I Find It Easy To Learn English When ………: Lecturers’ Perspective

Learning foreign languages is becoming a major concern in the global world. One of the reasons why people learnt a foreign language is for economic development. Foreign languages are treated to be economic commodities in industrial world since people from different country and different cultures will meet to share different skills and knowledge in their workplace. As one of foreign languages, English is learned by thousands of people across the world. The popularity of English as the most widely used language around the world today spreads across most non-English speaking countries. There is a great demand for English instruction that results in competent users of English, particularly, in Asian countries. English has developed to be the major foreign language in such countries as Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and China and has gained in its own status across Asia. However, learning a foreign language is not easy as people think since it is full of challenging. Some people are able to learn a foreign language successfully, while others are not. This study explores lecturers‟ perspectives on how they find it easy to learn English