FACTORS AFFECTING LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

CARLITO L. MENDOZA

/earning the language is a conscious process 7hus, the supreme goal of language learning is to eTuip learners with the abilit\ to use the language for their communication 8sing the language for communication serves as a form of transactional and functional, as well as, a Nind of developing one¶s self esteem

)actors affecting /anguage 7eaching and /earning are $ge, $ptitude, 0otivation, $ttitudes, 3erson alit\, /earning 6t\le, and /earning 6trategies 7he issue of age was first addressed with the critical period h\pothesis that there is a cut off age about , after which learners lose the abilit\ to full\ learn a language +owever, the e[act age marNing the end of the critical period is debated, and ranges from age to , with man\ arguing that it is around the onset of pubert\ 6everal aspects on gender have found that females have a more positive attitude towards learning a second language than males $ptitude has high relation to language learning while intelligence does not ,n motivation as one of the factors, states that motivated learners e[ert efforts and direct attention to the tasNs at hand /earner¶s emotional states have a powerful influence on their behavior and performance in the learning situation &onsiderable attention has been paid to the learners¶ strategies to use and learn a second language 6trategies have been found to be of critical importance, so much that strategic competence has been suggested as maMor component of communicative competence 6trategies are commonl\ divided into learning strategies and communicative strategies /earning 6trategies are techniTues used to improve learning such as mnemonics or using a dictionar\ &ommunicative 6trategies are strategies that learners use to conve\ meaning

7he proof of teaching is learning 7eaching a language is too crucial and indispensable $ lot of factors or considerations must be considered 6tudents learn best when these factors are being brought up 1ot ever\ strateg\ fits students 0otivation is necessar\ to encourage students 3ersonal it\ is also a factor in understanding the behavior of the students $ttitudes and aptitudes are also important 7hus, as a teacher, it¶s essential to consider all the factors in teaching the target language so that substantial learning will be achieved +ence, competencies and sNills will be full\ learned

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7he author is 7eacher ,, at 6an -uan +igh 6chool,0e[ico,3ampanga