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Teaching English Second Language (ESL)

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Different approaches and theories were set to have a better acquirement of the second language and ease the educational process for both the teacher and the student. It differs from a teacher to another in adopting a certain approach to be applied in the classroom. As for me, I'd like to adopt the best in each approach and method, which are the audio-lingual and the direct methods and the Natural approach. The Grammar-Translation method is not preferable because it is an ancient method that depends on pure memorizing of lists and doesn't allow the student to use his mind at all as if he some kind of a machine receiving information. The direct method is commonly used in nowadays classrooms and I prefer it personally. Through using this method, the learners are made to communicate in the target language without any assistance from the native language. They will be taught how to manage the target language and use it spontaneously all the time and grammar will be caught by practice not by intensive studying of the rules. This method totally depends on exercise through the demonstration of realia and pictures in teaching vocabulary and abstract vocabulary can be introduced in a situation, dialogue or a sentence. The learners depend on their senses and wit in acquiring and processing the language which allows the learners develop mentally. The teacher can put the four skills to test through conversation practices, paragraph writing, reading aloud and dictation. Moreover, the Audio-lingual method, which is quite similar to the Direct method in many characteristics, mainly focuses on creating a communicative environment built on competition between learners and on oral skills. The Audio-lingual method facilitates the presentation of new materials in dialogue forms and also allows an extensive use of tapes, visual aids and language labs. Applying this method gives a space for the students to produce error-free utterances with almost native pro

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