International Journal of Instruction e-ISSN: 1308-1470 ● www.e-iji.net July 2011 ● Vol.4‚ No.2 p-ISSN: 1694-609X DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR IN AN EFL CONTEXT1 Abdu Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi PhD.‚ College of Education‚ Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman rayan3@gmail.com Ramani Perur Nagaratnam PhD.‚ Ministry of Manpower‚ Oman The role of grammar instruction in an ESL/EFL context has been for decades a major issue for students and teachers alike. Researchers have debated whether grammar
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Why I learn English Learning English is necessary for my future career. Nowadays‚ practically every prestigious and well-plaid job‚ not only working as an English teacher‚ requires proficiency in this language. Those who know English‚ have a big advantage on the labour-market over those who don’t. But it certainly isn’t the only reason why I learn English. I have been interested in studying foreign languages since I went to school‚ and I always knew that my future profession would be
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The relationship between culture and language Wenying Jiang This paper discusses the inseparability of culture and language‚ presents three new metaphors relating to culture and language‚ and explores cultural content in specific language items through a survey of word associations. The survey was designed for native Chinese speakers (NCS) in Chinese‚ as well as for native English speakers (NES) in English (see Appendix). The words and expressions associated by NCS convey Chinese culture‚ and those
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BILINGUAL PROGRAM: CHILDREN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ABSTRACT This paper discussed on bilingual program that become one of the reasons parents choose schools for their children and its effect on children language development. As the impact of globalization English become a necessity for everyone in exploring and finding new things across the globe. Educational institutions see this as an opportunity to introduce bilingual program as a respond to the demand of society. Keywords: Bilingualism
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Book “English in Mind” MA TESOL Yixuan JIANG Table of Contents Ⅰ. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..2 Ⅱ. Literature Review………………………………………………………………….2 ⅰ. The factors of English teaching materials evaluation………………………..…..3 ⅱ. The analysis of materials-evaluation content. ………………………………..…3 ⅲ. The cultural values of evaluating the English language teaching materials…......4 ⅳ. The designed intention of teaching materials..……………………………….…..5 ⅴ. The effect of English teaching materials……
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Literacy Narrative - English learning I’ve been learning English for nearly three years by now．Many years ago‚ the Chinese Education Authority decided that English should be a required course for The National College Entrance Exam and ever since children in China have to start learning English at the age of 6. Nevertheless‚ most of us won’t treat this language seriously until high school. The reason for this is that in order to get accepted by any of the colleges‚ senior high school students
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II How to Select Songs to Teach Language Skills. Yogita Bhamare. Songs are part of daily life of most people. The benefits of songs in ELT have been well-documented by many researchers. English language teachers can use songs to open and close their lessons‚ to illustrate themes and topics‚ to add variety‚ present new vocabulary or recycle known language. Practically all grammar points
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TESL Reporter 38‚ 1 (2005)‚ pp. 17-26 17 Teaching Pragmatics in the EFL Classroom? SURE You Can! Mark N. Brock Carson-Newman College‚ Tennessee‚ USA Yoshie Nagasaka Kobe‚ Japan There are a number of language competencies which English language learners must develop‚ in tandem‚ in order to communicate successfully in English. Any successful communicative event‚ at least one that extends beyond expressions of simple‚ immediate need‚ will require that L2 speakers have developed some mastery
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INCORPORATING LITERATURE IN ESL TEACHING AND LEARNING Dr.A.Joycilin Shermila Associate Professor in English Annammal College of Education for Women Tuticorin – 628 003 TamilNadu‚ India ajshermila@gmail.com Literature that was initially read and enjoyed by enthusiasts and elites has gradually paved its way to become a more dynamic resource in teaching English as a second language. Literature in language classroom can enhance the critical thinking abilities
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Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 Literature review……………………………………………………………...........5 Second language acquisition theory………………………………………………..9 Self sufficiency and language learning……………………………………………11 Learner autonomy in practice……………………………………………………..14 Learner independence and learning management……………………………...…14 Factors involved in learning………………………………………………………17 English in rural colleges…………………………………………………………..17 Psychological perceptions and problems of rural students in learning…………
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