Assignment 1: Focus on the learner 1. Profile My student´s name is Francisco Morales‚ he is 30 years old and of Chilean nationality. Francisco is in an Elementary English class and has only been studying English for 2 months. He had English lessons at University but these were mainly focused on reading. Francisco said he did not learn a lot through these and therefore had to take another course now‚ mainly for work purposes. Francisco works in the Pharmaceutical industry‚ specifically in
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DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION Disproportionate Representation of African American Students in Special Education Shystudent March 1‚ 2011 Abstract In 2011 there is still disproportionate representation of African American Students in special education classes. This can be defined as conflict in the education environment because‚ government legislation mandates that No child be left behind‚ yet African American students
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ABSTRACT TITLE: A Study on the Need of Women Education for Socio-Economic Development of Rural Assam Birinchi Choudhury** Without the development the rural areas of Assam‚ we can never materialize our goal for being developed state by 2010 as declared by the present state govt. For the development of the rural Assam‚ including male‚ women education is a must. But women are neglected year after year. The attitude towards women hasn t changed yet. The literary rate shows this fact. According to the
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Education is commonly referred to as the process of learning and obtaining knowledge at school‚ in a form of formal education. Generally‚ at the start of a very young age‚ children learn to develop and use their mental‚ moral and physical powers‚ which they acquire through various types of education. (www.coneweb.tripod.com) The process of education does not only start when a child first attend school. Education begins at home when the parent started to give
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Negotiating with learners‚ e.g. initial assessment‚ agreeing goals and actions Initial assessment is the beginning of a teacher/learner relationship‚ allowing the teacher to identify and discover learners with difficulties and disabilities if the learner is confident to talk about them. By recording this information‚ plans towards teaching can be made so every learner feels included and progress in their learning experience. The information will determine the learners starting point; the learners may already
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CAMBRIDGE CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2: FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Learning background Student M of French nationality who speaks French‚ became interested in English at an early age and has a high aspiration for learning English. She enjoys traveling and considers English crucial and useful in everyday life. She has been studying English irregularly in school and after that by herself and at various English language schools. She told me at school a lot of the focus was the grammar as
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diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. Being a family friend‚ I have been around Christopher on occasion for a few years now. His big smiles and hugs or silly dances can brighten up anyone’s day. In fact he is one of the reasons I decided to peruse special education. Christopher was first officially diagnosed with Down syndrome upon being born. Alyssa‚ mother of Chris‚ told that she and her husband had no idea that their son would be born with this disability. She said the doctors had indicated that he
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Diagnostic/Prescriptive/Evaluative Teaching 1 Diagnostic/Prescriptive/Evaluative Teaching Study Guide Diagnostic/Prescriptive/Evaluative Teaching Abstract 2 The name of the school was Brenneham Elementary‚ which is a K-8 school and one of the many‚ Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The focus of my observation and interview was to discuss diagnosis‚ prescription‚ evaluation‚ and analyses of goal instruction‚ daily role‚ and implementation in the classroom. The researcher’s observations
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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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This study investigated factors which motivated individuals to initially pursue careers in special education‚ factors which contributed toward their plans to remain or leave the field‚ and their perceptions of school districts’ effective and ineffective recruitment and retention practices. The sample comprised of 15 individuals employed in public schools throughout north Texas who initially pursued careers in special education. Data were collected through the form of audio-recorded semi-structured
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