According to current legislation, students must be able to “understand and express themselves in an appropriate manner during situations of communication”. Communicating effectively consists of being able to produce lots of correct language, but also to use...
Within this topic I am going to deal with written communication. In order to make my presentation more effective, I am going to divide the topic into five different sections. In my first section I will give an overview of the main aspects involved in...
Throughout this topic I am going to deal with the phonological system of the English language, focusing on the vowels and diphthongs. I am going to divide the topic into five sections. In my first section I am going to establish a difference between phonetics...
In this topic I am going to deal with the English consonant system. I will establish four different sections. First, I will introduce some definitions of concepts that are relevant to the topic being studied. In my second section I will deal with the organs...
Before concentrating on stress, I would like to establish a difference between segmental and suprasegmental features. Linguists refer to the inventory of vowels and consonants of a language as the segmental features of that language. Suprasegmental features...
This topic is about word-formation in English and its characteristics so, in order to explain clearly, I will divide my presentation into three different parts. The first one will be about the main characteristics of the English language regarding it lexis; the second one...
Throughout this topic I am going to explore the main types of lexical relation. I will divide the topic into four sections. In the first one I’ll analyse the concept of word as a linguistic sign. Then I will move on deal with the concepts...
Throughout this topic I am going to deal with grammar. I am going to divide my presentation into three different sections. In the first one, I will present a definition of grammar, and will establish a division between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. Then I will...
In my first section I am going to include a definition of the notion of quantity, and will establish a difference between countable and uncountable nouns, and between singular and plural. In my second section I will deal with the expression of quantity through numerals...
I am going to divide this topic into three different sections. First I will deal with the expression of quality, which is done mainly through adjectives, and will present the main features and types of adjectives. Then I will deal with the expression of degree,...