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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

1

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.

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