schooling etc.) plays a vital role in his/ her grasping of English language. I noted that those students, who were very confident while giving the answers and were speaking in English very fluently attended good schools. Their parents and teachers played a significant role in their acquisition of English language. Whereas those students who were not so good in speaking English had attended those schools which did not bother much about English language. The kind of environment a student is getting at
My observation took place in a charter school located in Harlem, Manhattan. I have been placed to work with second graders. The class is made up of twelve boys and nine girls. It has a mix of seven and eight years old students. The teacher work with each of his student by individualized instruction that is aligned to the Common Core standards. The child I chose for my observation is the boy aged seven years old. His name is Ismail. His family is form Yemen and they moved to United States when Ismail
parts of the world and most of their clients or guests come from different countries or places that speak the English language. But not all of the hotel receptionist can communicate in English especially in non-English countries. I think it is very helpful for hotel owners to hire hotel receptionist who have English skills, it will benefit them as well their customers.
teaching and learning process in all subjects. English, as the known international language, is the most common medium utilized in the school systems. According to the report of the British Council and University of Oxford’s department of education, English language is increasingly becoming the lingua franca of education institutions across the world – from primary schools to higher education. Materials such as books and journals are written in English, including Mathematics – as one of the core subject
superlatives and comparatives forms in a class of English learners as a foreign language at the “Educación Continua” program at Paraíso branch. 3.2. Specifics Objectives • To evaluate a group of nonnative-English learners to see whether they are capable to identify and orally produce the comparatives and superlatives forms of English language. • To recognize some linguistic errors and mistakes that influence the incorrect use and production of these English forms. • Interpret, based on theory, the
1. Introduction The use of first language or second language (L1/L2) is still used in teaching English classroom as a Foreign Language. Actually, the term of using L1/L2 in EFL classes is ongoing debates in some occasion by looking some consideration between pro and contra of using L1/L2 in EFL classes. In any cases, the term of first language is the first language that the students got from their mother and they may continue to use it in the rest of their life and second language is a language
Motivation to Learn English Language Elementary Students The cause of low motivation to learn English language elementary students is as follows. 1. The presumption that English is a complicated and difficult language. Most students consider English difficult and complicated, especially for beginners. If the submission of English material is less interesting, students will find it difficult to follow the learning from the teacher. 2. Students lack sympathy for teachers who teach English. In this case,
During my professional practice three placement the teacher asked me to help her complete the end of year English assessments. I was allocated individual children to complete the assessments on. The English assessment was a blending assessment to identify each individual child’s ability to blend their sounds to pronounce and recognise words. The teacher previously told me she expected most of the children to get over fifteen and for the ‘weaker’ children to get under twelve. I soon realised that
native English speaking students. Journal writing, a new trend in English language teaching, can be used to improve students’ ability to write in English because it provides students with sources for language and writing improvement. The current research paper aims at identifying the methods through which writing skill in ESL/EFL classes can be taught and enhanced through journal writing. It provides various practical activities for journal writing teachers can use to enhance English
Faculty of Literature and Humanities Department of English Language and Literature Master’s Thesis Developing a Critical Classroom Discourse Analysis (CCDA) Framework for Interaction Analysis in an Iranian EFL Context By: Amin Davoodi Supervisor: Mostafa Hasrati, PhD Advisor: Nouroddin Yousofi, PhD February, 2015 Acknowledgment I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to all those who contributed to this thesis. First of all, I would like to express my immense gratitude