Teaching English as a foreign language

Communicating in foreign languages is important and is taught in many secondary and high schools around the United States. Some examples of foreign languages taught in various schools are French, Spanish, and Chinese. These are three of the most popular languages taught in the country. Teaching students these languages are important because it gives the student an understanding of the cultures, and history of other ethnicities. Also, speaking a foreign language makes you a better candidate for a…

small town in Mexico. She said that she did not think anyone she knew spoke English in her town. She attended a small school for a few years in Mexico. When she was 8 years old, her father got the opportunity to work with his cousin in the United States. The family moved first to Laredo, Texas. In Laredo, she started school and began to be taught to speak English. In this school, there were many children…

number of students that enter the U.S. education who are not proficient in English has been challenging for educators. In order to alleviate some the stress on the student 's behalf many companies have begun producing software and other various forms of technology to help support these students’ education. These are students that not only have to develop critical skills, but they also have to do so in a language that is foreign to them. Technology can play vital role within this community of…

Imagine leaving your home country only to go to a foreign place, now referred to as “home” and being forced to attend school without knowing the language. My family immigrated from Kosovo to the United States in January of 2004. I was only 5 years old at the time, so learning another language was fairly easy. My parents eagerly wanted to enroll me in school, and after only a few weeks of settling in my parents along with my uncle scheduled a meeting with the local elementary school. I was…

Incident 2 : I thought I speak a very good English until I came to England. I was at the supermarket once and a man approached me , thinking that I work in the supermarket, and asked me about something he was looking for.I asked him to repeat his words and he did , but again,I did not get what he said.I was embarrassed and so I said “ sorry I can not understand what you say , my English is very bad”. He replied “ only if you have an American accent”. My English was not bad because I was…

Topic 3- Should English Language Learners Be Placed in a General Classroom or a Special Education Classroom? A third question plaguing schools with English language learners is whether to place the English language learners in a general classroom or a special education classroom. Several schools place them in the special education classroom when they do not have special needs, thus taking the teacher’s attention away from students that have special needs and require the extra help. Likewise,…

receive a great number of different answers. In the English language, we derive the word educate from the Latin word “ducere”, to lead. This is what I believe to lay at the core to answering these questions. As educators, I believe it our duty to lead students to understanding themselves, their future, and their place in that future, wherever that may be. Where do foreign languages fit into this? It is my profound belief, that through language, we are able to open up so many possibilities for…

you need to pass the TOEFL test (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This test measures the ability of non-native English speakers to use and understand the English language as it is heard, spoken, read, and written in the university classroom. The TOEFL test consists of four sections: reading, listening, writing, and speaking. The most challenging parts of the test for me was writing and speaking. Writing — because I had never written essays in English before and my vocabulary was poor.…

Toastmasters International (TI) is non-for-profit educational organization. It helps individuals from diverse backgrounds and specialties improve their leadership and communication skills. TI first club was founded in October, 1924 by Dr. Ralph C. Smedley - the director of education of Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) in Santa Ana, California, U.S. at that time. Dr. Smedley formed the first group of speakers there when he realized the pressing need of YMCA members to communicate, lead and…

definition of culture in the Cambridge English Dictionary is as follows, “The way of life of a particular people, especially shown in their ordinary behavior and habits, their attitudes toward each other, and their moral and religious beliefs.” So the fact that no society exists without the culture has made the learners to be motivated to learn about the culture as well as the language of the target language to achieve pragmatic competence in the target language. As an EFL instructor, I have…