The Various Trends And Trends In English Language

In terms of the importance of English language as already discussed, The government has decided that it becomes one of the compulsory subjects at junior high school,senior high school,or the university.In academic purpose,the goal of teaching English in Junior High School and Senior High School is to

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.

Nowadays, English has become the Global language. It is the language of science, technology, economic, etc. As a result, learning English has become an essential need for everyone. While learners try their best to reach their goal of successful communicator in foreign language, teachers find ways to make language teaching effective. In this fashion, considering and choosing the right way in teaching is prior thing for all of teachers and I am not an exception. We have witnessed the dominance of Communicative Approach with Communicative Language Teaching in the world in general and in Vietnam in particular recent years. For me, I will use the Eclectic Approach to teach English in the future due to

English language teaching is an art that requires artistic sensibility and well trained perfectibility. Each stage of English language acquisition will present unique challenges and require unique strategies. It cannot be mastered within a particular period of time. Learning English language will take some years to be mastered. Teaching the international language inside the classroom is very difficult indeed, especially for non native speakers of the language. Various strategies have to be applied for teaching English inside the classroom and to make students use the language outside the classroom. Teaching vocabulary requires more attention. Effective ways of teaching words will enhance learning capability. Mere learning of vocabulary will not make the learning process complete. For an effective mode of communication learners should be taught to use vocabulary in authentic situation. English language teachers need to concentrate on the ways which can help and teach

English has undergone some changes in relation to its status in the world. Some years ago, it only became the first or second language for several countries. Nowadays, alongside with the development of information, communication, and technology the status of English becomes a lingua franca in the world. That is, a language that is used as a means of communication between people with different language. This change, of course, brings some impacts in the roles of English as a language. English is not seen as a language for identity anymore. Yet, it functions mainly as a means of communication. Added to this, the change of the English status as a lingua franca will also impact to the educational sector especially in English Language Teaching (ELT). With regard to this issue, this paper tries to present the notion of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and its implication to the teaching learning process especially in Indonesian context.

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

Learning English via Internet is easier than ever. With the ease of using technology, you can practice speaking, reading, listening and writing skills from your home or your place of work .There are many institutes via Internet offering high quality, innovative, and effective methods of teaching in different languages with the encouragement and mutual understanding and respect between different cultures. Institutes create teaching programs that allow students to acquire basic skills and the growth of their personality in understanding themselves and the environment By engaging students in discussions and work on exciting and important issues, institutes strive to enable students to improve their foreign language and the development

This article is a short overview of the Eclectic theory or ideology of teaching English. A discovery of where the origins of the philosophy were born, and why it evolved and stayed alive in many fields of study to this day.. While many old school linguists see it as un principled and vague without any structure, is does have strong concepts and principles about language acquisition and learning environments, choices of activities and reasons for these varieties, A look at what prominent linguists say about the advantages and the disadvantages of this theory.

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

Classroom instructions are the most valuable experience for the learners of second/foreign language because they enjoy limited exposure of comprehensible input from the natural environment they might get. In this situation teacher’s role is very crucial. He is the main key of the interaction in language class. They adopt variety of techniques, methods and approaches to teach to students in EFL class around the world. Some are of the opinion that target language should be used and some other say use ofL1 is useful while teaching English as foreign language. Teachers of English as a foreign language frequently claim that they do not like or favors to code switch in the language classroom.. Many researchers described it in terms of getting jobs for earning. In their views if mother tongue is used in classroom, then possibly students might not become proficient in target language that result in unemployment. Actually issue of language is not only concerned with leaner, it is also a serious issue for teachers as well deep study make it clear that teachers own attitude is the main barrier about the use of code switching.(46). Nelson Mandela who was the freedom fighter in Africa once stated that if we talk to a person into the language he understand that goes to his

In a multi-cultural country like India, there is a need of common language. Hence, English language could cater to this need up to a large extent. The development of English language in India can be divided into pre and post independence of the country. With the arrival of East India Company in India, English language came in 17th century. The basic purpose of introducing English language was to accomplish trade with India and other countries in east. Primarily the British people tried to learn Indian languages so that they could communicate with Indians. They also started special colleges for this purpose. Meanwhile, they also took the help of the translators. But with the rise of their political powers, they created the British Indian provinces like Bengal, Madras and Bombay. After that more importance was given to

Teaching a second language has constantly been a challenge and a topic of many elaborative discussions in the field of language teaching. There have been different trends in language teaching which led to the introduction of different language teaching approaches. Whereupon, language teaching theorists and second language teaching practitioners have found those to be stimulus with many practical issues and shortcomings in terms of mastering the target language among the second language learners. Each method focused on key set of learning outcomes and defined the position or the role of the teacher accordingly. In contrast, linguists of eras following introduced their own mechanisms in language teaching and learning process which in

Having in mind the topic of this article, Nihat (2008) explains the importance of acquiring communicative competences inside the classrooms as an important fact of English Language Teaching. He stated that more than grammatical rules and structures, students should know how to use their second language, in order to

There are many publications discussing the various language teaching methods employed over the years. We have drawn here, inter alia, upon Chapter Two of H. Douglas Brown’s Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy (Longman/ Pearson Education, White Plains, New York, 2nd edition 2001).

From my observations, the first weak point of the textbook English 6 is lacking of information about the authors' formal education, experience in teaching, administration, curriculum and materials development experience. Undoubtedly, it is a main factor which shows a vivid picture of the authors having a recognized standing in the field of education and a good reputation for producing innovative and efficient materials. For instance, on the contrary, publishers often attach the authors’ views on language, methodology or teaching and learning theories. However, the textbook English 6 does not present things mentioned above.