would like to improve his spoken English skills to improve his job prospects as well as better integrate into British society. Alessandro has studied English from primary school level to High school level but highlighted that the quality of English learning was very poor as much of his formal education was in Italian. This also meant that speaking practice was lot more limited. Since his arrival in the UK Alessandro has been attending the classes at Language Link for almost two months‚ and has also
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This case study is based on Patricia‚ a Spanish national in her twenties who is in her last year studying an Economics degree course. She is also a student on the Elementary course at the British Language Centre. Patricia’s started learning English at the bi-lingual school she attended. She learnt English for 3 years but did not take any official examinations‚ but sees this as a possibility for the future. At school she learnt English because it was obligatory. The only other language she speaks
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UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY LEARNERS Today’s learners appear smarter‚ yet they can’t read as their parents do and they are addicted to the Internet. Even in classes‚ their concentration is questionable as they are uneasy to simply sit and listen. They become alive again through video presentations‚ group activities and computer classes. Teachers/Educators generally use the traditional education program which is applicable to the learners in the past. They fail to realize that the new learners are information
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principles of learning and describe how these apply to my own area of teaching making links to effective communication strategies. INTRODUCTION I am going to discuss the different learning theories and styles there are and the tensions I will face as a teacher and a learner with them. In this assignment I will analyse my own learning style and the different learning styles within my group of students. I will look at the theories of learning styles within thinking‚ learning and creativity
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Some reports portray English language learners as a new and homogenous population. Actually ELLs are a highly heterogeneous and complex group of students‚ with diverse gifts‚ educational needs‚ backgrounds‚ languages‚ and goals. An English language learner is an individual that is of another culture and has migrated to America to live‚ learn‚ become educated and find a career. English language learners have been coming to America and continue to migrate here more and more. Most of them speak different
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It’s important to clarify that the term “achievement gap” stems from the deficit ideology itself. As Gloria Ladson-Billings has incessantly urged‚ the term “education debt” is much more fitting. This term allows us to conjure long term solutions for inequities that have historically accumulated. However‚ as mentioned before‚ the literature on the disparity of academic performance‚ is still debated between the two main groups of the deficit ideology and the education debt. We will take a closer into
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After reading the book “Becoming a Learner” by Matthew Sanders‚ I was able to better appreciate the effect that positivity has on learning in a college setting as well as throughout our entire lives. There were a few key points that stood out to me‚ that I want to touch on briefly. Sanders said‚ “The primary purpose of college isn’t learning a specific set of professional skills‚ the primary purpose of college is to become a learner.”‚ I think that this statement is so true. Often times as young
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Autonomous Learning 2.1.2.1Constructivism 2.1.2.2 Humanism 2.1.3 Teachers’ Role in Autonomous Learning 2.2 Input Theory 2.2.1 Krashen’s theory of language acquisition 2.2.2 Input hypothesis in second language aquisition 2.2.3 The language input in autonomous learning 2.3 Web-Based Language Teaching and Learning 2.3.1The development of web-based language teaching 2.3.2 web-based language learning and input thoery 2.4 Assessment in autonomous learning
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Airbus’s New Support Strategy Values Customer Service Airbus is building a new support strategy where customers pay for a significant portion of purchased services with data collected during operations. In a press briefing last December at the aircraft manufacturer’s headquarters in Toulouse‚ France‚ executives from Airbus’s customer services team explained that rather than becoming a standalone business unit‚ integrated customer support can help make Airbus airplanes more attractive. In addition
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The purpose of this essay is to research a technological toy‚ I focused on Bee Bots‚ which I use in my setting‚ evaluate and critically analyse the effectiveness of that toy in promoting children’s learning. Later I will demonstrate my personal use of ICT and a record of use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) over a period of one month as a professional role in promoting children’s development in my setting. Finally‚ I will reflect on my tracking sheet and identify the opportunity
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