UNIT 10 EXPOSURE AND FOCUS ON FORM

UNIT 10 EXPOSURE AND FOCUS ON FORM

Some experts belief that one main way we learn a foreign language is the exposure to it. We also need to focus our attention on the form of the foreign language, it means we need to use the language to interact. Experts  talk of us acquiring language, so for learning a foreign language successfully we need lots of exposure to it and that we learn form been surrounded by language. Acquisition then takes places over a period of time without our realizing that we are learning. Depending on our age and learning style, we learn language best by picking it up and by focusing on form. There are several approaches to language teaching which were commonly used in the past such as grammar translation method, structural approach or communicative approaches which may not be sufficiently helpful to learners. 

UNIT 9 MOTIVATION

UNIT 9 MOTIVATION

Motivation is very important in language learning. It is one of the key factors that helps make language learning successful. We might be interested in aspects of the country’s customs and life style, and see the target language as a key to understanding and becoming part of that culture. Confidence, learner autonomy and sense of achievement are all part of feeling good about learning a language. There are different kinds of motivation that come from inside the learner and from the learner’s environment There are also learners, who are unmotivated or demotivated. Two researchers have suggested there are ten key areas in which the teacher can influence learner’s motivation, and have provided a list of strategies for motivating learners in these areas. Some of these strategies will work better in some learning contexts than others. The teacher can choose from the list the strategies for motivating students that are likely to work best for their learners in their learning context.

UNIT 8 SPEAKING

 UNIT 8 SPEAKING

Speaking involves using speech to communicate meanings to other people. The purpose in speaking is to communicate meaning, so we do different things such as: making us of grammar, vocabulary, function, using body language and features to achieve this. Students often think that the ability to speak a language is the product of language learning, but speaking is also a crucial part of the language learning process. Effective instructors teach students speaking strategies using minimal responses, recognizin scgripts, and using language to talk about language  that they can use to help themselves expand their knowledge of the language and their confidence in using it. These instructors help students learn to speak so that the students can use speaking to learn. There are many aspects of speaking for a learner to learn. We can see that as with the other language skills, speaking is a complex activity.

UNIT 7 LISTENING

 UNIT 7 LITENING

• As we know Listening is a receptive skill, as it involves responding to language rather than producing it. For instance:

•                     We listen to obtain information.

•                     We listen to understand.

•                     We listen for enjoyment.

•                     We listen to learn.

Given all this listening we do, you would think we'd be good at it! In fact most of us are not, and research suggests that we remember between 25 percent and 50 percent of what we hear. That means that when you talk to your boss, colleagues, customers or spouse for 10 minutes, they pay attention to less than half of the conversation. Like written language, spoken language has different text types, e.g. conversations, stories, announcements, songs, instructions, lectures and advertisements. Generally they contain different ways of organizing language and information, different grammatical patterns, a particular range of vocabulary, different interaction patterns, fewer or more participants.