| These days, there is no doubting the fact that the | | | | different ways. This also explains why many students |
| English language is becoming something of a | | | | have great difficulty in understanding native English. |
| forerunner in global communication. It is the language of | | | | Thus, there is a very clear gap to be bridged between |
| choice in most countries of the word. Almost 70% of | | | | the teacher and their students before actual |
| the Internet is in English. A good volume of the | | | | communication and education starts. |
| services rendered through the Internet is also in English. | | | | Grammar: The fact that English grammar has its own |
| Thus, English is playing a very significant role in bringing | | | | set of complicated rules and regulations makes it a |
| the world together. Therefore, many people are | | | | tough language to conquer. A good number of |
| involved in the job of teaching English to people of | | | | students struggle with these rules, and cannot really |
| foreign origin. In spite of the heightened interest in the | | | | understand many of the principles on first or second |
| English language, teachers often face various | | | | reading. To make matters worse, English itself is of |
| difficulties and challenges while teaching English as a | | | | different varieties. Therefore, students may find the |
| foreign language. There are many reasons for this. Let | | | | Queen's English quite different from American English. |
| us look at some of the most important reasons. | | | | These exacting and tricky challenges make it |
| Attitude: Many people around the world are overawed | | | | necessary for any teacher of English to have a formal |
| by English and English-speaking people. A part of the | | | | training in teaching practices and methods. It is not |
| reason is historical, when natives were expected to | | | | enough to have sufficient skills in listening and |
| look up to their British conquerors with fear and | | | | understanding the language. Even a native speaker of |
| respect. The subsequent development and prosperity | | | | the English language requires a methodical and |
| enjoyed by the Western world placed the English | | | | intensive training program to qualify as a good teacher |
| speaking people, their countries and cultures on a high | | | | of English as a foreign language. Many of the skills like |
| pedestal. As a result, many natives have an innate and | | | | understanding specific problems related to particular |
| unexplained fear of the English language, which makes | | | | regions and building basic communication skills in |
| them shy of handling the language. | | | | students etc can only be acquired through a formal |
| Pronunciation: One of the biggest difficulties a teacher | | | | learning of the same. A commonsensical approach |
| faces when teaching English as a second language is | | | | would be of no help here. Teachers have to be |
| to inculcate proper pronunciation in native speakers. | | | | prepared for the most bizarre mistakes, and need to |
| The English language has a number of characteristic | | | | know how to handle these delicate situations with |
| features which most foreign speakers do not imbibe | | | | aplomb. That is why it is important to undergo formal |
| readily. That is the reason why different regions have | | | | training in teaching English before you actually begin the |
| their own English accents. So if English is spoken in 50 | | | | process of teaching English as a foreign language. |
| different regions, it is likely that it is spoken in 50 | | | | |