Teaching a Second Language
Teaching a foreign language has been an interesting field and it is not only teaching English as a foreign language, but it can be the other languages as well, such as Indonesian, Arabic, Urdu, Mandarin and many more. Here are some advantages in teaching a foreign language: 1. Homework involves speaking tasks or listening tasks to the radio or watching TV, and reading newspapers articles 2. Encourage students to seek out opportunities for practice 3. Encourage students to seek corrective feedback from others 4. Have students keep a log or diary of extra-class hearing 5. Plan and carry out field trips 6. Plan social mixers with native speakers 7. Invite speakers into classrooms Besides the advantages, there are some guidelines to help teachers to compensate for the lack of compensating for the lack of communicative situations right outside the classroom: 1. use class time for optional authentic language input and interaction 2. don't waste class time on wor...