Teaching English as a foreign language

author contends that English is not unfamiliar to the region due to its historical relationship with the United Kingdom, as well as current political and economic relationships with English speaking nations and popular culture. English is also the primary language of tertiary education in the UAE. However, Arabic is the…

My provoking attentiveness for English language arose when I selected it to pursue further at A-level, in which I have indulged within matters such as gender, acquisition and language change. Throughout the entirety of my education I have always reverted back to English, due to my constant urge to read from being young and unable to shake off the ambition of becoming a writer. However, I would ultimately love to pursue a career in public relations or teaching after accomplishing this degree as I…

The permeation of English language, not only in term of geographical extent but also the domains it covers, has sparked controversy about its potentially imperialist quality. Modiano (2001) refers to linguistic imperialism as a process in which prescriptive norms of English language serve to undermine cultural and linguistic diversity of non-native English language speakers (NNES). However, recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in the concept of English language as a Lingua…

Growing up, my parents spoke a lot of Spanish in our household. My sisters and I would be able to pick up bit and pieces of this foreign language to be able to communicate easier. Our grandmother, who could only speak Spanish, played a big role in my understanding of the language. Her home country is Chile and she had been wanting to go back and visit It with us. During the summer that year my parents and my grandparents prepared a trip to go visit. As a child just hearing the word vacation…

study skills and so on. This essay can collect more useful information to help students easier to know how to improve their study skills. The language learning center also called LLC, located on the first floor of the Ferens Building in Hull campus. The language learning centre allows students to use many kinds of Equipment…

speak different languages use various ways to communicate with each other. Commonly, this bilingual conversation is full of language strategies that enhance meaning. One of these language strategies is the use of code-switching (Velásquez, 2010). Over the last twenty-five years the study of code-switching has become a flourishing research field in second language acquisition. It has received attention from such diverse fields as sociolinguistics, anthropology, language teaching, formal…

I, along with many others, believe that English should be our national language. Some think that it is racist to believe that, but I am one of the most non-racist people out there. I don 't see how a country trying to get one language has anything against not liking people of other nationalities. I mean they moved into our country to learn knew things and experience the American way. Right? “Our new immigrants must be part of our one America. After all, they 're revitalizing our cities, they 're…

of communication skills and language development are listening, speaking, reading, and writing in which the one that is the most basic is speaking. This project is about the effect of small talk and role playing on speaking for Iranian young children. One of the most important skills in English is speaking and one way to understand someone has a good proficiency in English is talking it fluency and accuracy. As Brown (2001, 267) stated when someone can speak a language it means that he can…

demographics of Hong Kong reflect that its population is rather mono-cultural. According to the government’s 2016 Census, ethnic minorities constitute a mere 8% of the whole population, whilst 92% is Chinese. When this 8% is broken down, the majority are foreign domestic helpers of Filipino (31.5%) and Indonesian (26.2%) origins; followed by South Asians (including Indians, Pakistanis, Nepalese, Bangladeshis and Sri-Lankans) which take up 14.5% (Census and Statistics Department, 2017). The…

studies that hypothesize and conclude that when children learn a second language at a young age it exercises the brain, and helps with critical thinking skills. In Kathrine Ford’s article for “The Telegraph,” she explains the concept of learning a second language being a useful way to improve critical thinking and the many other benefits. Ford writes, “Longitudinal studies by Harvard University confirm that learning additional languages increases critical thinking skills, creativity and…