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Teachers Problems in Teaching
English as a 2ndLanguage
Presented by:
Muhammad Kaseer Khan
Course Coordinator English Language Section
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Outline
1. Objectives
2. Video of 2ndlanguage learner
3. English as 2ndlanguage/ Teaching ESL
4. Important Issues 5. How to avoid these issues
6. General problems
7. Linguistic Problems
8. Suggestions 9. Discussion
10. Conclusion
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Objectives
To increase understanding of current trends forlearning and teaching English.
(Teaching English in Saudi Arabia, To Whom,When and How Should English Be Taught?
To highlight linguistic contrasts between Englishand Arabic .
To figure out potential learning barriers .
To use effective teaching techniques that can helpESL learner.
To use effective learning strategies to targetspecific learning needs
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Foreign Language Learner
Video of a 2ndLanguage Learner
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English as a Second Language
(ESL)
Teaching process and how hard it actually is to teach!!!!!! You can get an idea from the video you have justwatched.
Not Just Classroom Teaching
It soon became clear that, besides concerning myselfwith the issues of my actual teaching I needed tounderstand and make decisions about many other
issues that surrounded and permeated ESLclassroom instruction.
-Helene Becker .What are those issues
Teachers have to keep in mind all those factors thatretards students learning. e.g.
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Important Issues
a) Background knowledge
b) Culture
c) Linguistic challengesd) Emotional Challenges
e) English, is the Tool, students need to
succeed in all walks of life.
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Problems
In past we didnt have good listening aids.
Listening lab & headsets
Textbooks & our Students level English , only in English classes?
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Teacher centered classes vs learner centered
Out dated teaching methodology
Lack of innovation
Heavy teaching load
Large classes
Insufficient credit hours
Carelessness
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Linguistic Problems
1.Arabic alphabet and script: right to left
cursive
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Adj ti / iti
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Adjectives/ prepositions
Wrong use of
Adjectivesdue tomother tongue
influence as inArabic Adjectives
come after noun they
modify.
Examples
He is a boy tall.(
Incorrect)
He is a tall boy. ( correct) Sea red ( Incorrect)
Red Sea ( Correct)
Staff English (incorrect)
English Staff (Correct)
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Syntactic errors
In English, items in aseries are separatedby commas, and thecoordinate conjunction
'and' is used justbefore the last word.
On the other hand, inArabic, each item in a
series is preceded bythe conjunction 'wa'which is equivalent to'and
Example
For, them not to hate
me they need torespect me and realizehow much I love themand how hard I work
for them. (repetition ofwa)
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Capitalization
No concept of capital
letters in Arabic.
afterwardsiwant to get
a university level
education in the unitedstates
lastbut not least, if iwas
giving an animal a shot i
have to make sure that iam giving it in the right
place.
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Pronunciation and spelling
Saudi students replace /p/ sound with
/b/ e.g. bebsi instead of pepsi
Blay/ play
2. They pronounce letter (e) evenwhen it is silent.
Come, people, cycle etc. knowledge,
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Verbs
No be verb in Arabic
(e.g. My teacher very smart)
Instead ofMy teacher is very smart.
I am go there ( Wrong use of be)
Problem of regular & irregular verbs.Come, Comed, Comed
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Discussion
1. What differences are you aware ofbetween the Arabic and English language(vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation,
rhetoric, literacy, script, etc.)?2. Do they create problems for the targetlanguage learners?
3. How might these differences affect English
language learning of Arabic speakers?4. What are other factors a teacher must
focus on besides teaching the language?
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Suggestions
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Suggestions
1. Library & English newspaper2. Original books
3. Access to internet in library ( to serf edu.sites.)
4. Study trips5. Informal meetings of students & teachers.
6. Separate exam facility
7. Permission to give listening exam before writingportion.
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Conclusion
In a nutshell, I must say we can
be better teachers and impart
better knowledge to our ESLlearners if we can overcome all
above mentioned problems.