than teaching listening in the classroom. My learners‚ who are living and studying in Australia‚ often view understanding the news as a major achievement in their listening development. It is an authentic text that they have free‚ repeated access to on a daily basis. However‚ lower level learners often view news reports as something that is above their level and totally incomprehensible. My aim is to develop my teaching of strategies to help learners become more successful in understanding news
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Focus on Application-ANOVA Testing The concept I will be discussing is ANOVA Testing. I will perform an ANOVA test to determine if there is a difference in nicotine levels of king size filtered‚ non-filtered‚ and menthol cigarettes. I will identify the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis‚ F-value‚ F-critical‚ P-value‚ and state the final conclusion. A simple random test of 25 filtered‚ non-filtered and menthol test was collected and the nicotine amount measured. All of the cigarettes are
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References: (1) Swan‚ M. And Smith B.(2001) Learner english Cambridge University Press (2) AbiSamra N
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Language Analysis | February 26 2008 | Candidates should demonstrate an ability to analyse language for teaching purposes and show understanding of basic ELT terminology relating to form‚ meaning and language use. | Assignment 2 | He takes after his father Context: Students listen to a short dialogue (a married couple have just had a baby boy) A. Congratulations Julie! How are you? B. I’m fine thanks. I’m feeling much better now. A. So...where is he? Wow‚ look at his
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1. The plane leaves at 10.00 tomorrow. (a) the present simple + time marker subject + verb ‘to leave’ in the present simple tense + time marker (b) Talking about a future event with an externally scheduled timeframe. (c) Students may have some difficulty understanding the concept that the event being referred to is taking place in the future but the sentence is using the present tense. (F) Students may confuse the verb form ‘leaves’ with ‘leaves’‚ the noun form meaning plural of ‘leaf’. (M)
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The Good Learner Good learners are good listeners precisely because the motivation to listen plays one of the most crucial roles throughout their learning process. Michael Nichols‚ PhD‚ once quoted in his book‚ The Lost Art of Listening‚ that “To listen is to pay attention‚ take an interest‚ care about‚ take to heart‚ validate‚ acknowledge‚ be moved and appreciate.” (p.14). When learners are motivated to pay attention and take interests‚ the desire for self-learning naturally take place. As their
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SECTION 1 Learners and Teachers‚ and the Teaching and Learning Context A: TEACHING AND LEARNING CONTEXTS Task 1 1. In what context will you be doing the CELTA course? The context that I will be doing the CELTA course is as an already experienced teacher‚ having worked in most types of the teaching contexts listed in the task. I have worked‚ for the past eighteen years mainly with young learners‚ although I have gained some experience with adult learners during that time also. Having lived
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motivated‚ active learner? A self-directed learner is someone who is very independent in learning and does not fear to be self-disciplined in learning. He or she takes responsibility for their own learning. An intrinsically motivated learner is someone who participates in learning activities because of an inward satisfaction of contentment rather than the outward rewards. An intrinsic learner derives inner pleasure from learning. He or she is motivated internally. An active learner consciously engages
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CELTA written Assignment 3: Language Skills Related Task Section 1: chosen text For this assignment I have a chosen a text which is an interview with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver‚ called ‘Interview with Jamie Oliver: I’m a big fan of chillies’‚ by Nandy Priyadarshini‚ published on DNA India website (http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-interview-with-jamie-oliver-im-a-big-fan-of-chillies-1897063). The level of students for which the article and tasks are intended is intermediate. I think students
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Celta Assignment 1: Language related task State in the simplest possible language what the underlined target language actually means. I’ve been waiting here for two hours. * I was waiting for two hours. * I am still waiting. * I am annoyed about it. State the form Subject + have/has + been+ verb+ing. Identify features of pronunciation * The ‘I’ and ‘have’ have been contracted to form ‘I’ve’. * The stressed syllable of pronunciation is I’ve been waiting.
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