English language learners as a new and homogenous population. Actually ELLs are a highly heterogeneous and complex group of students‚ with diverse gifts‚ educational needs‚ backgrounds‚ languages‚ and goals. An English language learner is an individual that is of another culture and has migrated to America to live‚ learn‚ become educated and find a career. English language learners have been coming to America and continue to migrate here more and more. Most of them speak different languages as Spanish
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Second Language Acquisition Assignment: The subject assignment consists of answering this question: According to Swain‚ ... producing the target language may be the trigger that forces the learner to pay attention to the means of expression needed in order to successfully convey his or her own intended meaning. (Swain 1985: 249) In Swain’s view‚ learners need not only input‚ but output: they need to use language in order to learn it. Krashen‚ however‚ as recently as 2009‚ stated that:
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The language is the most important means of communication. It is necessary to be able to communicate not only in your own language but also in a foreign language. That is why people learn languages. The most important language of all is our mother tongue. We learn it from very young and it stay with us until we die. When we want to learn a new language‚ we must know our own very well. There are many different people and everyone learns a foreign language in his own way. For some people to learn
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acquisition of a second language Introduction Some students learn a new language more quickly and easily than others. This simple fact is known by all who have themselves learned a second language or taught those who are using their second language in school. Clearly‚ some language learners are successful by virtue of their sheer determination‚ hard work and persistence. However there are other crucial factors influencing success that are largely beyond the control of the learner. These factors can
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1. Differences between First Language and Second Language | First Language | Second Language | Definition | any language other than English that a child was exposed to during early development and continues to be exposed to in the home or community | any language learned after the first language or mother tongue | Basis for learning | universal grammar alone | knowledge of the first language also serves as a basis for learning the second language | Learning Process | children spend
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role in teaching English at all levels of education. When he/she teaches English‚ obviously he/she has to follow some methods. There are five main methods in English language teaching: Grammar Translation Method (GTM)‚ Direct Method (DM)‚ Audio Lingual Method (ALM)‚ Situational Language Teaching (SLT) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Among all‚ Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)‚ is one of the new approaches. The aim of this approach is to develop the learners four basic language skills
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Characteristics of English Language Teaching Methods: COMPARISON Adapted from Richards and Rodgers (2001) and Gültekin Boran‚ http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/gboran/eltmethodstogether.doc T: teacher‚ S: Student; SS: students Grammar Translation Method and Direct Method |METHOD |Grammar Translation Method |Direct Method | |Proponents/Advocates
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research II. Literature review 1. What is the definition of speaking? 2. The definition of Communicative Language Teaching? 3. The definition of Grammar-Translation 4. The situation of English speaking teaching at Vietnamese high schools 5. The characteristics of CLT approach 5.1. History and background of CLT approach 5.2. The comparison between CLT approach and Grammar-Translation method 5.3. The teachers and students’ roles in CLT classroom 5.4. The advantages of CLT approach 6. Difficulties
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Second Language Acquisition Second language acquisition or second language learning is the process by which humans all over the world learn a second language in addition to their native languages. Second language‚ target language or L2 are all synonyms which are used to refer to any language learned in addition to the native language called mother tongue‚ first language or L1. Furthermore‚ second language acquisition can also include a third language‚ which is then called heritage language or multilingualism
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INTRODUCTION Teaching has become one of the most demanding occupations and teachers are being required to study and get the knowledge necessary to inter act and be clear with and to students. However teaching cannot be an accident and therefore who wants to teach must not only use the language but also know how to teach it. Many schools and institutions are getting any international certification which proves their organization and capacity to fulfill what they are offering‚ so it is mandatory
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