Title : Let's Teach English
Time/Date : June 13, 2016 (18:35-21:52)
Pages : 60 Pages
Thesis statement :
Language is
a free bird but grammar tries to put it in a cage without much success.
Language is like the eternal feminine and grammar tries to impose its masculine
authority on it. Both language and grammar are illogical like all human beings.
There is a constant tension between language and grammar but grammar is a
necessary evil. In language teaching, the present-day context must be taken
into consideration and only the language must be taught and not its grammar.
Teachers must know the grammar of the language but the learners must be taught
the language.
Research questions :
1. Do boys get bad grades because they are
boys?
2. Do the lessons prove uninteresting
for boys because the choice of lessons is not gender-specific?
3. Should our course content be
completely revised in order to make boy students listen better in the language
classes?
4. Every language shows such traits
of insanity because human beings are like that! People are crazy, aren't they?
5. The vagaries of English spelling
and pronunciation are well known. If 'cut' is /kut/, why not 'but' be /but/?
6. If the plural of 'ox' is 'oxen',
why not the plural of 'box' be 'boxen'?
Methodology :
In language teaching, the
present-day context must be taken into consideration and only the language must
be taught and not its grammar. Teachers must know the grammar of the language but
the learners must be taught the language. In this research design, literary way, communicative way, grammar
way, interpretive way combo recipe.
Findings :
A combination of the four types
mentioned above can also be used. Some literary texts- both old and new, some
pieces for communication skills, some modern texts that raise important social
issues, and some contextualized pieces for teaching important grammatical
categories can be judiciously mixed to make the learning of English more
interesting, effective, and challenging. This combination will also take care
of different aspects and interests of learners. Let‟s teach English and not
high-flown literature, grammar or phonetics to those who are waiting to learn
English.
Conclusions :
What has been suggested so far are
not the only ways to teach and learn English. There are many other ways that
can be thought of. The point is that the good–old ways are not the only ways
and they are to be redefined, adopted, adapted, and sometimes even abandoned
according to the changing times and demands. Let us try to make the teaching of
English vocationally useful, intellectually challenging, culturally sensitive,
aesthetically satisfying, and socially relevant.
Vocabulary/Expression learned :
1. Funeral
2. Thereby
3. Shrugged
Opinion :
I think the journal can motivate the
teachers that have to know the grammar of the language but the learners must be
taught the language.
