Studies have shown that while children acquire all Cantonese tones by age two, they are not able to label them reliably until approximately age 10. One possible explanation for the large age discrepancy may be the different methodologies used. This study aimed to (1) investigate a new research design for the collection of reliable tone perception data from young children; (2) compare lexical an...

This study was an attempt to investigate what metacognitive strategies are specifically employed by English learners when it comes to different speaking task types.60 students at advanced level (female) were randomly selected and given an OPT as a test of homogeneity. They were assigned to experimental and control groups. The MS questionnaire (Oxford, 1990) was also administered to see what MS ...

Learning in class tenth TKJ 1 about speaking is very low, students look embarrassed and are not confident English, this due to the lack of opportunities for speak. With total 32 carried out starting on july 17 august through method classroom action that researchers do 2 cycle 2. The researcher use story telling train speaking, PTK (Penelitian Tindakan Kelas) or Action Research research practice...