CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN THE FORM AND USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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This approach allows the students to be actively engaged in different classroom activities. They talk a lot because they are encouraged to talk, no matter how many mistakes they make. The more talking time the students get, the better it is. They interact with the teacher and with their classmates. By placing the correct emphasis on their own conversational skills, the students are given a vivid experience with the language. They don’t just learn about the language; they are actually using it to send a message, perform a task, ask a question, or answer it. The approach “only English” is another effective approach applied for teaching speaking skills. For this method, neither the teacher, nor the student should speak their native tongue at all during the lesson. The vocabulary should be taught first. As the students build their vocabulary, the instructor can begin introducing the words without explaining or focusing on their actual grammatical structure. At the end of each class period there can be an optional question and an answer session. This method encourages the students to think in English. Therefore, they are more likely to acquire fluency in speech, since they concentrate in expressing themselves through English rather than in translating their thoughts or ideas from the their mother tongue into the second language. One great way to facilitate learning is to encourage the learners to avoid speaking languages other than English in the classroom. When a student uses English incorrectly, the teacher should correct his / her mistakes in the proper way. This necessarily forces all students to use their knowledge of English and develop their speaking skills. This tactic is best used when the students have already learnt the basics of the language. It also works well with the approach “Repeat after me.” This approach works best for the situations where the instructor does not speak the native language of the students. It is also an ideal method for the situations in which there are many students who don’t share the same native language, all trying to learn English. The direct method of teaching English is a method of teaching it by establishing an immediate association between the experience and expression, between the English word, phrase or idiom and its meaning through demonstration, without the use of the mother tongue. The aim of this method is to teach the students in a similar way they acquire their first language, and immerse them in the foreign language. The teachers can use some visual aids and demonstrations to teach English to their students. In this case they focus on the repetitive patterns of teaching with grammar being taught inductively. Probably, the biggest advantage of this method is that it actually teaches the language. Due to its emphasis on speech, it is better for the students who have a need of real communication in English. That’s why it is widely used today to teach English as a foreign language. The direct method of learning English is fairly simple. In consists, primarily, of five parts, such as showing, saying, trying, moulding, and repeating the new things. The students are shown something so that they understand the word. For example, they may be shown realia or other visual aids such as flashcards for the unknown words.