difficulties to both the student‚ in learning the language‚ and to the teacher in communicating and teaching the language. The following essay attempts to outline some of these difficulties. One of the major factors affecting all students attempting to acquire a foreign language is the correlation of the new language and their native tongue. The degree of variation between the student’s native tongue and the English language can cause all kinds of problems with grammar‚ spelling‚ and pronunciation‚ alongside
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My work is devoted to the methods of teaching English. Language came into life as a mean of communication. It exists and is alive only through speech. When we speak about teaching a foreign language‚ we first of all have in mind teaching it as a mean of communication. In teaching speech the teacher has to cope with two tasks. They are: to teach his pupils to understand the foreign language and to teach them to speak the language. So‚ speech is a bilateral process. It includes hearing‚ on the one
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Value based teaching of English Education is not the filling of a pail‚ But the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats Education‚ which is the vehicle of knowledge‚ self preservation‚ and success not only gives us a platform to succeed but also imparts the knowledge of conduct‚ strength‚ character and self-respect. It is not an accessory to life but it is a necessity. Will Durant says ‘Education is the transmission of civilization’. It gives us the knowledge of the difference
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General Characteristics of English Nouns The word "noun" comes from the Latin nomen meaning "name." Word classes like nouns were first described by Sanskrit grammarian Painini and ancient Greeks like Dionysios Thrax‚ and defined in terms of their morphological properties. For example‚ in Ancient Greece‚ nouns can be inflected for grammatical case‚ such as dative or accusative. Verbs‚ on the other hand‚ can be inflected for tenses‚ such as past‚ present or future‚ while nouns cannot. Aristotle also
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Teaching and learning English at early age for speakers of another languages By Rufaida Alhamad As an international language‚ English plays a significant role in education. Therefore‚ many parents want their children to start learning the language at an early age. However‚ Teaching and learning English at an early age has been controversial‚ and several supporting and opposing arguments have been raised. To take a good decision about the issue ‚ advantages and disadvantages should be concerned .
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Methods of teaching English in schools Method: A particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something‚ especially a systematic or established one. Two important methods of teaching. 1. Grammar translation method 2. Direct method Grammar Translation Method Sometimes also known as the Classical Method‚ this is a traditional teaching technique that was used to teach Latin and Greek and was particularly in vogue during the 16th Century. The focus of this method was on the translation
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ABSTRACT ii The purpose of this presentation is to determine the use of NLP in language teaching. In this study‚ in the first part‚ some background information was given about what Neuro-Linguistic programming (NLP) is‚ and whether NLP was used in language teaching before. To put forward whether NLP is effective in language teaching‚ general questions related to NLP are to be asked to language teachers in questionnaires and interviews. The collected data were analyzed in tables and graphics
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Throughout this report‚ I have explored the theoretical influences that have impacted the way I view the teaching and learning of Australian English literacy education. Through the examination and analysis of didactic‚ authentic‚ functional and critical pedagogies‚ have explained why a combination of pedagogies is necessary to provide a balanced approach when delivering 21st Century English literacy education. Jessica Varcin (The author) Introduction Literacy education is an
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answer these questions; behaviourist‚ cognitive‚ humanist and constructivist learning theories respectively. In the following lines we will try to outline principles of those theories and how constructivist learning theory can be applied to English Language Teaching domain. LEARNING; FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS ‘The first coherent theory of learning was the behaviourist theory based mainly on the work on the work of Pavlov in the Soviet Union and of Skinner in the United States. This simple but
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conquests all over Europe and later‚ during the Enlightenment Period‚ it was French‚ at this moment English has this function. However‚ as English has become more and more popular‚ people of all cultures learn and speak the language around the whole world. We should ask ourselves‚ then‚ how much English language is influenced by other languages and how much of this influence is acceptable. Even being English the most spoken language in the world‚ its pronunciation is many times considered less important
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