The fact that is happened today's English is the language most widely used in worldwide. Nowadays, some big countries in the world such as: United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia have been using the English language. In addition, there are 50 other countries that have set English as their national language. Therefore, the English language is very important to be studied and known by everyone. In Indonesia, English as a first foreign language has a very important role in some aspects of life such as: science, technology, culture and education. Learning English is to learn the four skills namely: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In addition to the four skills, learning English is also learned three important components …show more content…
Teaching speaking through story telling technique in the classroom is one way to improve and develop their English language skill. Moreover, this activity requires students to participate in these activities to the following activities such as: listening to a story carried by a storyteller, reading books, writing stories and tell the story in their own language. This activity can motivate students to be active learners and can develop themselves using more constructive approach in teaching English. Through stories, listeners can get carried away by the atmosphere and the circumstances in these tales. They also get a sense of values, fears, hopes, and dreams of the stories they hear. Because in every story, there will be a moral value that can be taken, whether it is negative or positive. They can also connect their dreams and feelings into the real world. The occurrence of these feelings help them to develop creative power within themselves and can apply positive values in everyday of life. This research will discuss a solution that will be taken to solve the problem that occur in the environment school of MTs. An-Najah use story telling technique and to assist students in improving their oral skill in English. The researcher determined classroom action research method using story telling technique in teaching English because of the condition in the current school environment. This method was chosen because in the effective value to be able to improve the ability of students. Based on previous research conducted by Suci Rahmayati from State University of Jakarta who has conducted a research
English 1010 was an amazing class, during the period that the class was going on I was able to develop my communication skills and become aware of the world around me and how individuals operate according to what the society wants from them. The English 1010 class helped in developing a new aspect of reasoning, analyzing and drawing adequate conclusion. Furthermore I was to know the kind of informations I can take in and avoid wrong assumptions. Most class assignment were based on distinct formats which was a little difficult for me in the beginning but eventually I was able to follow the procedures which help improve my grades in other classes too. We had a discussion on rhetorical analysis where we analyze the rhetorical strategy used, I
Nnabugo Obichere #29 Mrs. Davis AP Language 1/A 10 October 2016 Classwork Essay Any reader would be able to tell at least one thing after reading this excerpt from Welty’s autobiography. That these memories clearly meant a lot to her.
As discussed in the article by Clive Thompson, many people use different ways of speaking. Based on text conversations, social media posts, and comments language has made a drastic change. TBH grammar has made like a huge change on society. Lookin at billboards and social media, people post is a totally diff manner than speaking. Lol I remember the last conversation I had with my aunt that lives in Charleston, SC.
The first day of college was different for me since it started during the summer. My writing skills in the beginning of the class weren 't as strong as they are now. I knew college would be a much more difficult than high school because there would be a larger work load. The diagnostic essay was the first essay I wrote in college. I was really worried about the results I would get on a college level.
“If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.” -Doug Larson. Most students would agree that college is difficult. Classes are more involved and studying is more important than ever. It is not surprising that students often end up asking the instructor how they can improve their grade right before the end of the quarter.
In the three articles “Do you Speak American” by Robert Macneil, “Why Good English is Good for You” by John Simon, and “Lost in America” by Douglas McGray they all share the same theme that Americans lack the motivation to be culturally diverse and broaden their horizons outside of the American Culture due to the lack of funds. This basically means that Americans lack the motivation to learn more about their culture and other cultures because they focus more on fitting in and doing the same thing as all other Americans. They lose the drive to be different and to educate themselves based on where they came from. In “Do You Speak American”, Macneil emphasizes how even though we have different cultures within America, we are all “Americanized”
Brave New Word Analysis Essay Huxley’s Brave New World expresses a few very unorthodox ideas and themes of society. His world becomes a place of sex, drugs, conformity, and consumerism. What’s different from our reality? Each of these elements is taken to the extreme.
I have taken some classes on writing and have improved my writing drastically over the years. As with everything, there is plenty to improve on. My high school was a college preparatory school, so we did countless papers. One of my strengths is to be able to come up with a paper fairly quickly, but I do need to improve in some areas. Things I should improve on are word choice and sentence fluency.
He discussed on the importance of his message through his tales is to relate to the discussion of history. It is paramount that discussion is among the students and to make them learn from one
This point is further elaborated by Little Bear in specifying the underlying importance of this educational process (5). These stories teach about customs and values that are shared which allows for knowledge to be passed down from one another (Little Bear 5). Johnson describes how with every new story, he was able to understand and piece together its meanings (Johnson 57). Education and socialization are attained in many ways such as praise, reward, recognition, renewal ceremonies, experience, and storytelling (Little Bear 5). This again is different than the Western view in that because it is absolute, there is little room for change (Little Bear 6).
Chapter five of How To Read Literature Like An English Professor is about how Shakespeare is prominent in both old and current works of literature and in the media. Foster states “He’s everywhere, in every literary form you can think of. And he’s never the same: every age and every writer reinvents its own Shakespeare.” (33). So why Shakespeare?
Chapter nine of David and Goliath talks about strength, how the difficult situations that we face in life, provide us with courage, tenacity, but above all, leave the feeling of being invincible, there is no fear. Gladwell tells the story of the town of Le Chambon, this town offered asylum to Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The Huguenots challenge the impositions of the Nazis, help the Jews and emerge victorious. Gladwell argument is that the Nazis, under no circumstances could defeat the resources that the Huguenots had.
Whenever I think about what I have learned since the beginning of this course—English 101, It always gives me a great pleasure to tell myself and people around me that I have learned something great; something that can make me a better writer. However, I have learned some writing skills based on the course’s teaching learning objectives that can help me in my future courses. Also, I’m glad, because my strength in writing essays have increased. Most especially, writing narrative essay in MLA formatting. I might not be an excellent writer, but I know I have not stopped learning, and I know I will get pay-off in the long run if I can keep the ongoing pace of my learning—guaranteed.
Literacy is the key to freedom. In the articles “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” by Sherman Alexie, “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X, and “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass, the message of learning to read and write providing fate-changing opportunities for oneself as well as for others is present consistently. “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” by Sherman Alexie reveals that being able to read and write has a tremendous effect on one’s future. As evident in the following quote, “As Indian children, we were expected to fail in the non-Indian world,” Indians were “stupid” according to the stereotypes, and, unfortunately, Indian children “lived up to those expectations.” This stereotype had already
It enhances listening and speaking also it increases new vocabulary for student. The aim of this essay is to give real imagine about how the Aural-Oral approach can be taught in or during English learning and give good improvement in both listening and speaking in order to reach student’s communicative competence. The first focus of Aural-Oral Approach is to teach English for student