The Criteria of Good ESL Student

The Criteria of Good ESL Student

1. Good ESL Student find a style of learning that suits them.

They are self aware ie they know themselves.. When they are in a learning situation which they do not like, they are able to adapt it to their personal needs. They believe they can always learn something, whatever the situation. They also know how they prefer to learn and choose learning situations that are suited to their way of learning.

2.Good ESL Student is actively involved in the language learning

process.

They take responsibility for their own learning. Besides regular language classes, they create opportunities to use the language. They know practice is very important. They are willing to take risks, to appear foolish if necessary.

3.Good ESL Student try to figure out how the language works.

They try to come to grips with the language as a system. They pay attention to form and look for patterns. They develop good techniques for improving their pronunciation, learning grammar and vocabulary. They welcome mistakes as a way of learning more about the language.

4.Good ESL Student know that language is used to communicate.

They pay attention to meaning. They have good techniques to practise listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In the early stages of their language learning they do not worry about making mistakes. They speak and try to become fluent. They look for opportunities to speak with native speakers.

5.Good ESL Student is like good detectives.

They are always looking for clues that will help them understand how the language works. They make guesses and ask people to correct them if they are wrong. They compare what they say with what other/hiss say. They keep a record of what they have learned and think about it.le they monitor themselves.

6.Good ESL Student learns to think in the language.

7.Good ESL Student realize that language learning is not easy.

They try to overcome their feelings of frustration and their lack of confidence. They are able to come to terms with the affective demands of language learning, ie they can manage their emotions. They are realistic in their setting of study goals.

8. Good ESL Student is also good culture learner aware of the very

close relationship between language and culture.

9. Good ESL Student is willing to experiment and take risks.

For example, she/he will try out different ways of learning vocabulary until she/he finds the way that suits her/his best. She/he is also not afraid of making mistakes, because she/he knows that these will help her/his.

10. Good ESL Student is realistic.

She/he knows that it will take time and effort to become proficient in English, and that ther/hise will periods wher/hise she/he does not seem to be making much progress.

11. Good ESL Student is independent.

She/he does not expect to learn English just by sitting in the classroom, and does not rely on the teacher/his to totally direct her/his learning.

12. Good ESL Student is organised and active.

She/he uses her/his time to learn English sensibly, and is always looking for opportunities to develop her/his language both inside and outside of the classroom.