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Students should be required to take a foreign language class to increase global understanding, to improve employment potential, and to improve chances of college and/or graduate school entry. That is only some of the reasons behind this claim though. Foreign languages are important. If you know even one foreign language you will have a lot more opportunities in life. Learning a new language can increase global understanding. For example learning a new language gives the learner of that…

Constitution makes "no reference to choice of a national language" (Heath, 1995, p.179). This tolerance of foreign languages, along with mass immigration, has enriched the linguistic diversity in the United States. Not surprisingly, this diversity has also made multilingual education an important component of American schooling—most American high schools and universities require students to learn a foreign language. Scholars and educators have promoted several methods for language instruction,…

back, the utilization of computers in language teaching and learning was a cause of alarm to language teachers who were acquainted with computers. At the same time, computer assisted language learning (CALL) has been researched on by English and foreign language instructors. As a result there has been an increase in the number of instructors who are utilizing computers as a part of teaching English as a second…

English is taught as a foreign language in Libya, where the mother tongue is Arabic. In other words English is not an official language in Libya and it is not used as a medium of instruction in Education. It is thought that studying in the mother tongue is easier than in another language and it not used in delivering lectures. The current education system consists of three main stages: basic, intermediate, and higher education.. In the field of second or foreign language learning there are…

Should People Learn Foreign Languages? In today’s world where information flows more freely, globalization is bringing people closer together. It is more important for people to be competent in other languages and form connections with a variety of people internationally to be even more successful. I believe there are many advantages to learning foreign languages. In Estonia it is mandatory to learn English and Russian in school and there is an option to choose a third one voluntarily in high…

challenged as it deemed insufficient in fulfilling what was believed to be learners’ needs. For example, the Grammar-Translation Method focused on solely on memorizing grammar rules, with little attention paid to listening and speaking. It dominated the foreign language field for over a century (Richards and Rodgers 2014: 7). Many methods were introduced after it as an aftermath. While other methods included teaching grammar to some extent, the zero grammar approach (Ellis…

the 21st century, it is an obvious circumstance which the number of overseas students in different countries has been snowballing. Facing the increasing severe talent market, more and more students in China do choose to have further education in foreign countries mainly in English-speaking countries to meet the standards of their personal internships. Notwithstanding the experience is a pleasant and rewarding as well as difficult and challenging process, a large number of students have met…

of the US universities. First, I want to be enrolled in the program that will integrate both the theories and practice of language teaching e.g. teaching language systems and skills in English as a foreign language, which will both equip me with theoretical understandings of teaching English in a foreign context. Moreover, I aim at the program that will have a considerable amount of input sessions aimed at enlarging my knowledge…

The Case for Trump Victor Davis Hanson writes about Donald Trump being the best candidate and all republicans should vote for him in the presidential election. He states that even though Trump might “shake up U.S. foreign policy,” we need free-trade and someone who will make changes that the US needs. Hanson argues that this election is not about “four more years of liberalism and a return of conservatism; it’s an effort to halt the fundamental transformation of the country.” Smaller Countries…

Additionally, it extends the conversation about the impact of using multimodal storytelling on ELLs’ English writing experiences as well as their construction of identities. It is expected that educators of English as a second or foreign language could benefit from the study results and implement multimodal literacy strategies in their classrooms to better satisfy the needs of ELLs in the media and technology immersed world of language learning. It is also expected that language and…