in Asian countries Abstract This study is about teacher`s attitude toward Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and implementation of this approach in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Taiwan and Iran. Does CLT have advantage or disadvantage in Asian classes? What is the Asian teacher`s attitude toward CLT and what kind of problems do they face in their classes? Most of these studies have two phases, the first phase is quantitative and second one is qualitative study which is used to explain quantitative
and combined together in a sentence so that a sentence is formed both correctly and meaningfully. Grammar is important because the good language knowledge is sine qua none when we want to talk about language. It is the grammar who gave us names of word types and word groups and who enables us to form sentences not only in English but also in any other languages. Based on Aleksandra Milcic (2014), grammatical mistakes in a text can easily draw readers’ attention away from the content of the writing
Communication, at its base level, is the act of expression. Whether that involves conveying one’s feelings, opinions, or a myriad of possible emotions, language is the essential tool that makes expression possible. It can be verbal or non-verbal, subtle or complex, and is inherently social in nature. However, the primary function of language, no matter what form it takes, will always be that of expression. I, like many others no doubt, find myself in the all too familiar position of being a relatively
In the digital age of today, modern approaches of teaching English as foreign language adopts new technologies in language learning and teaching to adequately reflect the current needs, attitudes and tendencies of the digital society. This paper addresses the effect of establishing the trend of Blended Learning instruction in English Foreign Language (EFL) classes in five colleges at Taif universities, KSA where technologies are required for teaching. It focuses on experiencing this type of learning
1. Introduction The role of the English language in the Greek state schools in general is considered to be secondary although it is generally agreed that the English language is important being an international language. The current attitude towards learning English in State schools is depressing as most of the learners learn the language in private language institutes in a more organised and exam- oriented way (Manolopoulou-Sergi, 2001). However, the subject imposed by the Ministry of education
Literature Review 2.1. Overview This study focuses on the teachers perceptions regarding the use of L1 in English classrooms. More specifically, what are the English teachers’ perceptions toward using Persian in classroom in different institutes in Kermanshah? And also in what circumstances and for what purposes do they prefer to switch to the mother tongue. This chapter will focus on the literature that I found helpful to understand these questions 1) what are the supports for the monolingual approach;
universally recognized as a global language and is the dominant language of business throughout the world, and as globalization takes place, English is expanding. There were periods of time in the past when speaking English as a second language was a marker of the elite, the upper-class, but nowadays it is an essential skill that everyone should have (Dorie, 2012). Frequently perceived by the younger population that do not speak English as their first language (L1), thoughts of speaking English
computers into the foreign language curriculum. A point of criticism, which could easily be refuted, was the claim that students tended to be isolated from their classmates when working in a computer lab. It was soon discovered that using computers in language lab could promote synergy among students and if planned well, could also encourage them to use the target language to communicate in front of the computers, thus increasing the time they spent practicing their oral skills. But today with the
English of same level. It underpins the differences between two books in the perspective of English teaching adaptability and understanding. It tries to dig out what sort of influences are held while teaching two different books for the same level of the student at the same second language situation. This also paves the ways of consideration in developing teaching materials for English language teaching to the young learners. I. Introduction: According to Hutchinson and waters (1987), textbook evaluation
efforts are being made by the government administration to ensure that in the “not too distant” future society, it will become a multilingual society. At present, the members of this society have to be competent not only in their native language but also in other languages