The study aims at finding out the factors that have impact on a second language learner improving his language proficiency. To achieve this purpose, a research was conducted at an American University. A male subject was chosen from the ESL center in the English department of the University. The author followed up his life and study during the whole semester and assessed his improvement in English learning. The results showed that motivation and prior learning experience played vital roles in the subject's improvement of English proficiency.
"Pride and Prejudice"is a classic masterpiece written by British female novelist Jane Austen.In this outstanding novel,Austen vividly portrays the romantic love stories among four young couples.They believe that being deprived of basic working right is the root cause of their dependence on their husbands.This paper analyses the complicated relations between Elizabeth Bennett and other main characters in the level of legislation to expose the reality of entailment and female’s discourse power loss and to promote new women images characterized by Elizabeth’s rebellious spirit towards unfair legal system.
