International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2015

  • The Magic of Mnemonics for Vocabulary Learning of a Second Language

    Farzaneh Khabbazibab Anari, Mansoureh Sajjadi, Firooz Sadighi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, January 2015
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 06 October 2014
    Accepted: 27 November 2014
    Published: 29 November 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.s.2015030101.11
    Downloads:
    Views:
    This article belongs to the Special Issue Teaching English as a Foreign / Second Language--tayebeh asgari
    Abstract: The keyword method is undeniably an effective method for accelerating learning of suitable material. Nor is there any doubt that it improves immediate recall, which can be useful in itself. However, what people want is long-term recall, and it is there that the advantages of the keyword method are most contentious. In this short article we introduc... Show More
  • A Corpus-Based Study on the Influence of Ethnic Language on Zhuang English Learners in China

    Ming Yue, Yingzhu Chen

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 1-1, January 2015
    Pages: 7-12
    Received: 30 December 2014
    Accepted: 06 February 2015
    Published: 14 February 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.s.2015030101.12
    Downloads:
    Views:
    This article belongs to the Special Issue Teaching English as a Foreign / Second Language--tayebeh asgari
    Abstract: This study built a rare kind of interlanguage corpus of English compositions from middle school students of Zhuang ethnic group, exploring language transfer on English writing output of the students from their mother-tongue—Zhuang. Another interlanguage corpus is used as the reference corpus with English compositions by Chinese students of non-spec... Show More