... that you can be good at English.
Anyone can become good at English. You can become good at English. Race does not matter.
Millions of Japanese Americans speak fluent English, but they are biologically ... have.
English is easy.
3. Do something you enjoy.
You must love to learn English. You don't see it as work, but as play. To achieve this the key is to
do what excites you, but do it in English. ... this fun, friendly, English speaking Japanese
salary man suddenly told us not to speak English to him on the train. He was embarrassed that
other people may hear him speaking English! Wow.
Now...
... reveals the difficulties students cope up with in learningEnglish
speaking skill?
Table 7: The difficulties of students in English speaking learning
Activities N
0
of students Percentage
(%)
1. ... second factor was that the students had no effective methods in
learning English speaking. About 40/67 students perceived that learningEnglish speaking
was very difficult, nearly all of them lacked ... relating to this topic (Ellis 1986).
d. Learning strategies
As in all school topics, learning strategies are a factor of second language learning.
One definition of learning strategies is: “Steps or...
...
respondents
Like learningEnglish
very much (%)
Like learning
English (%)
Do not
like (%)
Neither like nor
dislike (%)
100 34 45 16 5
Table 1: Students’ general attitude towards learning English
Table ... the students here like learning English. There were 34
respondents who chose the answer “Like learningEnglish very much” and 45 respondents
who chose “Like learningEnglish “. So in total ... who liked
learning English was 79% meanwhile only a small number (16%) disliked learningEnglish
and 5% of the 100 respondents said that they neither liked nor disliked learning English.
The...
... begin learning English. Therefore, it is necessary to have teaching and learning
English methods and techniques. To make students interested is very important for teachers,
especially English ... you
studied English?
c
1
%
2
c % c % c %
0 0 43 100 0 0 0 0
All of students have studied English for 5 years. Therefore, they can understand and
take part in warm-up activities in learning period.
Question ... activities.
IV. 2. Recommendation
IV. 1. 1. For English teachers
English teachers should find many new warm-up activities more attracting than.
English teachers need delimiting between warm-up...
... learning
(Finocchiaro, 1982; Ngeow, 1998). To foster positive attitudes and to motivate learning, in
particular, the learning of English as a Second Language, an environment conducive to
learning ... 15
Non -English/ TESL degree with Dip. Ed.
(English/ TESL)
6 4
Non -English/ TESL degree 6 4
English/ TESL Teaching Certificate 21 2
Non -English/ TESL Teaching Certificate 8
Table 2: Years of English Language Teaching ... Interest in Learning English
and Increasing the Motivation to Learn
English: An Enrichment Program
Supyan Hussin, Nooreiny Maarof, and J. V. D'Cruz
A persistent problem faced by many English...
... are twelve years
We can say:
You are twelve or
You are twelve years old
snake
Learning from mistakes
English
Questions
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What
•
How
•
Why
•
Who
•
How much…
•
How many…
•
How long
•
Where
•
When
•
…
•
is
•
are
•
do
•
does
•
can
•
Did
•
…
Subject
verb
…...
... class involved in the teaching and
learning process. Based on my observation in my classrooms, some students do not give
adequate contribution to the teaching and learning process when they work ... mother tongue
instead of English as the target language. This problem can be anticipated by teacher as
he/she walk around the class and say, for example, “Adi, speak in English, please.”
Third, ... one form of students grouping, is mostly effective for remedial
teaching and for students with learning disabilities. This technique requires the teacher
to be involved very much in the students’...
... our
standard of living, and our health would deteriorate. Who could deny the necessity of progress.
40 Learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the present. Do you agree or
disagree?...
... Utama
Halliday,MAK. Ruqaiya Hasan. (1976).
Cohesion in English. London: Longman
Group Limited.
Harmer, Jeremy. (2001).
The Practice of English Language Teaching. England:
Pearson Education ... Teacher’s feedback is very
important and needed by the students in the process of teaching and learning since
they can not decide whether what they have done is right or wrong.
I agree with ... quality of writing at school:
1. The curricular approach, “forcing” the learners to Indonesia or English.
2. The extra-curricular approach, writing promotes out of school.
3. The cultural approach,...
... If I read things in another area, I don
’
t do well. I don
’
t
understand American history or English history. The names are confusing and the stories not
interesting to me. I don
’
t want...