Things Need to be Concern for Teaching and Learning English

English is the most powerful language in the world. Many people around the world learn and use it. However, there are obstacle in teaching and learning English still. There are many ways to learn and teach English successfully by pay attention to the history, culture, also environment which are create, adjust and apply.

It would be valuable to have an international language with which all could be at ease, containing terms for the peculiar concepts of varying cultures and practices. English -because it spoken by many people around the world- has many varieties of dialect. However, if English can fufill this need and aid in international understanding, the we should welcome it rther than becoming alarmed by it. At the moment, English is merely experiencing the growing pains of becoming the first modern-day international language. According to Potter, the English spoken today is blended from the Germanic and Romance languages, the former incuding Scandinavian and the latter French and Latin. This blending of various language is not unique to the English languages. However, it is a fundamental characteristic of the language as it has experienced numerous changes through Shakespeare, Swift, Tyndale and many others, each borrowing blending and adding to the language which has been versatile enough to readily adopt new words, spellings, and pronunciations and expressions.

Nowadays, English language is very popular and use also teach by most of school. New ways of studying English are popping out. Foreign language learners, for example, have different processss in learning English than monolingual students anyway, because they interacts with more than one language. They have culturally different schematic and limited English vocabulary knowledge. It is important for their teacher to understand them from cultural, linguistic and social perspectives and to respect their individual differences. The results showed that sucsessful bilingual learners used top-down approaches (which focused on how word is structured, readers empashize the whole text passage and look for key information by activating prior knowledge and compensating for meanings of unknown vocabulary) than the others did. Proficient bilingual students also utilized both fits and second language to compensate for a lack of understanding of materials. It is suggested that teacher carefully consider why English language learners are experiencing difficulties in learning English. The students have different constructive processes from their first language learning experiences. Teacher need to accomodate teaching instruction effectively for English language learners and to interact with their colleagues for enhancing their cultural sensitivity (Nieto, 2000).

In everyday life, first impression are so very important. So, how we are perceived often depends on a blink of a moment which may define us for a long period if not forever. Our communication skills are so important in how we are seen by others. Our body language project subtle messages to those around us and others respond in accordance to what they perceive as “us”. In life, we are playing many roles, therefore, we are wearing many mask. How people take place in their environment, will showed how they are. In classrom environment, teacher should recognize how it differ and adjust it to the learning. Unite all defferences are something complicated to do, but it is possible to gather it. It will enrich the students’ learning and knowledge. By using volunteers, for example, the students can share and learn more. The mentality awareness will emerge as well. However, it is important for both teacher and students to create a comfortable and enjoyable environment.