Essays on Language Teaching

Nobody has contemplated precisely on the complicated phenomenon why English has become so widespread and common all over the world. The ability to communicate in English fluently does not awake the feeling of surprise or pleasure on the foreigner’s faces. However, it is a rational and logical issue that English seems to be an international language or a lingua franca. From the historic point of view, one should mention Latin and its role all over the world. Many centuries ago, Latin was considered to be a lingua franca as well. However, after the Roman Empire lost its power ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

Introduction

The advancements made in the field of technology have irreversibly changed the way people live, communicate and perform the everyday activities. Some of the routine duties have disappeared, yet humans experience the extreme shortage of time and energy to perform all the activities they are wiling to do. The digitalized tools have replaced the everyday practices. The reading and writing have also been affected by these changes. Some technologies brought negative consequences to people’s lives, while others were positive. One of such technologies, which had positive influence on the literacy practices, is the iPhone 6s Plus. Its design, ...

Research Paper

Judging the Quality of English Judging the Quality of English There are two main approaches that can be used to judge the standard of people’s English, both spoken and written. The prescriptive approach relies on the use of a set of rules and standards that prescribe how English should be used, whilst the descriptive approach relies more on an understanding of how English is used as a tool for communication in reality (McBee Oryulak, 2012). These two different approaches give an insight into how judgements can be made about the quality of the language. The purpose of this ...

The book “Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching” by Diane Larsen-Freeman is devoted to different methods and approaches of language teaching which can be useful for teachers of foreign languages. According to the author, the book should also make its readers think about the approach to language teaching more and finally work out their own unique method or a set of methods which will accord to their personal beliefs and convictions regarding language teaching. In order to present the book as a useful instrument in teaching, the author also provides a system of techniques which can be implemented in ...

Literature Review

Huang et al. (2010) uses an interview process in order to find out the specific language skills are the most problematic for ESL students. By interviewing three different classroom teachers, it is suggested that ESL students have challenges in English speaking, reading, academic listening, and writing skills. “Specifically, understanding classroom tasks, giving oral presentations in content classes, and being able to communicate a problem” (68) are considered the most challenging aspects for ESL students. This study suggests that teachers can help ESL students improve their academic English skills in the school setting. In order to properly assist ESL students, ...

Part 1 Curriculum/Research

The current resources and techniques used to teach present simple tense in ESL classrooms include the use of present simple dominoes. The technique is an enjoyable dominoes game fit for reviewing the simple present tense in ESL classroom. The students are grouped into pairs and are awarded a set of dominoes. They use the dominoes to make a complete sentence in simple present tense (Alsagoff et al., 2012).

Part 2 Disabilities

One of the major problems exhibited by students with disabilities in learning simple present tense in ESL classroom may include pronunciation and accent difficulties. Additionally, the students may have difficulty in ...

In an increasingly globalized world, the knowledge of a second language has not only become common but also a must. Language teachers are constantly in demand and use different methods to teach a second language. There are many methods and approaches to language teaching, but there is no evidence that one particular method is the most effective. “The art of teaching does not lie in accessing a checklist of skills but rather in knowing which approach to adopt with different students, in different curricular circumstances or in different cultural settings (Klapper 17).” Some of the methods that were used ...

Group Work Related to Language Acquisition.

Group Work Related to Language Acquisition.

Introduction.

Language acquisition involves the use of different aspects of language areas to gain a larger perspective and understanding of the English language. Linguistics is characterised by in-depth research on various literature areas, language development areas and the issues that have had an impact on the English language. The principle of group work is that several interrelated topics are crucial for the development of linguistics comprehensively, and thus the several areas of interest can be studied interrelatedly to check and ascertain their effect on the English language. Language acquisition is the means as to ...

ABSTRACT

Research agrees that one of the major influences on success in learning fluency in a second language is motivation. It is for this reason that instructors in second language acquisition understand how important it is to grasp accepted theories of the role of motivation in terms of types of motivation, how motivation influences the development of language skills, definitions of motivation, and how to teach effectively for the future success of their students. This paper discusses the major theories of accepted authorities on the influence of motivation on learning a second language and briefly correlates their findings with each ...

Chapter 2

LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter is comprised of the review of relevant theoretical and evidence-based literature. The review begins with a discussion of the literature on Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory, Motivational Theory (MT), and Constructivist Theory to establish the conceptual framework. Each theory is discussed in the context of pedagogical practice. The review continues with the discussion of the literature on technology and social media in general, as well as on the technology, social media and learning in particular. The review then concludes with the review of the research literature on using Twitter in EFL teaching with learning in ...

World Englishes

The concept of World Englishes has been receiving a lot of attention since the past few years. This literature review presents some of the recent studies that were focused on this topic. The local forms of English that gets developed because of the local language blended with English, which eventually turns into the standard language of a particular society or a religion, are defined as World Englishes. Also, the terms ‘World English’ & ‘World Englishes’ are different from each other. While the term ‘World English’ denotes English language as a lingua franca (ELF), the term ‘World Englishes’ is something which ...

In human interaction, communication is a complicated pack of unspoken and spoken behaviors that occurs at several human interaction levels. The author views the classroom as an essential principle of learning and teaching process for communication clarity in a classroom. He views the classroom as a social learning context since interaction is key to education and learning where the teacher and the students are the participants. He says that between the second language acquisition and classroom interaction, there is a strong bond. There are many turn-taking processes which include: the IRF pattern, pauses and silences, interactions and overlaps, mutual ...

Abstract

There are a plethora of challenges that pertains to the learning of the second learning. The process of foreign language acquisition that is often a second language is characterized by certain difficulties that narrow down to individual attributes. It is worthy to understand the various factors that make it easy for students or some people to learn a second language faster than their counterparts. It is important to note that despite similar learning conditions, there are possibilities that different people will take different periods of time to understand and learn a given language that is not their first language. ...

Zhao, Yushan, Zhu, Hongjing, Studies in Literature and Language

Abstract Most studies of inter-subjectivity are about the translators' subjectivity, which pay less attention to the subjectivity of writers and readers. Some papers center on binary dialogue among translation subjects, and place one subject in the center. Based on Davidson's triangulation model, the paper provides a clearer ternary dialogue for intersubjectivity. Davidson adopts "triangulation" to express the person-person-world interaction in the language communication. Translation, as the cross-cultural communication involving many subjects, is the result of the triangulation among the subjects. Triangulation in translation should be: a writer, a source text and a translator; a translator, a target text and ...

CELTA or Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages is the essential English language teaching qualification that offers one the essential knowledge, practical experience as well as the hands-on teaching expertise to qualify as a teacher of English in anywhere in the world. I would like to undergo CELTA training as there is a high demand for tutors for teaching English in countries like Russia, Dubai, Turkey and more countries across the world. I have been teaching English for five years already, and I was told that the course was essential to advance my English teaching qualification ...

‘Non-native’ Varieties and World English

‘Non-native’ Varieties and World Englishes Introduction The varieties of world Englishes connects to multitudes of non-native English speakers globally and the individual and collective goals in learning English as a second language. Understanding key themes in contemporary applied linguistics and the role of language in real-world problems faced by individual and groups provides a range of potential solutions available in different contexts of practice (Spelman Miller and Thompson, 2005; Kaplan, 2002; Frawley, 2003: Arts and McMahon, 2006; Davies, 2007). The use of English as an international language (EIL) and its implications for teaching have attracted much scholarly attention yet, ...

Introduction

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson &Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Heath offers insights for use in the dissertation study for investigating any difficulties in the area of Americans learning Arabic. This study specifically addresses the learner and his/her creativity in Arabic communicative competence as it applies toward competently completing both the DLI course and the OPI (Heath, 1987).

Alptekin (2002) discusses the notion of communicative competence that suggests that native-speaker competence is the metric by which communicative competence is decided. Alptekin argues that this particular norm creates an unrealistic and utopian model for language learning that makes it impossible for SLA to be considered complete or sufficient. Native speakership ...

The concept of a paradigm shift gives a means of making connections between changes that are linked to communicative language teaching. There are eight changes, which fit with the communicative language teaching paradigm shift. These are the social nature of learning, the autonomy of the learner, curricular integration, diversity, focus on meaning, individual thinking skills, teachers as co-learners and alternative assessment. Paradigm shift in education is used to represent change. A paradigm shift takes place when we see things from a different perspective. Paradigm shifts in the twentieth Century can be due to a large shift from positivism to post-positivism (Jacobs & Farell, ...

Introduction

English is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It has spread from the European countries to other countries and thus it transitioned into a global language. The teaching of English varies within the different levels of education. Today, in most European countries, English is taught as a foreign language for better understanding and fluent communication between and among people. English, just as any other language, has four language skills that one must follow in order to have enough knowledge on it. The four language skills include; listening, reading, speaking and writing. This essay explores strategies that help in ...

Introduction

Background of the Research Use of language in classrooms has always been a topic of debate in literature. The issue of using first language (L1) while learning second language (L2) in classrooms has been a topic of interest amongst researchers. Certain researchers feel that L1 should be used to improve and increase the comprehension and learning skills of L2 (Cook, p.297) and also helps in explaining new words and difficult concepts to students (Mirza, Jabbar & Mahmus, p.3). Great arguments against using L1 are also present nevertheless. Cook (2001) states that using L1 and L2 simultaneously will interfere in the ...

I chose this particular topic for my research paper because the South Caucasus is a region that has had the misfortune of seeing inter-ethnic issues played out in different stages of conflict - both latent and violent, and therefore both conflict prevention and conflict resolution/transformation interventions have been required. Georgia's Armenian inhabited area – Samtskhe-Javakheti – is a case of the former. Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and also the Georgian-Russian-Ossetian war represent the latter.

Basic Facts about the Armenian Minority Group in Georgia

General Information about Armenians Armenians constitute the main population of the Republic of Armenia, the country is homogenous. The total population of the country in accordance with the ...

Introduction

Language acquisition is a standout amongst the most essential human characteristics, and it is clearly the brain that experiences the formative or developmental changes. Amid the years of language acquisition, the mind stores linguistic data as well as adjusts to the regularities based on grammar of any language(A. Chamot, 1993). Latest developments in neuro-imaging have generously helped examinations of how a brain develops. There has been a longstanding enthusiasm among many language teachers and educators to conduct researches on acquisition of language and its relationship with brain. Acquisition of first or second language is a natural process; it takes place even without ...

i) the similarities and differences between L1 and L2 ii) psychological factors iii) social factors.

Then, drawing upon relevant literature, consider implications for language teaching/learning [250 words max].

This question as worded below specifies the student’s age, gender, L1 and country of origin. However, you may vary this question for gender, L1 and country of origin, if this would render it more useful for you. The student’s age, and other details as below, must remain the same. Ahmed is a nine-year old boy of Arabic background who immigrated to Australia through the family reunion scheme one year ago. He is living with his parents and two younger sisters in ...

Theories of first and second language acquisition and learning and the associated language teaching approaches

Linguistic experts have developed many theories that analyze the process of first and second language acquisition and learning and the associated learning approaches. First language learners undergo an extensive and vigorous process in acquiring and learning a second language. Some of the most recognized scholars who have developed second language learning and acquisition theories include Krashen, Chomsky, Crystal, Brooks, Harmon, and Frith.

Chomsky’s theory of Universal grammar (UG)

Noam Chomsky introduced the theory of Universal Grammar (UG) in 1980. Chomsky argued that knowledge of grammar depends on two main components, the principles and properties shared among all languages, and the variation between properties of these languages. ...

Reflections to journal articles

Language, language acquisition and language teaching are areas of interest that have engaged the attention of linguists, psychologists and educationists for centuries. Zest in research in these areas continues with new issues being raised as a consequence of development in technology and means of communication. While experts continue to discuss first and second language acquisition, the truth is that it is difficult to find an individual who uses one pure language. Increasing contacts between language communities in a global scenario have resulted in bilingualism and multilingualism. According to Kumar and Yunus, “No society speaks just ‘a language’ that is ‘pure’ in its ...

Teaching strategies for ESL students in the Mainstream High School English Classroom

Introduction The rise of the English language as a basic communication skill needed in the corporate world has become one of the reasons why non-native English speakers find it of utmost importance and therefore, would enroll in English language courses. The TESL First Annual Panel in Ontario (2007) published that at least in Ontario, Canada, teaching ESL or English as a Second Language dated back to post-World War II when a great number of immigrant soldiers were included. Hence, the rise for the need of a language program for newcomers was administered by the Ministry of Education. One and a half decade ...

INVESTIGATING & CRITIQUING THE ROLE OF VISUAL MODALITIES IN MEANING MAKING IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Critical Articles’ Appraisal of the Described Visual Learning/Teaching Medium (Digital Stories) or Strategy PRACTICAL FACTORS IN THE USAGE OF VIDEO IN THE CLASSROOM IN LANGUAGE TEACHING Christine Canning Wilson Vol. 6. No. 11. 2000. Video is best defined as the selective and sequential use of pictograms in an audio visual format. Considerable confidence has been placed in the valuation of audio visual assistance for enhancing foreign language learning, despite the minimal amount of empirical data on audio visual material in learning foreign languages. However, given the time devoted to utilizing video in the study of a ...

When Latin was the dominant language, teaching language implied teaching rules of grammar. The introduction of new European languages led to the Grammar-Translation Method. The Reform movement brought the spoken mode into focus. Direct Method was developed as a reaction to Grammar-Translation method. It insisted on the use of Target language. It lacked a proper methodology, so Coleman Report suggested the Reading Method. This method neglected other language skills. Needs for teaching languages changed during the Second World War and gave rise to the Audio-lingual method in U.S. and the Situational Approach in Britain. Gradually, the function of language for the ...

Community projects aim at making the community a sustainable place for each and every individual. The community project on focus is the Australian Football league that partners with administrators and community volunteers association in support of the differently abled children. AFL program shares a sense of companionship and belonging to the disabled children integrating them and making them feel important as other members of the community (KIM, EHRICH & FICORILL 2012). Similarly, with the help of the Adult Migrant English program, the Australian Football league program for the disabled children have been offering learning, social and recreational opportunities to the children, organizations ...

An ‘English as a Second Language’ Collection for

Brisbane City Council Library Services Collection Development for Library Services and Course Number 3. Initial ESL Collection Development The “Success in Reading English: An ‘English as a Second Language’ Collection for Brisbane City Council Library Services (BCCLS)” is our group proposed library collection project. As part of the detailed overview and discussion of the library and information services, the context in which we anchor our initial ESL collection development is at the city of Brisbane Queensland, primarily; and secondarily, the online community. Brisbane, as Australia’s largest local government, has to serve its more than two million ...

Book Review

A Book Review Background of Reading Teaching is noted as a series of procedures taken into account by educators as they go along particular responsibilities of engaging in the process of passing on knowledge to their students. In relation to the concept of teaching, teachers are expected to take on necessary procedures that are considered essential especially when addressing the different needs of the students given that they are all unique learners. One of the most common patterns of approach taken into account by teachers is the idea of implicating holistic instruction; an approach that affects not only ...

The current study seeks to investigate teachers and students perceptions on the cultural dimension of language teaching and learning and some of the classroom practices present. The research approach is shaped by constructivism, which mainly asserts that reality is socially constructed. The research focuses on the way culture shapes the different aspects of teaching language in the classroom. The epistemology of the study takes an objectivist approach with the analyzing and provision of data, which is tabulated in tables. The study assumes that culture affects or influences the perceptions of classroom practices by teachers and affects the priorities ...

Purpose of the study and research questions

The primary purpose of the current research was to assess if listening strategies that have been utilized for a long time in different studies are correctly collated to measure the use of language be the English learners. The research questions comprised of the following; - Whether the listening strategies utilized by the university students at the department at the department if English Language Teaching, Mersin University exhibit any differences with regards to proficiency levels. - Which are the primary listening strategies utilized by Turkish EFL students. - Whether listening strategies utilized by the university students at the ...

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND SECOND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY

Second-language acquisition, second-language studying, or L2 acquisition, is the procedure by which individuals study a second language. Second-language acquisition (frequently abbreviated to SLA) additionally alludes to the scientific discipline committed to examining that process. Second language alludes to any language studied notwithstanding an individual's first language; despite the fact that the idea is named second-language acquisition, it can additionally consolidate the studying of third, fourth, or resulting languages. Second-language acquisition alludes to what learners do; it doesn't allude to practices in language educating. Second-language acquisition is likewise nearly identified with brain research, cognitive brain science, and instruction. SLA is advanced ...

Introduction

Research shows that there are a lot of facts that are considered to be intriguing in regards to the language. Further investigation shows the fact that every human being has it, and those that are called non-humans do not. Studies show the fact that some learners are able to sponge things more easier than others. Second-language acquisition, is the procedure by which individuals began to learn a second language. Second-language acquisition or SLA also refers to the scientific discipline dedicated to studying that process. Studies show that second language denotes to any language learned in addition to an individual's first language; ...

Abstract

In second language acquisition, the teaching methods are primarily meant to contribute to learner’s acquisition of the language, not learning of the targeted foreign language. This implies focusing on communication (enhancing the vocabulary) and on process rather than on grammar and on product (learning the language). In this context, for stimulating the communication, teachers need to create relaxed environments for the learners to feel comfortable in communicating and interacting among themselves, sharing their experience with others and in the same time learning from various strategies or language acquisition methods. Such language acquisition methods are presented in the current ...

Pitrik, 2013). On the other hand, in socio-cognitive teaching, teachers offer scenarios whereby the students enter into the kinds of social discourse situations and societies that they (students) would encounter outside the traditional classroom. For example, students connect to various contexts for social interaction through the internet. In these contexts, they (students) meet and interact with native English speakers (Strambi & Bouvet, 2003), which allow them (students) to learn the English culture, and therefore, learning the language becomes easier. Therefore, socio-cognitive teaching explains the role of social interaction in the creation of an environment to learn a language, learn about the ...

Introduction

Methodology involved in learning a new language is very crucial for the learners to develop the desired skill and competency in the target language. Language learning has gone through several changes over the century and different theories have been developed over the years for language teaching. In modern times, there are several methods used for teaching a language such as the Grammar-translation Method, the Audio-Lingual Method, the Direct Teaching Method and the Communicative Approach. The Grammar-Translation method and the Communicative approach are two significant methods of language teaching, both playing important roles in teaching a foreign language to students. While the Grammar-translation ...

The ever-mounting necessity for good communication skills in English has fashioned an enormous request for English teaching from all over the world. There are millions of individuals nowadays that are interested in improving their command of English in order to even make sure that even children attain a good command of English. And chances to learn English are delivered in numerous diverse ways for instance through study abroad, travel, formal instruction, in addition to through the Internet and also the media. With that said this essay will explore what is communicative language teaching, and what factors led to its emergence ...

KURDISH SECONDARY STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN

LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Degree Acronyms CF Corrective Feedback EFL English as a Foreign Language ESL English as a Second Language FLC Foreign Language Correction ICEEP International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology LPLA Logical Problem of Language Acquisition SLA Second Language Acquisition TEFL Teaching English as a Second Language TESOL Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages The Role of Oral Self Correction to Enhance Kurdish Secondary Students Performance in Learning English as a Foreign Language 1. Introduction The motivation for choosing oral self-correction as ...

A Case Study of Communicative Language Teaching

Summary Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been one of the most important factors that the second level teachers paid attention to. This practice is the technique they use when they are teaching the second language to improve their student's communication and understanding skills. Teachers will do practice this technique by developing the speaking skills of their students (Richards, 2006). This is very important because students will be able to increase their speaking and communication skills on early stage. Teachers want the student not only to develop how they understand the language, but that would also like students to ...

Learning - Methodology and Patterns

- INTRODUCTION The process of acquiring a second/foreign language has evolved and it is permanently changing, developing in order to facilitate as much as possible learners in their aim of learning a new language, but also teachers, in their task to teach a second/foreign language in an efficient manner. It is becoming increasingly significant for teachers to be up to date with any developments in the process of efficiently preparing the methodology of a second/foreign language course and they need to permanently maintain an open mind and a pro – active approach to the new teaching methods, testing them in the classroom setting. ...

Synoptic Overview

The study of Japanese language has increased tremendously throughout the major regions of the world. The language is been taught in many Latin American countries and also in the United States. This essentially highlights the increasing demand for skills in the foreign languages among people looking to expand their resource base as the entire globe becomes more interconnected and thus highly interdependent. Various approaches are taken into consideration while establishing the best didactic methods to use to promote the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language. These approaches must essentially capture a lot more than just the basic building blocks of ...

With reference to videos about classroom observations, this paper will cover the general reflections from those videos. In addition, for each video, the paper will establish classroom management strategies that can be utilized in order to control, as well as, improve the behavior of the students.

General Reflections

Further, most teachers tend to smile and joke with the students. When a teacher incorporates smiles and jokes in his approach to teaching, the teacher’s rapport with the students, in addition to, the relationship between them is greatly improved. This can be attested by the fact that students also spend a considerable amount of ...

The Relationship of Thinking to SLA

Outline for Question #1 (Summarize and refute 3 arguments that indicate cognition as impeding SLA)

I. Introduction

a. Examples of Non-cognitive learning skills (motivation, self-efficacy, self-regulated learning, and others). b. Debate of no cognition vs. cognition in SLA c. Briefly introduce three arguments that oppose thinking

II. First argument: over-analysis a. “When teaching in an EFL context, speaking practice is the quickest and most effective way to learn a language (Berlitz, as cited in Aubrey, 2009, pp. 35-36). b. This means that second language learners learn faster when they just go ahead and speak, without thinking ...

English is the second most popular language in the world after Chinese (Esack, 2004). As such, it has been considered as one of the official languages that enables one to get connections with other people around the world. In most countries across the world, English is taught in both primary and high school levels of education. In non-English speaking countries, English is taught as a second language through courses that may be taken in tertiary institutions of education (Esack, 2004). The objective of this essay is to find out how students are able to learn English as a second language and ...

Second Language Learning

When a person decides to learn a second language, there are several perspectives that should be considered. This is because little or no emphasis is given to contextual factors such as societal, social and individual factors (Center for Applied Linguistics, 2000). On the contrary, attention is based on the teaching methodologies. Furthermore, culture is of significant importance to any individual who wants to learn a second language. Therefore, the myths and fallacies that are associated with second language learning should be shunned altogether (Genesee, 1987). This article will focus on the learning of a second language together will the stated guidelines. Contextual ...

As the world becomes one global village, individuals from different cultural backgrounds intermingle with each other in areas such as schools, businesses, sports, and the internet. This necessitates the understanding and appreciation of each culture. The cultural background plays a very important role in the academic life of a student. Highlighted herein is a case of Chinese student studying in America, a totally different culture. The paper is based on Louise Pratt’s article Arts of the Contact Zone. The article is analyzed and used in the context of this paper.

Introduction

In the article Arts of the Contact Zone, Pratt talks about the ...

Introduction

The aim of this paper is to identify the best approach of teaching English as a second language in Canada. English is one of the two official languages in Canada. It is the major language in the whole country except Quebec and most Canadians can speak English. According to the recent census conducted in Canada, 58 percent of Canadians speak English as their first language, though 85 percent of Canadians can speak English (Statistics Canada, 2008). There is a considerable percentage of people who speak English as a second language. However, Canada is now home to people of different nationalities from all ...

Book Report on Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language skills, second edition by Birsh Judith Dr. Judith Birsh has thrived in conveying mutually the expertise of a group of esteemed and renowned providers to create what is certainly an extremely prized and much-utilized text and reference book in the subject of dyslexia and learning differences In Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills. She has increased a significantly essential source for comprehending, educating, measuring, and parenting individuals with dyslexia and associated disorders by summoning different authorities to write segments in their area(s) of utmost interest and potency. Starting with the meaning ...

For most, the acquisition of language is one which happens automatically as a result of exposure to language spoken by our parents and then, at school, we are taught to develop our skills. This miraculously, sponge-like intelligence has long been the subject of many child development studies. However, when we come to learn a second language, for most of us, it is significantly harder: so, we employ a number of strategies to help us in our education, and teachers of second language students use a number of teaching methods too. Obviously, because of learning styles and varying academic abilities, some of these methodologies ...

In TESOL class, I have learned that listening is a very important aspect of study of any language. One way through which a second language learner learns a new language is by listening. When they listen to the language above they use their “present linguistic competence”, to figure out the meaning of what they hear real time (Nunan 26). Immediately, they connect the input information to their experience or something that they already know. Using the cues in the situation, they then process the information to create “the meaning behind the words” (Nunan 24). From this process, the language learners acquire language ...