Today’s Literacy Focus: Determining importance‚ retelling Objective: The student will be able to select important events to orally retell a story using the “Uh-oh . . . Phew” strategy. Today’s Assessment: The student will read through the provided fiction text (“Quack! Quack! Will Duck Get Back?”) and the use the “Uh-oh . . . Phew” strategy to orally retell the story. The student will the complete a story mountain and use it to assist them in retelling the plot of the story. The teacher will
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Being A Successful English Learner English has taken an important role in a number of schools. Not only in international standard state schools that use English in doing their learning process‚ but also in many private schools which utilize it to make the students might be able to use it in their daily activity. In the study of English‚ some students can understand easily and get successful. However‚ others may find it very hard to study English well. It seems that learning English brings
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Managing Time as an Adult Learner Time is an amazing concept. Time has been said to be worth more than gold‚ jewelry or even money. Many would trade valuable items in order to have more of it or even go back into it. We are given time and told to “spend” it wisely. From birth our time is filled with things to do‚ to learn and to accomplish. What if there was a secret to freezing time‚ what would it be worth? As a child earns money some choose to save or some spend quickly. Can you “spend” your time
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FACT: Approximately 65 percent of the population is visual learners. FACT: The brain processes visual information 60‚000 faster than text. FACT: 90 percent of information that comes to the brain is visual. FACT: 40 percent of all nerve fibers connected to the brain are linked to the retina. FACT: Visual Literacy is the ability to encode (create a visual language) & decode (understand a visual language). FACT: Visual aids in the classroom improve learning by up to 400 percent. FACT: Students
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Online Learning and Adult Learners Online Learning Online learning or e-learning is a recent phenomenon. The transition from traditional methods of learning to learning online is not easy. Despite the difficulties and challenges in learning through technological medium‚ online learning provides opportunity for adults to fulfill their dreams later in life in achieving life long goals‚ or enhance their knowledge for professional advancement and open doors for better job opportunity and improved
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Assessment of English Language Learners Alisha C. Green Grand Canyon University: ESL 533N Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Instruction December 12‚ 2012 Abstract Assessments are a critical tool in monitoring the progress of English language learners at all grade levels. The main purpose of assessments is to ensure students are receiving quality teaching instruction in accordance to academic and content standards. Even though these tests are not the only resource used for testing students
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Britain‚ England and many more. English is the universal language because it is widely used by many people like Asians‚ Europeans‚ Africans and many more. However‚ how can we use English in shaping 21st century learners? English has many purposes that can help shape 21st century learners. One is we can use English in expressing our thoughts‚ ideas‚ feelings and many more. Because English is important‚ we need to use English precisely because if we don’t use our language properly it will result
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A learner centered pedagogical approach can significantly enhance the value of a college education by empowering students in classroom settings. In a learner centered classroom‚ students can incorporate interactive discussions‚ reflective journal assignments‚ and group presentations in to their course’s agenda to make more meaningful and relevant the material being presented to them in class‚ so that it may be useful to them throughout their entire lives. Not only do students need to be challenged
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American society is more diverse than ever before. There is significant increases in our country’s minority populations‚ and this trend will likely to continue. Diverse student learners include students from racially‚ ethnically‚ culturally‚ linguistically diverse families‚ communities of lower socioeconomic status‚ and students with disabilities. These best practices may be categorized into four broad bands of strategies to avoid the achievement gap in diverse leaners include: 1) demonstration
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Student-Centered Student-centered learning is viewed as a progressive approach to teaching. The focus in student-centered learning is to make students more aware of the material they are learning and why it is important. Teachers want to make students more active in the classroom‚ by encouraging them to interact with one another. The teacher measures achievement based on individual student performance‚ instead of comparing each person to their peers. Teachers practicing student-centered learning
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