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What is language teaching?

What is language teaching? Correct Answer Formal education

Education is not limited to preparation for life, but education is life itself.” It is through education that one can change the face of the world. Through education, one has the opportunity to learn both inside and outside of the school.

Formal education:

  • Organized, guided by a formal curriculum, leads to a formally recognized credential such as a high school completion diploma or a degree.
  • It is often guided and recognized by the government at some level.
  • Teachers are usually trained as professionals in some way.

Key Points

  • Language Teaching is the process of teaching a second language than the mother tongue. It is not a simple process to teach the language.
  • It is the formal process to teach and language teachers must have the knowledge of scientific approach to teach the language.

Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that language teaching is formal education. 

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