S H A R O N J O H N S O N A life time experience as an English Language Learner… My great-grandparents were from the West Indies who came to Panama with the sole purpose of working in the Construction of the Panama Canal. Therefore‚ my grandparents and parents first language was English having the opportunity also of studying at the former Panama Canal Zone schools. In my early years‚ I understood English and was able to communicate but only did so when needed. I did all my talking in Spanish
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would be the basis on which a teacher would choose one approach rather than the other‚ or involving more than one approach or method in the same class. Personally‚ the electric approach‚ in which one would combine mainly the communicative language teaching method with other approaches‚ would be the approach that would appeal most to me. This approach focuses on combining the fluency & acquisition of the language together with accuracy of using it‚ which is the aim of ESL classes. What makes that method
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My work is devoted to the methods of teaching English. Language came into life as a mean of communication. It exists and is alive only through speech. When we speak about teaching a foreign language‚ we first of all have in mind teaching it as a mean of communication. In teaching speech the teacher has to cope with two tasks. They are: to teach his pupils to understand the foreign language and to teach them to speak the language. So‚ speech is a bilateral process. It includes hearing‚ on the one
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ABSTRACT ii The purpose of this presentation is to determine the use of NLP in language teaching. In this study‚ in the first part‚ some background information was given about what Neuro-Linguistic programming (NLP) is‚ and whether NLP was used in language teaching before. To put forward whether NLP is effective in language teaching‚ general questions related to NLP are to be asked to language teachers in questionnaires and interviews. The collected data were analyzed in tables and graphics
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND ICT BY BANDELE ADEBOYE SOGBESAN SENIOR LECTURER IN ENGLISH‚ DEPT OF LANGUAGES‚ TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION‚ IJEBU ODE. INTRODUCTION Language has been described by various scholars over the years according to the perceived roles it plays in different circumstances. Sapir (1921) sees it as a system of arbitrary vocal signs and symbols used for the purpose of communication. It can also be seen in the light of Christophersen’s (1981) view as a conventional
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Whether you took an Italian cooking class‚ graduated from high school‚ participated in Bible study at church‚ or took a Spanish class at your local community college‚ you have been involved in some form of classroom communication. According to Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary‚ communication is “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols‚ signs‚ or behavior.” In a classroom setting‚ we can see many forms of communication being used‚ whether
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Research Methodology in Language Teaching Prof. Dr. H.M. Basri Wello‚ M.A. RESEARCH PROPOSAL Teaching Pronunciation Through Songs at Cokroaminoto University Palopo of The Sixth Semester Students Nisma 12B01144 Class C PASCASARJANA UNM ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2012-2013 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Language is a tool to convey message and express our feelings to other people. As international language‚ English has an important function in absorbing science‚ technology
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Outline the problems faced by both the teacher and the student on a TEFL course. (1000 words approx.) The acquisition of a new language can pose many difficulties to both the student‚ in learning the language‚ and to the teacher in communicating and teaching the language. The following essay attempts to outline some of these difficulties. One of the major factors affecting all students attempting to acquire a foreign language is the correlation of the new language and their native tongue. The degree
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coming up with an in-depth analysis of a teaching approach‚ a clear background of how it is operated is necessary. I have chosen to study further the approach that I have reported in my TESL class which is the Task-Based Language Teaching. This had sounded so interesting for me for in a first look of its title‚ this approach appeared to have surely integrated activities specifically‚ ‘tasks.’ A book of David Nunan‚ main proponent of Task-based language teaching‚ describes this approach by giving a basic
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IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN VIETNAM By NGO DUY PHUCAn increasing number of Vietnamese students study English in order to grasp many opportunities for higher education‚ overseas study and future career enhancement as it has become a dominant foreign language in Vietnam. Unlike traditional methods used for a long time in Vietnam‚ Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been likely to meet the Vietnamese students’ needs of communication in English. Since CLT was introduced
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