Learning Strategies to Learn English

The four effective practices are interdependent to one another. These concepts are the key points that provide a solution in helping English learners become fluent English speakers and be able to understand difficult lessons and high standards. The first strategy the article points out is Access, and it is used more frequently than the others. Echevarria and colleagues (2015) demonstrate that when teachers use differentiated teaching strategies, it will allow students to understand the concepts being taught more easily. For example, using multimedia to provide visual learning along with listening to the teacher can help with learning,

In Malaysia, English language is stereotypically considered as a person’s second or third language. Majority of Malaysians’ native language is Malay for Malays, Tamil for Indians, Mandarin for Chinese or colloquial dialects for those from rural areas. In this paper, I would reflect on my English language learning experiences.

The above definitions show that no researchers define language learning strategies in exactly the same way. All these definitions provide insights into understanding the process of learning a language. How to define learning strategies is crucial in underpinning the framework of researchers’ study. Definition is fundamental to laying the foundation for the areas of research. However, these definitions of language learning strategies reveals some problems. “Learning strategies” is such a broad word that it can refer to the general approaches or specific techniques used to learn a language. Maybe it is the main reason why the definitions are atheoretical. There are other two problems: Are learning strategies to be perceived of as behavioural or mental? Are learning strategies conscious and intentional or subconscious?

Education is the basis and foundation of knowledge for almost every being living in the current world. Due to diversification and adversities, many suitable teaching and learning techniques are being advanced to cater for each and every person’s knowledge quest. Technological advancement has also spearheaded development of education among nations. Professional learning communities, and webinar are some of the trending learning techniques in many developed countries (Marshall, 2002). This manuscript seeks to give a deeper insight on aspects associated with English Language Learners (ELLs) in view of a classroom scenario.

Linking current learning to English language learners in a personal way will be important to increase their learning of content and of the English language. By using the PLS strategies it will be easier for the English language learner to make those important connections to content and increase their learning of the English language. The three strategies that made this connection most possible were creating cognate word studies for students, reading the same literature to them in their language, and pairing a new English language

This course is for urban as well as rural people. This course is for students, housewives, retired or working people who lack communication skills. For personal development, they need to improve their language ability. This course will cater those people who want to learn this language for social needs, migration purpose. For example, when a person goes to restaurants like Subway, CCD or KFC, he or she faces the problem at the counter as the person on the counter is speaking good English. The customer is unable to explain his requirements about the food, he wants. They hesitate and take the order according to service to save themselves from embarrassment. In this course, our target is to meet the needs of those people who do not have background of English, who do not have environment to speak in English. The people who want to learn for general requirements, social needs and status symbol. Conversational English is survival communication. For example, parents who are not good in English face problems during admission process in schools, during parent-teacher meetings and while interacting with their own children who are good at

The main goal of using language learning strategies are to help learners improve their knowledge and understanding of the target language. They are the conscious thoughts and behaviours used by students to facilitate language learning tasks and to personalize the language learning

The English language plays an unparalleled role in the educational system, mass media, courts, administration, commerce and industry in India. English has formed a deep psychological association with most Indians. It is firmly believed that a thorough knowledge of English is indispensable if one wants to come up in life. But the same kind of English cannot be taught to students belonging to different streams, in other words, the English that we teach our young students must suit their tastes and serve their needs.

Nowadays as a result of globalization, people worldwide have more reasons to learn foreign languages. Together with the spread of foreign language teaching and learning is the development of theories on second language acquisition. One of the main issues of these theories is the investigation into factors that can influence learners’ second language achievements. As a teacher of English, I find this an interesting issue as a good understanding of factors affecting learners’ achievements in second language acquisition can help me choose appropriate approaches and design suitable materials to facilitate my students.

English plays a big role in managing Malaysian’s everyday life. Students in Malaysia might face difficulty in learning English as it is not the first language among them. Marlyna, Tan and Khazriyati’s (2007) study on interference effect of Bahasa Malaysia in the acquisition of English literacy among Form One students discovered that most of the students have difficulty in using the correct English grammar, and made mistakes in the usage of articles and subject-verb agreement. In addition, the problems in speaking, listening, or even to interact with their teacher are also the commons problem faced by the

Students can learn language skills very quickly by participating in different activates like JAM, Debate, Extempore, Role-play, Mock- Group Discussions, vocabulary games presentations, seminars etc. so teacher should be confident and competent to lead the students towards proficient in English language. They become proficient in English by learning language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). It is great challenge to the Modern English teacher to make the students expert in English. This paper aims at to discuss role of English teacher, challenges in teaching English language in modern era and ways to learn language skills through different sources.

Definitions and Classifications of Language Learning Strategies “Strategy”, from the ancient Greek term strategia, refers to generalship or the art of war. In a more specific sense, strategy entails the optimal management of troops, ships or aircraft in a planned campaign. “Tactics” is different but related to strategies, which are tools to achieve the success of strategies. Moreover, the two expressions share some basic concepts: planning, competition, conscious manipulation and movement toward a goal. In nonmilitary settings, the concept of strategy has been applied to the non-adversarial situations, where it has come to mean a plan, step or an action is taken for achieving a specific objective (Oxford, 1990). Oxford (1990) stated 第二期（2007 年 3 月） 238 that strategies are particularly important for language learning “because they are tools for active, self-directed involvement, which is essential for developing communicative competence” (p.1). Because of its significance, learning strategies have been extensively employed in the educational field. In defining the language learning strategy, “different researchers use different terms and different concepts” (Oxford & Crookall, 1989, p.414); therefore, a great number of researchers have formulated their own definitions which will be discussed in the followings. Schemeck (1988) stated, strategy is “the implementation of a set of procedures (tactics) for accomplishing something” and learning strategy is “a

Effective language learning is the necessity of time. No matter in which discipline you are or what field of occupation you have effective language is a vital goal to success, which cannot be ignored. There are several standards, which determine the criteria for effective language and the learning processes. However, determining a standard is the first and foremost element in this regard. Language teaching and language learning are two entirely different fields, which have their

As we know that learning English in India it is gradually becomes very important due to century as well as techno-age is concerned. We all knew that English is taught either as Second Language or Target Language. It is very difficult for student-beginner who recently starts to learn English language as foreign language. One of the vital and pivotal pivot roles of learning Foreign Language is to open the treasure hidden in the literature of a particular language. To reveal such treasure one needs to be mastered in different methods of teaching the foreign languages. This makes easy full for learners to learn foreign language. If we want to understand different method of teaching foreign language things linguistically we can understand it as “A method in linguistics and language teaching determines what and how much is taught. The order in which it

The ways public schools use for teaching English are not right, forcing many to look for other ways to learn, some resorted to buying books, tapes or CDs. Some went to study in private