The present study investigated whether there were any differences between the vocabulary acquisition and retention level of female and male students with regard to two conditions: 1) formal instruction and feedback on vocabulary notebook keeping; and 2) the amount of information recorded in the vocabulary notebooks. Five groups of second year university students participated in the study (n = 147). Four of the groups kept vocabulary notebooks, two of which (Experimental group 1 and Experiment...
The English language learner is presently on the threshhold of technology. He lives in an age where rapid developments are being made. Unless the English language learner keeps abreast of the trends in technologies, he will be hopelessly out of date. In my thesis, I propose to find answers an develop strategies for the following questions Many of the language learners, especially in the Graduate level do not have the requisite experiences and opportunities to engage with technologies. This is...
Searching for the future of Word Englishes is a challenging undertaking for scholars all around the world as well as the topic of constant discussions and debates between linguists. The reason for this is very simple and yet so complex. The future is unpredictable! All the more so, when it comes to a constantly changing subject such as language. However, scholars have always tried to forecast possible future scenarios of many types, despite the fact that nobody knows what the future holds. Qu...
Vocabulary represents one of most important skills necessary for teaching and learning a foreign language. It is the basis for the development of all the other skills: reading comprehension, listening comprehension, speaking, writing, spelling and pronunciation. Vocabulary is the main tool for the students in their attempt to use English effectively. When confronted with a native English speaker, when watching a movie without subtitle or when listening to a favorite English song, when reading...
Introduction Vocabulary development is an important part of developing all students' literacy, enough so that it is considered one of the five main components of literacy, along with phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and comprehension. It would then be assumed that vocabulary would also be an important part of English as a Second Language (ESL) education, but this was not always the case. According to Choudhury (2010), the teaching of vocabulary as ESL content didn't come about until the 1...
Reading is indispensable if a person wanted to live comfortably in the modern society. It is the golden path in going to the world of enlightenment and enjoyment (Monuz, 2000). Reading is the activity characterized by the translation of symbols or letters in the words and sentences that have meaning to the individuals. The ultimate goal of reading is to be able to understand written materials to evaluate it, and to used it for one's needs (Paculanan 1999). Reading is consider as the most impo...
Communication is an integral part of human activities. It is the interaction between two or more people. According to Oxford dictionary, communication is defined as "the activity or process of expressing ideas and feelings or of giving people information". That is to say, it involves the sharing ideas and information between one person and other people. Communication has various forms. While many people think of its forms primarily as speaking and listening, communication is a more complicate...
Software maintenance is an expensive phase accounting for near 60% of overall cost of software life cycle expenditure [3]. Regression testing is an important step in software development to ensure that modifications do not break previously working functionality. However, regression testing is often expensive and time consuming. Regression test suites can be very large, e.g. including tens of thousands of test cases requiring days or weeks to execute [1]. Regression test selection is the activ...
Something to Ponder: Killing your day job? Why Online Marketing is a Hit Nowadays everybody seems to be an internet subscriber. According to some, internet has been a part of their daily routine and they couldn't even picture a twenty four hour life without this. This is one of the reasons why businessmen targeted the internet as a route to expand their market and along with this; the consumers also continue to involve themselves into this new way of buying and selling products. The Businessm...
Many people think that pronunciation is what makes up an accent. It may be that pronunciation is very important for an understandable accent. But it is intonation that gives the final touch that makes an accent native. Intonation is the "music" of a language, and is perhaps the most important element of a good accent. Often we hear someone speaking with perfect grammar, and perfect formation of the sounds of English but with a little something that gives them away as not being native speaker....
