Basic English Grammar For English Language Learners Meeting #10

Hery Yanto TheEnglish 3.0 Series, Summer 2012July 18, 2012

Part ILearning English as an International Language

International language An international language is one which is used by people of different

nations to communicate with one another (Smith, 1976, p. 38)

The official languages of the United Nations: Arabic (450 M) Chinese Mandarin (1,345 M) English (1,800 M) French (500 M) Russian (300 M) Spanish (> 500 M)

(L1 + L2) Hindi (650 M)

Smith, L. 1976. English as an international auxiliary language. RELC Journal 7 (2), pp. 38-43

List of countries where English is the de facto languageCountry Region Population

Australia Australia 22,374,370

New Zealand Oceania 4,294,350

United Kingdom

Europe 61,612,300

United States North America 309,442,000

List of countries where English is an official language

Antigua and Barbuda (Caribbean)

Bahamas (Caribbean)

Barbados (Caribbean)

Belize (Africa) Botswana (Africa) Cameroon (Africa) Canada (North

America) Dominica

(Caribbean) Eritrea (Africa) Ethiopia (Africa) Fiji (Oceania) Gambia (Africa) Ghana (Africa) Grenada (Caribbean)

Guyana (S. America) India (Asia) Ireland (Europe) Jamaica (Caribbean) Kenya (Africa) Kiribati (Oceania) Netherlands

(Caribbean & Europe) Lesotho (Africa) Liberia (Africa) Malawi (Africa) Malta (Europe) Marshall Islands

(Oceania) Mauritius (Africa) Micronesia (Oceania) Namibia (Africa) Nauru (Oceania)

Nigeria (Africa) Pakistan (Asia) Palau (Oceania) PNG (Oceania) Philippines (Asia) Rwanda (Africa) Saint Kitts and

Nevis(Caribbean) Saint Lucia

(Caribbean) Saint Vincent

(Caribbean) Samoa (Oceania) Seychelles (Africa) Sierra Leone (Africa) Singapore (Asia) Solomon Islands

(Oceania)

South Africa (Africa) Sudan (Africa) Swaziland (Africa) Tanzania (Africa) Tonga (Oceania) Trinidad and Tobago

(Caribbean) Tuvalu (Oceania) Uganda (Africa) Vanuatu (Oceania) Zambia (Africa) Zimbabwe (Africa)

Questions?

Who is a native and a non-native? Is it important to develop English proficiency to the level

“like a native”? What is the phrase “like a native” mean? Does the status of the native and non-native more

important that proficiency of the teacher who teaches EFL/ESL?

What is standard English? What is non-standard English? How do we understand the varieties of English? Does migration, neo-imperialism, cross-cultural interaction,

and amalgamation influence the use of English? Is it important to include cross-cultural, multicultural, and

intercultural understanding in teaching English?

Purpose of learning EIL

• visa interview• work related

vocabularies• social interaction

with co-worker• adaptation with

the new environment

• social communication

• daily conversation• asking places,

direction, and transportation system

• academic vocabularies

• learning strategy• test strategy

Learning EIL

1. Identify learning goal2. Draft a timeline3. Implement the learning process4. Assess during the process5. Revise the goal and timeline6. Evaluate the result7. Plan the follow up

Where and how to learn?

Language institute ($ to $$$)

Private Teacher/Tutor ($ to $$$)

School English Lesson($ to $$$)

Social networking ($)

Independent learning ($)

Instruments

Part II

Course Evaluation

Unique Visitors Tracked by Weebly

Numbers of Page Viewed

Specific Pages Viewed

Users Statistics – Clustrmap

Statistics of WizIQ Online Classes

Meeting

Topics No. of registrants

No. of participants

Note

1 Course Overview, Language Learning & Technology, Possessive Adjective

12 9 1 Feedback

2 Using English-English Dictionary, Simple Present Tense

9 4

3 Spoken & Written English, Wh-Questions 16 11 1 Feedback

4 Social Networking & Language Learning, Simple Past Tense

11 5

5 Varieties Use of English, Present Progressive

9 2

6 Authentic & Practical English, Part of Speech Part I

14 4 2 Feedback

7 English Language Testing, Part of Speech Part II

10 7

8 English & Open Learning Movement, Phrases and Dependent Clause

12 8

9 Teaching & Learning English, Introduction to Sentence Structure

10 N/A – 5

10 English as an International Language, Review and Course Evaluation

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Note from the participants

Feedback: Knowledge Gained, Classroom Experience, Recommend the Course

Comment: good teacher?, feedback and conversation with fellow teachers, Q&A using audio & chat on the live sessions.

Email: log in problem, class enrollment, submit assignment, certificate

Follow Up

Accomplish the design of learning modules

Revision based on feedbacks and comments from participants

Evaluating and providing feedback to the submission made by participants

Preparing recommendation and certificate for participants

Coming Soon

Fall 2012 – Late August 2012 to November 2012 Recurring Program: College Writing New Program: Business Writing (Tentative)

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Closing Notes Send an email to the facilitator for enrolling to

the course. Write your full name and your country of origin. For example: Ahmad Faisal, Nigeria.

The facilitator email address is herythe@hotmail.co.uk

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