Watch this recorded webinar on IELTS Writing Task 2 participated by our members alongside the corresponding transcript. Watch this YouTube playlist to listen to or watch all webinars. Free English Webinar on IELTS Writing Task 2 The Transcript of this English Webinar Watch this video on YouTube. IELTS Writing Task 2 is more important than…
Harmony Harmony (noun) /ˈhɑː.mə.ni/ US /ˈhɑːr-/ friendly agreement among people – accord – pleasant combination of musical sounds – musical notes played together in agreement – synchronization – coherence, coordination, congruence, agreement, concord In this organization, all the staff work in perfect harmony. Antonym: discord Verb: harmonize
Pragmatics Pragmatics refers to the field of study where linguistic features are considered in relation to users of the language (Morris, 1938; Levinson, 1983). Researchers have investigated what speakers accomplish when they perform utterances in terms of (1) interactional acts, and (2) speech acts. Interactional acts give structure to the discourse by ensuring that one…
Competence Competence corresponds to the I-language (Internal Language). Competency is the speaker/hearer’s knowledge of his language. It’s an abstract version of knowledge. Competency is independent of situation. It represent what the speaker knows in the abstract. The different types of competence are: grammatical competency, linguistic competency, communicative competency, pragmatic competency, Communicative Competency: Discourse Competency: The…
Essay Writing in English Essay Writing and Paragraph Development in English Writing: In order to have some technical information about essay writing, first you need to know what writing is all about. Writing is a method of human intercommunication by means of arbitrary visual signs (letters, symbols, etc.) that form a system. Writing can be…