literal/verbal translation from my native language when writing an English essay? Introduction As a foreign English learner‚ ‚ I constantly make grammatical and structural errors when writing in English even though I started learning English at a very early age and have a relatively better speaking and listening ability among my peers. In fact‚ many Asians‚ Mandarin users like me in particular‚ encounter such problem a lot when writing in the English language. As a consequence‚ I want to find out
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CELTA Written Assignment 1 Language Skills Assignment PART 1 For the purpose of English language teaching‚ teachers tend to refer to four particular skills- reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening. (Harmer‚ 2007) Reading and listening are known as receptive skills. Both of these processes require meaning to be derived from material that is being listened to or read. Speaking and writing are known as productive skills. In the case of both of these processes language is actually produced. (Harmer
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makes a "good" English teacher? Can teachers with a competent level of English skills be considered good English teachers? A list of attributes of a good teacher of English as a second language (ESL) would be very subjective. With that in mind‚ I would like to discuss the characteristics of a good English teacher based on my own research and experience. There are two common misconceptions about English teaching. First‚ a professor with a doctorate is not necessarily a good English teacher. Second
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ROLE OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER " Since the role of English as a language of international communication has been widespread quickly in educational systems around the world‚ teaching of English as a second or foreign language has become an increasingly significant task (Richards‚ 2001). Therefore‚ many countries in the globe have been working hard to ensure their citizens’ adequate English proficiency‚ which is necessary for their social economic development. To reach their goals‚ English has been included
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A native speaker is a person who has spoken the language from the earliest childhood. It other words‚ It is known as ‘Mother Tongue’. Is it true that a native English speaker makes a better English teacher? The answer is no. Not all native English speakers make a better teacher. Being an English teacher‚ you must not only know how to speak in English‚ but to know how to teach. According to Justin Murray‚ the most important characteristic of being any teacher is to know how to teach to the level
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English is an international language‚ as we all know. Therefore‚ the role it plays is very significant. For this reason‚ all efforts should be made in order to enable the students master this language. In my opinion‚ as a teacher of English language at schools for more than two decades‚ English language is easy to master. But‚ what I see now is something different. Nowadays‚ a majority of the students refrain from using this language. Many of my students at school tell me with frustration that they
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International Journal of English Language Education ISSN 2325-0887 2013‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 Factors Causes Students Low English Language Learning: A Case Study in the National University of Laos Thongma Souriyavongsa (Corresponding author) School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Malaysia Tel: 601-6690-9027 E-mail: thongam_2008@yahoo.com Sam Rany School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Malaysia Tel: 601-7506-3234 E-mail: sr11_edu045@student.usm.com Mohamad Jafre
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Background English is an important subject incorporated and strategic role in school and university systems around the world because almost all the school and university subjects are taught using English Language. Learning achievement in the English language is effected by different factors‚ which positively influenced by in English. English is a language that requires different technique for dominate it because it is very differently than other languages. English is the international
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Writing Seminar Final Essay Student: Aurimar Barrientos Prof: Alexander Salazar The teaching and learning of writing in English as a Foreign Language As foreign language students we possess the capacity to learn a new language‚ for example English. It might be easy to speak it‚ read it and listen it‚ but what about writing? Writing might be disliked and avoided for students because it is frustrating. It is frustrating because it is unnatural. Speaking is natural and not frustrating; when
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GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies Volume 9(2) 2009 29 Motivation And Attitudes Towards Learning English: A Study Of Petroleum Engineering Undergraduates At Hadhramout University Of Sciences And Technology Atef Al-Tamimi atefaltamimy@yahoo.com Faculty of Arts Hadhramout University of Sciences and Technology Munir Shuib munir@usm.my School of Humanities Universiti Sains Malaysia Abstract This paper outlines the results of a survey which was carried out‚ to identify Petroleum
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