English Language of Nepal

Introduction

English language has been commonly accepted as an active universal language in the
world. People who study English language consider it as their personal proficiency. Therefore,
nowadays many people, particularly students, ought to master English language. Mastering
English language is an important value for the students to have. By mastering the language the
students can improve themselves both in academic and life skill. Once the students can
comprehend it, he or she can be well-accepted by the society.

The language widely used as a means of communication in the world is English. It is an

international language in the world. So, it is important for people to learn it. Particularly in
Indonesia, English is one of foreign languages. It is the most famous foreign language which is
taught from elementary school up to university school level. By learning English, the students
are expected to absorb and keep up with the development of science, technology and art.

The teaching of English is focused on the ability of learners to be capable of mastering

the four language skills, namely: listening speaking, reading, and writing (Depdiknas, 2003: 6).
The learners should have abilities in reading and listening to support their speaking and writing.

One of the language skills is writing skill. It is one important skill in learning English. It
has always occupied a place in most English language course. One of the reasons is that more
and more people need to learn writing in English for occupational or academic purposes. To
write well, people must have good capability in writing. Moreover, someone who wants to write
an essay or a story must know the steps in writing process and aspects of writing. The writer
must be able to organize the ideas, to construct the sentences, to use punctuation, and spelling
well. Besides, they must be able to arrange their writing into cohesive and coherent paragraphs
and texts.

English is a language taught in our country and our government has taken several efforts,
one of them is that English has been formally taught in all levels of schools starting from
elementary school up to university. It is of course as the consequence of the global era
development where English is deeply needed as a means of communication. The government
expects that by teaching English, Indonesian people are able to acquire science and technology in
order to develop our country. Furthermore, nowadays, the government applies the Genre-based
Approach to develop the nation’s education quality.

Teaching writing in secondary school needs appropriate technique in order that the
students are active and creative in writing skill. The techniques for the teaching writing are
copying, dictation, sentence completion, and written pattern drills.
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Topic: English Language in Nepal

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Concepts
1. Teaching English as a medium of instruction is popular in universities and colleges in
Nepal.
2. The reason for making English a medium of instruction is to make the graduates get job
opportunities within the country and abroad.
3. These days, people’s attraction towards learning English has increased a lot.
4. To create such environment English medium schools especially the institutional schools
have played significant role
5. It is thought that the products of institutional schools in Nepal have no difficulty in
understanding, responding and interacting with their colleagues in English and so all the
subjects except language subjects are taught in English and the Gender and Community
Development course of Bachelor’s level under the Faculty of Arts is no exception.
6. Teacher believes that students especially in school feel comfortable in learning in their
mother tongue.
7. Language is one of the most contested issues in education (Liddicoat, 2007 as cited in
UNESCO, 2011) especially in a multilingual country like Nepal where children from
different indigenous, tribal and minority groups represent (UNESCO, 2007, p. 9).
8. It is believed that all subjects excluding language subjects must be taught in English in
university level as a university graduate must have reading and writing, and
communicative skills in English
9. Today’s educational system is more attracted towards learning in a joyful manner.
10. Students are more likely to speak more and better in an interesting, relaxing and fun
class.
Gained Insights
1. English is being a universal language has always been and will always be a medium of
communication all over the world.
2. It is a medium that is spoken by the majority of world population.
3. English is one of the richest language of the world and has become the language of
science, trade and commerce negotiation.
4. As much as English is needed globally, learning with the mother tounge really helps in
grasping and understanding a specific concept or lesson.
 5. New ideas approaches should be considered to encourage students to attend and listen
attentively in class to make learning English a lot better.
6. Although Lesson is being thought in English, being allowed to express oneself in a
language that we feel truly comfortable with allows us to be more open and expressive of
what we actually want to say.
7. Despite of having a lot advantages, learning a concept in English but not understanding
the lesson as a whole will not yield improved and better results.
8. As much as English is needed globally, learning with mother tongue really helps in
grasping and understanding a specific concepts or lesson.
9. The way students learn depends on the introduction and discussion of a concepts and how
its taught inside the classroom.
10. Flexibility on discussing inside the classroom allows students’ creatively to flourish and
be active enough to learn and grasp a specific idea.

Questions:
1. Is it necessarily to acquire English language as a medium of teaching in school and a way
of communication universally?
2. How can we say that English language is vital tool in communicating globally and how
powerful it is in binding a strong relations with everyone’s culture?
3. How useful is English interms of business travel and business?
4. Is learning English greatly affected by the type of culture an individual experiences while
growing up? In what other way?
5. If countries that have English as their second language experience difficulty in grasping
concepts without help from their mother tongue, how about countries that have English as
their first? What kind of difficulties do they encounter?
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Critique Paper

English for Academic and Professional and Purposes

Submitted by:

Dennis Aguilar Bullungan

Angelo Serrada
Aindrian Karl Guillermo
Grade-11 St. Veronica

Submitted to:

Joryan Carl B. Ibarra

English Instructor