Teaching ESL

Effective Teaching Approach for ESL

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Effective Teaching Approach for ESL

Introduction

Every person is different from one another; same is the case with their learning abilities. Teachers have to face a challenge with every student being different and struggles to find the right approach to match the ability of each of them. Language serves as a means of universal literacy and English is the first global language. Mercer & Swann (1996) say, “[education is] a means of social and economic advancement” and “a means of breaking down the old class barriers” (p. 168).

Every student expects to have an equal share of attention which is now a difficult task as the numbers of students in educational institutions are increasing day by day. Teachers need to look forward to come up with new and better approaches of teaching to avoid the situation where any student is left over looked and unattended. "[A student] may ultimately be deprived of valuable learning experiences and interactions", (Yazedjian & Kolkhorstb, p. 150).

Many of the students around the world are taking English as Second Language (ESL) courses because the need and usage of this particular language has increased with the passage of time and considered as the universal language. It is, therefore, very important to identify an effective approach to teach ESL.

Thesis Statement

Teaching ESL is a difficult task and needs various approaches of teaching to be adopted by the teachers to make sure the students grasp the basics of the language.

Discussion

The discussion makes it clear that the relevance of this issue has been underestimated in previous researches and studies. In fact, it is clear that the subject merits extensive research and there is a need for further research and analysis in this area. Effective Teaching Approach for ESL can make an extensive degree of impact on the degree to which the teaching process is effective (Yazedjiana & Kolkhorstb, 2010). As a result, the teaching approach should only be ascertained and established once considerable consideration has been given to all the internal and external variables. It merits highlighting at this point that an Effective Teaching Approach for ESL can have a major influence on the effectiveness of Teaching ESL.

Teaching Approaches

According to Soltis and Fenstermacher (2004), the teacher's goals and objectives shape up the teaching structure and approach (p. 3). He has identified three basic approaches of teaching:

Executive

An executive approach to teaching is where the teacher works as a manager taking into account the proper management of learning processes. He possesses the knowledge and skills to adjust to more experienced way of teaching.

Facilitator

The teacher having a facilitator approach has a mind set of exploring and mentoring the capabilities of the student also makes learning easier for him. This kind of basic approach is about communicating the basic knowledge of the language and making the foundations of the students' learning stronger.

Liberationist

A liberationist kind of teacher creates a friendly environment for students to learn quick and easily. This approach focuses on providing an atmosphere where a student feels comfortable as the teacher of ...