TESOL

TESOL

TESOL

Introduction

Linguistics is a science. There are so many things involved in the linguistics and this makes in interesting for the people to dig deeper and deeper in search of the knowledge. Linguistics is all about learning and understanding different languages. It provides a detailed understanding about the grammar, punctuation, exclamation and principles of the language. There are many individuals for whom English is not their primary or native language. Individuals like Chinese, Indians, Arabs, Pakistanis and French etc speak different languages as their primary languages. For them English is either an optional or professional language to communicate with professional clients. TESOL is a course for the individuals who speak other languages as their primary language and not English language. The details about the course along with the practices adopted by teachers and students are discussed under the discussion section with the evaluation and analysis of the course and problems and issues faced by students in learning English language. This will provide a details account in understanding the problems along with their solutions.

Discussion

TESOL stands for the “Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language”. The course is designed for those students whose first language is not English but any other. For them to understand and speak English language this particular program is devised. There are many individuals who enrol for this certification in order to learn to speak English language so as to communicate flawlessly with others in English language. TESOL is about culture of thought collections are produced and thought collections are acquired (Ramanathan V., 2002, pp. 23). As the students are from diversified backgrounds and speak different languages other than English, as their mother tongue, it involves some difficulties as well for learners initially to cope up with the linguistics. Following are the problematic areas due to which a learner can face difficulties in order to speak and learn English language and pass TESOL certification. Nowadays there are different online programs as well which are offered for students (England L., 2012, pp. 4).

Illegible

There are many students from different backgrounds for whom English is not their primary language or mother tongue. They strive really hard to learn and understand English language in order to communicate with others in English language. Most of the students are not very much aware of the terms and the way are read and pronounced. In addition, it gets difficult for them to study and speak the words which are new to them and which they have not heard before in their life. It is their illegibility to read and speak different English words which stops them to participate actively in the program and as a result they feel shy and reluctant in communicating with others. Moreover, the fonts are usually very small and it needs a lot of focus in order to read and understand them.

New or Difficult Words

No language is easy. Every language needs a constant speaking practice in order to understand how words are pronounced, how they are spelled and what do they ...