Teaching English as a foreign language

Effective teaching engages students; it should spark interest and inspire them to push forward and learn independently, turning the subject into more than a curiosity. Such an education would allow the student to take pride in his accomplishment. It is the teacher’s task to motivate students by presenting dynamic, creative, meaningful, and enjoyable classes; furthermore, he must go beyond simply teaching a system, especially when language instruction takes place outside the target country. In…

changing world like ours, it is fundamental to master foreign languages; and learning a language involves learning how to communicate in that language. In this way, bilingualism can be defined as to be competent in the use of two languages; that means, to be proficient in two different languages. However, it should be present that this concept is complex. More concretely, according to Cohen (1975), bilingual education is the use of two or more languages as a means of instruction in a part of…

English Only vs Bilingual Classroom According to the article, The Practice of Policy, research has stated that a learner’s first language is an important aspect of cognitive, communicative, and social functions when communicating in a foreign and second language classroom (McMillan & Rivers 2010). This article covers a survey that was done that includes twenty-nine native English speaker teachers at a university in Japan. The native English speakers were required to use the target language that…

Problems and points to be improved of the current English education guidelines by MEXT Problems of the current English education guidelines are motivation for learning of students, and connection elementary school to junior high school to high school (MEXT, 2016). Therefore, students cannot use things that students learned after moving up and graduating, and teachers cannot use teaching methods well. At junior high school and high school, teachers teach English lessons that place importance on…

would encourage better communication skills, support other heritages, and it also opens an opportunity to gain knowledge in multiple languages. Learning bilingual language at an early age assists with functioning vocabulary and also enhancing academic achievement. In California, the chairman of the state Republican Party disapproved non-English speakers to learn English not knowing the fact that it helps better with their education. Mandating bilingual education in public schools allows all…

existence and practicality as a solution to their language problems pointed out to them. In 1948, the…

In recent years, Khon Kaen University authorities have introduced the new instructional policy, the so-called “English as a medium of instruction” or EMI. In this study, the general working definition of EMI is “the use of the English language to tech academic subjects in countries or jurisdictions where the first language (L1) of the majority of the population is not English (Dearden, 2014, p. 2).” Additionally, EMI has two basic constituents of its own, which are contents…

Understand ESL Students’ Native Language Writing Experiences.” TETYC. (1999): 277-285. Web. 21 Nov. 2015. Dong investigates ESL students’ native literacy-learning experiences through written learning autobiographies of 26 first year college students from eight different countries. He proposes that teachers need to understand each student’s unique needs and experiences in relation to writing. Because students that are native speakers of languages other than English may have vastly…

Since activity involves doing a task to bring in transformation that will pave the way for development, activity theorists also study the influence of second language learning on social and cultural patterns. The Activity Theory yields an illustrative meticulous framework and improves the circumstances and results of teaching and learning. Language learning has an association with socio-cultural forces. It is a cultural artefact that aids in the thought and communication between people as well…

Simona Nissan San José State University Using mother tongue in classroom of second language (L2) or foreign language (FL) is a controversial topic for decades. On the one hand, linguistic approach supporters argue that target language should be the only language that teachers adopt in order to teach and communicate in class, since this is the only possible way to maximize the effectiveness of teaching and learning L2 and FL (Baños, 2009). However, on the other side of the divide…