This document summarizes an online class about basic English grammar for English language learners. It provides an overview of the class structure and topics covered in each of the 10 meetings. These include parts of speech, sentence structure, language learning strategies, and a review of participant feedback. Statistics are given on participant numbers and page views of the online course materials. The purpose of learning English as an international language is discussed, along with recommendations for continued language study.

1. Basic English
Grammar For English
Language Learners
Meeting #10
Hery Yanto The
English 3.0 Series, Summer 2012
July 18, 2012

2. Part I
Learning English as an
International Language

3. International language
 An international language is one which is used by
people of different nations to communicate with
one another (Smith, 1976, p. 38)
 The official languages of the United Nations:
 Arabic (450 M)
 Chinese Mandarin (1,345 M)
 English (1,800 M)
 French (500 M)
 Russian (300 M)
 Spanish (> 500 M)
 (L1 + L2)
 Hindi (650 M)
Smith, L. 1976. English as an international auxiliary language. RELC Journal 7 (2), pp. 38-43

4. List of countries where English is the
de facto language
Country Region Population
Australia Australia 22,374,370
New Zealand Oceania 4,294,350
United Kingdom Europe 61,612,300
United States North America 309,442,000

5. List of countries where English
is an official language
 Antigua and  Guyana (S. America)  Nigeria (Africa)  Tanzania (Africa)
Barbuda  India (Asia)  Pakistan (Asia)  Tonga (Oceania)
(Caribbean)  Ireland (Europe)  Palau (Oceania)  Trinidad and Tobago
 Bahamas  Jamaica  PNG (Oceania) (Caribbean)
(Caribbean) (Caribbean) Tuvalu (Oceania)
 Barbados  Philippines (Asia) 
(Caribbean)  Kenya (Africa)  Rwanda (Africa)  Uganda (Africa)
 Belize (Africa)  Kiribati (Oceania)  Saint Kitts and  Vanuatu (Oceania)
 Botswana (Africa)  Netherlands Nevis(Caribbean)  Zambia (Africa)
(Caribbean &  Saint Lucia  Zimbabwe (Africa)
 Cameroon (Africa) Europe) (Caribbean)
 Canada (North  Lesotho (Africa)  Saint Vincent
America)  Liberia (Africa) (Caribbean)
 Dominica  Malawi (Africa)  Samoa (Oceania)
(Caribbean)
 Eritrea (Africa)  Malta (Europe)  Seychelles (Africa)
 Ethiopia (Africa)  Marshall Islands  Sierra Leone (Africa)
(Oceania)  Singapore (Asia)
 Fiji (Oceania) Mauritius (Africa)
 Gambia (Africa)
  Solomon Islands
 Micronesia (Oceania)
 Ghana (Africa) (Oceania)  South Africa (Africa)
 Grenada  Namibia (Africa)  Sudan (Africa)
(Caribbean) Nauru (Oceania)
  Swaziland (Africa)

6. Questions?
 Who is a native and a non-native?
 Is it important to develop English proficiency to the level
“like a native”? What is the phrase “like a native” mean?
 Does the status of the native and non-native more
important that proficiency of the teacher who teaches
EFL/ESL?
 What is standard English? What is non-standard English?
 How do we understand the varieties of English?
 Does migration, neo-imperialism, cross-cultural
interaction, and amalgamation influence the use of
English?
 Is it important to include cross-cultural, multicultural, and
intercultural understanding in teaching English?

7. Purpose of learning EIL
• visa interview • social • academic
• work related communication vocabularies
vocabularies • daily conversation • learning strategy
• social interaction • asking places, • test strategy
with co-worker direction, and
• adaptation with the transportation
new environment system

8. Learning EIL
1. Identify learning goal
2. Draft a timeline
3. Implement the learning process
4. Assess during the process
5. Revise the goal and timeline
6. Evaluate the result
7. Plan the follow up

9. Where and how to learn?
 Language institute ($ to $$$)
 Private Teacher/Tutor ($ to $$$)
 School English Lesson($ to $$$)
 Social networking ($)
 Independent learning ($)

10. Instruments

11. Part II
Course Evaluation

12. Unique Visitors Tracked by Weebly

13. Numbers of Page Viewed

14. Specific Pages Viewed

15. Users Statistics – Clustrmap

16. Statistics of WizIQ Online Classes
Meeting Topics No. of No. of Note
registrants participants
1 Course Overview, Language Learning & 12 9 1 Feedback
Technology, Possessive Adjective
2 Using English-English Dictionary, Simple 9 4
Present Tense
3 Spoken & Written English, Wh-Questions 16 11 1 Feedback
4 Social Networking & Language Learning, 11 5
Simple Past Tense
5 Varieties Use of English, Present Progressive 9 2
6 Authentic & Practical English, Part of 14 4 2 Feedback
Speech Part I
7 English Language Testing, Part of Speech 10 7
Part II
8 English & Open Learning Movement, 12 8
Phrases and Dependent Clause
9 Teaching & Learning English, Introduction 10 N/A – 5
to Sentence Structure
10 English as an International Language, ? ? ?
Review and Course Evaluation

17. Note from the participants
 Feedback: Knowledge
Gained, Classroom
Experience, Recommend the Course
 Comment: good teacher?, feedback
and conversation with fellow
teachers, Q&A using audio & chat on the
live sessions.
 Email: log in problem, class
enrollment, submit assignment, certificate

18. Follow Up
 Accomplish the design of learning
modules
 Revision based on feedbacks and
comments from participants
 Evaluating and providing feedback to the
submission made by participants
 Preparing recommendation and
certificate for participants

19. Coming Soon
 Fall
2012 – Late August 2012 to November
2012
 Recurring Program: College Writing
 New Program: Business Writing (Tentative)
 Update:
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 Join my English 3.0 Facebook Page or
Google+ Page

20. Closing Notes
 Send an email to the facilitator for enrolling to the
course. Write your full name and your country of
origin. For example: Ahmad Faisal, Nigeria.
 The facilitator email address is
herythe@hotmail.co.uk
 Star to learn from the course website:
http://basicenglishgrammar.weebly.com
 Help us to improve the lesson/course by filling out a
survey here: BEG Survey