sábado, 26 de febrero de 2011

English as a foreign language

"Acquire basic communicative competence is at least one foreign language to enable them to express and understand simple messages and get by in every situations"  LOE Organic Law of Education 2006 Article 17. Chapter II on Primary Education

foreign language is a language not spoken by the people of a certain place. In some countries, learners have lessons taken entirely in a foreign language: for instance, more than half of European countries with a minority/regional language community use partial immersion to teach the minority and the state language. As English is an international language, every country should to speak it as second official language. What are the countries when English is a second language? There are different countries, such as, Philippines, Indian, Bangladesh, Singapore, Sri Lanka, among others.

English is spoken and studied by millions speakers because it´s necessary for to work, to travel, to understand, etc. In Spain, today, English is studied since the children are three years old. There are a number or different reasons for English language study, such as:

  • The school curriculum: probably very students study English because it include on the school curriculum. English is something that both they and their parents want to have taught. For others, however, the study of foreign languages is something they feel neutral, or something negative, on the basis of cultural colonization, about.
  • Advancement: some people want to study English because they think it offers a chance for advancement in their professional lives. They will get a better job with two languages than if they only know their mother tongue
  • English for Specific Purposes: this term is applied to situations where the students have reasons for wanting to learn the language. For example: business executives need English for international trade, the personal of hotel need English for help their clients. These needs are known as English for Occupational Purposes. Students who want to study at an university in Britain, USA, etc; they need English. This kind of need is called English for Academic Purposes. All these needs mean that the type of English the students want to learn may be different depending on the objective of each person.
  •  Culture: some people study English because they want to know the culture, the people who speak English, the places, etc.
  • Miscellaneous: some people do it just for fun, because they like the activity of going to class, music, etc.
There are a lot of methods for learn English, for instance: Vaughan method or the English with 1000 words.
Also, for English classroom there are a lot of didactic methods for teaching english, for instance: Direct method or Total Physical Response, among other.


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