9 Essential English Pronunciation in the Vietnamese Context Tran Thi Lan‚ PhD. Senior Lecturer‚ Hanoi University of Foreign Studies Of the four language skills speaking is always seen as the most challenging by Vietnamese students. One reason for this is neglecting pronunciation at school at all levels. On tutoring IELTS candidates the instructor constantly asks herself whether it is possible for a “false learner” to acquire English pronunciation in a short amount of time. If so‚ what
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The book of James was written‚ "sometime between the late AD 30s and the early AD 60s” (Elwell and Yarbrough‚ 337). The main purpose of James is to bring to light our practice of our works. In Encountering the New Testament it says that‚ "James sees the goal of Christian life reached in putting God’s Word into practice” (Elwell and Yarbrough‚ 338). Later in the book of James is says that‚ "faith without works is dead” (James 2:26). Jesus isn’t a religion‚ he is person to have a relationship with
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Encountering God Chapter One: In the first chapter of “Encountering God” the author Diana Eck starts by explaining that the book is her experiences in encountering different religions. “All of us have rivers deep within us‚ bearing the waters of joining streams.” I loved this starting quote it feels like she is open to any view. She knows that different beliefs are a good thing‚ and that we all have to experience different people because we need to be mixed together for us to grow and form our own
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Text and Context Despite the changes in the values and concerns of society over time‚ humanity remains the same. A text is a reflection of the context in which it is composed. It captures the religious and social influences and the values placed upon them. Despite the changes in the values and concerns of society over time‚ humanity seems to remain the same. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The pardoners Tale” written in the 14th century and Sam Raimi’s “A Simple Plan” released in 1998 both explore the unchanging
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When the English settlers came to North America‚ the Indians‚ at first‚ welcomed them with open arms. The settlers arrived with goods that were very helpful to them‚ which could be the reason they embraced the Englishman the way they did. Some of the goods consisted of guns‚ woven cloth‚ fishhooks‚ and axes. There were also things like colorful glass beads that really intrigued the Indians to the point where they started to use them in their own religious ceremonies. There was a big unknown factor
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Recreation of “We” Multiculturalism through globalization has challenged our society to adapt with the times by thinking of world religions as more of a brotherhood of faith rather than a threat. In the last chapter of the book Encountering God‚ the author Diana Eck puts an emphasis on the interdependent world we live in and how we‚ as human beings will need to approach today’s problems as a whole if we wish to overcome life’s various hurdles. Evidence of the interdependent world we live can be
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The Role of Local Culture and Context in English Language Teaching -Mabindra Regmi The Relation between Language and Culture The structuralists portrayed language as an entity that could be segmented and through learning these segments‚ the totality would also be learnt. This method has been tested‚ challenged and in many cases discarded in the world of linguistics. The conception‚ propagation and inevitable discontinuation of ever new methods has prompted Sowden to express “there has indeed been
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SUBMISSION AND ASSESSMENT _________________________________________________________________________ OUMH1303 ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION SEMESTER 1 _________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS 1. This assignment contains only TWO (2) questions that is set in the language of the printed module for the course. 2. Answer in English. 3. Your assignment should be typed using 12 point Times New Roman font and 1.5 line spacing. 4. Your
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High/ Low context culture by Hall International Business Cross Cultural Communication Teacher responsible for the course Yijie Wang Tsang Siu Ki Jaakko Soini Christian Fritz Philipp Gatzemeier Assessment Date Grade Teacher’s signature CONTENTS 1 EDWARD T. HALL .................. FEHLER! TEXTMARKE NICHT DEFINIERT. 2 GESTELAND.............................................................................................................. 3 3 TROMPENAAR...................................
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presentation in academic context defines as “delivering an address to a public audience[1]” hence “involves explaining something to an audience which a person‚ in example professors or lecturers with expertise on a subject might explain that subject to the targeted or particular group or students. The group members can follow along and learn new skills or information as they watch the presentation[2]”. Overall‚ language is one of the main key points to begin with. Nowadays‚ English language is globally
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