American and British English

AMERICAN ENGLISH AND BRITISH ENGLISH

Betty Sekarasih Hadi Yani, S.Pd

All languages change with time. With the touch of many factors such as the rapid growth of mass media, geographical aspect and social mobility, the languages in this world are constantly changing. It also happens to English. English which is the second most spoken language in the world has some development in it. It has been developed since the era of oldest English (Anglo-Saxon) in Britain. When English is brought to different area, it will have some variations. First, the people who speak it will develop the accents; next some vocabulary will change either due to influences of other languages or by natural processes. English which was introduced in America through British colonization in the early 17^th century, has been developed in many ways. Recently, the form of the language used in the Americas—especially in the United States—and that used in the United Kingdom and the British Islands have diverged in many ways, leading to the dialects now commonly referred to as American English and British English. Differences between the two include pronunciation, spelling,  grammar, vocabulary (lexis).

           

            Key words : language, language change, English, American English, British

                               English, variations, dialects

The Place of Literature in the Language Classroom

The Place of Literature in the Language Classroom

Betty Sekarasih Hadi Yani, S.Pd

A. Introduction

The issue of literature in the language classroom has been debatable in some periods. In the early years of this century literature was considered of high prestige in language study and access to literary works and was assumed as part of the purpose of language learning (Widdowson:1984). The approach was characterized by a concentration on the classics assuming that if the students were continually exposed to the best uses of the English language, it would in some sense ‘rub off’ on their own performance in the language. (Short and Cadlin 1989:91). However, on the one hand the difficulty and the inaccessibility of many literary texts to non-native English speaking students and on the other, the lack of a consistent and suitable methodology for the teaching of literature brought about rather the opposite effect than the expected one. The literature class consisted often of an enthusiastic teacher-orator and passive students being ‘too busy writing in translations of unfamiliar words to respond to the text’ (Long 1986:42). The class is time consuming and seemingly painful to the students because they have to do word by word translation of the text.

HOW TO EVALUATE TEXTBOOK

HOW TO EVALUATE ELT TEXTBOOKS

Betty Sekarasih Hadi Yani, S.Pd

The success of ELT depends on many factors. One of  them is the availability of materials to support English Teaching Learning activities. Materials refer to anything which is used by the teachers or learners to facilitate the learning of Language. They could obviously be cassettes, videos, CD-ROMs, dictionaries, authentic materials, realia and also textbooks. In most ELT, however, the most frequently used material is textbook. Textbooks not only represent the visible heart of any ELT program but also offer considerable advantages for the teachers and learners. In fact, there are a lot of textbooks available in this world and millions copies are sold every year. However, not all of textbooks available in this world match to our ELT program. We need to select or evaluate the textbook so that it will work, in the sense that learner will be able to use them without too much difficulty and will enjoy the experience of doing so. Textbook evaluation can be done through systematic process in observing the program/course, skills, exercises and activities and practical concerns.

Key words : ELT, Textbooks ,materials,  selection, evaluation, characteristics

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