“The Challenges of the Adult Learner” Today many adults face unique challenges as an adult leaner while attending college. For example‚ am I too old to go back to school‚ keeping up with younger students‚ and can I balance work and family while in school are some of the few questions that adults learners ask themselves. As an adult leaner the challenges I have faced are balancing parenthood‚ job security‚ and extra-curricular activities. Going back to school was a goal I always wanted to achieve
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student learns through the process of listening and discussion. Auditory learners are able to retain information and gain a better understanding of things by being an active listener. Auditory learners sometimes give the impression that they are disinterested or disengaged during classroom conversations. However‚ they possess the ability to quickly recall any information that was discussed if necessary. Auditory learners do not do well with written exams and reading material. On the contrary‚ they
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deal of people perceive sport to be a ’doss ’ subject where learners play sport and obtain level two and upwards qualifications with minimum effort‚ whereas infact there is a lot more to sport than people give the subject credit for. For example‚ modules that are taught as part of a course can include sport in society‚ organising events and coaching pedagogy. These modules whilst incorporating them with practical sport‚ provide the learner with a great all round knowledge of the subject‚ as well as
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fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean‚ now is generally considered as a world which tends to be perfect‚ a world of equality‚ without conflicts. Utopia is a name for an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system (Smith‚ 2010). Although the word “utopia” was invented by Thomas More‚ people in western world had begun their search for it long ago. Most consider Utopia is largely based on Plato’s The Republic. The Republic has a great cultural influence on the future
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Analysis of Winston Smith In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ Winston Smith is the protagonist. He is thirty-nine years old‚ frail‚ and thin. Winston is a common man that most of the readers can sympathize with. He is a man who wants to test the limits of the Party’s powers by seeing how many illegal things he can get away with. The reader’s feel as if they are experiencing the horrible events brought on by the Thought Police‚ the Party‚ and Big Brother with Winston and Julia‚ his love interest
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Complete 5 learner records Care Support Learner Record Work Activities Template This sheet to be completed for 5 days of work experience placement‚ ensure student name and date is included on each sheet. Learner Name Glen White Date 29/01/2015 Work Experience (Day No) 1 “Showering a Service User” Reflection on relationships that develop in care work Today I assisted a Carer with showering a service user‚ we agreed on what we were going to do at the start of the
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unique song‚ if you want to be able to hear them sing‚ you have to accept the fact that they’re all different from one another. Our world is a colorful world‚ everyone is a different color‚ unique colors‚ combined to create a unity‚ the world. Diversity isn’t just the racial difference between people in one country‚ region or the world‚ it can also be difference in backgrounds‚ opinions‚ political and religious beliefs or even sexual orientation. At a basic level people are all the same‚ human species
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DESCRIBING LEARNERS * Age * The age of our students is a major factor in our decision about how and what to teach. * Different needs‚ competences‚ cognitive skills. * “Acquisition is guaranteed for children up to the age of six‚ is steadily compromised from then until shortly after puberty‚ and is rare thereafter” (Stephen Pinker‚ 1994) * Age- some beliefs * Adolescents are unmotivated and uncooperative and therefore make poor language learners; * Adults
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the Second Virginia Convention” and Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” were given for a single purpose. Henry and Smith both saw the need for unity‚ but their speeches had both similarities and differences. Their style of writing‚ want for interconnection‚ and why they wanted the country to come together are some of the main points of the speeches. Patrick Henry and Margaret Smith had a comparable style or approach to their speeches. Henry states in his speech “Mr. President: No man thinks more
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age based on cognitive benefits‚ linguistic benefits‚ and lifelong benefits. First‚ before I show a number of cognitive benefits‚ we have to define what is cognitive. Based on longman dictionary‚ cognitive is relating to the process of knowing‚ understanding‚ and learning something. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff Ph.D‚ author of How Babies Talk said that Children can differentiate between two languages within the first weeks of life; learning another language actually enhances a child’s overall verbal
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