Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivations For Focus On The Learner

I had Jacob in class throughout his first year of study at Stanford. The yearlong course sequence in which I taught him, Spanish for Home-background Speakers, was designed for bilingual

Many kids in school are wanting to learn a new language away from their native language but many students are wondering what language is going to help them the most in the future. English is the clear answer for these students that are wondering what new language to learn for a number of reasons. Through different articles through the book “Language: A Reader for Writers” it discusses how language is the most successful and most useful language to speak. College students who want to learn a second language, that have not learned English, should learn English because it is the most widely used language in the world and it is the most useful language to learn.

As a teacher in a school system the first thing I would do with a student like Esperanza and in her situation, I will motivate her. Talk to her and find what she knows and what kind of learner she is. Things I can provide her with so that she will learn during class will include but will not limit to: Bilingual books so that she can read in class and at home. Flash cards to help her learn words and phrases. Audio books so that she can hear the reading as she reads. Giving her stories that appeal to her, e.g. farming, computer usage to write and look up words. As she learns English she can restate when she has to do Spanish but as time goes on she will me encouraged to do it in

Once a week Jose goes to the library and choose a bilingual book but he only reads the Spanish part which is not being beneficial for him. Jose says there is no need to read the part in English because anyways he does not understand a single word. Specialists are doing observations and exams to have a proper diagnostic for Jose. Every day he goes to another class for one hour where he sits in a computer and listens to a program design to help kids learn English. The counselor talks to Jose at least once a week to encourage him to grow academically. The principal wants to make sure that Jose is giving his hundred percent to learn. His friends are always trying to help him, Chaylem a very bright student read aloud to Jose so he can hear the pronunciation of the words and repeat them. Cesar another peer, sits with Jose during their math class so he can help him with the problems. Jose likes when the other students tries to help him because sometimes he do not want to admit in front of the class that he does not understand

Juan Carlos studied English at school, but found it unsatisfying because he only did text book tasks and dialogue memorization. At University, he studied technical English required for the IT industry. After some time,

More teachers are trying to learn Spanish, but there are still many that do not understand the language. For years, researchers have been trying to think of a new way to teach Spanish-speaking students the English language. There

A fundamental goal of learning a foreign language is to communicate. Today, the need of interacting in English effectively, is increasing. This is needed to be able to interact with both native and non-native speakers. A reason can be the diversity in populations which is growing because of migration and many adult learners study English because they need it in workplace settings, where they communicate with English-speaking colleagues or just for English environment. These learners would benefit from a wide repertoire of the learning language to communicate meaningfully.

Jorge is 41 years old, his profession is teaching, and he learned English as a EFL student. Jorge was born in Guadalajara. He does not speak English because he has not studied for a while. Jorge studied a little time in a language institute in the year 2000,

Introduction: The importance of English language acquisition as a stepping-stone for proficiency in school subjects cannot be over emphasized. The knowledge of English is important both for educational, national and economic development of a country. English is the official language of administration and commerce and also a major language of science. It should be further highlighted at the need for improving the quality of spoken and written English language among children. Although English language retains its dominant position in the education delivery system, the thrust of our educational language policy is the use of the mother tongue or the language of the

My student’s name is Corrado, he’s 42 years old and his L1 is italian. He is an entrepreneur. In fact, he owns a bar where he works with two friends. However, he doesn’t need English at work as I thought. He loves to travel and that’s the main reason for him to learn English: he’s been to London many times and he would like to travel to the US as well and also he likes to organize his own trips so he needs English also to book hotels and flights online.

In the spring of 2015, I won the Underclassmen French Department award. This award was presented to a student who had taken French 1, French 2 and was currently enrolled in French 3. Kathleen Vogt, French Department Chair claimed my qualifications for this award were highest cumulative GPA in French 1 through three, outstanding effort in the classroom, as well as active participation in French Club. Winning this award took three years of hard work and dedication. I had to learn an entire new language and be the best at it for three years straight. Intrinsic motivation is what kept me going when it got challenging. I studied for hours to work on my pronunciation, spelling, and grammar. At the end of my second year in French, I almost stopped

It is time to learn effective strategies for learning English as a second language acquisition. It is important to know that there are some learning strategies to help students how to learn English. Those strategies are learning English by the use of the internet and learning English in a classroom. But there are some students that do not have success on learning English and there are some questions about it: Why some students are not successful English learner? Is it effective to learn English by the use of the Internet? Is it effective to learn English in a classroom? Those questions will be discussed in this essay.

The purpose of this essay is to focus on the motives in which Arturo Isaac Sanchez Vazquez wants to learn English as a foreign language and also use the information gathered in the to find the best way to teach Isaac English.

Nazir has kindly volunteered for this piece of work. He is a native of Syria who was born in the capital Damascus. His mother tongue is Arabic and he is studying English at South Thames College on the Upper Intermediate level. He currently performs in the top half of the class according to his own assessment with which I tend to concur.

There is a saying from Ludwig Wittgenstein, “The limits of my language are the limits of my world”. This saying is absolutely true. Language is the most the most important part of life. Without language we are not able to communicate with others. Understanding and mastering another language are the keys how to connect with the biggest world, one of which is English language. English language is known as a lingua franca. Everything around us gradually changes since English language is dominated in the international community as a communication tool. As the result, job requirements, social media, TV programs, or even students books now use English. Therefore, the children should learn English language at their young age since there are some benefits even though there are some cons of learning a second language at a very young age. This essay will outline the advantages of learning English for children.