 Re: English vs. ESL
Based upon your post Hue, if EFL students have possibility of becoming less motivated because they don't see the need for English in their everyday society, wouldn't that make an even stronger argument for using the internet more in English class...showing students the vast possibilities of what you can do on the internet if you know English?
Besides surfing the internet and playing English games in the classroom, what would you suggest to increase the motivation of students in an EFL environment?
And, shouldn't ALL English teachers, including the English teachers who are from the same nationality as the students, be fighting harder to make English more real to the students? I mean, if you attack English from the it's-only-another-subject viewpoint, I would think this is part of the problem that creates the 'EFL environment' to begin with.
Lastly, do you think it is possible to create an ESL sub-culture or bubble within an EFL community? Meaning, create an ESL classroom within the walls of an EFL society? |