Teaching English as a foreign language

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    Introduction For this report we are going to give information about our training of teaching English as a foreign language which took place at the secondary school of Abdrahman Ibn Rostom in Tiaret from Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 until Thursday, April 16th, 2015. Teaching is made up of different important ingrediIntroduction For this report we are going to give information about our training of teaching English as a foreign language which took place at the secondary school of Abdrahman Ibn Rostom in Tiaret

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    In addition to teaching students through a variety of methods, teachers should also provide students with the tools necessary for them to be autonomous learners. According to Celce-Murcia’s Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, “one of the greatest challenges” facing both educators and learners is building ELL’s academic vocabularies (Celce-Murcia et al., 2013, p. 164). According to Larson (2013), active engagement encourages students to know definitions of words, “make connections between

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    order to effectively teach English as a foreign language it is essential to understand not only the learners current ability level but also their desires and goals in learning a language. By combing these two aspects, an efficient and practical lesson plan can be designed. In this case the student is already highly proficient even fluent at times in English, and was determined to be around MM2D level (ITTO 388). Because he studies international business, he is learning English primarily as a potential

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    Methodological Eclecticism in Teaching English as a Foreign Language "Eclectic", remarks Atkinson (1988, p. 42), "is one of the buzz words in TEFL at present, in part due to the realization that for the foreseeable future good language teaching is likely to continue to be based more on common sense, insights drawn from classroom experience, informed discussion among teachers, etc., than on any monolithic model of second language acquisition or all-embracing theory of learning . . . ". One problem

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    Computer technology changes the way people with the advent of internet, that has significant effects on communicating, teaching and learning. Students learning English as a foreign language uses the Internet as an instructional aid because of the integration of various tool and application in the educational and instructional process (Al- Ghoza , 2008) , Meanwhile , it also serves a tool to the teachers to make the lesson suitable for all learning style and facilitates cooperative learning. (Hollenback

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    Effective Instruction for English Learners Calderon, Slavin and Sanchez (2011) in their article “Effective Instruction for English Learners” consider the problem of students who are non English speakers and come to live in the USA for several reasons such as immigrants. The U.S government requires every school that has more than 5 percent non-English speakers to provide these with specialized programs. The authors go to explain useful instructions for teaching students English Language. They also review

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    In the contemporary world, English language has a comprehensive usage and regarded as a lingua franca that acts as a communication bridge between the speakers who speak different native languages . However, it is quiet challenging to teach this language effectively especially to those who speak English as a second or foreign language. Therefore, the significance of English language learning and teaching cannot be denied. English language Teaching ELT comprise an immense sphere that includes the

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    culturally diverse institution. Most of my students, who are native speakers of the English language, are from Latin America, and my colleagues are from India, Ireland, Mexico, United States and the Philippines. At any time during my instruction, I encountered difficulty in being understood due to cross- cultural differences that show up while speaking the language despite my level of proficiency in the English language. As I evaluate my years at school being taught extensively in the areas of grammar

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    The Reasons and effects of the lack of Basic literacy skills in some of the English department Teachers and graduates Student Name: Gawaher Samri Al-Harbi Academic Number: 213178302 Dr. Name: Dr. Fatima Alzahraa Muhammed Table of Contents Page Number Section 3 Abstract 3- 4- 5 - 6-7 Introduction 7- 8- 9 Literature review 9 Significance of Research 10 Research Questions 10-11 Research Methodology 11 Ethical Considerations 11 Limitations of the study 11 Expected

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    As we all know that English is a global language, there is a need to learn the language to meet the future challenges especially to the students of non-native speakers of English. Language is used as a tool for communication. To learn a foreign language like English, students need mental involvement. Modern classrooms require the learner centered approaches. One such approach is Communicative Language Teaching. This type of teaching facilitates learning through modern techniques. Many researchers

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