The present study aims to show the importance of ESL reading ability in acquiring English as a second language. The study involves 92 college students (males and females) from the Department of English at Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Sultanate of Oman. They represent two groups, the foundation year students and the first year English majors. A number of tests were used to measure students’ overall proficiency in English as well as their reading ability (i.e., the ability to contribute to the main idea of the text, scanning, skimming, to derive word meanings from context, to use a dictionary to find meanings, definitions, to identify prefixes, antonyms and synonyms). Students’ ability to read was correlated to their proficiency level in the second language. It was found in the study that good readers were better users of the dictionary, derived meanings of words from the context and contributed to the main idea of the text better than poor readers did. Good readers were found to be high achievers in the second language.
Authentic materials are the most important tools that the teacher could use in class in order to make teaching go smoothly and effectively in transmitting the necessary knowledge to all students. This research has investigated experimentally the effect of using authentic materials in teaching English as a foreign Language, because a number of studies point out that the use of authentic materials is regarded a useful means to motivate learners, arouse their interest and expose them to the real language they will face in real life situations.
It is hypothesis that there is no statistical significance difference between the experimental group who taught English as a foreign language by using the authentic materials with those
... Show MoreSince her early beginning in 1974 in her novel "Les armoires vides", Annie Ernaux writing about life in all its various aspects remained her main goal. This novel gave the earliest signals of what would happen later on in her literary career. Indeed, her works showed abilities of echoing reality, her sufferance and experiences via the use of simple and clear language. Add to this, her writings are to be viewed as an expression of deep felt journey, and a continuous search due to the consequent changes coming out of her identity.
We try here to give an answer to the question about writing as to whether being, to Ernaux herself, a need for the search about her social and feminist identity, or a pure literary work
... Show MoreTraining and retraining of teachers have become a central issue in Iraq recently especially in-service training of English teachers on the new curricula (Iraq opportunities). English teachers should be objectively evaluated and assessed.
A sample of (40) trained teachers of English is included in the study and a questionnaire is used as the main instrument of the study.
The main findings of the study were the following:
1. The trainees were serious in training on the new course (item 6) the programme helped increase their information (item 4) and motivate them towards better teaching (item 3). The aims of the programme were clear (item1). The programme helped develop their teaching skills (item 2) and was comprehensive (item 5).
في هذا العصر - الذي داهمت في الأخطار لغة الفصاحة والبيان - يبقى القرآن الكريم أعظم حافظ للغة السليمة ، وأكبر معين لأهلها للحفاظ على ثرائها وبلاغتها ، فهي باقية ببقائه ما بقي الليل والنهار .
وهذا البحث يدور حول حفظ القرآن الكريم وأثره على لغة الطفل، ويتكون من مقدمة : وفيها بيان أهمية الموضوع ، وخطة البحث ، ومنهجه، وثلاثة مباحث:
المبحث الأول : فضل حفظ القرآن الكريم ، وفوائد حفظه إجمالاً ، والمبحث الثاني :
... Show Moreيتناول هذا البحث موضوع (( فعل الامر في صيغة المبني للمجهول في اللغة الاكدية )) وهو يتعلق بقواعد اللغة الاكدية , وقد تضمن هذا البحث مقدمة وشقين : صيغة المبني للمجهول وفعل الامر. اما ما يخص المقدمة فقد شملت تعريف الفعل وانقساماته حسب قوة احرفه , الجذر , المعنى , والفاعل , كما تضمنت المقدمة أيضا الحديث عن الصيغ الفعلية الرئيسة الأربعة التي يتألف الفعل الاكدي منها إضافة الى الصيغ الثانوية التي تتضمنها الصيغ الرئيسة . و
... Show Moreהתמצית השניות היא התורה שנזכרת כי המוצאים בלשון הערבית וכך בלשונות השמיות אינם הבטויים בעלי האותיות השלושיות , אלא בעלי שתי אותיות . לפי כך אפשר להשיב השורשים השלושיים לשורשים השניים . וכל אות שנאספה בשורש שׁניוני, יהיה לפי חוק ההתפתחות הלשונית , הוספות תחילית , תוכית , סופית , עם השארת החיבור המשמעתית בין השׁניוני והשׁלשׁי כמו היא ממושכת בין השׁלשׁי והרביעי ומה שרבה ההוספות . השרשים השניים מוצאים הם: אות וה
... Show Moreהמחקר מתייחס לתופעת ההקטנה משני ענפים את הסימנטיקה והמורפופונולוגיה בשפה העברית, ומנסה ליגלוי את המשמעות בתוך ההקשר של צורות ההקטנה לדוגמאות מן התורה טקסטים מחדשות, שירה וסיפורים, הרי שחלק מהמשמעויות של מבנה הפלט עומדות בניגוד למשמעויות הבסיס או הדרגה במשמעות, כך מביעות על (הקטנה, חיבה, או זלזול) שרובן לא התקיימו בעברית הקלאסית, מצד אחר המחקר בדק במבנים המורפולוגיים במייוחד (המשקלים של צורת ההקטנה) ומבחין את
... Show MorePraise be to God, prayer and peace upon our master Muhammad the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him mercy, gift, and grace, and rendered his family and the good righteous is followed until the Day of Judgment. After: The Koran
По мнению ученых, исследующих современные деривационные процессы, „начиная со второй половины XX в., активизируются новые социолингвистические и коммуникативные факторы”, определяющие специфику современного словотворчества в ряде типологически близких славянских языков [Нещименко 2010: 39]. В результате возросшего влияния масс-медиа на коллективное сознание носителей языка, на существующий вербальный
... Show MoreThis paper deals with the restrictive/nonrestrictive relative clauses in German and Arabic. I will, first of all, be concerned with some theories that have been provided to define the restrictive and the nonrestrictive relative clauses, particularly with the phonetic hypothesis. It will be, then, shown that the phonetic aspect is unable to give clear answers in this respect. The best way to determine restrictivity in both languages is, I think, by implementing of semantic indicators.