Grammar is an essential component of language and it plays a vital role in teaching and learning English in the Bhutanese Education system. In Bhutan monastic education prevailed prior to the introduction of the modern education system. Since the inception of modern education in the 1960s, the medium of instruction gradually shifted from Hindi to English and later English became one of the main media of educational instruction. It has become necessary for students at schools and colleges to learn English. In English, grammar is an essential component as every language has its features and forms. As a second language learner, one cannot accrue grammatical rules through a process of unconscious assimilation. Therefore, teaching and learning English …show more content…
In the classroom, learning and teaching grammar with prescriptive and descriptive approaches will help the students of a second language to understand the structure properly, and will be able to implement it. Then, engaging learners in activities such as debates, quizzes, speeches, discussions and grammar exercises will enhance students’ understanding of grammar. With the acquired knowledge of language and, through constant practice, the communication skills of the learners will be deepened. Grammar helps students to enhance their expression and accuracy skills thereby creating platform to rise. Grammar rules facilitate clear and concise …show more content…
Similarly, English is given importance in the schools as most of the curricular and co-curricular activities are carried out in English. Even schools have policies that encourage students to communicate only in English on certain days. Such policies and activities will definitely help students in improving their English and ultimately leading to perform better in academic and other spheres. The teaching and learning of all most all the subjects like Geography, Science, History, Science and Mathematics in the schools are in English. Therefore, learning the grammatical structure of English is necessary not only to excel in language but also to perform better in other subjects. According to Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) those students who were good in English had an advantage over Mathematics performance (2014, p.81). Students need to learn syntax like nouns, verbs, adjectives and articles and also semantic structures to understand the language explicitly. When students are able to identify and differentiate various syntactical components, linguistic features and also infer the meaning then better learning will take place. History, Geography, Economics and Mathematics in Bhutanese curriculum are learned in English and if one fails to do well in the language then repercussions will be there in those
The desolate and chaotic conditions of the society can have a significant amount of influence on the development on a certain character of a novel. For instance, at the time the novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky was written, the conditions of the setting, was very chaotic and was in turmoil. Crime and Punishment took place in Russia, where Russia during the time Crime and Punishment was written was suffering due to economical downfalls and failure of the poor reforms of Tsar Alexander II; ultimately transforming Russia into a poverty-stricken country. The failure of Alexander’s reforms affected much of setting in which Crime and Punishment was written in, which ultimately contributed in character development of Raskolinokov. This is evident through the use of metaphor, which Dostoevsky uses to compare the state of the country to Raskolinkov’s apartment.
William Golding , the author of The Lord of the flies believes that evil resides in all human beings. The Lord of the Flies begins softly but nearing the end everything turns upside down. But would the world be the same way it is today without societal structure and rules? Only through societal structure, rules and order will humans be thought morality/principal and proper behaviour. The Lord of the Flies demonstrates what society would look like/resort to without any rules or guidance for man to follow. Others might believe this is true because of natural evil and actions done by individuals, a comparison through savagery and civilization, and certain truths in the world that are evil.
In life, people come across challenging obstacles’ when trying to achieve their goals. College, like that of life, has a variety of challenges that appear in a student’s pathway to their goals. For most college students that are just starting out in the basic classes, such as Mrs. Fox-Angerer’s English 101, problems can arise due to classes being much harder than the prior high school classes the students are used to. Mrs. Fox-Angerer’s class is hard because it has an online portion, it creates stress, and it is a required class.
The purpose of this assignment is to explain the impact of English language learners in the classroom. As a foreign student, English language learner in the United States faces multiple challenges for achieving academic success. To successfully complete a task, they need to master both English as a language and how it is used in core content classes especially when they are an adult. When trying to assist in instructing English language learners, they usually have many concepts and language abilities that they need to master, as do the teachers that are trying to teach them. With the incorporation of the concepts and approaches to identify and assess the issues and concerns that we have learned in our classroom instruction, such as lesson preparation,
Now the present scenario of Communicative Language Teaching is bringing developments among students of English; they lack of both competency and communication or use of language. In an analysis of the KBSM syllabus, for example, Ambigapathya (2002) reports that students are required to learn too many grammatical skills, which are then tested via examinations. The focus on mastering and rote learning of skills and applying them in examinations eventually eroded communicative competence - hence emerged a new class of students who could pass examinations and continue to the tertiary level without actually being able to use the English language productively in a communicative event (ibid). Furthermore, classroom teaching is highly characterized by teacher-centered approaches and chalk-and-talk drill method (Ministry of Education, 2003). The most popular teaching method, sadly, is drilling using past-year examination questions, work sheets and exercise books (Ambigapathy, 2002). To describe classroom activities regarding present language classes, Ambigapathy said, literacy is learnt as a set of skills and not as a social practice connected to
Experiencing those days where people would laugh at other for the broken English; the grammar and pronunciation are the toughest parts of the language. People with English as a second language always stumble upon difficulties; however, the determination of learning a new language do not decrease easily as the motivation is still surrounding one’s mind. Today, English has become an international communication; even the teaching and learning of the language has already spread throughout the world. English is known as one of the most common use language and has been offering classes everywhere for years especially around Asia; additionally, the world common language has now become the number one language uses in every fields of career that is being offer everywhere. Non-American students should be required to take English class as a second language in school
Everyone is a part of a community. Most people are a part of multiple communities. A community is a group of people that have a commonality. Sometimes it is based on where you live, hobbies, goals, etc. I believe that communities are created unconsciously and are connected to someone’s identity, especially when a person is considered a part of multiple communities. Sometimes, a person may connect very well with their community. Sometimes, a person may feel very distant from their community. In the movie, “English Vinglish”, the main character, Sashi, shows examples on how communities are created through commonalities, and the acculturation theory. Sashi was a part of multiple communities. A few communities included her, her Daughter’s school,
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It is not uncommon to say that grammar instruction plays an important role in language teaching. Regarding the status and importance of grammar teaching, a variety of opinions have been made. Batstone (1994) states that “language without grammar would be chaotic: countless words without the indispensable guidelines for how they can be ordered and modified” (p. 4). More vividly, Wang (2010) makes two similes. She compares grammar to the frame of a house, which is a decisive factor to ensure the solidness of it. Additionally, she regards grammar as a walking stick, whose function is to help and support students to learn English. Thus, the nature of grammar instruction manifests its own significance as it helps students enhance their overall language proficiency by integrating grammar into other aspects of learning, like listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Nowadays, English is used in every part of the world as a universal language. Some people say that If you can use this language fluently, you would be able explore the world and gain more experience. This is quiet true since English has a lot of speakers and we can use it to communicate with other people around the world. Moreover, this language is used as a pillar in any aspect such as business sector, education sector and tourism sector. Therefore, learning English is so relevant for our life because it could give wide range of a knowledge, offer more job opportunity and allow people to communicate with others in the world.
Grammar and vocabulary are the most important part of English language. This subject is studied for many years in each country. To the knowledge of this area of the English language, first of all, you must learn it in school, institutions and universities. Linguistics keeps a lot of nuances and persistent study of
Sekelj and Rigo (2011) stated that there are three phases of learning the English language. The first phase is the pupils of Year 1 to Year 4, where in this phase, pupils are preferably do a lot of mechanical drilling and practicing some patterns of grammatical features which occur in the context of dialogue that are related to their real-life without any metalinguistic explanation in order to allow them to participate orally and physically as much as possible in dialogues, role playing and dramatizing. It is because, in this stage, it is important to make them conscious of their progress and increasing their motivation to use the language. Teacher should use a variety of activities to teach grammar such as by using songs, riddles, games and stories because it could be very helpful and an efficient ways in teaching grammar as what had suggested by Long (2000) where this FonF approach is effective because it is learner-centered and tune to the learners’ internal syllabus. According to Sekelj and Rigo (2011), Vilke (1977) said that, at the early age, the unconscious acquisition process is superior to the learning one due to the child’s cognitive development. Next, the second phase is Year 5 to Year 6 where in this stage, grammar start to be taught explicitly but with simple and clear explanation and awareness of accuracy of grammar structure should be
Growing up learning and speaking English has been something that was difficult for me at first but then came easy, but that was not the case for my mother. She spent her whole life speaking Spanish, so when she decided to take English learning classes it was challenging. However, she had me to help her throughout her struggle. I helped her complete her homework and assignments. We would also go to the library to check out easy level reading books to have her read to me. I would correct her English when it was wrong and do all I could to boost her confidence. It took me a while to understand and figure out what the best way to teach her was, but it was a fun experience for the both of us. Teaching her English was difficult because things that
For teachers, this allows them to evaluate the student’s work. The nice part of the Glossing process is that grammar instruction is individualized. The teacher can assist students individually while others fill out their “Glossing Sheets.” This process also allows the teacher, depending on the grade, to steer the process based on what they are teaching their students. For instance, Johansen and Shaw explain how a freshman teacher may highlight fragments and run-ons in their students’ papers while a senior teacher might highlight parallelism (98). However, to keep students from feeling overwhelmed by the amount of grammar rules, a list of twenty most difficult grammar rules for students in 9th to 12th grade was created, English Conventions Rule Sheet. Based upon this list, the teachers would go through the student’s compositions and highlight the rules that were violated. Johansen and Shaw conclude the article with the results of their research which consisted of students understanding the Glossing process, a better understanding of the grammar rules, or finding the process tedious yet
Coming from a Spanish speaking household having to learn a new language can always be difficult. While, I was a child learning a second language was difficult. It was difficult for me to put words to use in the correct way. And use terms that make sense with one another term. It was difficult for me because some Spanish words sound the same as English words, and while learning I wanted to translate everything the way I say it in Spanish to English. For example, in Spanish “helo” means ice, but if you say it out loud it sounds like “yellow”. Little things like that will be a big issue to me. I have to put up with many looks from others and hear all sorts of criticism around me. Learning a new language at a young age was a struggle with reading