Teaching English as a foreign language

Language has an intricate plethora of interpretations, ranging from a language halfway around the world to a single comprehensive dialect or an accent that sounds like a loosened form of English. People use these form of languages every day, integrating themselves so deeply that it becomes the life altering metamorphoses that not only affects a generation but also a culture and family. As esteemed novelist and writer Amy Tan describes in her essay, Mother Tongue, it is “the language spoken in…

should be equipped is the ability to use English since it is the language used in the global communication. However, as mentioned in Ministry of Education and Culture Regulation (2014 No. 60) the English that should be mastered by SMK students is related not only to their daily communication but also to their future professions and jobs. In other words, students are expected not only to be able to use English as a daily communication language but also as a language that supports their…

important role in learning a language, one of which is attitude. Attitude is defined as one of the most important factors that impacts in learning a language (Fakeye, 2010). It is also characterized by a large proportion of emotional involvement like feelings, self, and relationships in the community (Brown, 2001). It is said that language teachers, researchers, and students should recognize that positive attitude and high motivation help language learner in learning second language. Therefore,…

towards bilingualism and bilingual educations. At times, there was this permissive attitude that allowed teaching through the mother tongue acceptable. As long as it was within the jurisdiction of local towns and districts, schools were allowed to teach in the child’s native language. However, there were times in which higher authorities were strongly against languages other than the English. This hostile climate would culminate in the some of the nation’s most drastic changes in the public…

“One of the big moments in the spread of English took place in India in 1835. [British politician] Thomas Babington Macaulay proposed that English be used to create a class of Indian middlemen who would be sympathetic to British interests, without the necessity of large numbers of British citizens coming out and running the show” (Traves 102). As you can see, English has impacted different cultures over the years. As English continues to grow over time, English has become a way to communicate…

scores for Indigenous students are much lower than that of Australian students as a whole. The author believes educators are faced with the challenge to adjust their strategies to help increase the literacy levels of Indigenous students. Ordinary teaching practices appear to fail for many Indigenous students. One reason cited by Harrison and Sellwood (2016) is that the attendance numbers of Indigenous students are low. School attendance for a number of Indigenous students is irregular.…

English is a global language. English is the third most spoken language after Mandarin and Spanish. English is no longer restricted to the shores of England. It has spread its influence far and wide and it currently enjoys a dominating presence amongst all world languages. The status of English as a global language rests not only on having a high number of people speaking the language but also on the fact that continually, year after year, more and more speakers are attempting to learn English…

1.1 Background “ Of all language in the world today English deserves to be regarded as a word language. It is world’s most widely spoken language. It is the common means of communication between the people of different nations. One person out of every four on earth can be reached through English… In India, English continues to be the medium of instruction in school, colleges and universities, and is also the language of administration. These words written by C.Paul verghese successfully…

When learning a foreign language, development begins with the interaction between the teacher and child. Attracting a child to a foreign culture though nursery rhymes, games, signs, drawing and other activities, target the child’s language skills, which are mostly repetitive, working towards developing a child’s personal qualities such as curiosity, empathy, communication and collaboration. “Receptive language skills are essential for comprehension and following instructions. Children of this…

interaction of different languages on an international scale. While many aim to preserve minority languages on cultural grounds, language is also an economic asset. Rogerson-Revell (2007), of the Centre for English Language Teacher Education and Applied Linguistics at University of Leicester, acknowledged that English is now largely accepted as a lingua franca, used to communicate internationally, and originally spread by commerce. A lingua franca is, in the strictest sense, a language with no…