Beliefs

English

It is not a top secret that English has become in the language that allows people to communicate with the outside world. Hence, it is a priority for people not only to learn the language but also to learn how to use it in context. Moreover, it has to be said that English is not only an isolated language, it is also about culture and behavior, it is about being open-minded and being somehow respected. From my perspective, English has given by some means power to society. That is to say that by learning English as a language people has learned to expand their boundaries in the sense of knowledge and for some people in an economic way (since the majority of the business made for foreign companies are held in English). So, we must not take English slightly, it is not only words, it is the language people has chosen to close the world boundaries.

Learning

Learning exists since the raise of the man as a human being. Our ancestors had to learn how to protect themselves from the danger, from the cold, they had to learn hot hunt, and how to use fire properly. They were the first “people” on earth they learned from experience. Learning from observation, learning by doing without any assistance. Though, this empiric knowledge and expertise passed from generation to generation creating another kind of learning. The learning we receive from someone that is expert in any field. The give us the steps we require to get to the top, to be successful at anything we want to be good at. Learning has convey the knowledge not to be static but dynamic, it has made that education, economy, technology, science, evolved  in such fast way we do not realize yet.

Teaching

By teaching we can say that is the process of providing knowledge that a particular person has. This knowledge can be acquired from an empiric person or more in a more formal way from school or university. However, for this to take place, the person is required to have some abilities to be able to give information as clear as possible. In education, it is called pedagogy. Pedagogy are the techniques, approaches, methods we use in a learning setting. Teaching also has to do with the methods and approaches people can use to be as innovative as possible. However, teaching is not just about to teach specific subjects, a good teaching goal is to teach apprentices to use that knowledge in particular situations. Teaching is about how to tackle possible issues not by giving them the explicit solution but by teaching them how to be resourceful.

Language teaching

Language teaching has become in a “science” and people have worried to develop new approaches and techniques to get the most out of learners’ skills. For this to come, they have done much research in terms of language teaching and learning. Hence, with the seen outcomes, we can think on what approaches or techniques are more suitable for our students. Likewise, when language teaching is taking place, we have to bear in mind the context in which it is happening. The particularities of each student might provide a wide range of information in terms of the abilities or drawbacks each students have. However, it is easier for use to tackle the issues L2 learners may have when learning English. Nonetheless, language skills is not only about students skills, as I mentioned before, it has to do with context in which the L2 is taking place. Thus, issues regularly come to light in a setting class namely, social class. To sum up, language teaching is a wide range of approaches, techniques, methodologies, etc. which we can take them as a support for students’ L2 success taking into account the particularities in which they are developing their language skills.