Language Learning Is Not Only Focus On The Knowledge

Listening, is the one of the four skills that I feel most confident in, as we are being exposed to it almost everyday, especially through television. I feel that I understand most of what's being said unless the vocabulary include to much technical terms, is too academic, or if it's spoken with a lot of dialect. For me it's easier to understand American English compere to Brittish English for obvious reasons. Some times it can be a little bit confusing when, the above, use different words for the same thing.

Listening – being able to listen to others, recognise emotions in others’ (tone of voice), make

One of the best ways to help students learn a second language is to use a variety of settings that promote talk and interaction. These not only help students understand new concepts, but they also help to provide a foundation for learning through reading and writing. Since literacy is part of language, reading and writing develop alongside speaking and listening. Students who spend time talking and listening to each other and working on reading and writing activities are able to develop more proficiency in all language modes.

Listening: Is the ability to receive and interpret what other person wants to say. Sometimes without this ability the message can’t misinterpreted and can be a reason of frustration. (Listening Skills. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2015.)

Many popular theories of second language acquisition have been analyzed throughout history. The socialization of L2 learners, their present emotional state that is present at the time of acquisition, as well as the comprehensible input and output with the use of scaffolding play a major role in second language acquisition. Kirsten Hummel states, “The one most effective way to increase L2 competence was by exposure to ‘comprehensible input’.” (Hummel, 2014, p. 73) Let us also not forget the importance of written expression as well as reading comprehension with these L2 learners. Each plays a role in language development. However, I believe that to acquire language one must use a variety of techniques that work together to create a balance within the learning environment. Furthermore, all L2 learners acquire language differently and so using a variety of resources that are based on the ability of each student is neccesary. There are many theories that have been developed by highly qualified experts in the field of linguistics. However, I will address those areas that I agree with as I present my personal theories on second language acquisition.

Oral language skills are the foundation of a student’s learning that is acquired naturally and if these skills are not strong there can be complications further down the track with their reading and writing. Although oral language is not the only means for communication it does help with the ability to produce meaningful speech. Initially language originated as a

In order to improve students’ listening comprehension they should use their prior knowledge. In a typical reading lesson there are “pre” activities, “while” activities, and “post” activities. In reading learners can skim a text quickly to get a good idea what it’s about, but listeners cannot skim. In listening lesson also has “pre”, “while” and “post” listening tasks. Each of these tasks is very important in order to ensure that the students understand

According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching, “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text “Playing with your food” the main skill that is being practiced is reading and along with it other sub-skills are being developed such as practicing new vocabulary, reading for gist in order for the students to understand the main idea.

Lesson usage- having the ability to understand the given text will allow the students to focus on the key elements of the reading instead of struggling with the sounding of a new word. This could be done by having a student read a section or page and count the number of words they read in one minute. Once this is done you can then go back and help the student with words he or she has struggled with.

Definition of the skill - Listening as a skill is more than just hearing, it is focusing and paying full attention to not only the words being said but also the tone, syntax and body language of the person speaking with the purpose of interpreting and understanding the meaning of the conversation. This is also referred to as active listening.

The main goal of using language learning strategies are to help learners improve their knowledge and understanding of the target language. They are the conscious thoughts and behaviours used by students to facilitate language learning tasks and to personalize the language learning

Language is the method in which people from certain culture organize their thoughts, helping them to communicate with each other. Moreover, language shapes their relationship with other cultural people, and different languages have abilities to shape that relationship differently. Setting language-learning goals is one of the most important key strategies, which mostly successful language learners obtain. The biggest problem of language learners obtaining is lack of language learning goals. Kern (1995) noted that it is meaningful to understand learners’ beliefs and desires about language learning, which gives the important point of language learning goals.

Listening is an important skill for the person who is learning English because in verbal communication we cannot communicate with each other without listening to the speaker’s utterances and understanding them. However, listening is a very demanding and challenging skill for the learners to master. Many students often encounter trouble in listening to foreign people even though they are doing well in the English classroom. According to Rubin (1995:8), “For second/foreign language learners, listening is the skill that makes the heaviest processing demands because learners must store information in short term memory at the same time as they are working to understand the information”. Furthermore, as she explains, “Whereas in reading learners can go over the text at leisure, they generally don’t have the opportunity to do so in listening”. As Broughton and et al (1988:65) claim it appears that listening is a passive skill, and speaking is an active one. This is not really true, since

According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching, “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text the main skill which is going to be practiced is reading, the sub skills will be reading for gist and details, also using new vocabularies in the context. Enhancement of receptive skills will increase the rate at which students comprehend English language and allow students to practice

Effective language learning is the necessity of time. No matter in which discipline you are or what field of occupation you have effective language is a vital goal to success, which cannot be ignored. There are several standards, which determine the criteria for effective language and the learning processes. However, determining a standard is the first and foremost element in this regard. Language teaching and language learning are two entirely different fields, which have their