Students will be able to build useful, communication skills in English in the United States through exploration and reflection of everyday readings and experiences. The class will be enriched by students’ own thoughts, traditions and cultures. Then they will be able to compare and contrast them with the North American customs, language and culture.…
Undoubtedly, English is the most important language in the world. Therefore, Proficient in English will have numerous advantages. fortunately, I have realized the importance of learning English and worked hard since I was a child. However, after 10 years of learning English experience I could hardly communicate in English and definitely unable to write an essay,that realy made me frustrating . then, I realized I must make too many mistakes in learning English. it was translating English into Chinese. I just did not feel that learning English is pleasant enough, so i just did it if i had to. At first , every language has its own rules. They usually have different grammar and using of vocabulary, which means learning English by translating it into chinese will lead to an inevitable defeat. For example, I have worked hard on learning a lot of vocabulary by translating them into Chinese. However, those translation processes were hugely disappointing.at that time I failed to express my idea accurately by those translated vocabulary. As a consequence, good grade and improvement seemed untouchable one day I became to reconglize this problem ,desperately and completely stopped translation . one year later, my English was obviously and generally improved. I attribute my success to the stoping of translation. secondly, I am going to talk about reading and writing. They are undoubtedly the key element to learn English comfortably and effectively. Improving English from only doing grammar exercises is usually inferior to reading and writing practice. Only practices can help us to react to the reality. Therefore reading and writing are crucial to our English. For example, I used to study English phrasal verbs for 12 hours before an English exam ,However, i would not read a book in English for 30 minutes every day. The problem is that a huge one-time effort gives you nothing, while small, everyday activities will give you a lot. In conclusion, think in the English way , learning…
English is a relatively easy subject for most people when compared to calculus or physics, but English has always been a challenge that I surmount every year. English was not my first language, and when I first started to learn this language, I was amazed at how much a native speaker of this language can express in three words. Even though the various exceptions alarmed me, I persisted in learning because I knew that English is widely used around the globe. After comprehending most of the concepts, I began to acknowledge the importance of English and the difference it could make on my future.…
Learning English language is considered among one of the social and academic compulsory needs. Speakers use language fluently with flexibility receive praises of others. In gaining command over English there are some essential areas like background information of different geners and situations where it is used, proper understanding of grammatical rules, vocabulary and so on. The proper use of adjectives, verbs, adverbs, stress pattern, intonations and phrasal verbs help one’s language to make it more fluent and flexible, more accurate and conversational.…
Instead of writing, listening and reading, speaking skill is one of the language skills that are integrated in Curriculum Specifications for English subject in schools. However, this skill is one of the skills that is failed to be requisite by the students. Nowadays, we sometimes find that many students have difficulty in producing a sentence in English without making mistakes even though they are exposed to the language already started from primary schools. This problem can be related to some issues such as anxiety among students, limited or low level of vocabulary, low proficiency of English and individual low self esteem.…
English as an international language has become very important to be learned and understood by many people. It is the only one way to communicate between countries, cultural groups, various companies and organizations, communities and friends all over the world. By mastering English, people can enrich their knowledge and survive in this competitive atmosphere. Because of the importance of English above, now English is introduced earlier to children at a very young age. Children are acquainted with English in kindergarten and elementary school.…
Nowadays English has a special and predominant role in the communicative sphere of the world. It has also a special identity in the field of education.…
Language is a means of communication. Although it is not the only form of communication among human beings, it is certainly the most important. English teaching is to teach the students how to communicate with each other, to train the students’ good and complete language ability ——- to express their ideas correctly and to easily adjust themselves to every kind of social situation. English teaching is a case in point. This paper is to discuss some problems of present English teaching approach, to state the principles and advantages of communicative approach, and to give some advice on how to make the English class more communicative and improve the students’ ability of listening and speaking.…
A general lack of interest in English is the main barrier to learning the English language for the students. They tend to hesitate using the language because they are not so familiar to it. They should give enough motivation to get interested in English language and to conquer their fear of producing grammatically wrong sentences and the correct usage of words.…
Language is a means of communication. Although it is not the only form of communication among human beings, it is certainly the most important. English teaching is to teach the students how to communicate with each other, to train the students good and complete language ability, to express their ideas correctly and to easily adjust themselves to every kind of social situation. English teaching is a case in point. This paper is to discuss some problems of present English teaching approach, to state the principles and advantages of communicative approach, and to give some advice on how to make the English class more communicative and improve the student’s ability of listening and speaking.…
This part investigates the factors affecting the acquisition or learning of English as a foreign or a second language. In the literature, there are several factors identified as influential in learning English with varying levels of positive and negative effects. Some of the identified factors are age, exposure, formal education, motivation, and attitudes among others.…
The low levels of English proficiency among university students nowadays becoming a hot issue among academic thinkers. This is because the students’ English language skills are not being developed during their higher education experience. Thus, reflects negatively on the quality of higher education and its graduates. The factors low English proficiency among most learners are due to two factors; internal factors such as no confident when using English, negative attitude towards the English language and external factor like the limited opportunities to use English outside the classroom.…
Nowadays English is universally known as a global language for people from different countries to communicate with each other. Wierzbicka (2006) considers it as “the world’s most widely used language” (p.3). There is no doubt that learners from all over the world are studying English. But their purposes for intending to learn English could vary from each other. According to Harmer (2007), English learners could be basically divided into three types: learning English for Specific Purposes (ESP), learning English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and those who learn general English without special purposes. No matter what the purposes the students study English for, learning to pronounce correctly is still one of the most important steps to acquire a language.…
Good Morning to one and all. I am here to present my views about the importance of learning English language which is taught to us right from our birth. English is not just taught at home, at schools and colleges but even at professional colleges and at work places too. English was taught till Intermediate Level at first. Later it was included in professional colleges not only for 1st year but even in 3rd B Tech. In present competitive market to survive we have to develop our communication skills. English is one of the most important languages in the world. English has a special status in India. Apart from having a place in the public institutions of the country, in parliament, the law courts, broadcasting, the press, and the educational system, English has spread in our daily life. India ranks third in the world after USA and the UK to use English as spoken language. After Hindi English is the most commonly spoken language in India.…
Nowadays, English is very important for the second language after our mother language and was used widely over the world. That means English is international language. It has become the most popular language of communication between other countries and in uses in business language. So, this can show that I needed to learn English well. There are many ways can use to study English in the correct way. There are three ways I use to improve my English that is reading newspapers, watching movie or television and listening music.…