English Personal Statement Of Purpose

For the Purpose of this study EAL will be used to describe any child with English as an Additional Language. Information from the January 2012 schools census found that over one million children in the United Kingdom now speak another language in addition to English. It also found that there are over three hundred and sixty languages spoken in primary schools. These children can range from beginner speakers of English, such as refugees or asylum seekers, to those who are advanced speakers of English who have grown up at home with both English and another language being spoken (Webster, 2011)

A speech therapist, a teacher, an expert witness in criminal case, an advertising copywriter, historian, literary scholar, dictionary writer, a group of civil servants, computer programmer, a zoologist, a medical sociologist and many more faces professional problems and need the help of Applied Linguistics for their solutions. According to Mouton de Gruyter, the scope of Applied Linguistics include: “Language Acquisition (L1 and L2), Psycho/Neuro - linguistics, Language Teaching, Sociolinguistics, Humor Studies, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis / Rhetorics, Text / Processing / Translation, Computational Linguistics – Machine Translation, Corpus Linguistics, Language Control / Dialectology” (Alan Davies, 2007). The scope of AL has widened up to a large extend and encompasses almost every field of life related to language, whether its language planning or language policies; language and gender or language and the media, etc. In short, Applied Linguistics has to do any and every thing with the

How I feel about the argument in the text of learning english is it would be hard to do daily tasks around the community. The argument thats been amplified to know is to speech the language is everything. A assumption about learning english is people want to study the language to have a better career to start a better life there are programs like ELS allowing immigrant and refuges to study english as their second language. However, ESL program takes time to learn and immigrant and refuges don’t have the time with the long hours of work to the busy schedules. A viewpoint about learning a new language would be very hard on me and the pressure of feeling like the outsider of a new country. The purpose for me to read about the language struggle

Speaking English as a second language in front of others can prove to be anxiety-provoking and when an international student develops this kind of fear they limit their ability to participate in discussions of class and develop a social relationship. For entry of international student in universities would normally consist of a TOEFL or IELTS score. However, even when the entry level requirement is fulfilled by students, they are not acquainted with the terminology that is technical for a subject area specialist. Difficult time is faced by international students while reading because of lack of familiarity with English vocabulary, a weak understanding of complex syntax, lack of background knowledge in a subject and lack of equivalent words between English and their native language (Mertin, 2013). Criteria of language which is the only thing achieved by the students, studying in English, especially at the level of master’s, can result stressful and onerous. The language entry requirement which is pass by the international students and the independent study was problematic for the international students required at a very early stage of the

Throughout my high school career, I have found many quotes that inspire me to continue to succeed, but one specific quote by Aristotle struck me in forms I had never fathomed of; Aristotle had once said, “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” This quote had influenced my perception of work ethic as I then understood that in order to excel in an endeavor, it was a continual development of character and the simultaneous choice I had of whether to choose excellence or to slack on my work.

As a son of Mexican immigrant parents to the United States, I was privileged to learn an additional language of English. However, I did not begin to learn English until my scholastic years began because I was immediately taken back to Mexico. During the four years I lived in Mexico, I was exposed to what became my mother tongue of Spanish. Everyone around me was monolingual, so I was never exposed to the flavor of the English language; but once school began, I was exposed to an unknown world of English, my second language. Like many English learners as a second language, I was placed in the ELD (English Language Development) program where I soon acquired a distaste towards English. The reason for my dislike for English was because I spoke it

I learned the syntax, diction and prose of many great writers. Despite still struggling with an accent which seems to be stuck with me, I would like to think that I have mastered a second language and my proficiency is on par with my peers. In addition, expanding my knowledge in English has also helped adapt to the culture and expectations of the United States. As a result, I am currently part of two different cultures and this has helped me shape into the person I am today; a multi-cultural, bilingual student who now has a bigger perspective on life and with bigger chances to succeed in any goal that I set for

After coming to the US, the lack of opportunities to communicate with native English speakers hinders many international students from establishing a meaningful relationship with native English speakers (Bertram et al., 2014; Kim & Egan, 2011; Zhai, 2004). The language barrier not only impedes their ability to communicate with their American peers and teachers, and also crushes their confidence and self-esteem when they find that their earlier training in English language and achievements in TOEFL/GRE do not help them to resolve practical issues that arise in a classroom environment (Baba and Hosoda, 2014; Kim & Egan, 2011; Wang, 2012). Although most graduates may have encountered the vocabulary of their specialty, they may be still baffled by the

My interest in learning English is due to the fact that I have always liked to challenge myself. Even though many of my friends and family warned me from majoring in English, as it would be difficult for me, I have accepted the challenge. I have always felt that learning English would increase myself confidence and have people around me impressed. This interest has also grown through my passion in learning about languages, cultures, and traditions. Where I come from, Saudi Arabia, a big number of people came from different countries and spoke different languages. I have realized that English could be a means to interact with a lot of people speaking different languages. I have also realized that English is the lingua franca of today’s world with no close rivals. Learning English actually

“I wish to be”…”I wish to give”… “I wish to meet”... my initial reaction when visiting the Make-a-Wish website was amazement. I had not visited the site before and I was impressed by how the program is broken up into different categories of wishes made by children. I had always pictured the program as limited to Disney trips for young terminal patients. But it so much more and I was really impressed by how selfless these young patients are. I think we all would agree that the wish everyone would make would be that there was never a need for a program such as this one.

Combined with this is the fact that in most EFL teaching environments, students most likely only speak and listen to English in the classroom (Mattioli 2004). Romero Trillo suggests that while native speakers follow a “function-to-form developmental process”, learners follow a “form-to-function process” (2002:

It is no secret that there have been efforts in different parts of the world that aim to improve the educational system. These efforts manifest themselves in raising the bar in educational standards. At the very heart of this revolution is the quandary on the need to make Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), which has been a divisive one since there are those who argue that this is not relevant given the high rate of usage of the English language, albeit it is not one’s native tongue. In succinct, TOEFL is a standardized test of English language proficiency that is in status quo taken by non-native English speakers when they want to enroll in any United States (US)

Learning a second language is an issue of immense importance in our contemporary world. Knowledge of a second language enhances a person’s economic potential in the globalized marketplace. The ability to read, write, speak, and comprehend another language empowers an individual to exchange ideas across cultural and linguistic barriers. At the center of contemporary second language acquisition is the learning and teaching of English. Due to the legacy of the British Empire and the rise of the United States as the world’s last remaining superpower, English has become the main international mode of communication in science, technology, business, diplomacy and popular entertainment. While educators and students worldwide may agree that learning English is paramount, many students and teachers struggle with a pragmatic means to achieve this goal. In this paper, I discuss my pragmatic philosophy of second language acquisition (SLA) based on existing literature on the topic and my experiences teaching English to second language learners in Asia and in the United States.

“Nevertheless, the use of the mother tongue has displayed a remarkable resilience mainly on the part of those few who argue that the use of L1 is a legitimate pedagogical tool especially in an EFL environment, and claim that it deserves to be rehabilitated” (Widdowson et al.)

Learning a non-native language is no easy task to partake, but a very important one for the many people that are trying not to get lost in the translation as they make their transition in their new home land. In a country that has shown itself to be less than tolerable to non-English speakers, immigrants are in a race with themselves to learn the language and assimilate as best they can. When it comes to learning a new language there seems to be a bit of a debate as to how to go about it. One side of the issue declares that learning the rules of grammar is the best way while the other sides with the importance of building a strong native vocabulary in the language being learned. The debate essentially comes down to one of Vocabulary versus Grammar. This papers purpose is highlight the attributes of vocabulary knowledge rather than the grammatical; to illustrate the importance of a solid, non-native vocabulary, the impact it can have on the functionality and learning ability of English as a second language, and to point out various strategies, for both students and teachers, that can be implemented in order to assist prospective English language speakers.