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“Hola, mi nombre es Sra. Rose. Como estas?” that was the first question I heard in Spanish while starting out in preschool. I pretended to go along with it even though I could not understand what she was saying. She continued with saying words in Spanish until I finally could make out what she was talking about. Ever since then I have been exposed to Spanish and now have the understanding and ability to speak it when I want to get a job. I have also been able to help Spanish speakers when they…

1.Introduction What is the most effective way of learning a new language? Every language learner has their own study experience from different back ground. They have different purposes and motivation. The motivation is most important develop language knowledge, a motivated person would not quit at the first mistake. From my own experience, I have already had a challenge to learn English and had the opportunity to learn Italian for 5 weeks. The learning process of Italian was more mindful; I…

Name: Jette Lykke Møhl, Silkeborg Ungdomsskole Age Group: 4th to 10th grade Title and competence area: • Integrating the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking in English • Kompenenceområde 2: Sprogtilegnelse og fremmedsproglig kommunikation • Kompetenceområde 4: Fremmedsprogsdidaktik Name: Jette Lykke Møhl Age Group: 4th to 10th grade Title and competence area: • Integrating the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking in English • Kompenenceområde…

4.4. Approaches to Teaching Critical Thinking in EFL classroom A lot was said about the importance of critical thinking teaching in EFL learning. Nevertheless, more important question is how to implement critical thinking in English language learning for the effective and meaningful outcome? What approach would make it possible to teach EFL with the help of critical thinking? A great number of studies has tried to figure out which approach is more appropriate and more effective. Among these…

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Basically, we are aware that there are two forms of language learning. The first type is second language learning and next is foreign language learning (FLL). Learners from English language speaking environment are categorized as English language learners (ELL) and theylearn English as a second language. In contrast, foreign language learning is when the language studied by the learners is not spoken in the native country of the learners. There are key differences which are relevant to teaching…

MY EVOLVING PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WRITING It is the writing that is considered as an important surviving skill in the new era in this globalized world (Yunus, 2016). Therefore, the methodology along with pedagogical philosophy of teaching writing was undoubtedly received greater attention than what we had expected. More evidently, more and more studies has been devoted to aforementioned issues such…

English must be mastered in order to communicate in international business meetings either virtual or face-to-face, as well as to read technical and specialized documents which cannot easily be translated into every language. For some educationists, learning other languages enables people to understand their own first language in a different way, building more sophisticated lifelong patterns (Puntis, 2011). Therefore, communication skills have always been valued in the workplace and in civic…

them respond positively. Only some people prefer to own only one language. They may say that the most valuable from a literary point of view has already been translated into Russian, and everything else is not worth it for the sake of this study a second language. But if they do not know it, they are not able to truly appreciate its benefits. Especially that only ignorance of any language is flawed, not possession. Each language has its own characteristics - this we know from childhood, but how…

The systematic study of speech and the sounds of language is referred to as phonetics. Traditionally phoneticians rely on careful listening and observation in order to describe speech sounds (Nolan, 2007). Phonetics is often defined with respect to phonology. Both disciplines are concerned with the sound medium of language. Phonology is concerned with the pattering of sounds in a language (and in language in general), and is thus comparable to areas of linguistics such as syntax and morphology…