development in English learning makes the focus on English teaching changed. What once became structurally focused‚ it now moves toward meaningful language-focused. Students are not asked to memorize structure-based dialogues without knowing the meaning anymore. There are no more grammatically controlled sentences for students’ meaningless repetition. Dialogues‚ if used‚ center around communicative functions and are not normally memorized (Richards & Rodgers‚ 1986). That makes the teaching of speaking
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According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching‚ “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text the main skill which is going to be practiced is reading‚ the sub skills will be reading for gist and details‚ also using new vocabularies in the context. Enhancement of receptive skills will increase the rate at which students comprehend English language and allow students to practice new vocabulary
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Background Teaching English in Indonesia is still being a big challenge for Indonesian Teacher. It is the real impact of the way to face the globalization era. Indonesia‚ as a developing country‚ is forced to prepare itself to face the new era in all sectors including its manpower through education. In this situation‚ English‚ as an international language‚ has a very important role as a tool of communication to relate all nations in the world. So‚ as the participant in the era‚ Indonesian should
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Background of the Study The English Language dominates a higher prestige in the Philippines just as it enjoys a higher part in the Philippine Education System. Thus‚ authentic English Language teaching and learning environment should be given a full blast attention naturally and effectively. In this age of globalization‚ where society is being transformed and is transformed by technology‚ so too are innovative ways in teaching and learning the English subject. It should be noted that as
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R & Nunan D eds. (2001 reprinted 2004) The Cambridge Guide to Teacher English to Speakers of Other Languages This contains a whole series of articles that link to planning‚ the use of skills and different student groups Harmer‚ J (2010) The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) (Longman. ) This is a standard title for pre-service teacher courses in the UK and abroad. Focus on Part 7 for a treatment of Language Skills and on Chapter 4 section B for a discussion of how students influence
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Feb. 24th‚ 2013 Teaching Children Listening and Speaking with Games: An outline I. Introduction: to discover the most efficacy way to teach 5-7 year-old children listening skill from playing games by David Nunan’s Practical English Language Teaching: Grammar A. An overall summary of Practical English Language Teaching: Grammar B. A survey of the reception of Practical English Language Teaching: Grammar 1. Positive views on Practical English Language Teaching: Grammar 2. Negative
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J Introduction Until the last quarter of the 20th century‚ language teaching and learning was influenced by two tendencies: comparative linguistics studies of the 19th century and theories and methods of descriptive linguistics (Crystal 1994). Now there is a new perspective that stems from recent advancement in information technology which revolutionized language pedagogy such that most areas of language studies have been profoundly affected. In phonetics for instance‚ a new generation
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with them. In this article I discuss some of the ways that computers can be used in English language teaching‚ with a view to helping colleagues make the most of the opportunities they offer to ESL students. Peer It is helpful to think of the computer as having the following main roles in the language classroom: • teacher - the computer teaches students new language • tester - the computer tests students on language already learned • tool - the computer assists students to do certain tasks •
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CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FARMWORK 2. Theory Study 2.1. Definition Of Speaking Tarigan (1990:3-4) defines that speaking is a language skill that is developed in child life‚ which is produced by listening skill‚ and at that period speaking skill is learned. Based on Competence Based Curriculum speaking is one of the four basic competences that the students should gain well. It has an important role in communication. Speaking can find in spoken cycle especially in Joint Construction of Text stage (Departmen
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First Essay: “Focus on this Learner” Rita Karen Law Trainer: Mr. Meza August 6‚ 2013 First Essay: “Focus on the Learner” A unique human ability is to be able to create and use language to communicate to each other. Humans learn their culture through communication using their linguistic competence and performance. In an article written by Elwyn C. Lapoint‚ “Cultural Content in Introductory Linguistics” he states that “This holistic view
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