... language behavior of one female Bengali is to discover whether my belief is correct that formal language training does not lead to fluency in using and applying English. My aims were: * To acquire free improvised speech from a Bengali/ English speaker. * To analyse the speech patterns represented in the data collected. * To show how the English spoken reflected whether an oral or written method was taught. * To discover whether lack of practice in using language skills result in a reliance on a word by word translation of Bengali, since thinking in English does not occur. METHODOLOGY I questioned the informant to find out about her English language background. I asked questions about her background, including the social and political focus that led to her acquisition of the English language, in order to discover how proficient her English speaking skills are now. With reference to the motivation for learning English I ...

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