So, it would be easier to learn. ... I have surveyed sixty-two students and out of those sixty-two students, seven out of them didn't want to learn or saw a want a different language to be taught. ... Nineteen students wanted to learn German. Fifteen students wanted to learn Japanese. And six students wanted to learn Latin. ...
Despite heated debate, American adults are being pressured to learn different languages to better communicate in the workplace and American students are being required to take a foreign language course in school, even though Americans are not leaving the country. ... (tell about the how much harder it is for children to learn a new language when they are older) More American students are studying foreign language than ever before. American students are becoming increasingly annoyed with the fact that students must take a foreign language course in order to graduate. Many high schools and ...
(Cook, 2001) Therefore, Hong Kong students learn English by associating Chinese with English. ... Teachers should not neglect students' errors, or point them out directly immediately, embarrassing the students. ... Instead, teachers should rephrase the sentence, to let the students learn from imitation. ... (SCMP, 2002, November 16) However, it seems that Hong Kong students are externally motivated to learn English rather than being interested in learning English. ... To do that, teachers must cultivate students' motivation to learn. ...
American students should be required to learn a second language from an early age because it helps with cognitive skills, positively impacts foreign affairs and provides a better chance at achieving a higher income job. ... " Additionally she says that students who are learning a second language outperform students who are not, both in verbal and mathematics scores on standardized testing. ... In the study students who had time taken away from mathematics to study a second language outperformed students in mathematics when compared to students who did not study a language and had all th...
Detractors argue that such programs require the Mexican-American student to maintain ties to two languages, causing confusion and learning difficulties. Other supporters argue that a working knowledge of two languages serves as useful preparation for a student's years after high school. ... According to Klein, many teachers who are uncertified or poorly trained serve to hinder the education of the student, because the Spanish-speaking student relies on the teacher's knowledge of two languages to help in the process of learning the English language. ... The expectation of many scho...
All schools in the US require that students study English in order to graduate and many school systems are now initiating programs to require all graduates to speak Spanish, too. This paper is am argument to prove that students should not be required to study Spanish in order to graduate. ... They don't want their child told that they have to learn another language. Parents may complain to their school districts that forcing students to learn Spanish is against their rights as Americans. ... No student should be forced to take a language that isn't the primary language of the...
CALL was created to help people learn different languages with the use of computers. It came about in the 1960's before much was known about how we learn different languages. ... The students were also asked to take a survey. ... A separate survey was asked of students who traveled to the UK to study. These students came from Saudi Arabia, Greece, China, Poland, Cyprus, and Pakistan. ...
First of all it has a negative effect on the students communicative ability, as they grow older. ... Teaching the students English starting from first grade has many advantages. First of all the students self-confidence when it comes tom language increases and they get a good foundation linguistically. ... This interest gives them the opportunity to learn more about other cultures and values. ... By time this ability will fade and the older you get the harder it will be to learn. ...
The United States starts teaching their students from around age 14. ... That is not enough time to learn another language, so I would be willing to propose the best solutions to fixing this problem. ... Studying abroad in a Spanish-speaking country is also a great way to learn the language if you are a college student thriving to learn a new language. ... In this way, the non-native English-speaking students and the non-native Spanish-speaking students have the opportunity to develop the ability to speak English and Spanish as second languages respectively. ... It is possible for someone to...
Just like in our daily lives, facing the problems and obstacles head on is the best way to learn. ... We as students we have learned by making mistakes and by, some way or another, correcting ourselves or being corrected by our teachers. This is how really important is to learn from our mistakes, we improve as teachers and as students and even in the daily aspects of our life we learn by making mistakes. ... In the end I give some personal insight about how important Error Analysis is for teachers and students. ... Data Analysis: "a arquitector" : there are two errors in this phrase...
The best time to learn a foreign language is when we are young. ... Children should learn a foreign language as soon as they start school because bilingualism develops mental abilities. ... Another reason why children should learn a foreign language is that language often offers new ideas and cultural insights. ... In an article the "Culture in Second Language Teaching" the authors said "Some teachers and researchers have found it effective to present students with objects or ideas that are specific to the culture of study but are unfamiliar to the students. ... I knew that I ha...
Firstly, students might misunderstand the meaning or not find the right world. ... Translating into the target language also can help learn to think in that language. ... They learn paradigms such as verb conjugations, and they learn the native language equivalents of vocabulary words. ... Here the teacher and the students are more like partners in the learning process while in the other method the teacher is a kind of authority so the students do as he conducts. However, it is also important that students get the correct answer. ...
I support bilingual education because it can be an effective pathway for foreign language speakers to learn the English language. ... According to Hadi-Tabassum, "Two-way immersion (TWI) bilingual education is an integrated language immersion program in which students who speak a majority language, such as English, study and learn together in the same classroom with students who speak a minority language.Both the language majority and language minority students learn the two languages simultaneously and acquire academic content knowledge through both L1 (English) and L2 (Spanish, Korean, ...
In this particular situation, Non- native English speaker teachers are people who decided to learn a second language, and they have studied the language, the culture and the origins of a particular place around the world. ... The cultures, the language, the belief, the origins they have are different from what we have here in our country and this person has the challenge to learn about our country (Mahboob, 2010). ... Furthermore, during my practicum period at school, I have heard that to learn English is not important because they will not use it after finishing the school. ... Often, I thi...
Good learners... ... find their own way, taking charge of their learning ...are creative, developing a "feel- for language ...practice language inside and outside the classroom ...learn to continue talking and listening without understanding every word ...make errors work for them and not against them ...use knowledge of their first language in learning a second language ...learn to make intelligent guesses They're aware of general personality and cognitive characteristics or tendencies. ... How to teach strategies in the classroom: 1) Teach strategies through interactiv...
Another reason that immigrants may not have sought assistance to learn the English language is that they have not been provided with inviting or affordable resources. ... Students need to feel safe where they are learning, especially ESL students, since they are so vulnerable. ... All students should be interacting with each other regardless of the language they are used to speaking. ... As discussed before, no child is the same, therefore they do not learn the same way and teachers must come up with new ways for the ESL students to show what they understand. ... In order to properly accommod...
Genie was able to learn a large vocabulary, including abstract and concrete terms, but she had a lot of trouble with grammar. ... The success and fluency of students varies from program to program. ... Students learn about the languages as well as the cultures. While the students do not achieve the same proficiency as for the other two programs, the FLEX program provides students with a solid basis for further foreign language study. Students in FLEX programs also seem to develop a more native-like pronunciation than students who are not exposed to foreign languages during elementary school. ...
It is assumed that L2 English learners have 'no prior knowledge' and need to learn standard English, so they should be taught 'real' English as opposed to the 'locally acquired deviation' (Jenkins 67-68). ... This is advantageous to learners because of the shared teacher-student experience where the teacher can provide an 'appropriate and attainable model for their students' as well as 'understand the educational, social and cultural contexts in which they are working' (Jenkins 121). ... Another problem of L1-based English tests is that...
Students have an easier time learning a foreign language such as English because at a young age it is easier to learn a new language, so they should start learning English for three years in high school. ... First of all, students use English for communication. ... Moreover, students can use English when they go to travel aboard. ... Secondly, a foreign language can be used for students' future careers. ... In addition, students will have chances to get good jobs when they graduated because most job applications usually require students to have a great knowledge of English skill, so job v...
More and more Chinese students are electing to spend time abroad in order to study a new language. According to the Chinese Ministry of Education, in 2013, there were approximately 413,900 students from China studying abroad, and this was a dramatic increase from the 399,082 students that studied abroad in 2012. ... They think it is more beneficial for them to have a greater bank of vocabulary knowledge, instead of distributing time to study pronunciation they utilized it to learn more vocabulary words. ... So, adult learners should learn pronunciation because it will make their lives bette...
During the early 2000's we were hit with the No Child Left Behind Act, which ironically left ELL students behind, because states now had the right to set its own policies regarding ELL students. ... If the students were low performing they would shamefully get little to no Science instruction and the students that were meeting their performance goals would be able to have access to Science instruction. ... The blend was successful because the students were able to use a subject such as science and use the content as to read and write using academic vocabulary as well as learn the science ...
During the early 2000's we were hit with the No Child Left Behind Act, which ironically left ELL students behind, because states now had the right to set its own policies regarding ELL students. ... If the students were low performing they would shamefully get little to no Science instruction and the students that were meeting their performance goals would be able to have access to Science instruction. ... The blend was successful because the students were able to use a subject such as science and use the content as to read and write using academic vocabulary as well as learn the science ...
She has inspired me to learn Spanish so I can talk with her relatives. Even though she was taught to learn English she still kept her language. ... (Gonzalez p. 100) Basically what Gonzalez means by this is that schools try and teach student something new when they do not really have the fundamentals down to be ready to learn. ... "If we accept that a child cannot learn unless taught through the language he speaks and understands.." ... These students are achieving higher scores on tests of verbal and mathematics skills." ...
Does Bilingual Education Improve Academic Success in Students? ... An example of this would be if the students are native Hispanic students learning English and Spanish at the same time. ... The downfall to this method is that take the risk of falling behind in content areas as they struggle to learn English. ... The English-dominant students scored higher on the test in comparison to the Spanish students. ... All students can and will learn in thei...
It is very obvious that children do not learn a language by simply memorizing but by imitating their elders. ... If you are moving to different hemisphere, the need to learn a new language might be needed. ... These beliefs are usually based on previously learned experiences and this is the best way for them to learn. ... All of the students were inhabitant speakers of English studying their heritage language as a second language. These results showed that the overhearers acquired a more native-like accent than the other students did. ...
