Semester 3/2016 Seminar in ELT (week4)

Unit 4

Problems of English Language Teaching

            Teacher assigned me to find the researches about Problems of English Language Teaching both of EFL and ESL context. Then I explained the problems are The different level learners so, it's difficult that teacher teach, Teacher don't have ability to teach, The learners don't have basic of English language, The learners don't have confident, The contents inappropriate, The learners lack of motivation to study, The learners don't have the strategic to study, Lack of support in study, The learners don't have chance to speak with native speaker, The access and evaluate not good, The learners can't to use English out side classroom because teacher don't teach communication, The problems of writing skills, Grammar, and The teacher lack of use materials and technology.

         After that teacher asked that how to solve the problems  if I will be a teacher in the near future? 

                 I answered that teacher should set activities or give tasks that appropriate with learners' level and when set groups have clever medium weak students, training teacher about ability of language, technology, and materials, Moreover, teachers can improve their self. In addition, teacher have to teach till beginning or basic of English language, Teacher always set speaking activity, don't scold when they wrong and tell their friends don't badinage if they wrong too. Furthermore, teachers have to set several activities many context not only own context but native context also. Next, teacher should use many materials such as song game etc to motivate learners' interest, Teachers have to suggest learners how to use strategy or which strategy learning that they can use. Teacher can set the activities out side classroom such as tourist to students can speak with native speaker or foreigners. Finally, teacher have to base on curriculum that students can do and evaluate from knowledge or exam and performance.

             Next, teacher assign me to find about Teaching and Learning English that different between EFL and ESL context.

               Then I founded that teachers in ESL have knowledge and teach better than teachers in EFL Brown (2007) because teachers in ESL are native speaker have knowledge  and teach better than teachers in EFL which finding the native speaker to teach in EFL context it's difficult. Then teachers in ESL can teach learners in ESL easier than learners in EFL William (2006) because the learners in ESL have basic of English language but the learners in EFL don't have basic of English language so, teacher have to teach till the beginning or basic such as greeting and introduce them self. In addition, the learners in ESL can use English language but learners in EFL can't to use English language Schoepp (2011) when the learners are out side classroom ESL learners can speak English but ESL learners can't to speak. Moreover, The most of learners in ESL study to work but EFL learners study to exam or entrance to the university Dang (2006) ESL learners study to work and specific English each work but EFL learners study English to exam so, the study focus on grammar effect to learners can't communicate. Furthermore, learners in ESL are confident more than EFL learners Supaporn (2007) although ESL learners several  nation and different accent but the audience can understand but in EFL context especially Thai learners when some good accent or strange accent the others will laugh or badinage so, speakers don't have confident, fear and shy to speak English. Next, the classroom of EFL larger than ESL classroom Ratana (2007) because EFL less teachers so, they have to teach 40-50 learners but ESL many native teacher and efficacy teacher enough so, they teach 30 learners and control easily.

            I found that the difficult is when I searched the article I have to search good article or dependable article it's hard to find because the most are blog more than article.

             I will edit my problem by search specific words, sentences or use " research " front of the sentences that I search so, I will meet the article that I want.

             I think when I searched the article by myself it's easier than teacher found or gave me because I can find the article that I like or understand so, I can explained it.

             I feel happy and understand this topic and understand more in classroom that have many friends.

                                                                                                                   Thank you for your reading