English is known as the international language in the world that make a strong communication between the people of the world, which many developing countries attempt to use this language while their native tongue is not English. Speaking English may have some positive and negative effects on those countries which English is not their original language. Although in many countries English is thought as a foreign language in schools and universities, some other countries used English as the Medium of
essay in English. In fact, I spend most of my time communicating with others, expressing myself, and learning new knowledge in English. Regardless of my race, I, similar to many people across the world, use English as a primary language in my daily life. Most will agree that English is the international language of the world. To this day, English has been the most widely spread language around the globe. It is the official language of over 50 countries and the third most spoken language worldwide
thousand five hundred million people worldwide speak English, of whom three hundred seventy five million are native speakers (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
Teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) requires instructors to apply different kinds of methodologies or approaches in order to let students learn the target language. Unfortunately, the majority of EFL teachers do not take into account their pupils’ needs in order to communicate appropriately in class by using English as a foreign language. To illustrate, some educators base their classes on memorization that does not provide any meaningful learning for their students since the only objective
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
between English as Foreign Language (EFL) and English as Second Language (ESL). Literally, the difference between EFL and ESL are EFL is a UK term and ESL is American term. Despite a distinction between them are, EFL is a process of teaching English to non-native speaker in a non-English speaking country while ESL is a process of teaching English in an English speaking country to non-native speakers. Indonesia is categorized as a non-English speaking country, so English taught as a foreign language
goals：becoming an international Chinese language teacher, studying abroad and travelling all around the world. Majoring in English supports me with a stubborn base to successfully achieve them all. English majors tend to be top-priority among competitors who want to be international Chinese language teachers. An international Chinese language teacher could go abroad spreading Chinese culture to the world. According to Confucius Institute Headquarters, international Chinese language teachers need to know Chinese
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education King Faisal University Graduation Project First Draft Motivations of Learning English as a Second Language in Fortieth High School in Riyadh City Name: Ebtesam Zayed Al-Zahrani Academic Number: 212597671 Under the supervision of: Dr. Zahraa Elshahat Table of Content Page Number Section 3 Abstract 3 Introduction 3,4,5 Literature Review 5 Significance of Research 5 Research Questions 6 Research Methodology 6 Ethical Considerations
HEGEMONY OF ENGLISH IN CHINA? Zhou Yijie ID: 1405022 With the development of the society and technique，the finance and culture has been globalized. English has generally been considered as a global language by the first and second dispersal (Wikipedia.2014). Consistent with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (Oxford, 2010,p724), it means something is under control of another country or organization. Therefore language hegemony could refer to the phenomenon in which a foreign language enter
Haarmann (1986), signifying that the use of foreign languages had nothing to do with 'everyday' or 'real'bi- and/or multilingualism and instead were concerned with exploiting symbolic associations of these languages. A relevant concept suggested by Eastman and Stein (1993) is language display. These scholars argue that language display is, in fact, in fact the most successful where the speaker has limited or even no knowledge of the language being displayed. Language display “represents symbolic rather