1. A different language is a different vision of life
October 22, 2005


Learning a language is akin to acquiring some kind of code with tangled ciphers and intricate symbols, which seems to be beyond perception and comprehension of a learner. Indeed, language is a well-arranged system, which needs a deep scrutiny and a thorough deciphering. Starting a journey into the world of language learning involves plunging into a new language environment. English learning implies to get into a diversity of new activities, it is adapting of an ear to a plethora of unfamiliar sounds, foreign pronunciation and mastering of huge amounts of new vocabulary. One who learns Engli... (read more)

Author: Linda Correli | Article Views: 1357

2. Join to Mass English Learning Obsession
October 22, 2005


English remains a dominant and universal language, which presently serves as a connection-link between great varieties of different nations. Now English is spoken mainly in every corner of the world. It is very convenient in terms of facilitating contacts between people from different countries. The British council put the figure of 750 million English language speakers. The only fact that the percentage of papers published in English has gone from 65% to 85% in the last 25 years is self-explanatory and only confirms the prevalence of English in all spheres of life. The importance of Engli... (read more)

Author: Linda Correli | Article Views: 1063

3. ‘Reading along' is a Simple Way to Promote Literacy
October 17, 2005


For the contemporary world with its diverse range of technologies and a myriad of challenging opportunities, the issue of importance of literacy in the sense of ability to read still remains one of the most pertinent and burning ones. The scale and character of illiteracy is striking and ranks with the most dangerous social scourges of the 21st century. At present many people treat reading as a main source of information and cognition. To deprive people of the ability to read means to make their life virtually impossible. Because this habitual and at the same time indispensable skill is a ... (read more)

Author: Linda is a writer of http://www.customresearchpapers.us/, an author of the tutorial "What Teachers Want", available at http://www.go2essay.com/ | Article Views: 1089

4. Brief Etymological Review of the English Word-Stock
October 17, 2005


Etymologically the vocabulary of the English language is far from being homogenous. It consists of two layers – the native stock of words and the borrowed stock of words. Numerically the borrowed stock of words is considerably larger than the native stock of words. In fact native words comprise only 30% of the total number of words in the English vocabulary but the native words form the bulk of the most frequent words actually used in speech and writing. Besides, the native words have a wider range of lexical and grammatical valency, they are highly polysemantic and productive in forming wo... (read more)

Author: Linda is a writer of http://www.customresearchpapers.us/, an author of the tutorial "What Teachers Want", available at http://www.go2essay.com/ | Article Views: 1488