The role of English nowadays can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keep widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language implies taking great responsibility and thereby it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications which may arise during the learning process so that to define key tendencies and principles in English teaching. Taking into consideration both the relevance and the difficulties in English literacy the topic problem foremost implies teaching English doesn’t meet the desired needs and goals of the learners nowadays. The given essay thereby strives to propose an appropriate solution to such a complex issue.
The research will incorporate key findings and ideas from the article by Claude Goldenberg called “Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say” which, as the author claims, helps to “provide guidelines based on our strongest research about effective practices for teaching English language literacy” (Goldenberg, 2008). Taking an in-depth look into the issue of foreign language education is a major objective of the Goldenberg's study. Therefore the article presents the data which estimates the current state of common teaching methods efficiency and the situation of English teaching in general, thereby rising a number of relevant questions and searching for the solutions to them .The fundamental aspects include considering the following issues: what is the best way to teach English language development, in what settings the bilingual reading instruction helps, as well as whether oral English development can be accelerated (Goldenberg, 2008). By introducing and presenting Goldenberg's study, this research aims to analyze the author's statements and advise certain instructional modifications for English learners.
Key words: English as a second language, education, language literacy, teaching methods, instruction.
References
Goldenberg, C. (2008) “Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say”. American Educator, 8-44.
