knowing a foreign language fulfill a person’s occupational needs bring new insights early phases Considering the fact about the of primary began to take place in most of the European countries and in the USA in into learning open-minded and tolerant education and his/her world view and make the person. the early 1960s benefits of learning a foreign language the implementation language education in European countries and USA has affected the education policy of young children of foreign language classes
The language that is used in the classroom affects the students and the learning that occurs in that class. Whether it is language that is for a specific content or the instruction of a second language that is different than the native tongue, it all affects the students and the success that they may have in the classroom. Many people believe that the language should be universal throughout the classes as to not confuse the students, and that the students should wait to learn a second language until
approaches. This question has become more important since the world we live in has become globalized and is constantly getting more so. The English language is undoubtedly the lingua franca of this globalized world; L2 speakers (743 million) outnumber L1 speakers (378 million) by more than two to one (Crystal, 2003). One of the consequences of this language expansion and predominance that English has gained in the last few decades is the existence of World English. Richard Norquist (2017) describes the
Introduction English is considered as a global language which is spoken by many people in most countries of the world. It is not only world's most widely used , but also as a leading language in education system when it comes to a second language learning. Speaking about the education system in Norway, the main second language taught in Norwegian schools today is English. This paper takes a closer look at an historical overview of English curricula in Norway, by focusing on some of the basic
field of Foreign Language Teaching (FLT), my study will benefit from previous research results. Much of these results has influenced my study. The teaching of English academic listening in foreign language classrooms has been reported in some research to have obstacles which are the results of inaccurate teaching procedures and/or inappropriate use of strategies by the students. In some research in different instructional settings, researchers have reported that listening is the language domain which
vocabulary size in language learning. For instance, Tschirner (2004) argues that vocabulary size is regarded as one of the most important indicators of second language reading proficiency in particular and of academic language skills in general. In many other studies (Laufer and Nation, 1995; Laufer, 1998; Zimmerman, 2005), the vocabulary size has also been found to be closely associated with second language writing ability. Furthermore, in another study Read (2004) states that second language learners are
learners to concentrate on language forms believing that an awareness of forms is indirectly related to language acquisition. They help learners to achieve explicit knowledge about these linguistic features through problem solving activities. Shak and Gardener (2008) studied young learners' attitudes toward different form-focused activities including C-R tasks. They investigated C-R with 78 children from three intact classes in Brunei who were learning English as a foreign language. Results of an attitude
Throughout the history of language teaching, researchers have theorized different theories and frameworks to justify the process of language learning and teaching process. Writing is an essential component of English foreign language. In the recent years scholars indicated, writing can be regarded as one of the main issues in the world of EFL. According to Olive (as cited in: Sarıca H.Ç. & Usluel Y.K .2015, p. 11) Writing is one of the most complex cognitive activities and involves a great number
however, most of them are visual and auditory learners. As long as they are studying in England, the lesson will be about two aspects: food and weather. The chosen materials: This lesson is chosen from a magazine "Talk!, the free English as a foreign language magazine, issue 6, summer 2013. Its title is " what do you think of the English food and weather?. This particular lesson is chosen due to the fact that these learners
and listening problems related to their strategic behavior during communication. These strategies will be investigated with regard to two cognitive factor: a. Anxiety. The low, moderate and high anxiety levels will be distinguished through Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale designed by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986). b. Self-efficacy beliefs. On the basis of the participants’ performance