Teaching English as a foreign language

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    My major- “Teaching English as a foreign language” has always been of paramount importance for me. Although I have been practicing English for ten years, I need to be in a real English-speaking world. This would account for my success as an English teacher. Since I have specific plans to implement during the academic year, I would like to explain them in detail. Firstly, I intend to broaden my horizons. In addition, my main aim is to conduct several researches in the most important features of the

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    teach English as a foreign language? My English teachers were literally obsessed with grammar and vocabulary. The lessons were about the things which I need to memorise rather than learning. Each teacher came up with different rules, regulations, and directives that my friends and I did not ever question or oppose, so it is not learning and inquiring indeed. Therefore, I would try an inquiry-based learning if I had a chance. My teachers probably forgot that an average person only need English for

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    world as the whole, as a result, English has become the primary global lingua franca (Darasawang, Reinders, & Waters, 2015, p. 2) ”. The teaching of English as a foreign language (TEFL) in Thailand has initially started from the mid-19th century and it still plays the predominant role in Thai education nowadays. The national English curriculum made a major paradigm shift in mandating English as a compulsory subject in schools and universities. The English teaching method was influenced by western

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    Literature Review. Several recent studies illustrate that student disaffection in English Language classrooms is a very real problem in many counties. In the following studies various terms are used to describe English Language Learning. The abbreviations: ESL (English as a Second Language), EFL (English as a Foreign Language), and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) are used within the context of each of the following studies in keeping with the original authors’ terminology. The common

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    1 UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTIC AND LITERATURE REFLECTION PAPER TESOL-MA Program Course: Advanced Teaching Methodology Name: ân ĐClass: 2016-B Instructor: ương, Ph.D. Taking the course of MA on TESOL, whose design is research-oriented, post-graduates are required to accomplish credit subjects including Advanced Teaching Methodology. It is obviously an opportunity for master students not only to review what they have

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    Literature in Teaching English as a Foreign Language By: Amr Alhemiary Abstract This research aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading, writing, speaking and listening)and language areas(i.e. vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary text in a foreign language classroom, suitable situations for teaching literature and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts in foreign language

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    Introduction Nowadays English has become one of the most used languages all around the world, with this, the necessity of learning English as a foreign language is one that hundreds of people all around the world have. All these people have different reasons to learn the language and many different learning styles. This essay will try to explain through the use of research why and how people learn English as a foreign language. Students Background This essay will try to explain through the

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    reading comprehension, literary competence and literature in teaching English as a foreign language. 6 2. Past approaches until the second half of the 20th century. 7 2.1. Analysis of the past methods with reading and literature in view. 8 2.2. The shift in the attitude towards reading and literary texts in teaching English as a foreign language. 11 3. Modern approaches – introduction to Communicative Language Teaching. 12 3.1. CLT analysis in the context of reading,

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    When teaching English as a foreign language, the teacher must be conscious to develop four different language skills in the students – listening, speaking, reading and writing. The activities and strategies used to develop these skills must be determined by the level and ability of the students being taught. This essay will discuss the strategies that facilitate the development of each language skill in the EFL classroom; the examples of activities used will be in the context of B2 level students

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    Introduction Teaching English, as a foreign language is complex and involves not only the involvement of the teacher, but much of the students. Through years of research and experience, it has been brought to the attention of many academic instructors that four crucial factors play into getting a foreigner to learn a new language. These four strategies include: Listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The class I will be teaching will be at an A1 level and will be learning about different lifestyles

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