1.0 BACKGROUND STUDY
1.1 Introduction
Today, English is the second or third most popular mother tongue in the world, with an estimated 350-400 million native speakers. But, crucially, it is also the common tongue for many non-English speakers the world over (Martin, 2011). It is the world 's most widely-used language in international business and telecommunications, mass entertainment, newspaper and book publishing.
As in Malaysia, the people speak English language as a second language. Thirusanku & Melor (2012) say that among the Asian countries where English is not the mother tongue, Malaysia was ranked with the highest English proficiency level. This indicates our country has developed in line with the modernization era, where the people are able to communicate using other languages, not only their mother tongue.
Realizing the importance of the English language, the government has begun implementing new curriculum to help boost the English language learning in schools. Datur Dr. Wee Ka Siong in the News Strait Times (2011) mentioned that with the increasing number of English language periods in schools, the command of English among students will also improve.
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Apart from that, it would also be much easier for the English teachers to communicate and give command using English language in order to deliver the input and to control the class. As a result, it leads to an effective teaching and learning process since both teacher and pupils able to interact with each other using the same language. It is important for teachers to have effective teaching skills, not to become the best teacher of the year, instead it helps the teacher to provide a conducive learning environment for the
It is very applicable in Malaysia, a country that consist multiracial population where I often communicate with others in English. Hence English is widely used. Having a Standard English allows writing formal letters and typing official documents to be a lot easier. Following, English will be used as an example to explain standardization process. It is necessary for English to have a standardizing process in order to function in society and to be taught in a deliberate approach.
Teachers should be more understanding and welcoming to students who uses different Englishes to speak. By becoming more welcoming it helps others understand that their fluency in English does not make them worthy of
Most of the world now requires individuals to speak English. The language is so common that most continents’ institutions are putting English into their curriculums. However, some places have put English as their second language. These countries are falling behind as the world is advancing. Eventually, they will lose contact with the rest of the English speaking world.
Speaking English becomes one of substantial ability for people nowadays that can be one of causes I have studied in Canada. People are exposed many field where they should use English language when people are surfing internet, reading original major program books even meeting foreign people in work places. These reasons are that why I have learned English since elemental school student in Korea; nevertheless, my English ability was struggled. Since, they taught to focus on only English grammar not practical speaking. Consequently, I decided to come to Canada.
English is the most commonly spoken language in the United States, with over 78% of U.S. citizens speaking English. Due to English’s prevalence in the United States, one would assume that it is the official language of the U.S., so why not make it so? There would be many benefits to acknowledging English as the U.S.’s official language. Although the lack of an official language in the U.S. preserves language diversity and provides jobs for translators and interpreters, English should be declared the official language of the United States because it would encourage national unity and open many more job opportunities for immigrants. English should become the United States’ official language because it would promote national unity.
One of the considerately biggest places for opportunities is United States and education is the biggest way to accomplish one's dreams, but when someone moves to the U.S. from another country, not being fluent in English can be a huge barrier to being able to accomplish what one wants, and being successful in the educational system. Therefore, the people who control the education system have set specific standards in order to teach students who are learning the English language. In order to prompt the development of English Language development set standards have been initiated that keep up with the subjects that the other students who speak English are learning and are being tested on. The idea of that is great and should promote both content
Introduction: The English language is generally acknowledged as a global language, in view of its numerous functions and preference over several other languages around the globe. The tradition of English teaching has been drastically changed with the remarkable entry of technology. Technology provides so many options as making teaching interesting and also making teaching more productive in terms of improvements. Technology is one of the most significant drivers of both social and linguistic change. At present the role and status of English is that it is the language of social context, political, socio cultural, business, education, industries, media, library, communication across borders, and key subject in curriculum and language of imparting education.
Learners will acquire the knowledge from teachers in English lessons and utilize the methods that will help them to improve their
Education The purpose of education can vary for every person, but in the beginning the focus is more on developing the basic skills to read and write. Once a person gets older and decides what their goal is in life the schooling than changes to that certain academic practice that they want to become. Teachers in elementary education, develop the knowledge to teach the students the basic necessities for secondary schooling.
Effective input is to ensure the output of language . A large number of input and valid input are two prerequisites of immersion English Acquisition. Teachers are the most direct English input source of children, the main exchange object in children’s immersion time, the source of English intuition and English language experience of children, and the creator and leader of children’s English language environment. Improving the effectiveness of language of teachers is good for improving the effectiveness
Language is also supported throughout different types of activities that support the EYLF and curriculum. One example is art and how there are many different experiences it offers children to be able to express themselves through various mediums such as music, movement, dance and craft. These mediums offer a tremendous opportunity to support literacy skills and assist in the development of language. Dance is an example, for an activity where children can experience and not only learn about the way animals move, but also the animals names are in Aboriginal words for example, Kangaroo. Therefore, educators will firstly need to find out from their local Aboriginal community of what animals are native to the area in which the preschool is located.
English as a global language We can’t deny that English has become an international language for communication between all mankind , it is the common language between most of the countries , English is a global language which is spoken as a native language and a second language in most of the countries , and we noticed that people who use English as a second language are way more than people who speak it as a native language , it is taught in every country in this world , it is using as a medium language of understanding between the teacher and the learner , you can see it in banks , supermarkets , in road signs and in international web pages, it is the language that you see and hear every day, so speaking English become a must , also we can’t ignore the fact that English is the language of global communication at medical , tourism , trade and other elements of language use , So English is so important in our various lives aspects. So in this essay I am going to discuss the reasons of how English become a global language and is it a good or bad thing? and what is the advantages and did advantages of spreading of English? There is a lot of reasons that helped to make English a global language and one of the most important reasons is policy , the west colonization for the countries had helped English to spread and distribute by imposing the language and the west culture on the colony countries , so we can say it is all because of the strength that the west had on the world
Most Thai people have a lot of problems, such as lack of self-confidence (shy to speak English and Thai accent), concerns about the use of grammar, and know little vocabularies. In addition, environmental problems in learning English, furthermore there is little an opportunity to practice in the classroom. Besides each in the classroom has only one teacher that he/she cannot ask conversation to all students. Moreover, for teaching has a limited time, and they cannot move the chair and that difficult to organize activities in the classroom. However, they should develop English skills both in the classroom and outside the classroom.
These principles also allowed teachers to focus on the learning process and learning strategies, they were able to give appropriate feedback and they even had time to carry out tasks and support for learners. (Yassaei 12) In many countries, teachers of English as a Foreign Language want to develop successful lesson. They always face numerous challenges, including large class sizes and inadequate instructional materials and technological support (Yassaei 13). Many of these teachers still have wrong assumptions about how to apply technology in their classrooms; some of them might have questions or might be afraid of making mistakes because they do not want to try new things.
The learner has to be able to use language but also he has to possess other skills and abilities which he will need. Sometimes learners are good at listening and speaking and we cannot say for them that they are good at English. It also happens that some learners do better in reading and writing than in listening and speaking, it means they can easily read and write, but they can hardly communicate. They are not able to express themselves with their own words. One teacher is not able to change the educational system but he can improve learning using methods which helps learners to enrich their knowledge.