Integration Of Idioms In Teaching English

Naturally acquiring English comes with time and growth from an infant to a toddler to a child. Even after childhood, time is still spent refining and mastering Standard English skills. The English acquired when we are just learning to talk is incomplete, short, and often incorrect. We use simple words like "Up" to mean "Pick me up", and "Mo" for "I want more". When we collect more words for our vocabularies, we form incorrect sentences like "I goed with mommy". When we study Standard English, we are taught the correct forms. The correct usage of Standard English is an important step in ones English developement. Later on in life, Standard English is expected in environments such as interviews and the workplace. Without Standard English, one's

There are many reasons for learning English. We need to learn English for both our social and academic lives. We live in the United

Walking down a school hallway, one is guaranteed to hear slang being used by nearly all the students. This is because slang is one of the most popular forms of communication, especially among youth. However, there is much debate over whether slang should be banned in school. Banning slang is schools could have consequences and lead to separation among students. Slang should be allowed in schools because it is an easy and fun way for students to communicate with each other, it establishes commonality among students, and banning slang could potentially alienate students.

Idiom is a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. Which basically means having a own saying. In the 4th paragraph, a phrase “jump down my throat” was used by the write to react angrily to something that someone said or did.

Idioms are difficult for ESL students because they have never been taught to them in context, with a link to a situation.

Standard English was established so that every person of the English origin could speak on one accord of understanding and comprehensiveness. However, fast forwarding to the modern day world, English varies in many cases. Standard English, Broken English, Black English (known as slang), etc... Speaking in any other English besides Standard English you are known to be grammatically and educationally incorrect. Standard English is taught in the classroom but does not prepare for real life world experiences. Many variations of English language are spoken but many are also judged by in most cases a person who speaks Standard English.

Basing on my teaching experience, the best way for students to learn new vocabulary, phrases or idioms is to make up examples or dialogue using them. Olena could give this task before visualizing activity, which would be far more effective in terms of idioms comprehension by students.

Being used to classroom English is not that helpful to become fluent in real natural English

English can be used amongst friends or with close family because in some cases they will not expect it from you all the time throughout the weeks but, employees should never use Non-Standard English in a workplace or a formal situation. Using Standard English will earn a person a great deal of respect in a business place. Many will see an individual as a very professional worker and will lead to them getting promoted or offered higher opportunities.

Researchers and graduate students focusing on Japanese studies are often required to read a Classical Chinese text kanbun, using a Japanese method of reading “kundoku”. Learning kanbun-kundoku for beginners involves many difficulties. The lack of introductory teaching materials is one of these. In this paper, we propose to use four-character idioms as one kind of material at the introductory stage of kanbun-kundoku education, and inquire into the effective methods of its’ usage. First of all, we introduce the results of a dictionary survey, listing up 1377 four-character idioms with kundoku-reading provided. Then, from a standpoint of technical Japanese education, we propose a method of classification for these idioms, with a focus on the position

English is an international language which is used officially all around the world. Anybody who wants to make connections with the world we live in should learn English. I had English language classes in my secondary and high school years. I also took some private English learning courses throughout summers in my country, Turkey. However, I could not improve my English effectively as all Turkish students in Turkey. I fully agree that English will be learned most efficiently in the boundaries of an English-speaking country not in the home country because of some cases. Therefore, I came here, USA, to learn English better after graduation from my university.

In teaching and learning English, there are two aspects that should be concerned. The first one is the language skills such as speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The second one is the language components such as vocabulary, and grammar. These two aspects are taught in order to make the students achieve the ability in communicating both in spoken and written forms.

The language is a part of the culture and the carrier of the culture at the same time. The culture can not get away from the language. The language can not get away from the culture, either. It is impossible to study a foreign language text without considering the culture it embodied. Idiom is the essence and crystallization of a language and culture. It is the summary of life experiences of the people in a particular district. Usually, it is short but it can reflect the special features of a certain culture. Therefore, the accurate understanding of the English idiom does not only involve the phonetic conversion but also involve the western cultural conversion. It requires that the learner know the western culture background well.

One of the most international languages is English. It is from the requirements from studying abroad and the textbooks are almost in English. If a person wants to get PHD degree English is important and helpful for them. The writer of the article wants to shed the lights on how to improve English skills. 1) students should differentiate between textbooks languages and real English language and focus on grammar and how to write without any mistake. The writer compared between the use of English and Arabic language. 2) How to get fluent English language speaker and explains the tips for it. We don't have to memorize each single word but only the phrases and statements. Also read and write stories, articles and conversation. Moreover download and listen to BBC, CNN, WEE and Euro news agencies to be familiar

This paper believes that every approach has strengths and weaknesses. Hence, choosing an appropriate method depends on the level of the students or the purpose of the course. As an English teacher, I am convinced that we should comprehend both advantages and disadvantages of each method. Thence, we try to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses. Finally, the chosen method must achieve the objective of the course and meet the demand of the learners. That is my own philosophy of