Teaching English as a foreign language

people who speak Sign Language is between 500,000 and 2,000,000 Americans (Harrington). Regardless of whether the number is half of a million, or two million, there are a plethora of citizens in the United States who use American Sign Language, or ASL, in their everyday lives. These people include the deaf, the hard of hearing, the disabled, victims of mental illness, all of their family members, and so much more. There are a profuse amount of people who rely on American Sign Language as their…

portion of the summer. While in Spain, I will have opportunities to see new and interesting places and improve my Spanish language skills, more importantly, I will immerse myself in a foreign culture that holds new perspectives and ideas. These new perspectives and ideas will affect my life and also the lives of my future students and colleagues, as I plan to apply them into my teaching one day. In the…

In addition to English, there is a room for a mother tongue of teachers and students to use in the EMI class in order to deliver lessons and interact with each other during teaching and learning when English is not required. Using only English in EMI classes may create a language anxiety, and this might affect teaching and learning outcomes. Hence, a codeswitching approach is available for the teachers and students in order to reduce English language anxiety in EMI classes. In the light of the…

Epistemology and Contemporary Methodologies in English teaching Characterized by frequent change and innovation, the foundation of contemporary language teaching was developed during the early part of the twentieth century, as applied linguists as others pursued to build principles and procedures for the design of teaching methods and materials (RICHARDS; RODGERS, 2014, p. 1). The aim of the present text is to walk through the changes in language teaching through the methodologies, giving…

Teaching students a foreign language can be a challenging job. There are special skills that a teacher needs in order to be able to help their students and be an expert in teaching that language. As a future English teacher, I have thought a lot of what is the best way for me to teach English to students who do not have it as their mother tongue. I have been to many ESL classes and observed the teachers and I have learned a great deal. I have seen good ways in which they tried to relay the…

Dreaming in Hindi “If you speak English, you have one world, if you speak Navajo, you have another world” (Rich 7). Being multilingual creates more opportunities, and in a sense, truly unveils a whole new world. Author Katherine Russell Rich discovers a brand new world when she decides to go to India to learn Hindi. Rich begins her dive into Hindi at a later age than educators normally recommend. A specific main idea she presents in Dreaming in Hindi is that there is a small period of time in…

Learning a foreign language requires learning a large number of words. In order to become proficient learners, students have to learn thousands of words, including those rarely used in communication. Not only English learners, but also English teachers are not less concerned by vocabulary teaching. Hence, learning a foreign language at different levels requires the acquisition of thousands of words. The needs of learners to remember vocabulary items are crystal clear in learning language.…

Abstract: English has become the international language in the world; it has become the one of most used in every level of aspect in communication. Because of its important, English should be taught since early stage in order to make them familiar with the English words. Teaching English to Young Learners has become primarily need especially in non-native English country. Teaching young learners is different from teaching adults, because young learners tend to get new information through fun…

Colonialism is the imperial expansions with political, economic and military forces. Colonialism in 19th century is a period of territorial expansion which mainly led by European powers. In the late 19th century, because of the developed transportation, globalization grew fast. So far, it became a movement of people, information, goods, services, culture, and politics in world wide range. There are lots of similarities and differences between these two terms. While both Colonialism and…

The importance of English is not just in how many people speak it, but in what it’s used for. These years, English has become the most used language in the world. Business companies, High schools, and many other international organisations and associations require English as an important exigency. HEM introduced a list of international training centers for the second year’s students: Calliope, The British Council, Wall Street and British Workshop in Morocco and several language centers in…