Benefits of Learning English Essay

“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning”. (Brad Henry) Not every person can be a teacher; it takes a certain kind of individual to be a teacher. Some qualities that teachers consume are patient, kindness, passionate, knowledge, and heart, also there are other many formal qualities that a teacher must need to be successful. At twelve years old in seventh grade I had this teacher that inspired me to become a teacher and ever since then, becoming a…

not conversant with the language of the class. I will feel lonely in this kind of environment, a problem that is likely to affect my learning. It will also be difficult to communicate with my parents about school before adapting to this kind of environment. One potential benefit of teachers designing a supportive learning environment is that they enhance learning. Using instructional strategies designed to support…

Introduction The role of technology has evolved tremendously in educational programs from early childhood classrooms to postsecondary adult learning classrooms. Technology in the classroom must not be viewed as an add-on, but as a necessity for designing engaging and meaningful differentiate instruction that meets the needs of all learners. According to Edyburn (2013) there is a need for technology in educational programs “because digital media offers flexibility, tools, and support not…

English writing in a Vietnamese setting In the world of a globally oriented economy, more emphasis has been put on the crucial role of English as the most popular lingua franca by Vietnamese educators and learners. For me, as an EFL student at Hanoi University, I find that my biggest challenges do not lie in the vocabulary or grammar but in established learning styles acquired from earlier English education and cultural background knowledge. With respect to English teaching and learning in…

problem people believe that dual language education has is that the native language is lost as the child learns english and thus they are against the program. However, bilingual education is as important as special needs education because it allows english language learners to…

“¿Qué estas diciendo?” To a native English speaker, this sounds like gibberish. The Spanish phrase which translates into “What are you saying?” has no meaning for non-Spanish speakers. Similarly, the English language sounds like a harmony of “th” and lazy linguistics to immigrants of foreign countries. Richard Rodriguez writes Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez about his life as a Mexican-American immigrant and how being an immigrant impacted him when he was growing up.…

the while, choosing a language he was proficient enough in to avoid a faux pas. Pope Francis came to the decision to speak in English, the unofficial language of America’s majority. Pope Francis managed to avoid slip-ups and reached the hearts of many, but only delivered 4 of his 18 speeches in English. The other 14 speeches were translated from his native Spanish to English; there are ways around language barriers. Pope Francis, like many, managed to get by in…

Ben Zimmer’s article entitled “Chunking” from the September 2010 issue of the New York Times, raises the question: should collocation education be used to teach English? The article focuses on the importance of chunking and how useful it is in teaching and developing others in the language of English. Zimmer uses his son as a prime example of how kids of his age unknowingly pick up myriads of chunks, “or idioms,” throughout the span of their childhood; he explains, “As Blake learned these…

For more than three years I've been dealing with numerous learning experiences in a lot of schools but the majority of them were extreme regrettable mistakes also I think I shouldn’t have had them and it would have been much better for me if I hadn't had them at all because I've encountered utter failure with them . In fact they were bit by bit eroding and diminishing my passion for learning English . I've been taught by these experiences momentous lessons and one of them was that the search…

Any honest scale will tell you that the costs of foreign language instruction dwarf the benefits. Think about it: Even ignoring teachers' salaries, we're currently burning two years of class time per graduate. The payoff? Making less than one student in a hundred fluent. He goes on to say: the world usually has what economists call "diminishing…