EFFECTIVENESS OF TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE IN TEACHING SPEAKING ON DESCRIBING PEOPLE AT SEVEN GRADE STUDENT OF SPM MUHAMMADIYAH 17 SURABAYA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study English as international language where people in the word use to communicate. Beside of that, English language is not only used to communicate. Other people who knows about English language sometimes used it to get salary, business and making friend. In Indonesian English language is used as foreign language. Academic
I. Introduction 1.1 The speaking skill: Speaking is so much a part of daily life that we take it for granted. (Thornbury, 2005). It is the active use of language to express meaning. Ur (1996) considered speaking as the most important skill among four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) because people who know a language are referred to as speakers of that language. This indicates that using a language is more important than just knowing about it because there is no point knowing a
shift in society from industrialization towards an information-based society. English has ‘travelled’ to many parts of the world and has been used to serve various purposes. This phenomenon has created positive interactions as well as tensions between global and local forces and has had serious linguistic, ideological, socio-cultural, political and pedagogical implications. Before globalisation, we have learnt English as a language and the process of it was very easy, now with the development and
ABSTRACT With the increasing significance and the global requirement of English language, attempts are being made to elevate the quality of teaching English with the postulate that teaching English aids the acquirement of English language. The purpose of this article is to understand the English teaching approach adopted by Pakistani teachers at secondary level, and to discover whether their teaching methods facilitate in language acquisition. In order to find out, a remote district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
approach to grammar teaching. The ever growing need for good communication skills in English has created a huge demand for English teaching around the world, as millions of people today want to improve their command of English or ensure that their children achieve a good command of English... The worldwide demand for English has created an enormous demand for quality language teaching and language teaching materials and resources (Richards, 2006:05).Ironic, as it may seem, the English language runs like
Teaching English grammar is integral to Bhutanese schools for many reasons: Teaching English grammar is useful as English is the medium of instruction in schools for majority of the subjects. Grammar improves the reading skills in a student, the benefits of technology in teaching grammar in class rooms and the role of grammar in improving the four key strands of students such as writing, reading, listening and speaking. So in the Bhutanese educational system, teaching and learning English grammar
teachers and students in teaching and learning English. There have been more and more studies carried out to examine interaction in classroom thoroughly. Many studies have emphasized that thanks to classroom interaction knowledge is formed; therefore, skills are developed. In this study, classroom interaction has been surveyed carefully for three months. As a result, it can be drawn out that interaction in class promotes learning language of students, especially in speaking skills. Moreover, learners
The Teaching of English Listening and Speaking to Adolescents Foreign language teaching in Icelandic compulsory schools now starts earlier than it did previously, and English is the first foreign languages that children in Iceland begin to learn. Most of them starts learning English in the fifth grade (Lovísa kristjánsdóttir et al. 2006: 7). The fact that English language is familiar to Icelanders, as it is a common language in al sorts of activities like in television, computer programs and music
English language learning has never been as important for the non-native speakers as it is now in today’s globalized world. With the huge advancement of technology and proliferation of satellite media, it has become synonymous with success to achieve mastering over English language skills. Many rich and affluent countries in Middle East have been focusing on teaching EFL and EFL on a priority base to enable their academic and workforce to compete in a highly competitive global world. Saudi Arabia
observations. Learning English as a second language through WALL is always a daunting as well as challenging task. Many learners don’t complete this challenge and many of them submit themselves to the hitches. Some educators even often explore for guidance to make