Report on 3 articles about trends and current issues in second language acquisition

According to the National Reading Panel , it is essential that there should be instruction that provides substantial coverage of the key concepts of reading . These are phonemic awareness phonics , fluency , vocabulary , and text comprehension . If these concepts are taken into consideration , it will have a positive influence in the literature development of language-minority students (August , 2006

Because of the growing development in the society and the advancements in technology , teaching second language has undergone a new chapter from being in the classroom setting to the interactive setting on the internet . Recently

, new companies have emerged offering tutoring programs for English speaking as well as other languages . The challenges of web-based teaching are discussed in the article written by Ware and Kramsch . Their study involved the misunderstanding that occurred in an asynchronous telecollaborative project between learners of German in the United States and learners of English in Germany . They argue that this incident is a valuable learning opportunity for both the students and the teachers . In the study , they suggested that as students explore the nature of language and communication across cultures through their technology-mediated interactions , teachers are the turning point suggests that as students explore the nature of language and communication across cultures through their technology-mediated interactions , teachers are pivotal in helping them take an intercultural stance (Ware Kramsch , 2005

William Grabe has compiled the current developments in second language reading research in his article . He stated that there have been many developments in the both reading research and practice over the last 25 years after the establishment of TESOL . He also emphasized the difference between the L1 and the L2 reading , which should be taken into account when it comes to second language contexts

Based on the information that was gathered in Grabe 's article , it suggests that there...