Teaching English as a foreign language

Rationale -The place of Modern Foreign languages in the Curriculum. I am going to explore the relevance, benefits and the place of Modern Foreign Languages within the curriculum as well as the ‘framework’ associated with MFL which supports other subjects. I will focus more on cognitive, health, education benefits as well as economic values. I will also touch upon cultural, personal and social advantages. These different aspects will help to outline what ‘learning a foreign language’ consists of and justify

Language is at the heart of language teaching and learning and teachers need to constantly reflect on what language is. This is because our understandings of language affect the ways we teach languages. Language is a means of expression. We express our feelings, emotions, thoughts, needs, desires etc. In words, symbols and gesture which is considered as language. Language can be defined as verbal, physical, biologically innate and a basic form of communication. Culture is the characteristics

they definitely need a common language .Here`s come English again. If a Kid want to make new friendships from different countries, he is not in need to learn hundreds of tongues. It`s just English will prepare his way. Finally, for tourism and traveling to the most beautiful countries, one is in extreme need for learning English. For example, once I was traveling for Spain, I didn`t know anything about the best places to visit or how to approach people but English eased my way. Also, for Immigration

China has made learning English a national priority. English, with its unique status, has been taught in China for more than 100 years. Today, English is becoming more and more popular. It is a compulsory course for all Chinese students from primary school to university. Clearly it is relatively easy to demonstrate the importance of English in current China. This essay intends to argue that to achieve success in English learning for Chinese students the methods of teaching must be reconsidered. Therefore

the following primary question: What are the learning theories of English language education that are used in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan and Israel? This question will branch into the following three secondary questions: 1- What are the sociocultural and socio- economic, gender, literacy, political conflict, religion, race, political stability, religion, sexual identity aspects and their influence in English language education in an extra ordinary and a challenging learning environment

and the status of English is second language the teaching of English has become a real challenge right from the beginning of the history of English language teaching till date and the teachers have been introducing new methodologies and the trends kept changing. Due to the association with the British, English started in India with the status of foreign language and much hated language. Today it has become a status symbol for the upper class. In the 20th century English language started emerging as

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

Developing Language Competence and Building Social Awareness By Fatchul Mu’in Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Lambung Mangkurat University Banjarmasin E-mail: muin_sihyar@yahoo.com Literature is a kind of the artwork which uses a language as a medium. If it said that literature is a language in one side, learning literature is, at the same time, learning a language in the other side. English literature is literature written in English language. In this relation, learning English literature

Foreign Language Education Imagine being in a foreign country, with no in-depth knowledge of the language or culture there. Being educated in a foreign language could have helped immensely on such an excursion. Knowing a foreign language would help people better grasp the worlds multicultural society, better their native tongue through understanding the grammar and structure of this different language, and also provide people with the knowledge to compete with large business, who have branches in

I am writing to express my interest in the full-time position of ESL and TESL Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. I am currently a doctoral candidate at Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus with a specialization in Foreign, Second, and Multilingual Language Education (within the TESOL program) and an additional interdisciplinary specialization in Educational Technology. I completed my dissertation oral defend in June and will officially graduate in this early August