1.3. Statement of the Problem As Isaza (2013) stated, to learn any language, it is important and essential to have a good input in terms of listening, because through this skill, language learners can understand and learn most of the aspects of the language. In fact learners are not equipped with key elements to interact alone with input (Ehsanjou & Khodareza 2014). According to Luo (2008), it is so difficult for the students to understand English through listening and undoubtedly, the speed of
Accordingly, this approach is successful for language learning because learners learn best by doing (Waguey & Hufana, 2012). This approach uses authentic data for classroom activities which gives importance on meaning to communicate in the real world. Task-based learning activities provide a method to speed up student’s language development in different situations while in the classroom (Thanghun, 2012). In this sense, Task-Based Instruction
Speaking plays an active role in using a language to express meaning. Through spoken language, a new language is encountered, perceived, practiced and learned. Speaking is not only one of the aspects of learning a language, but the prime source of language learning. Unfortunately, speaking problems are the biggest challenges for foreign language learners. Speaking is the main language skill; however, majority of students and learners struggle to overcome their speaking difficulties. Through the golden
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
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
the area of language acquisition theory in both behavioral and psychological areas of education research (Katayama, 2007). These foundational works formed the basis of why and how we teach, practice, learn and assess foreign language writing. The development of research in this area is not without their share of debate. Foreign scripts are defined in the context of this review as characters that not only have different phonetic attributes, or sounds, to the students’ native language, but unfamiliar
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
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
Communication On the basis of the sentence uttered by Garvie (1979:23), “language is learnt by using it”, we dare say that the development of any language proficiency requires a set of materials to enhance learning. In this regard, some materials have to be put at learners’disposal. Among those materials, oral ones can be helpful since they permit students to practices the new language they are learning. Within the framework of language learning, we can not expect learners to speak English without first