Exams: How they are a Stumbling Block in English Language Teaching in Bisha Come the seasons of mid-terms and end-of-terms‚ we can see an increased volume of frustration in the faces of all the students. Thus right from the best of the students to the bunch of careless and indifferent-to-studies students‚ all of them find themselves in a state of utter chaos and confusion. Thus such standardized tests in ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING‚ especially in Bisha‚ drag their psychic situation from worse to
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Gandhi’s teachings and Jesus’ teachings Gandhi and Jesus were both great leaders who have positively influenced millions of people to living a life in peace and harmony. Gandhi was a man who freed India from Great Britain and Jesus was a man who freed the souls of many from their sin. Many of their teachings are parallel to one another. Two of which were that both Gandhi and Jesus taught their followers to treat others the way they wanted to be treated and the emphasis on non-violence. Although
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INTRODUCTION In order to understand better English on both spoken and written‚ the most valuable gifts offered the pupils is pronunciation. However‚ as a teacher‚ sometimes it is a bit difficult in contributing this particular gift. It can be a challenge to the teachers when they face the problems such as the pupils’ pronunciation habits are not easy to change and it is also hard to understand and make a correction of the wrong pronunciation made by the pupils themselves. A consideration
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Teaching Pragmatics explores the teaching of pragmatics through lessons and activities created by teachers of English as a second and foreign language. This book is written for teachers by teachers. Our teacher-contributors teach in seven different countries and are both native-speakers and nonnative speakers of English. Activities reflect ESL and EFL classroom settings. The chapters included here allow teachers to see how other teachers approach the teaching of pragmatics and to appreciate the diversity
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Alternative Method of Bilingual Education 1 In this peer reviewed journal article “A Speech Community Model of Bilingual Education: Educating Latino Newcomers in the USA” written by Ofelia Garcia and Lesley Bartlett the authors find a way to address the current problem of bilingual education in the US. They do so by conducting a qualitative case study at a segregated bilingual high school for Latino newcomers
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The English language teachers‚ as well as any other teachers‚ encounter various professional problems concerning lesson planning‚ class management‚ student motivation‚ coping with unpredicted issues‚ and numerous other problems. There are many specific problems that usually only foreign language teachers meet‚ e.g. the usage of the mother tongue during the lessons etc. Student motivation One of the most important problems the English language teacher faces is student motivation. For learning of
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reading comprehension‚ literary competence and literature in teaching English as a foreign language. 6 2. Past approaches until the second half of the 20th century. 7 2.1. Analysis of the past methods with reading and literature in view. 8 2.2. The shift in the attitude towards reading and literary texts in teaching English as a foreign language. 11 3. Modern approaches – introduction to Communicative Language Teaching. 12 3.1. CLT analysis in the context of reading‚ literary
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Stereotypes: Bilingual Education for Hispanic Students Bilingual education has been looked down on for various reasons. Most of the beliefs behind the reasons are due to misconceptions about bilingual education students. While bilingual education can be for any student who’s primary language is not English‚ those of Hispanic descent are the largest majority. Possibly due to this fact‚ they are looked down upon and are seen in a negative light. Opponents of bilingual education believe
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ECLECTIC APPROACH BY: Tavane Brooks-Barrett WHAT IS THE ECLECTC APPROACH? The eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher’s use of techniques and activities from a range of teaching approaches and methodologies. HISTORY OF THE ECLECTIC APPROACH The eclectic approach was proposed as a reaction to the profusion of teaching methods in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Eclecticism was first recorded to have been practiced by a group of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers who
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1 Non-Native English Students Learning in English: Reviewing and Reflecting on the Research ■ Allan B.I. Bernardo and Marianne Jennifer M. Gaerlan De La Salle University‚ Philippines ABSTRACT: As more countries adopt English as the language of learning in schools‚ more non-native speakers of English are learning English so that they can learn in English. In this paper‚ we review studies (mostly involving Filipino-English bilinguals) that look into the experiences of bilingual learners as they
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