ABSTRACT: Technology brought many changes in every aspect of one’s life in 21st century. It showed its impact in both English languages learning and teaching. Content-based method, chalk & talk method, Grammar and translation methods are replaced with task-based method, E- teaching, Direct method and communicative approaches etc. The role of English teacher became prominent in developing language skills of students in modern era. So the teacher has much responsibility to make the students good at English language. He has to play different roles like mentor, motivator, counselor, facilitator, guide, student-friendly teacher etc. Teacher has to adapt a student-centered approach to teach English language. Then students get ample opportunities …show more content…
Students can learn language skills very quickly by participating in different activates like JAM, Debate, Extempore, Role-play, Mock- Group Discussions, vocabulary games presentations, seminars etc. so teacher should be confident and competent to lead the students towards proficient in English language. They become proficient in English by learning language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). It is great challenge to the Modern English teacher to make the students expert in English. This paper aims at to discuss role of English teacher, challenges in teaching English language in modern era and ways to learn language skills through different sources. Key words: Role of English teacher- language skills- task based activities- Challenges in English language teaching- solutions etc INTRODUCTION: The objectives of English language learning are I) To enable the students comprehend the spoken form II) To develop students ability to use English in day-to-day life and real life situation III) To understand the written text and able to use skimming, scanning skills IV) To write simple English to express ideas etc The teacher should play different roles to get these objectives of English language. Role of English teacher in developing listening skills in
Schools in the United States of America (USA) are facing many challenges, because of the increasing numbers of the English Language Learner (ELL) students. School administrators are trying hard to provide an equal opportunity education to their students. Furthermore, educators are looking forward in providing several methods and technique to help their students to succeed in their academic learning skills. There are many factors that need to focus on and it can be the fundamental when trying to build powerful resolutions, such as parents and community resources, social influences, native language, etc.
The first is English is a communication tool that allowed people in general to communicate with other cultures is also linked to the job prospects. Second is the construction of the knowledge, this consist in creating significant meaning to the language this process can be real through the exposition to language and generate a significant context for the students. Finally, formation of habits, this subcategory is related with the memorization of the several information mainly focused to grammar and vocabulary this memorization can be achieved practicing of the language by the realization of mechanic task.
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 content of a certain English language teaching materials could include the systematic basic knowledge of phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, literary piece, learning strategy and cultural background. As McGrath (2002) argues, standing at the perspective of evaluation, the language teaching materials should arrange the language knowledge systematically in order to directly reflect the progressing of the students’ language capacity. Meanwhile, it could not only highlight the training of language skills, but also the capacity of mastering the language. Furthermore, as Candlin and Breen (1980) points out,
Nowadays, English is important for everyone, English had been taught in every school, starting from elementary school until the University level. English has become the global language and the primary method of communication for the people of the world in fact it is now common for English to be referred to as International or even Global English. English learning is very important for the students, because if they can mastery English it means they have been use English in orally and in written form. Speaking is one of the basic skill in English. According to Clark (1977:233) speaking is fundamental act. Other than that, Widdowson (1984:58) states that speaking is the active or productive skill. In speaking, the students should master the elements
World is developing more and more each passing day. Because of this development people throughout the world get in touch with each other more frequently than ever. And each passing day the importance of foreign language is becoming more obvious, especially English which is almost international language. The most important influence for learning English as a second language is done by teachers. And everyone who decided to become a teacher at least once asked himself - " What kind of teacher I will be like?" Answer for this question depends on 3 main factors: your personality, philosophy and methodology. Personality and philosophy is individual for everyone, but methodology is something that can be used by everyone, this is a element
English is one of the most important and official language in the world to communicate with each other and organization around the world and also has more advantage. It is important to know how significant English plays the role nowadays and also how to improve those skills in term of technology and environment as it may affect our future career opportunity by step to step are as follow.
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
Introduction: English is a global language and nowadays everyone has to focus on it. Our introduction clearly defines about it. Our research proposal is based on the difficulties faced by Gujarati medium students in learning English Language at Tertiary Level.
Learning of English and communication skills in high school and colleges has helped in developing positive attitude towards English and thus boost learning process. Students at all levels not only take the initiative to study the language, but also practice it often. Teachers inspire and guide learners to advance their level of proficiency in English. There are various perspectives which this goal is achieved. First, the student’s attitude is determined because it enables the assessment of the effectiveness of the method used for teaching students about the English language (The National Commission
As we know that learning English in India it is gradually becomes very important due to century as well as techno-age is concerned. We all knew that English is taught either as Second Language or Target Language. It is very difficult for student-beginner who recently starts to learn English language as foreign language. One of the vital and pivotal pivot roles of learning Foreign Language is to open the treasure hidden in the literature of a particular language. To reveal such treasure one needs to be mastered in different methods of teaching the foreign languages. This makes easy full for learners to learn foreign language. If we want to understand different method of teaching foreign language things linguistically we can understand it as “A method in linguistics and language teaching determines what and how much is taught. The order in which it
Once there was famine for information but today’s generation is drowned in the deluge of information. The ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has been used in all fields of life, including education. In Indian education, the computer technology has become so significant that the government has incorporated the ICT in the curriculum. The use of the ICT in English Language Teaching has of late started to stress the potential and significant progress in language learning. It has become one of the major issues in the world of education and has been in use from preschool to the tertiary level which could facilitate students and teachers during the process of teaching and learning. The ICT has been gaining vitality as it is an enabling tool for educational revival as well. As indicated above, the importance of the ICT as a teaching aid, especially in imparting the nuances of teaching and learning English is being dealt with in detail in this paper.
With the continuous reform of college English,the computer –aided teaching mode is rising quietly and pervasively in China. Educators strongly hold that it is greatly important and necessary to apply multimedia in college English teaching. In the new era, with the rapid development of science and technology, “Computer and English” has become two indispensable skills. The College English Curriculum Requirements issued by Ministry of Education proposed using the internet as a medium to better English teaching and learning in higher education. However, traditional teaching of English has shown more and more shortcomings, such as teacher-dominating teaching, single teaching mode, boring learning material, which has hindered the students to greatly improve in English learning. Until now, more and more research and study about college English learning has been carried out. Varieties of teaching methodologies and teaching modes are applied in English teaching. However, the teaching effect is far from satisfying.
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.
With the development of living standard in society, studying aboard has become more and more popular. Not only because of English as the world language is an agent to connect countries, but also speaking English fluently will be beneficial for the future personal development. In order to study oversea smoothly, the first step is to go through the language--English. Generally speaking, English has been divided into two different types according to the purposes which are English for Academic Purpose (EAP) and General English (GE). It is obvious that EAP teaches the knowledge which will be suitable for a higher education whereas GE is mainly focus on daily communications. Therefore, the teaching style or perhaps teacher’s role in the class is also different. In this essay, the writer will illustrate two different classifications by Harmer and Scrivener, after compare and contrast the two the teacher’s role, the writer will select one of the classification and justify it. Finally, the chosen classification will be put into practice ( justifying with the radios provided).