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Introduction I. Rationale In order to become competent in a foreign language, it is important for language learners not only to acquire new vocabularies and a new set of phonological and syntactic rules but also to learn what Wilson (1986) calls the rules of speaking: the patterns of sociolinguistic behavior of the target language. The rules of speaking involve us in knowing when and how it is suitable to open a conversation, what topics are appropriate to particular speech events, how speech acts are to be given and interpreted. In many cases, this interpretation goes beyond what the...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Candidate’s statement Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents Appendix List of abbreviations and tablesPart A: INTRODUCTION 1 1. Rationale 1 2. Aims of the study 1 3. Scope of the study 1 4. Research questions of the study 2 5. Methods of study 2 6. Design of study 2 Part B: DEVELOPMENT 4 CHAPTER 1 : LITERATURE REVIEW 4 1.1. Communicative approach to language teachers 4 1.1.1. What is meant by Communication? 4 1.1.2. Communicative Language Teaching 5 1.1.2.1. Nature of Communicative Language Teaching 5 1.1.2.2. The Techniques of Communicative...

INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale In Vietnamese, the verb ‘chạy’ does not only indicate a physical activity only but also imply other situations in real life communication. To some extent, it is not too difficult to find such circumstances in which people use the verb ‘chạy’: ‘chạy ăn từng bữa toát mồ hôi’, ‘chạy làng’, ‘chạy triện đồng’ etc. Especially, modern Vietnamese language, which has developed and reflected the life in its own way, has been supplemented with many new words, or new interpretations to the existing words such as ‘chạy điểm’, ‘chạy trường’, ‘chạy án’, ‘chạy thận, ‘chạy sô’,...

INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale Nowadays, in a developed world, thousands of new products and services are introduced each day, which makes advertising become a real art - the art of informing and persuading customers. Slogans can be considered the heart of advertisements wherever they appear. Slogans are the most important and condensed messages advertisers would like to send to their customers. Sharp and intelligent slogans can help advertisers leave unforgettable impressions on their potential customers’ minds. However, creating a successful slogan is never an easy task. The use of just a...

INTRODUCTIONI.1. Background to the study. The University of Labour and Social Affairs (ULSA) is a university which was upgraded from the College of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in 2005. Like other universities in Vietnam, this university is responsible for the training of skilled students to meet the demand of the society in the process of industrialization and modernization. There are faculties in the university namely Accounting, Insurance, Labour Management, and Social Affairs with about 1.200 students being trained at the moment. However, this number is increasing because...

INTRODUCTION1.1. RationaleInternationally, within the field of education over the last few decades a gradual but significant shift has taken place, resulting in less emphasis on teachers and teaching and greater stress on learners and learning. This change has been reflected in various ways in language education. Teaching English as a second or foreign language (TESL/TEFL) has also changed tremendously. Most significantly, the traditional teacher-centred approach has been replaced with the learner-centred one, which reflects a desire to explore ways of making teaching responsive to...

Introduction I.1. Rationale I was born to a family whose members are all business people except me. My father used to be a successful businessman who traveled all around the world from Asia, Europe, America to Australia. After each trip, he told me about the places he had been to and about the people he had met with vivid examples of their culture. From my father, I learnt about the beautiful Singapore city and Copenhagen capital of Denmark whose people are very well aware of keeping their city clean and green, about fast-food and the work-oriented and individualistic people in...

TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF GRAPHS vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vii CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Rationale 1 1.2. Aims of the study 3 1.3. Research questions 3 1.4. Scope of the study 3 1.5. Significance of the study 3 1.6. Outline of the study 3 CHAPTER II- LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1. Attitudes 5 2.1.1. Definition of attitude 5 2.1.2. Attitude change 6 2.2. The role of attitudes in language learning 7 2.3. Ways that help to change students’ attitudes 8 2.3.1. Oral grammar practice creating teaching...

TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DEDICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS LISTS OF TABLES CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Rationale 1.1.1. State of the problem 1.1.2. Theoretical rationale 1.2. Purpose of the Study 1.3. Research Questions 1.4. Significance of the Study 1.5. Limitations of the Study 1.6. Scope of the study 1.7. Organization of the Study CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1. Definition of terminology 2.1.1. Defining ‘task’ and task-based language teaching 2.1.3. Tasks, Actvities and Exercises 2.1.4. Developments of...

Introduction 1. Rationale It is undeniable that English is a means of international communication in the fields of science, technology, culture, education, economy and so on. It is not only the native language of about 300 million of speakers around the world but also the official language in many countries as well as second / foreign language in many nations in the world. In Vietnam, English has taken on a special significance when people are carrying out the modernization and industrialization. The number of people who are learning English in Vietnam also has been increasing quickly....

INTRODUCTION1. Rationale of the study. Nowadays, English is the most popular language in the world. As an effective means of international communication, it is used as the official language in many fields of life such as economics, politics, science, technology, sports and many others. This leads to an increasing demand of learning English. There are more and more people who learn English and consider it as an inevitable factor in their work and life. In Vietnam, English has been brought into the school curriculum as a compulsory subject, and the teaching and learning of that...

NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ BIẾN THỂ CỦA MỘT SỐ THÀNH NGỮ VÀ THÀNH NGỮ ĐỒNG NGHĨA TRONG TIẾNG ANH VÀ TIẾNG VIỆTINTRODUCTION1. Rationale In the world today, there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is by far the most widely used. Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first language. About the same number use it as a second language. It is the English language that is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. 75% of the world's mail is in English, 60% of the world's radio stations broadcast in English and more than half of the...

INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Shipbuilding is one of the key industries of our country. The next following years may see the development in building many kinds of vessels: bulk carriers, oil tankers, container vessel, car carriers, floating storage and offloading units . Each kind of vessel has it own technical specification. And in order to understand the structure, technical characteristic as well as the operation, the translation of these technical documents has become more importantly than ever before. As a translator in a shipbuilding company, the author of this minor thesis days by...

TABLE OF CONTENTS PART A: INTRODUCTION 1 i. Rationale 1 ii. Aims of the study 1 iii. Scope of the study 2 iv. Methods of the study 2 v. Organization of the study 3 PART B: DEVELOPMENT 4 CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 1.1. CULTURE 4 1.2. COMMUNICATION 4 1.2.1. Definition of Communication 4 1.2.2. Forms of Communication 5 1.2.3. Components of Communication 5 1.2.4. Cross-cultural communication 6 1.3 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION 6 1.3.1 Definition of nonverbal communication 6 1.3.2 Importance of nonverbal communication 7 1.3.3. Differences between Nonverbal Communication and...

Introduction 1.1. Rationale: Nowadays, the development of science, technology and economy and the tendency of globalization have brought about a great demand of intercommunicating. In order to meet this demand, English has become an international language and a very important and compulsory subjects at schools. As a result, teaching English has become a compulsory subject at schools for many years. And nowadays, it has become more important because in the past, students had to learn English, but they did not have to take English exams in Secondary School Graduation exams. However...

INTRODUCTION 1.1. Rationale It is undeniable that English is one of the major languages in the world. It links people in many fields: science, technology, business, communication, education, etc. Nowadays, English is popular enough to be spoken at every corner of the world. Therefore, teaching and learning English have become the necessity in every country. In Vietnam, English is one of the foreign languages that are compulsory from primary school to university. However, there are differences in English learning results among students from different minorities as well as different...

TABLE OF CONTENTSPART A: INTRODUCTION 1 I. Rationale 1 II. Aims of the study 2 III. Scope of the study 2 IV. Methodology 3 V. Design of the study 3 PART B: DEVELOPMENT 4 Chapter 1: Literature review 4 1. What is communication? 4 1.1 Definition of communication 4 1.2 Types of communication 5 2. What is nonverbal communication? 7 2.1 Definition of nonverbal communication 7 2.2 Significance of nonverbal communication 9 2.3 Main categories of nonverbal communication 11 Chapter 2: Conversational distance as nonverbal communication 14 1. Definition of conversational distances...

Table of content Acknowledgements . i Abstract . ii Abbreviations iii List of Tables and Charts . iv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. Rationale 1 1.2. Aims of the study 2 1.3. Scope of the study...

INTRODUCTION:Dans notre société moderne, en l'occurrence, on entend souvent des linguistes parler de la langue maternelle, de la langue seconde et de la langue étrangère surtout de tous les temps, les langues étrangères jouent un rôle très important dans la vie sociale, même la politique d’ouverture, le processus de globalisation est considéré comme une tendance inévitable pour des échanges culturels, scientifiques, économiques et commerciaux entre les pays dans le monde. Les documents écrits en langues étrangères très abondants fournissent des connaissances, informations variées,...

Rationale for choosing this topicEnglish has already played a specially important role in the increasing development of science, technology and international relations, which has resulted in the growing needs for English language learning and teaching in many parts of the world. English has become a compulsory subject in national education in many countries, among which Vietnam has considered learning and teaching English as a major strategic tool to develop human resources, as a way to keep up with other countries. Therefore, in any level of education, from primary to university or...