What Are The Challenges Of English As A Foreign Language Essay

INTRODUCTION

Over the years, a tremendous desire for intercultural and interlinguistic communication has developed and people have begun travelling both physically and imaginatively. Thus, an ever-growing need for communication has emerged and the urge of crossing frontiers easily and speedily has led to the study of foreign languages in school and not only. The increased interest in the study of English as a foreign language is being supported even more by the recent and fast development of technology, as compared to the more traditional methods of learning that have been applied so far. In order to raise students’ interest and awareness while in school, teachers are presented with real challenges of approaching and applying modern and up-to-date methods to ease language acquisition. Today’s age of technology brings out the image of a new teacher, as well as a new kind of learner.

What is more, films offer natural language which learners will acquire unconsciously leading them to a point in which they will not even realize if they are listening or reading a foreign language. Second of all, studies have also shown that watching films on a regular basis enhances language skills development (listening, reading, speaking and writing), at all levels, bringing diversity into the curriculum. The teacher can make use of well-chosen films or parts of a film as a variety of language input reinforcement, depending on the vocabulary or grammar needed to be practiced or on the communicative skills needed to be developed at a certain point. Films are definitely a flexible part of the EFL teaching