Teaching and Learning English as Foreign Language

Running head: TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Teaching and Learning English as Foreign Language
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1TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Executive summery
The purpose of this paper is to deliver insight of teaching and learning of English as a
FL. The teaching and learning process have changed on a huge scale in past few decades and
technological aids have started to influence classroom activities positively. In this context,
this paper has supported and provided knowledge about the contemporary classrooms; with
the help of literary journals. While implementing these new technological aids, how
challenges have been handled as well as a reflection of personal experience of being a teacher
has been included to deliver a better insight regarding this matter.

2TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Literature review............................................................................................................3
Reflection: experience of teaching English in India......................................................9
Conclusion....................................................................................................................11
References....................................................................................................................12

3TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues within a teaching or learning
situation of English as a foreign language. In the due course, with the help of various literary
sources the issues with use of several new technologies will be discussed. The classroom
scenario has been experiencing a change with the progression of time. Use of mobile, tablets,
computers and various digital aids have been helping both the teachers and learners to attain
competence in a particular foreign language. The chosen foreign language is English here. In
order to support and provide knowledge about the contemporary classrooms, help of literary
journals will be considered. While implementing these new technological aids, how
challenges will be handled as well as a reflection of personal experience of being a teacher
will be included to deliver a better insight regarding this matter.
Literature review
Globalization has a great impact on the education system. The entire educational
sector has been experiencing a transformation since the idea of globalization has become
popular. As discussed in Alsabawy, Cater-Steel and Soar (2013), institutes are investing on
developing IT infrastructure to deliver better experience in a classroom scenario. Both in the
cases of developed and developing countries, the trend of embracing new technologies has
been noticed. Here, the objective is to discuss how new technologies are influencing the
teaching and learning process in a foreign language classroom. The selected foreign language
is English here. The surprising fact is that not only universities but also schools, both the
government and private sectors as well considering the benefits of technology in their regular
learning process. As far as learning and teaching a foreign language is concerned, digital aids
are considered as helpful and interesting as it comes with various competence to remove
cultural barriers while communication in a classroom situation. Moreover, it makes the