Language Awareness

Language awareness consists in knowledge about a language for example: how people learn and use the language, and how the language works, the skills we have for the language, attitudes toward thelanguage and perceptions about the language.
When students know what and why they are learning they get more open and interested in learning, that’s why building language awareness is important forstudents because it helps them to have a positive attitude toward the target language also they develop a confidence to try to use the language this makes them more active and responsible for theirlearning. The following its an example of how students can be more aware of the learning process:
 accepting the idea that we must practice and recycle what is first presented to us; that our . . . willbe useful in processing a foreign language; that we can’t expect to understand every single word in a passage or in a conversation, but that this is often unnecessary. Similarly, it means knowingthat we can try to express our thoughts and ideas even if we don’t master all the necessary grammar and vocabulary, by using, for example, paraphrases or approximations. (Mariani, 1992)
Also when theyknow about a language, where it comes from, how people use it, its roots, etcetera, they develop some appreciation for the language and get more interested in it.
This approach promotes independencein the student; since they are aware of the language, they are more involved in the learning process.

According to the Association for Language Awareness (2012):
It covers a wide spectrum offields. For example, Language Awareness issues include exploring the benefits that can be derived from developing a good knowledge about language, a conscious understanding of how languages work, of howpeople learn them and use them.
It not only deals with knowing the language but the benefits of knowing it, and how other people use the language can help us to communicate better with other...