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STUDIES ON LANGUAGE TEACHING - Coggle Diagram
STUDIES ON LANGUAGE TEACHING
Foreign language education has become a significant phenomenon in the present era.
Responding to
professional
personal
needs
People learn a foreign language
to qualify for education abroad
to communicate with colleagues in international corporations
to prepare themselves for travel
foreign language teaching
has two goals
in the classroom
students learn the formal properties of a language and get some practice using it in communicative situations.
outside the classroom
students actually communicate with people
Verbal communications among people fall within the realm of sociolinguistics.
Current approaches to foreign language education entail an understanding of
sociocultural theory
sociolinguistics
can be defined as the science that investigates the aims and functions of language in society
It attempts to explain how language differs from one context to another across geographical borders
how people in one context communicate with people in other contexts
It is one of the most far-reaching subdisciplines of linguistics, interacting with many other disciplines
including foreign language education and international relations.
One of the uses of language in society is to build and sustain meaningful relationships among people (Spolsky, 1998)
Study of the relationship between attitudes and learning will contribute to the development of foreign language
In this regard, the integration of culture into foreign language instruction helps learners
to understand unfamiliar concepts by meeting them in context, and thus the learning of the language is enhanced.
teaching methods and materials appropriate for specific student groups exhibiting specific attitudes
In the globalized world, to sustain good relationships with other countries
To develop widespread foreign language proficiency, it is important
to promote positive attitudes towards the language to be taught.
a common language ensuring communication across borders is necessary