In 2012‚ the National Center for Education Statistics reported that 9.2 percent or 4.4 million of public school students in the United States were English Language Learners‚ or ELLs. While the national average was almost 10 percent‚ the state of California had the highest enrollment‚ at nearly 23 percent (nces.gov). With so many students in US schools for whom English is not their first language‚ it was decided that these students should receive some sort of English language education to facilitate
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Misconceptions about Learners with Learning Disabilities There are many misconceptions associated with learners who have a learning disability. One common myth is that we know very little about the causes of learning disabilities. This is very untrue. Even though we don’t know all of the causes of learning disabilities‚ we know a great deal as to why they happen. In our book it discusses how they may be caused by genetic factors‚ teratogenic factors‚ such as alcohol during pregnancy‚ and medical
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LEARNING ENGLISH MORPHOLOGY FOR EFL LEARNERS Generally‚ we can mention that EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners are those who learn English tend to achieve the particular purpose. For example‚ they can use English when travelling or to communicate with other people from whatever country‚ who also speak English. We can classify the students of English department into EFL learners‚ too. So‚ they need to be able to speak English well. One of the foremost aspect in speaking English is we have
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THE TEAM FOCUS FRAMEWORK FOR TEAM PROBLEM SOLVING THIS ABRIDGED SLIDE DECK WAS PREPARED FOR THE WEBINAR ON JUNE 26‚ 2009 SEE THE FULL VERSION AND SUPPORTING TEMPLATES AND SLIDES AT WWW.PAULFRIGA.COM Dr. Paul N. Friga - 2009 Confidential material from the book: The McKinsey Engagement: A Powerful Toolkit for More Efficient and Effective Team Problem Solving The TEAM FOCUS Framework 2 Interpersonal T E A M Talk Evaluate Assist Motivate Analytical F O C U S Frame Organize Collect Understand
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PTSD 1 Running Head: PTSD PTSD: A Focus on Civilians and Grief Brian A. Wong Marshall University Author Note Brian A. Wong‚ junior psychology major‚ counseling minor‚ Department of Psychology‚ Marshall University. This research was an assignment in Abnormal Psychology (PSY 408) taught by Jason R. Weaver‚ due Monday‚ April 23‚ 2012. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Brian A. Wong‚ Psychology Major‚ Department of Psychology. Email: brian.wong@live.marshall
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What I have learnt from the observation of my peers and the experienced teachers about effective teaching. From observing my peers and experienced teachers‚ I have seen that effective teaching can be delivered in different ways yet still has certain key aspects. Perhaps the most important aspect of effective teaching is good planning. If it is well planned‚ the aims of the lesson will be clear to both the teacher and the students. A good example of this was a lesson by DL‚ which I observed on
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Focus groups are a prominent method of enquiry‚ regularly used within the field of social science and in particular‚ qualitative research. The focus group practice involves a number of participants having an open discussion on a specific topic‚ set by a researcher. The researcher acts as a moderator to aid discussion by using probes to collect desirable data. This process is recorded and transcripts are used to interpret and analyse given information. Carson et al (2001‚ p.114) refers to focus
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The Characteristics of adults and young people as learners In this article we will consider the characteristics of young people and adults as learners. We will touch on the three main theories of teaching‚ identify and expand on three factors that have been identified as motivating adult learners and which the savvy teacher can use to increase the motivation of the learner. We will briefly consider five barriers that can affect a learner’s participation and or learning‚ looking at three of them
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After reading Dewar and Wittington (2000)‚ I discovered that I’m an extrovert learner. The pros of being an Auditory learner are very similar with the pros of being an extrovert learner. They both consist of remembering voices and faces‚ having the ability to develop thinking and writing skills and understanding spoken instructions better than others. They also have similar cons like
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This chapter was an overview of the whole book. It discussed the reading deficit our country is going through but also how the focus on learning to read has never been greater and why it isn’t working. This chapter also discussed which parts of the brain help to learners to read and the different approaches to reading instruction. The five essential components mentioned were as follows: phonemic awareness‚ phonics‚ fluency‚ vocabulary‚ and comprehension. The chapter went on to discuss different types
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