Essays on Second Language

Children around the world are very much exposed to different types of information due to the advancement of technology. This has become truer since the advent of the Internet. With a single click of a button, anyone can instantly get information on anything; from clothes...

Language is a complex and unique system that allows us to communicate with others. It also enables us to express how we are feeling, ideas we might have, and thought that we are thinking. We don’t only communicate through words, but also through body language...

In the Philippines, Spanish was the official language for many years starting from the 16th century until 1973. The Philippine constitution designated English and Spanish as official languages in 1935, but mandated the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of...

Discussion (main focus) In the first interview, Bellucci was aged thirty-six, lived in Italy, but often travelled to England beginning her acting career here aged twenty-eight. Although a decrease in errors, Bellucci appears to make little development of the English article system between the years...

Bilingualism is a natural phenomenon worldwide. Unwittingly, however, monolingualism has been used as a standard to characterize and define bilingualism and multilingualism in linguistic research. Such a conception led to a “fractional” “irregular” and “distorted” view of bilingualism, which is becoming rapidly outmoded in the...

Second Language Language is one of the best inventions of humanity. It goes back to the prehistoric times with the use of symbols and art. Nowadays, language is expressed through sounds and symbols in order to have clear and successful communication with all the people....

There are a number of factors which influence the success of learning foreign language including students’ personality type. Thus, this study was aimed at finding out whether there is a significant correlation between students’ personality type and their speaking achievement of the fifth semester undergraduate...

This report reviews three research articles analyzing the effects of technology on language development as well as perspectives of students and teachers on technology and the language learning process. The following articles include research in these areas: (1) “Effects of Home and School Computer Use...

I’m a proud descendant of Jamicans (Hail mi friends) & Puerto Rican (Que Pasa) So many people first question when they find out my nationality is can you speak Patois, or Spanish. Well yes I can speak Patois very well. Spanish on the other hand...

Introduction Language Anxiety is always present in every individual who is not a native [speaker] of such a language and definitely, culture, which he or she is going to get into. Anxiety is a general concept, a phenomenon which influences people across the world, regardless...

What factors are affecting first additional language teaching in South African foundation phase classes? There are many factors that affects the teaching of a first additional language in South African classrooms. However I will be focusing on the factors that I observed during my teaching...