scholarly journals Mood and Syntactic Choices in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: Implications for The Language Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Olusegun Owolewa ◽  
Rafiu Jimoh
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Semantic Interpretation ◽  
Julius Caesar ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar

<p>Correct verbal identification of different mood system has been a source of concern to teachers of English as a Second Language in Nigeria. Classroom efforts are mostly geared towards recognition of this concept, usually, in abstract and without connection to functional usage. Studies by scholars identify great difficulty in recognition of the verbal elements in sentence conveying the mood. However, such work never establishes a correlation between correct identification of mood and semantic interpretation. The purpose of this study is to establish the syntactic choices of the verbal elements in <em>Julius Caesar </em>and how they have helped to depict the mood of the characters in the text. This work relies on Systemic Functional Grammar approach to establish connection of mood to setting, tone and diction. It establishes that Shakespeare unconsciously reflects the mood through the characters use of certain clauses with the view to probably enhance the readers’ understanding of scene of actions in the play. Implications for the language teachers are discussed. </p>

scholarly journals Lexico-Semantic Interpretation of Pentecostal Church Posters

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Odoemenam Temple Chibueze ◽  
Rosemary Chinyere Ordu ◽  
Ikphemhosimhe Aslem Omoghie
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Semantic Interpretation ◽  
View Point ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Conscious Activity

This paper examines the lexico-semantic choices in the Pentecostal church posters. The researcher attempts to approach the interpretation of the Christian posters from the stylistic view point. Its meaning was made explicit using the tool of linguistics. It is a known fact, that stylistics is beneficial to both the teachers and students. Using M.A.K Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar, as the analytical framework, this paper, examines the lexical semantic choices in the Pentecostal church posters.Pentecostal church posters happen to be one of the several media of advertisement employed by the churches to disseminate information about the churches’ events to the audience/passers-by. Previous studies on the language of advertisements are concerned with the themes of commercial and political posters while the others looked at the elements of pragmatics such as speech acts and implicature etc. This paper reveals that the construction of posters (texts) is a linguistically conscious activity.

scholarly journals The acquisition of the Latvian language as the Second language at preschool age in theory and practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 334-344
Author(s):  
Ingēra Tomme-Jukēvica
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Language Program ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar

In Latvia there are no substantial studies on bilingual preschool children’s Latvian language as the second language. The article provides an overview of the 20th–21st century linguistic theories in the context of child second language acquisition as well as raises awareness about their infl uence on and use in the learning of preschoolers whose second language is Latvian, carrying out content analysis of the Minority Preschool Education Program(with instruction in Russian), the Latvian Language Program of X preschool education establishment, teaching resources (teaching aid kits, didactic handouts) as well as the Latvian language as the second language study content.The conclusion is drawn that the theory of communicative competence and the systemic functional grammar theory prevail as well as the basic principles of the behavioral theory can be discerned. In the teaching resources and learning process it is advisable to more often incorporate the same language material repetition in different situations and new combinations. Consideration must be given to more positive and negative transfer (interference) emphasis. To prevent children’s errors it is advisable to provide and incorporate special exercises in the teaching resources as well as methodological recommendations for the Latvian language teachers.

Second Language Acquisition Research and Language Pedagogy: A Critical View

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Talebinejad ◽  
Aasa Moattarian
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Language Pedagogy ◽  
Language Research ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Research Findings

<p class="1"><span lang="X-NONE">Over the past several decades, a substantial body of research on second language acquisition has been provided. The current study was an attempt to investigate language teachers’ views on applying research findings in their every day practice of language teaching through a critical lens. Data for this qualitative study was collected by means of a semi structured interview with 10 language teachers teaching English at different language institutes in Iran. Analyses of data revealed that, although teachers find second language acquisition research a useful tool for their professional development; they do not usually consult bodies of research in their every day teaching practice. They report problems in applying second language research in their practice due to problems with practicality, particularity, and possibility. The findings suggest that language teachers need to be exposed to insight from SLA research and practice.</span></p>

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