Thursday 31 July 2014

LEARNING A LANGUAGE FASTLY IN PRESENT SCENARIO

LEARNING A LANGUAGE FASTLY IN PRESENT SCENARIO


Each language is structured differently, and the different structures offer users different suggestions to meaning. so when we learn our first language, our brain / mind ‘tunes into’ the way the particular L1 works, and we learn to pay attention to particular cues to meaning that are most helpful. When we meet a new language, our brain / mind automatically tries to apply the first language experience by looking for familiar cues. 
Part of learning a foreign language is developing new understandings about the particular cues to meaning that the new language offers, and that differ from those of our first language. The transferability of knowledge, skills and strategies across languages depends closely on how the two written languages work.

There are millions of people around the world that are learning to speak English. One of the most common question  “How do I learn English faster?” This article will provide some advice about how you can do just that.

The key to learning anything, not just language, is the amount of practice you put in. The theory is quite simple, the more you practice the quicker you will learn. But in a real world situation, this theory isn’t always practical. Try to set yourself a target that you can stick to. Don’t say to yourself, “OK, I need to practice English, so I will study it for 8 hours a day!” because the chances are that you won’t. Most people are too busy with their normal daily lives to practice this much, but you will benefit from practicing every day, even if it is just for a short time every day.

If you only practice for 10 minutes a day, you will notice an improvement in just a short time. Regular practice, even if just a short time is much better than irregular practice. This is because English will always stay fresh in your mind and you’ll be able to remember things much easier. Below are some ideas on how to practice.

Surround Ourselves with the Language

Immerse yourself in the English language. This way, you’ll be studying English without even knowing and you’ll be practicing all the time.

Practice your listening skills by watching English speaking TV or listening to English speaking radio shows. Most countries broadcast at least one English speaking TV channel, so watch the news, or watch a movie or even listen to music in English. Download a favorite English podcast and listen to it while on the go. If you do this for only 10 minutes a day every day you’ll soon notice your listening skills improve very quickly.

Practice Speaking

You can practice you speaking skills too! If your friends are learning English then make an effort to speak to them in English. When you meet, set a rule that you must speak English as much as possible. If you don’t have any friends that learn English, then speak it to yourself to practice your pronunciation or get online and meet people and chat with them on the internet. Again, just a few minutes a day will really help improve your speaking skills.

Practice Reading

You can easily practice your reading skills. Go on the internet and search for things you are interested in. It’s always more fun to read something that you like to read. Alternatively, try buying an English language newspaper and read the news in English instead of your mother tongue!
Practice Writing

Finally, you can practice your writing skills by keeping a journal or diary. Write about things that you did that day, your thoughts and your plans for the next day. You don’t need to write a lot; just spend a few minutes writing in your journal and make sure that you do it every day.
As you can see, the more you practice the quicker you will learn the language. You don’t have to be doing your homework, or reading your course book to practice, there are many ways that you do this. Be creative and try to surround yourself in English language as much as possible and you’ll be learning english quicker than ever before!



ROLE OF A TEACHER


As teaching is the end of all learning. A teacher’s primary role is not only to enable the students to understand what he is intending to say or teach. It is also the duty of the teacher to understand what the student wants and says.

In teaching-learning process, two things play the vital roles; one is the delivering capacity of the teacher and the other one is the receiving capacity of the students. Without the two aspects, the teaching-learning process will not be a successful one.

Teaching-learning process is just like making sound by clapping. Without two hands we cannot clap. Like that without a right teacher and the students, the teaching learning process is meaningless. Teaching should be a worthy of learning a concept deeply and broadly. Teaching should facilitate the students to face the world which is full of political, social, international as well as personal controversies, without fear. It should give self-confidence to the students. By the effective teaching, the students should be enabled to go for right choices, judgments and also decisions individually In the process of teaching-learning, the teacher should try to understand the students first. Then only, he can enable the students to understand him or his teaching. Theory with practice on some of the teaching topics may enable the students to understand the concept easily. Success of a teacher in his/her attempt in enabling the students to understand what is the concept taught by the teacher, depends on the methods he/she applies.

The teacher may be a good, but the students’ physical problem may lead him to ignore the teaching. Or sometimes, the background of family of the students may drive him to be dull. Hence, the teacher should take into account everything

At the school level, the teaching-learning process is checked up the teacher by repeated class tests and examinations. Based on the result (marks scored by the students), different methods are adopted to improve teaching in case of negative result.

At the college levels also the same traditional  method of
examinations are used. The only difference is the volume of syllabus prescribed for the colleges students will be more than that of the school level.

As Carl Rogers said, the teacher should first forget that she/he is a teacher. Instead, she/he must possess the skills of a facilitator of learning-genuineness, prizing and empathy.



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