...A STUDY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GRAMMAR IN LEARNING ENGLISH In India English continues to be the medium of instructions in colleges and universities. It is also the language of the administration. English should be most useful “library language” in higher education and our most significant window on the world. English plays an important role in our national life. It was of great importance in the British India. It plays an important role in various fields. So grammar plays a vital role in the field of learning language. So working knowledge of grammar is required for a sound basis of language- ungrammatical use will create disorder, misunderstanding of ideas, and bad impression among the listener or the reader. In the words of Dr. West, “grammar is not a code of rules like etiquette and table manners, a statement of convention, it summarizes what is done by cultured people, and like etiquette, and it is a state of a constant”. NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The most important ingredient of learning English is grammar. Because, when we come to learn a new language, we need to study its grammar. Grammar is the study of words and the ways words work together. Any person who communicates using a particular language is consciously or unconsciously aware of the grammar of that language. Students usually find difficulties in learning grammar and most of them hate grammar sessions. They do not realize that it is the back bone of language. Pupils at secondary schools also have difficulties...
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...Why must everyone learn English? Since English is the most common language spoken everywhere, the importance of English cannot be ignored. English is a West Germanic language that is now the most widely used language in the world (Senn 2001). With the development of technology, English has been playing a major role in many sectors including medicine, engineering and education. This essay will argue the importance of learning English and the reasons why everyone must learn it. English makes it easy to access other cultures. Wherever people go, being able to speak multiple languages often gives people more opportunities to communicate with more people than just speaking one language. According to Tesoriero and Davies, ‘When the language barrier is lifted, there is more space for cooperation, for empathy, and for common ground’ (Tesoriero& Davies 2005). English can give people more professional opportunities. Being able to speak English will make it easy to participate in international meetings and learn about new scientific knowledge. Besides the US and Great Britain, English is the main language in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada (Yang 1999, pp.515-535). Therefore, people can get a higher salary or be paid more hourly for speaking English fluently. English is beneficial for people in education. There are many universities around the world that are teaching entire courses in English. Many schools and universities around the world require that their students...
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...INTEGRATED OUTLINE TOPIC: The importance of learning English Literature for students. MAIN IDEA: The continuation of the subject English Literature is a must especially in Asia. THESIS STATEMENT: Students who learn English Literature have greater chance to be successful in their studies and careers despite the limitation faced by the countries whose English is second language. INTRODUCTION Topic sentence: Learning English Literature is proven to be the closest subject to human nature aside from biology as it provides human with huge array of emotions and actions. The initial reason of the introduction of learning literature was to inject the culture of Englishness from the colonizer to the colonized. Supporting details | Sources | 1) Closer to human nature 2) The initial reason was to promote Englishness to the people | Kendrick, R. (n.d.). Why Our Students Study Literature. Retrieved March 3, 2016, from https://gustavus.edu/english/whystudyliterature.php Tennenhouse, L. (2007). Importance of Feeling English: American Literature and the British Diaspora, 1750-1850. Princeton University Press. | FIRST MAIN POINT Topic Sentence: There are many advantages of learning English Literature that could be benefited by the students. Supporting details | Sources | 1) Teaches the student on the earlier forms of language and how the language developed. 2) Familiarize the students with aesthetic purposes. 3) Develop planning and research skills as well as gain...
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...English Language Importance Do you think learning English is important?English is currently the most wide spread language in the world, it is second only to Mandarin Chinese in terms of the amount of people which speak it, but second to none in terms of the number of people learning it. It is currently the primary language used on the World Wide Web, in the political and business arenas. It has even become the language of today's pop culture. So yes, I definitely think that learning English is important.While English may not have as large a quantity of speakers as Mandarin it is still more widespread and herein lays its importance. Mandarin Chinese is hardly spoken outside Chinese communities, however in many regions of the world where English is not the native language, it is still widely spoken and integrated in the curriculums of educational institutions. In many countries Malaysia, for example, where there various ethnic groups with their own unique language, English is used as a means of communications between all of them. So we see that the importance of English doesn't lie in the quantity of people that speak it but in way we use it. Today the USA's influence on world information is dominant, English, being their native tongue, the same is true for Britain. The music and other types of media that come out of these two countries are broadcast around the world. Most of the world's largest pop stars record English albums, which are played and requested in all the corners...
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...Aspects in Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language. Humans have the ability to acquire a language that is necessary to defend them in their daily living. The domain of a language code will vary according to their social needs and opportunities that people have. In the process of planning a language education, it is vital to explore the social context to determine their real need to learn the language and the language mechanism to achieve that learning. In Puerto Rico, even when there is a consensus on the utility of English for purposes of employment, technology and global communication, natural situations that require English are limited, and some students do not want to take advantage of the learning English language opportunities. The importance of Puerto Rican students learning to speak English fluently is discussed in Puerto Rican community and by professional circles every day. Regardless of the efforts that the Department of Education has made throughout the years, the reality is that Puerto Rican children are not learning enough English in their schools. The students have not developed the basic English language skills to be able to uses effectively in oral, written and reading. In 1997, the Department of Education created the Project for the Development of Bilingual Citizens in order to remedy this situation. Besides, few years later the Department of Education changed the English curriculum and recently it changes the English Program Standards and Expectation...
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.../ The Importance of Visual Aids in Teaching English to High School Students A Research Paper in English IV Submitted by: Valdez Canuto Wansi Submitted to: Ms. Melanie Ligante English Teacher I. Rationale of the Study This study is about the use of visual aids in teaching English to high school students. English is one of the fundamental subjects in high school. Since the English language is also considered as the business language, it is important to learn it. Thus, teaching language is as challenging as it could be nowadays. With the evolution of education, visual aids have been created and they have paved the way to better learning. Using visual aids enables students to learn more, to maximize learning and to enjoy learning. Views regarding the importance of visual aids vary. Many have different views and opinions regarding visual aids. Thus, to shed light regarding the commonly used visual aids, its effect to English teaching and the problems perceived by the students, a research is made. II. Statement of the Problem This study looked into the use of visual aids in English teaching and its effects to the learning of high school students. Specifically, this study sought to answer the following problems: 1. Is the use of visual aids effective in student learning? 2. What are the common visual aids used in English teaching? 3. What are the problems encountered by the students regarding the use of the visual aids? ...
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...Why is English the international language? The fact that English is now the main international language is indisputable. In all aspects of international life – trade, science, diplomacy, education and travel – the common language is English and has been for decades. There are two main reasons why English is the current lingua franca; political history and economics. First, one of the main reasons why English is the international language in the world today is the fact that Britain was the global superpower in the nineteenth century and America is the global superpower in the twentieth and twenty-first. For example, these two English-speaking countries were the most important countries in terms of the military and trade. By conquering and colonising so much of the world, their customs, culture and way of life became common in those parts of the world. This is why so many ex-British colonies now have English as the national language, with many of their people speaking English as a first language. Second, a further reason for the spread and of English is economics. By being the global political and military superpower, these two countries also became the leading trading nations and many countries and territories needed to learn English in order to trade with them. The USA is currently a major trading partner with almost every other country on the planet due to the size of the consumer economy. This explains why in many countries, English is a...
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...Introduction English language was introduced in South China in the eighteenth century. It took root in the mid nineteenth century when a school teaching English was started. The first missionary schools lasted for 10 years (1835-1851). After the 1860 war the schools were reopened and they spread to other parts of china. Between 1872 and 1925 over 7,000 missionary schools were operational with over 260,000 students. Learning English was a means to learning modernized military methods and an opening for china to work with foreign countries and create alliances. Strained relations with USSR when Russian language was to replace English gave the Western culture a better impact opportunity (Hughes, 2006). The support of English has undergone many difficulties but since the 1980’s China has encouraged working relations and study opportunities in English as it has helped them economically, politically and in its cultural dynamics. English has received much support in recent years as it has made Chinas world market expand astronomically. On other hand, China is obliged to use English language for the purposes of international trade and interaction. This is because English has remained to be the world largest spoken language (Wu, 2012). Economical China has enjoyed successful relations with on a global scale for its conformation to the English language. Since 1980’s, Mainland China has been doing business with different international countries but especially those with an English support...
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...examination which is the second public examination they face in the life. In the main stream system of formal education in Bangladesh English is introduced as a compulsory subject from class 1 and continues with the same status up to class 12. When HSC level is considered, English is taught here as a compulsory subject consisting of two papers each carrying one hundred marks To face the challenges of new century, the English textbook of class XI-XII has been rationally evaluated by foreign consultants and local experts. The evaluated and modified textbook was designed for introducing communicative techniques and for providing adequate practice in language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. But necessity of grammar can not be avoided in the context of Bangladesh. The purpose for designing H.S.C. syllabus is to make the learner competent in communication in the target language and which is similar to CLTA method in language teaching and learning. In CLTA usually a notional-functional syllabus is followed. In this type of syllabus, instruction is organized not in terms of grammatical structure, but in terms of ‘notions’ and ‘functions’. But grammar is also included by the experts. It is expected that the revised textbook will meet the real needs of the students and teachers and eventually results in more effective teaching and learning of English. In this study, HSC...
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...role of teacher encompasses both those who teach in classroom and the more informal teacher who, for example, work in zoos, museum and recreational areas. The work of teacher varies depending on the institution that employs them and the age or grade level of the people he or she teaches. A characteristic is a particular quality or feature that is typical of someone or something. A feature that helps to identify tell apart or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait. It is a quality or property an element of character, that which characterized. In today’s global world, the importance of English cannot be denied and ignored since English is the most common language spoken everywhere. With the help of developing technology, English has been playing a major role in many sectors including medicine, engineering, and education, which, in my opinion, is the most important arena where English is needed. Particularly, as a developing country, Philippines needs to make use of this world-wide spoken language in order to prove its international power. This can merely be based on the efficiency of tertiary education. "A great teacher...
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...Effective and efficient learning on the part of the students highly depends on teachers and the actions they take in their classes (Markley, 2004). Jordan, Mendro, and Weerasinghe (1997) reported that “by spending a few years with effective teachers can put even the most disadvantaged students on the path to success whereas a few years with ineffective teachers can deal students an academic blow which they may never recover”. However, Language practitioners and researchers have already recognized that teachers do not have a complete control over what learners learn from English language courses (Allwright, 1984 as cited in Breen, 2001a; Salimani, 2001). According to Williams and Burden (1997) learners perceptions of teaching have a great influence...
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...A. INTRODUCTION 1. Background of the Research Why Filipinos Have a Hard Time Speaking English? In the Philippines, the English Language has been selling like an old flavor of ice-cream and has been served repeatedly to millions of students in all the schools for the past decades. Most of us actually have tried this 'ice cream' but not everyone had liked it. These schools though, exerted a conscious effort on how to smoothly deliver this subject matter to every student. Like ice-cream makers, public schools claim that they have already mastered this overwhelming 'ice-cream-making' process. While private schools brag that theirs is 'yummier', since they are now putting some 'cherries on top'. But after all, why still most of the Filipinos can't speak English better or they having a hard time on it? 2. Statement of the Problem Speaking in English is not our lingua franca (mother tongue). It means that English is not our first language. And we, Filipinos find it difficult to speak English during a certain speech in a formal gathering or those students who have this English Zone Policy in their respective school, colleges, and states/universities. There are lots of Filipinos who are not that good in speaking in English and are trying hard to express themselves in English. I recognize that learning to speak and write in English in this age of globalization is necessary especially if we would like to be able to compete in the knowledge-based world. Such training...
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...principles for English Language Learners (ELL). The title of the article is “Delicate Balance: Managing the Needs of ELL students” and was written by Jon Nordmeyer. The article begins with a quote from a middle school English Language Learner (ELL) that states “it is hard to be an ESL student sometimes. Between ESL students, I could make many friends, but when I have any classes like math or science I feel an invisible space between ESL students and regular students. I envy the regular students because I was good at science in my own country, and now the only reason for my C on science was pictures in the textbook” (Nordmeyer, 2006, p. 1). ELL students represent the fastest-growing student population in United States public schools and this quote is cause for immediate reactions for modifications in classroom curriculum and lesson plans. Increasing diversity, greater accountability, and stretched school budgets are some of the greatest challenges for today’s public schools. The article states that finding a balance between language learning and content learning so schools can operate on an all-inclusive classroom program is the ideal outcome. Learning academic content in English is one of the biggest problems ELL students have. This is added to other tribulations of social adaptation and acceptance, cultural changes, and personal challenges. Research consistently shows that it takes five to seven years to become fluent in cognitive English skills, while social English skills can...
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...Melix points out Black English and Standard English are used in different contexts. Melix explains Black English is used as slang and Standard English is more formal or proper. Melix states that when African Americans speak Standard English instead of Black English they tend to be inferior because they feel embarrassed and ashamed to be their real selves. In the article Melix says, “ We were reserved, shy in the presence of those who owned and/or spoke the language.” She is saying that we hold back and are afraid to speak in front of those who spoke Standard English. African Americans are afraid to blurt out or say the wrong thing that will leave them feeling embarrassed or ashamed. As she goes deeper into the text she tells the importance language has on knowledge and power. In the article Melix states, “Speaking Standard English to whites was our way of demonstrating that we knew their language and could use it.” Melix is saying that we use Standard English in a professional environment or when we need to prove to white people we are just as educated as them. After reading I can relate to what Melix is stating in the article “From the Outside, In.” Learning to use language is not an easy task, when you grow up in a community that are comfortable with using one type of language: who don’t take the time or have an interest in breaking down the importance other languages. Everyone has struggled with learning when and where to use Standard English. “My parents never set...
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...AS1 – Self-assessment plan. Critically reflect on and systematically plan for subject knowledge development for the appropriate phase. Priorities Actions When and Resources Success Criteria Phonics - To develop confidence in regards to the teaching of phonics. 1. Use different types of media to inform my understanding of phonics. (YouTube) 2. Observe phonics teaching in KS1. 3. Obtain phonics teaching policy and review the phonics scheme that the school uses to teach phonics. 4. Read DfE core criteria key features for an effective systematic synthetic phonics teaching programme. 5. Identify key phonics vocabulary in NC. 6. Read academic and practitioner literature on effective phonics teaching. 1. Every weekend use the internet to observe phonics teaching. 2. Observe 1 lesson each week in placement 1. Arrange weekly. 3. During the first week ask KS1 or EYFS coordinator for the policy and scheme. 4. Obtain a copy online and print off. Review this weekly before each observation. 5. Obtain phase lists from KS1 coordinator during week 1. 6. Library search 22.09.15 Complete all actions in SE1 before SE2 in KS1. Score an average of ‘confident’ in phonics RPD self-assessment audit by the end of SE2. Fully understand and be able to explain the meaning of key phonics vocabulary. (179) Teaching Writing – Transcription, composition, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (SPAG). 1. Create my own SPAG test. Allow a profile child to attempt the test. 2...
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