The process of teaching English as a remote language within the Arab kingdom in West Asia with focus

ABSTRACT

Having countless proof regarding the results of culture on acquisition strategy use in hand, this study aims to match the acquisition strategy choice of students from entirely completely different cultural backgrounds in Jordanian and jointly compared to different non English speaking countries as Spanish and where English is learnt as an overseas language in their native countries. The analysis was disbursed by mistreatment the comparative descriptive analysis model and knowledge were collected by means of the SILL form seven.0 touching on “Strategies Inventory of Language Learning” by Rebecca Oxford and a semi-structured interview designed by the person of science. the shape was conducted on 100 students so on investigate the collected info and a spread of tests were accustomed investigate the collected info. These variable classes of students have shown some variations in strategy use every typically strategy groups and individual ways towards learning English as a second language. The Jordanian participants use memory methods and flectional methods at following rate thus} the Jordanians show higher use of social ways so on determine English. This study tried to analysis the variations in acquisition strategy choice and so the cultural reasons behind them and came up with some specific findings.

Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE

1. INTRODUCTION

The process of teaching English as a remote language within the Arab kingdom in West Asia with focus in Jordan continues to want the skillfulness within the didactics for a variable range of reasons that can be listed as: socio-cultural, philosophical, economic, psychological, academic and pedagogy. It's going to in therefore type at this stage function a method of teaching West Germanic language at the first stage of learning and this brings within the consequences for suppliers to form additional chance for the learners to observe the language notably within lecture rooms and additional so outside lecture rooms.

There have conjointly been quite an range of cases wherever academics of the topic have encountered issues in encouraging learners of the target language following cases wherever students don't seem to be excellent within the target language or cases wherever the learners of the target language notice its usage in and outdoors the school rooms terribly troublesome. Thus teaching of English within the Arab kingdom in West Asia with major focus in Jordan has continued to catch the eye of variety of researchers and conjointly students peculiar to cases of the target language within the lecture rooms’ things. In step with a look by Tavil, 2009 that has tried the requirement for West Germanic language as terribly relevant as a result of the target language delivered to learners will facilitate learners notably those at the first stage to assist specific their opinion, dreams and even hopes (Tavil, 2009).

The foreign Language that is been deliberated on in its learning method is being influenced by variety of things starting from attitudes, aptitudes, age, intelligence, anxiety, personalities and motivation etc.(Gardner, 1960; Lehmann, 2006, cited in Shams, 2008).

Fakaye, 2010 recognized the attitudes of learners mutually of the foremost important factors with impacts within the method of learning the language. This analysis work as applied can take a deep scrutinize the attitudinal idea that mutually of the terribly major emotional factors for the derivation of success in learning the target language and even additional therefore the other foreign language because the case is also. additional notably it takes currently additional inquiries in Jordanian college students at grammar school levels’ angles towards learning the target language with deep and additional concerns within the 3 aspects of attitude i.e., behavioral, emotional and psychological feature. conjointly the attitudes of learners of the foreign language conjointly provides to boot efforts in decisive the influences of students’ demographic profile in gender, age and conjointly field of study on their attitudes towards learning the target language. The requirement of teaching the target language has well-tried terribly important following its socio-cultural idea.

1. Background of study

Kara (2009) ironed on the importance of attitudes meshed towards learning that is besides beliefs and opinions that hold evident influence on the behaviors and consequently on their performance. It’s debated that learners of the target language have positive beliefs in reference to the language hold the inclination to possess additional positive attitudes towards learning the language.

Alhmali (2007) expressed that the aim of education is exclusively for getting high grades and spending of exams however this goes even additional than that, we have a tendency to might unconditionally institute understanding and creative thinking of the character of the learner and conjointly the wants of taking into consideration their perceptions.

We can conjointly highlight on the roles academics of the foreign language play in transmission of the data to learners effectively. even supposing from deep insight, there still exists very little power on the most effective of ways to be applied on the event of learners of the target language not simply cognitively however conjointly showing emotion and behaviorally.

Orafi & Borg, 2009 within their analysis acknowledge the numbers of programme that are introduced recommending the employment of English in high degree as potential by students and academics in the school rooms, lecture rooms and outdoors. Gardner (1985) created abundant stress on the learner's attitudes towards the target language. He went additional in stating that learners’ behaviors meshed towards learning another language notably the target language of this analysis work plays a really important role in advancing and motivating them to learning the target language which matches additional in poignant their performance yet.

2. Identifying Problems in Learning English

I gave my students a difficulty right from the beginning of the second month of the course to answer by e-mail or on the sheet at intervals 2 days: What area unit the problems you face find out English poetry? The two-day quantity was meant to permit students adequate time to trust the problems they two-faced in reading poetry on a private basis, to place in writing in acceptable and clear English their thoughts and concepts, either by consulting with those that knew English beyond themselves or by consulting linguistics books or the opposite references that may be useful. As for the means that of act with Maine, I selected the e-mail or the chalkboard, creating the communication personal to supply them larger freedom in expressing their views. the amount of participants throughout this course was one hundred and forty, and upon receiving their answers, I classified the problems into several categories, viz., language, rhetoric, figures of speech, culture, analysis, comprehension, class atmosphere, or a mix of 2 or plenty of these problems. It’s necessary to purpose that the huge class atmosphere aggravated the matter, as a result of the 60-minute lecture could not offer adequate time for the participation of such associate outsized selection.

3. The Nature of Problems

About ninetieth of the students found language as a significant downside that hindered their comprehension of the meanings of the books they studied at school or the assigned ones for his or her own examination. Some students even thought of the language used within the books as problematic. This misunderstanding of the character of English arose, from two main factors. the first related to their study of Arabic at school concentrating on pre-Islamic literature that employs diction of Arabic words and sentences and requiring the employment of specialized lexicons. This crystal rectifier several students to consider West Germanic language in a very similar manner. The second issue was the students’ restricted acquaintance with land language usually and so the literary language specially.

4. Aims of the Study

The aim of this analysis is to focus and explore on the socio-cultural difficulties two-faced by Jordanian students in West Germanic language learning in primary stage and therefore the ways taken by authorities and policy manufacturers to corporal punishment the planned ways.

The aims would be done through the divergent discourse on the academic systems and policies so, so as to attain this aim; this analysis are going to be delving into variable ideas of academic laws and policies, associated conjointly an analysis of relevant policy documents.

5. Research argument

Taking an intensive scrutinize the vital causes of issues facing English learners in Jordan, this analysis won't prove its validity while not a constructive live and analysis of variety of alternative causes or in some type placed beneath context and comparison with alternative countries facing same socio-cultural difficulties.

In therefore doing would this analysis verify countries additional distantly placed and United Nations agency regard English as vital as their own language. so this analysis would implicitly however critically and numerically verify countries as Asian country, Turkey, Kingdom of Spain amongst others and would what is more place them in deep distinction and comparison with our chosen countries. In therefore doing it might prove the speed at that progress is formed within the imparting of the Language at varied levels, it might what is more scrutinize however effectively it will be same to grow and last it might try and look its utility and acceptableness. This analysis would usher in an equable share of understanding the challenges two-faced at the stage of learning the language, the acceptableness of the language and its utility yet.

6. Research Problem

Learning the target language of this analysis work as a remote language in countries notably within the Arab kingdom in West Asia with specific focus in Jordan has tried not very easy however numbers of analysis over time have continued to proffer to which this processes will be achieved in such short time and with cheap efforts.

Further stating the cases of learning the language with concerns of variable factors as age, sex and surroundings during which the language is been transmitted, learnt and properly understood. this can be exceptional of another factors which will prove troublesome as a remote language wherever sounds, alphabet and elegance of writing area unit utterly completely different motion even additional predicaments.

Learners of the target language notably those at the first stage tend to face some sort of psychological barriers and anti-social cultural consequences.

All of those factors are going to be thought-about during this analysis work and far additional factors that might limit the accomplishment of the target language. In alternative words, the driving purpose sought-after by this study is that the method of inventory social and psychological issues that may be exposed to language learners, and notice applicable solutions.

7. Research Questions

The analysis seeks to answer the subsequent questions:

Following our analysis on the socio-cultural challenges two-faced by Jordanian students, we might unconditionally lay abundant concentrate on the subsequent as listed below;

1.The attitudes of Jordanian grammar school students towards learning the target language with relations to their activity, psychological feature and emotional views?

2.Are there any statistically important deviation in Jordanian grammar school students’ attitudes towards learning the target language by gender and what is more by age?

3.Are there any a statistically important deviation in Jordanian grammar school students’ attitudes towards learning the target language by year of study?

• Research Methodology

The methodology to be adopted during this analysis are going to be qualitative, quantitative and supported analysis as a result of this analysis aims to assess the milestone of the progress created within the hand-picked faculties in Jordan. Analysis is best appropriate for this analysis as a result of it deals with the analysis of reforms and methods. (Bryman 2012) during this case, the reforms and policies meshed towards achieving an efficient academic system are going to be highlighted. In Bryman’s book on analysis strategies, he explains that analysis delves into essential queries like encompasses a policy and or reforms achieved anticipated goals? so, experimental style are going to be utilized in analysis to determine cluster firms adhesive and not adhesive within the policy method (Bryman 2012, Flick 2011) On the opposite hand, positivist metaphysics are going to be accustomed derive empirical proof on the body of literature that exist during this analysis. This in step with Bryman (2012) helps a investigator to tell apart the philosophical position in analysis. The analysis may be a qualitative primarily based as a result of empirical analysis and interpretation are going to be drawn from inferential applied mathematics knowledge, questionnaires, reviewed texts with the aim of understanding the educational processes in Jordan and therefore the efforts towards the adoption of English as a second language. The principle behind qualitative and quantitative analysis is to possess a comprehensive inductive and deductive read of the analysis with outcomes gotten from thorough study. (Bryman 2012).

• Data Analysis

This analysis intends to explore documents in informative establishments so as to return up with a broad understanding of prospects and challenges that faculties in Jordan could face in understanding or teaching English as a second language. Related analysis of the measures taken by the govt. Since the origin of the language through the analysis methodology is going to be applicable for analysis. Therefore, taking into cognizance method, it might offer in details progress within the reforms, steps undertaken, difficulties in activity accurately the progress created, the challenges which will probably act upon or hinder the government and accountable establishments of Jordan from achieving these motives of adopting English as second language. The analysis will highlight lessons to be learnt and methods for overcoming these challenges.

In achieving this, numbers of policy documents from the academic board are going to be evaluated, policy documents, past analysis work, printed texts and journals, are going to be reviewed therefore on get first-hand info on the program. A numbers of faculties in colleges are going to be used as case studies which are able to all be reviewed with attention on the steps and implementation ways of the target schools in achieving the target language.

• Limitations of the Study

The study are going to be restricted to Jordan as this can be the case study that may be accustomed explore the subject. Alternative goals within the Language adherence won't be self-addressed as a result of the huge scope of the goals and therefore the restricted time-frame for the submission of the project.

On the opposite hand, assess to finish policy and reform documents are also another limitation to the study as generally, these could prove problematic. so limiting this study to solely the difficulties and limitations of learning the foreign language can inevitably rub this work of the advantages of gaining a deeper understanding from alternative components of learning a remote language.

• Organization of the Study

This piece of labor can comprises 5 (5) chapters. Chapter one is associate introduction of the subject and provides a general summary of the topic of study. Chapter 2 deals with the review of relevant literature. Chapter 3 is bothered with the methodology applied for this case study. The fourth chapter presents the findings through associate analytical interpretation of the analysis, which specialize in the key themes that are known within the analysis. Chapter 5, that is that the ultimate chapter, brings concerning the complete thesis, docking the numerous theoretical and empirical strands therefore on hit the conclusion. Lastly, the conclusion offers an elliptical outline and analysis of the findings, its recommendations, interpretations and conjointly incorporates a discussion of the implication of the findings for future analysis work.