female parent lingua or any other linguistic communication in…

The first issue is entitled “Learning from instruction” which concerns Crasher’s extensive analysis Of the role Of instruction Within his framework Of interpreting LA acquisition, wherein he views the effects of instruction as limited, however: the classroom should function to provide the learner With comprehensible target engage (TTL) input in an affectively supportive climate. The…

The Theory of Universal Grammar has been expounded in Lightbown and White (1987, White (1989), and Ellis (1994), among others. It derives from Chomsky’s conceptualization of the nature of the linguistic universals that comprise a child’s innate linguistic knowledge. According to Chomsky (1976), there is a ‘system of principles, conditions, and rules that are elements…

Research Proposal 1: Variability in Reading and Listening Comprehension of a Second Language This author’s research proposal seems to promise a unique and successful research project in the long run. First, the structure of the proposal follows the assignment, includes all relevant portions, and is long enough for the assignment. Besides meeting the minimum requirement,…

Since its introduction in 1980, the publication “Metaphors We Live By” by Mark Johnson and George Lackoff has successfully persuaded the readers to see all metaphors in a new light. The 1980 classic maintains that metaphorical expressions are not idiosyncratic but rather systematically reflect conceptual metaphors in our mental reasoning. As we think, we talk…

It takes a big role in many affairs. In the teaching-learning process of English as a foreign language, students must master all of the English skills consisting of speaking, reading, writing and listening. All language English skills always include vocabulary in their activities. And the students in the first grade of Junior High School is…

Focus on the Learner There are several factors students need to learning when learning English as a second language. Students need to know the meaning of each work, use, word to use in grammar, interactions, spelling, and pronunciation of the word.  The student needs to know how to use the word and how and/or when…