Mother tongue or first Language First language is the language through which the child makes acquaintance with everything to come into contact with the society. It is often the mother tongue of the child. Learning of mother tongue takes place in very natural way and through proper imitation and exposition. The language skills listening and speaking are learnt at home and then child is sent to school for learning other skills such as reading and writing. Regional language is learnt by birth. But the
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
stated that, at the beginning of twenty-first century English language learning and English language teaching have become the center of attention in comparison to the twentieth century. As Crystal (1997) indicated "English language today has a special status in at least 70 or so countries and is most widely taught foreign language in over 100 other countries" (p.109). According to Selcuk (2009) these days, owing to the fact that English language includes various disciplines ranging from technology to the
Teaching vocabulary is a key factor when learning a foreign language. However, there are many teachers who do not teach vocabulary, or who just introduce it to students by repeating or reading it in the lesson. The main goals of my work are to emphasize the importance of teaching vocabulary and to introduce ways and techniques of presenting vocabulary in the classroom. The first section will define the meaning of vocabulary, and explain why it is essential for students to learn new vocabulary, and the
been several studies about the importance of 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
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
reading English, the difficulty in memorizing English vocabulary seemed to be the greatest contributors to students’ demotivation in English learning. To begin with, despite the awareness of the necessity of English in this modern life, the majority of the students both in the questionnaires and the interviews perceived English as a difficult language to master because of its complicated grammar, difficult pronunciation, a lot of vocabulary, etc. (item 1). This result was in accordance with the
also to help learners to grasp the language. It is pertinent to know how children’s literature have been implemented into classroom and its pedagogical benefits. This paper expose some studies that show how teachers in development have used stories to help kids to learn English by developing language skills (Porras, 2010), and why many of the stories for infants are useful tools to activate students’ motivation and facilitate learning of a foreign language (Abu Rass and Holozman, 2010).
Abstract Vocabulary learning has always been a major concern for those who want to learn a second language. The present study aimed at determination the role of games on kid's vocabulary learning. The study was conducted with twenty students they were divided into the experimental group and the control group . The result with the experimental group was superior to those of the control group. Games not only bring fun to the class, but they also motivate students and build their confidence
Imperative drill What should the teacher do to make students active in learning? To make them active in learning, teachers have to create class situations be enjoyable, interesting also should using appropriate method that can be applied in the classroom. For example by using imperative drill. Imperative drill is the major classroom activity in TPR. It is typically geared to highlight physical actions and activity on the part of the learners. In this sense, learners play main roles: a listener and