S H A R O N J O H N S O N A life time experience as an English Language Learner… My great-grandparents were from the West Indies who came to Panama with the sole purpose of working in the Construction of the Panama Canal. Therefore‚ my grandparents and parents first language was English having the opportunity also of studying at the former Panama Canal Zone schools. In my early years‚ I understood English and was able to communicate but only did so when needed. I did all my talking in Spanish
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Service learning experience is an educational involvement where by aiding their community students are able to grow in knowledge as well as in personal view. It is essential to understand that by serving the community‚ it can create a positive change in The Rio Grande Valley. By doing my service learning at The Gladys Porter Zoo I view the importance of how even a simple task will make a positive difference. I can mention that what I did was out of comparison to what is done in the whole zoo. If
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There are many informal fallacies that can be discussed but I have chosen to speak of Bifurcation‚ and the Red Herring Fallacy. Bifurcation is a fallacy in which you are given a situation and a choice to make. It tries to let one feel as though it is either of those options but in reality there could be many more. In a sense it is like not telling the complete truth. You don’t really lie because you didn’t actually give a false choice or statement‚ but you didn’t really give all of the information
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Informal assessment Informal assessment provides us with immediate feedback during the teaching session‚ allowing us to improve our teaching‚ both spontaneously and later upon reflection. Informal assessment at its most informal is a way of evaluating “how things are going” during a lesson‚ and at its most formal can point out needs for future assessment‚ and give you a strong sense of the learning culture of your students states Radcliff C (2007). When teaching‚ I am continuously assessing learning
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various learning styles‚ concepts‚ and techniques I’ve learned throughout this class that I will take with me as I further my education. There are 3 different types of learning styles visual‚ auditory and kinesthetic. Auditory learners learn best from seeing the material. Auditory learners do best with information they can hear. Kinesthetic learners are those who enjoy hands-on experimentation to help them fully comprehend the information in front of them. After learning what I did on learning styles
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Informal Report Assignment Prepare an informal report on a topic of your choice that has been approved by your instructor. Your research should include a variety of sources such as: • Secondary data such as books‚ journals‚ magazines‚ and newspapers • Business documents (annual reports‚ brochures) • Professional publications • Interviews with appropriate individuals on or off campus • Credible online sources Report Format This report should contain the following
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There would also be therapist that can help either in person or over the phone 24 hours a day to assist both the informal care giver as well as the elderly person being cared for. It would be a place where families that are caring for loved ones can get help and answers to all of their questions no matter what time of day. It would be 24 hours a day because often the feeling of despair and being overwhelmed doesn’t keep normal business hours. Caregivers may have the need to talk to someone about
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uncommon to walk by a lunch table and hear students fervently debating Durkheim and Marx. It is clear that UChicago is a place of constant intellectual stimulation filled with students with a deep passion for learning; as someone who continually seeks to broaden her mind‚ UChicago has the ideal learning environment for me. To me‚ the most
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Analyzing and adapting my brick and mortar practices into the online environment was one of my major challenges. As a new teacher in a virtual school‚ I feel that I successfully innovated and adapted my teaching style. I am a believer in active learning‚ and learning through play. I was eager to dive into power point to create exciting ways to introduce Spanish language to my students. I feel that I accomplished that‚ however‚ PowerPoint is very limited when executed in the LL room‚ for this reason‚ I
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China – Opening Thoughts China surprised me in ways more than one. Going into China‚ I knew that China has come a long ways since the days of Mao when people starved‚ just to keep up to their cultural beliefs. Yet‚ the sheer scale of development and the feeling of being in highly dynamic‚ fast growth‚ “everything is possible” mentality of China was overwhelming. Beijing and Shanghai are obvious examples of what China is hoping to achieve‚ but the development in interior areas like Suzhou and Chengdu
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