Teaching English as a foreign language

What kind of foreign language learning experiences have you had? My first foreign language learning experiences go back to 1993 when I went to the English Institute. That was located in Benghazi, and run by professionals from Garyounis University. I learnt how to speak. I had to learn a short dialogue every day by heart. The students were given a short dialogue, as a home work, to read and learn by heart with learning the implication. No listening or writing skills. Only Reading and Speaking. Grammar

her language learning experiences which relate to her culture. The main focuses of this ethnographic study are to enhance the teaching quality and facilitate positive curriculum development through the interview. Last week I had an opportunity to interview a schoolmate of mine, a doctoral degree student who studies in TESOL program at Alliant International University. The name of my schoolmate called April and she is a Taiwanese. April is a multi-lingual who masters four kinds of foreign language:

1. Introduction Language acquisition is an important process in every person’s life. As the world becomes more interconnected, there is increasing need for humanity to communicate with each other. According to Chang (2011), language is the avenue through which information is shared. The question of “which language” has baffled the academic community over time and across space. In the final analysis, it appears that the language that most people in the world should speak actually has political connotations

MY TEACHING JOURNEY As a teacher of English for 17 years, in this reflection paper I will consider my teaching journey in terms of professional development. Before I became a teacher professionally, I was considered as helper or teacher of English by some people around me. Since language learning was not considered as one of the essentials of formal education by the families at that time, they did not use to get professional help to support the language education of their children. Instead, they

Book “English in Mind” MA TESOL Yixuan JIANG Table of Contents Ⅰ. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..2 Ⅱ. Literature Review………………………………………………………………….2 ⅰ. The factors of English teaching materials evaluation………………………..…..3 ⅱ. The analysis of materials-evaluation content. ………………………………..…3 ⅲ. The cultural values of evaluating the English language teaching materials…......4 ⅳ. The designed intention of teaching materials..……………………………….…..5 ⅴ. The effect of English teaching materials……

learning and using idioms English language. According to the research of this article, the integration of idioms has a very important attention in the teaching and learning process of English, especially as a form to implement effective techniques to incorporate idioms in the classroom. Idioms in and outside the classroom are widely believed to help teachers and students promote an innovative environment of communication. However, the integration of idioms in the teaching and learning process may

philosophy degree in Foreign, Second, and Multilingual Language Education (within the TESOL program) with an interdisciplinary specialization in Educational Technology. Moreover, I have experience in teaching diverse learners English in EFL and ESL settings. I am confident that my educational background and teaching experience enable me to make contributions to Wayne State College in terms of enhancing undergraduate and graduate students’ knowledge of foreign and second language acquisition and strategies

INTRODUCTION Learning English has become a very important role nowadays. People have already used a lot of different methods to learn English. Besides from going to school to learn English, reading varieties of books, magazines, listening different kinds music, radio programs, watch movies, films, talk to native speakers or even travel aboard are good way to learn English. But what is the most interesting way to learn English? If you are tired of going to classes or reading books, there is nothing

English is regarded as the most widely spoken language in the world. Besides it being the official language of most countries, including Nigeria, it is also one of the most compulsory subjects in the secondary school curriculum, thus an excellent grade or at least a Credit is required by students to pass to the Senior Secondary School and then on to the University, Colleges of Education or Polytechnics. As several Nigerian students and other individuals nowadays are keen on living, working or studying

Being an English teacher has always been my dream, and I have been growing up with it since I was a child. That dream has had a great impact on my decision-making and building my personality. It helped me trace my future by improving myself to meet the needs of a suitable English teacher who does not only have the knowledge of the language, but also has good manners, in addition to the potential to be an idol for his students, and also for people in his community. The love of the English language is the