In these forever changing times and advancements in technology, the English language is vastly growing, whilst older, more outdated words are falling out of use. As languages intertwine and more people incorporate different forms of words, English abounds once more.
Varying dialects and forms of speech make English a very unique language. The variances also make English a difficult language to learn, let alone master. Many native speakers of English have themselves not "mastered" the English language, their mother-tongue, the only language they speak.
Now let us add "slang" terminology to the mix.. and remember.. as English dialects vary, so too does slang terminology. English is forever changing right in front of us, in our daily speech and with younger generations.
As the English language evolves, we must learn to adapt our form of speech with the times.
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The art of teaching a foreign language.
By Enrique C. Kates
Teaching a foreign language to grown ups, is similar to how children learn to speak their own native language.
Follow the Natural Stairway of learning. First Children see and associate sounds and images. Probably the first and most important is the sound of MA, OR MAMA, and the image of a woman……with time, the child will associate the sound MA with his mother.
* Repeat sounds. Through repetition a child will be able to say Ma, and therefore other sounds, objects, expressions, feelings, etc…
* Read and write. When a child begins Primary School, he learns to read and write…but, by that time he already knows how to speak the language.
* Grammar. A child learns grammar after he speaks, reads, and writes the language. So, WHY does traditional teaching INVERT this NATURAL process?
For an adult to learn a new language, we must use his/her knowledge, but NOT invert the natural learning process as described above.
Why begin with grammar, then reading and writing, and leave SPEAKING for the end???
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