Additional Language (EAL) refers to pupils who speak another language at home and that this other language is their most prominent language‚ in other words their mother tongue is not English. Children with EAL should not be confused with children who are bi-lingual or children who grew up or spent time in another country but still had English as a first language. The educational system in the United Kingdom has always had to cope with the difficulties and challenges that arise in the teaching of children
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THE EMPIRICAL BASIS OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE LIKE LEARNING A FIRST? 1. PSYCHOLINGUISTIC MECHANISM Dulay and Burt began with the premise that first and second language acquisition in children were the same process‚ and that the kinds of errors made by a second language leaner would be the same as those made by a first language leaner of the same language. Children learning a second language are usually older tan L1 learners; they are further along
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In the Name of God THE IMPACT OF USING TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Mahsa Rabiee Khouzestan Science and Research branch‚ Islamic Azad University Ahvaz-Iran Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using technology in teaching English as a second language. It considers some techniques which can promote English language students to take a step forward on their learning skills by using technology. In this research
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Teaching methods Both the grammar translation method and communicative language teaching are teaching methods for acquiring a foreign language. Whereas the grammar translation method focuses on the translation of certain grammar rules and the translation of vocabulary‚ the communicative approach aims for acquiring the skill of communication for the learner Scrivener (2011). Both methods are effective in their own way‚ although the communicative approach focuses on the actual goal of language‚ namely
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TEFL Methodology Teaching English as Foreign Language Methodology Disusun oleh: Lusi Nurhayati‚ M.App.Ling. (TESOL) Nury Supriyanti‚ M.A. Anita Triastuti‚ M.A. Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta 2008 0 Table of Content Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Factors Affecting SLA (Individual differences) … 6 Characteristics of a good language learner ……..20 Continuing Teacher Education:
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Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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The implications of learning styles and strategies for language teaching Introduction Language learning styles and strategies are among the main factors that help determine how –and how well –our students learn a second or foreign language. A second language is a language studied in a setting where that language is the main vehicle of everyday communication and where abundant input exists in that language. A foreign language is a language studied in an environment where it is not the primary
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goal of language teaching is to become as close as possible to the native speaker Narva‚ 2012 The topic of my essay is The goal of language teaching is to become as close as possible to the native speaker. I don’t however completely agree with this statement. There is hardly only one set goal for language teaching. The goals can be as follows: to understand and appreciate different countries‚ to learn about the basic structures of language‚ and how
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I think that is very important and necessary incorporate important aspects of the different cultures in teaching of a second language in order to create a better classroom environment and improve the way that students learn English; I mean to create a good environment to learn and to teach. In EFL classroom there are many students of different places of the world with different culture who could be exposed to discrimination which affects their emotional field and can cause learning disabilities
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Second Language Teaching in Elementary School with a Multimedia Gloss Marilena Zoi 1‚ Ioanna Bellou 1 and Tassos A. Mikropoulos 1 1 The Educational Approaches to Virtual Reality Technologies Lab‚ The University of Ioannina‚ Greece Abstract. This work investigates the effects of a special designed multimedia gloss on learning outcomes concerning vocabulary learning in German as a second language in elementary school pupils. The gloss involves annotations of unknown words in three different
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