Enumerate. the various methods which can be used to facilitate the learning of language
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Various methods which can be used to facilitate the learning of language.
Fluency in English is a matter of natural exposure to the language, and the outcome of regular, sincere practice. The easiest way to learn English is to spend maximum of your time in an environment where quality English is spoken. If you don't have an easy access to such an environment, you need to create it. Fluency of correct English does not happen in a day or month. You need a long training. Language is best learnt from the environment. An environment where a language is spoken fluently, accurately, and naturally, in that environment language learning happens easily, and efficiently. Many activities can be used in a classroom to facilitate language learning:
1. Students should be taught the target language in a language lab equipped with the latest learning hardware and software.
2. Plenty of reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities should be done with the students.
3. A language lab resource centre and library should be maintained for developing new content and to keep students actively engaged in the language learning activities.
4. Students’ seminars, declamations, extempore, quizzes, plays should be conducted quite frequently. Children learn the best by doing. Their performances should be recorded and shown in the class.
5. Online help should be provided to them through school’s web-portal.
6. The teacher should make his students listen to the soundtracks of text-books and other audio-books. Listening to the tracks will enhance their listening comprehension and help them pick up sentence structures, correct grammar patterns, intonation, and pronunciation of words and sentences.
7. There should be a digital dictionary in the class to teach students the art of looking up it for new words. Initially the teacher should look up the new words with the students; later on the students can look up the dictionary themselves. They should also listen to the pronunciation of each and every new word.
8. The teacher should teach grammar, writing skills, and literature using audio and video lessons. This will also correlate the listening skills with the other skills.
9. The teacher should give speaking assignments to students such as one minute speech or dialogue speaking; he should record their speeches or dialogues and make them listen to their speeches in the class.
* Give the student a minute or so to think and answer after a question is asked. This will help the language learner to form an association with what has been asked.
* Remember to stress on repetition and elaboration. Speak slowly and clearly while repeating key points to the person who is learning a language. Visual aids can help in picking up a language fairly fast.
* Ask open ended questions and engage in verbal discussion as much as possible.