Teaching English language in Spain

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Subject Area:English

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Most of the education curriculums in most schools in the world have adopted the English language in the teaching of other academic studies (Develin, 2016). The international community under the United Nations put it as a requirement for nations to have at least two languages in their national communication. The United Nations council did not, however, state specifically which language to be adopted as the second language (Frederick & Haberstroh, 2010). But due to the influence of English which is the largest most used language in the world, the English language is seen as the most influential language to be taken as a second national and international language in the world. This is also because most of the members of the United Nation Security Council use the English language.

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The English language in these schools prepares students with skills of having an international perspective, especially in the global market setting. The English language is very vital in equipping the international and national with at least two languages which help them in understanding the different cultures of the two different communities (Frederick & Haberstroh, 2010). The English language also gives international schools a chance to study their language outside their English speaking languages. It gives them a chance to explore more and ends up coming up with a decision of even studying the Spanish language. In the nationals schools, the language is an instrument to equip students with competency in speech and also comparison how different vowels differ between the English and Spanish language.

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And only the English language is taught differently. Secondary education in Spain incorporates both the Spanish and the English language. The teaching of the English language in the second level has a a sa imilar approach in both the international and the national schools. Students are taught about the culture and dialect of the English community and this gives the English students and hint of how the Spanish and English language’s pronunciation and use of tense relationsons. This gives the students an easy way of understanding the language and how it is used in the communication and construction of sensible sentences (Mercado, 2008). Although the Spanish government has allowed the incorporation of the English language in the international and national schools in Spain, the students still have a challenge of studying the language (Latham, 2013The ).

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The SThe panish language remains the dominant public and official language. This makes studenoto studying the Spanish language and the teachers of the language get more challenges as some students are not willing to continue to pursue the language. My proposal for the policy to be updated Languages policy in any county’s educations sector should be set according to national and international standards. The language policy is what gives a nation’s education curriculum a meaning and a standard in the world. That is, teaching in English and explaining in the Spanish language will make students become very competent in the mastery of the two languages. Recommendation for the change of language policy in Spain I tend to think that the policy of language in the Spanish education system should be changed.

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This policy should be changed to cater to the needs of the curriculum in the incorporation of the English language in the Spanish school. The international and national schools in the Spanish country will start teaching the English language and also the Spanish language (Mercado, 2008). This will be in conjunctions with the United Nations policy of adoption of two languages which are internationally recognized. Education is very important in the world today. Every child hthe as the right to access quality education which is avoidable and accepted according to the international standards. It is the responsibility of each government to look at the changing world and decide on the type of education to give to its population. The kind of education offered in Spain is quality education which only requires the introduction of one another international language.

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