English as a Foreign Language By: Amr Alhemiary Abstract This research aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening)and language areas(i.e. vocabulary‚ grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary text in a foreign language classroom‚ suitable situations for teaching literature and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts in foreign language classes are
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(McKay 2016). Therefore‚ English language is now considered as an international language‚ and it is often taught as a foreign language accompanied by teaching both American and British Cultural studies. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)‚ in simple words‚ means the teaching of English language in a non-English-speaking region. Education in American and British cultures deals mainly with the different aspects of both cultures. Teaching English as a Foreign Language besides education in American
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COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING Nowadays‚ with the internationalization of this world‚ the foreign language learning and teaching has become especially important. In fact‚ since foreign language study was brought to school‚ various language-teaching methods have been used one after another‚ such as the Grammar –Translation Approach‚ the Direct Approach‚ the Audio-lingual Approach‚ etc. In 1970s‚ a new approach for language teaching‚ especially for foreign language teaching ---the Communicative
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English is the Only Foreign Language worth Learning? Nowadays English is used almost in all spheres of international communication: business‚ politics‚ science‚ culture‚ etc. Speaking English is one of the main conditions to get a good job. For this reason one may think that English is the only foreign language worth learning to feel confident in the society. But is that really so? I strongly believe that a modern person should learn more languages or speak any other language but English for some
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Hee (Hailey) Baker ESL 053 October 9‚ 2013 Living in a Foreign Country People migrate to a different country in hopes of improving their life style. It may be to provide a better life for their family or to accomplish one’s dream. Whatever the reason may be‚ one brings dreams and hopes to the new world hoping to have a better life than what they already have. When people just think of visiting a foreign country‚ curiosity and excitement comes to mind. That is because you will be
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Should foreign language learning be compulsory in Uzbekistan. English is wide spreded all over the the world.That is why in many country it is added for curriculm as a second and foreign language. Each educational institution has it’s special curriculm that specialized for different profession. But in every where foreign languages are tought as an obligatory such as Russian and English. It is important to development of the country‚because in order to be a developed country the population of that
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Assigment Why Do People Learn Foreign Language ? Language is a system of communication for us to interact with others. Without language we may not be able to interact‚ because language is the source for the creation of human interaction with others. The language in the world is very much‚ on average every countries has different language even though there are the same but not many and not completely the same pronunciation‚ for example‚ is that the English language is divided into two‚ namely
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Learning a Foreign Language should be Compulsory Primary school is considered the most important basic level of learning as subjects taught in this curriculum play an essential role in children’s future. Acknowledging this issue‚ many countries are starting to put a foreign language subject into this curriculum‚ while other states this subject should be taught in secondary stage of education. This essay will look at those critical reasons why should students start learning alien language at primary
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What Makes a Good Foreign Language Teacher? Most of us have had at least one really great teacher and one really bad one. We know what we like in a teacher and judge them based on that. I have had teachers over the years whom others did not like. There were also other teachers I thought did a horrible job but other students thought were the best they ever had. Opinions differ. Most of what people perceive as a good or bad teacher is usually based on things like personalities and preferred
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Rainforests A rainforest (or rain forest) is a tropical forest that gets a lot of rain. It usually has a lot of plants and animals. A very well known rainforest is the Amazon Rainforest. Most of it is in Brazil‚ though Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Chile and other countries have parts of it.Scientists say over half of all plant and animal species live in the rainforest. Also more than 1/4 of all medicines come from here. Covering only 2% of the Earth’s land area they still provide 40% of the oxygen.. It
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