Teaching English as a foreign language

quality of education in America’s school system has been a concern. This event that the Russians beat the Americans sparked crisis in America’s education system. This crisis lead to restructuring the education system in English, History, Science, Mathematics, and foreign languages. While many programs were developed and government funding was allocated to enhance school systems and colleges, the racial revolution presented a forceful challenge to the political, social, and economic basis of…

curriculum is defined as “a curriculum with an international orientation in content and/or form, aimed at preparing students for performing (professionally/ socially) in an international and multicultural context and designed for the domestic and/or foreign students ( Deardorff, et al. 2012). The internationalization of the curriculum is a result to the globalization with the “the South”. The internationalization of college and university curricula is challenging but also imperative as a…

sought to revive the dance by improving upon it with new instruments and costumes. He was fluent in both Hawaiian and English and studied law from a young age. "Hula is the language of the heart and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," Kalakaua proclaimed (The Hula Movement, Constance Hale). For this brief time, Hawaii culturally rebelled against the missionaries' teachings. However, in 1887 an organization called the Hawaiian League took control of the government by force. The…

I chose to focus on one career that I could possibly pursue in the future: middle school Spanish teacher. I chose this one job to research because it encompasses almost everything that I think would be a good fit for me in the world of education. Teaching is basically helping people understand a concept so they can use those concepts to help others and solve problems, but being a teacher is more than just an opportunity to impart knowledge. By being a teacher you can help others with finding a…

Communicative Competence: The principle goal of CLT is to develop learners’ communicative competence in the second language through communication and interaction with others (Brown, 2002)the role of grammar ص40 ريتشارد اند او مدري مين The notion of communicative competence was first mentioned by Hymes. He invented this term to compare between a communicative view of language and Chomsky's theory of competence. Chomsky(1965) mentioned that the main concern of the linguistic theory is to define…

The relationship between language and culture is known to be confusing with no clear distinction on how to separate the two. Language must be learned in order to communicate with the people who speak it as their native tongue, and culture must be understood in order to act in accordance with the social norms of society. But if multiple languages are learned without any cultural knowledge on the country where that language is spoken, is that language fully learned? And if multiple countries…

Language has always been one of the most crucial building blocks to the personal puzzle of self-identity. It is the carrier of culture, and culture is the carrier of identity. In some of the earliest days in history God recognized this fact. He realized that the best way to prompt his people to heed his command and obey his words during the building of the Tower of Babel was to confuse their languages. Why did he do this? Because taking away the common language of the people completely…

A standardized test is any form of an exam that requires every test taker to answer the same questions and that is scored in a consistent manner. Every student during their time in school will eventually take at least one. No student enjoys preparing for these extra tests, and some either will study a lot or none. Each student approach these exams differently. The way the students are taught can be highly influenced by the exam and what the material is. These are just two of many reasons why…

but her excitement is understandable; she and Jack worked hard to establish a new method of language learning for Northwestern students. The club, Campus Language Connection, is the McCarter’s second foray into creating a language organization. This new group joins native speakers of a language with those who hope to learn that language. CLC aims to help students not only become competent in a foreign language, but to build a unique community of students that appreciate cultures in a way that…

High School. One example is the difference in the number of English Language Learners. Only two percent of NorthWood’s student population for the 2014-2015 school year was considered ELLs, while Concord’s is more than doubled that amount at twelve percent learners. This means that, although both schools have a population consisting of other ethnicities, Concord has a greater responsibility in teaching these students the English language and all it entails of them. NorthWood, however, also has a…