Rationale: Stories and Storytellers " (Scheherazade) fashions her universe not through physical force‚ as does the king‚ but through imagination and reflection." -- Reading Lolita in Tehran‚ p.19 Azar Nafisi ’s Reading Lolita in Tehran is a source of inspiration and hope for many who are interested in teaching and discussing literature‚ especially as it pertains to the social and political power of women. Personally‚ this is one of those books I end up
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Elbaum‚ Sandra. 2001. Grammar in Context 3rd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers. Grammar in Context by Sandra N. Elbaum is an interesting approach to teaching grammar. Elbaum encases grammar in a much more useful mantle by using real life examples of U.S. culture and history. Grammar is an important part of language‚ but it is technical‚ abstract‚ and boring. In order for a text to engage a student it must be interesting and relevant to their lives. I think Grammar in Context could be effective
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assigned to teach English which is her major‚ it can be concluded that her students will acquire adequate learning. All these factors greatly contribute to the effectiveness of teaching as well as learning. Having stated that‚ I realized that for a lesson or a curriculum will be best implemented and taught if all the necessary components‚ which in this case are the class program‚ teacher’s assignment and room assignment‚ are present and well organized. Proper organization can greatly influence and
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CHAPTER 15 ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SKILLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Subject-Verb Disagreement Trimming Sentences Parallelism Comparison Problems Pronoun-Antecedent Disagreement Pronoun Case Dangling and Misplaced Participles Other Misplaced Modifiers Tricky Tenses Idiom Errors Diction Errors Other Modifier Problems Irregular Verbs The Subjunctive Mood Coordinating Ideas 511 512 McGRAW-HILL’S SAT Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement Finding Verbs The verb is the
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and to my mind there are not many higher callings. I have served a tenure of 21 ½ years with the New Zealand Army where I attained the rank of Sergeant. Promotion through the ranks required me to be taught how to give both physical and classroom lessons. During my time I have had the privilege of working alongside a number of the different nations of the world. I spent a total of 4 ½ years in Singapore and my time there allowed me to be immersed in the culture and ways of the people. My time in
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SUNILA SOUTHGATE COLLEGE CELTA COURSE PRE- INTERVIEW TASK 1. In each of the following sentences underline the verb or verb and identify the form/ tense used. a) We never go to the theatre these days. Present Simple b) We are saving up to travel abroad Present Perfect Continuous c) We have already been to Europe. Past Perfect d) We didn’t have enough money to go further. Past Simple e) We had spent all our savings by the end of the summer. Past Perfect f) We had
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Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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as I made sure they read the questions beforehand and then read the story for gist. My tutors and peers have noted that I was too tense in previous lessons and I’d pace around the class too much however this time I tried to contain myself by sitting down when handing out tasks however there is still room for improvement. The initial part of the lesson seemed to work well and I’m content with the way it panned out. The aim was to get students talking to each other about their life in malta with their
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Supreme Green ESL 433 N October 16‚2014 Janice Norris Lesson Plan Reflection In this reflection essay‚ it will justify the content reasoning for implementing alliteration in a SIOP lesson plan for English Language Learners. For the most part‚ English Language Learners experience difficulties in their quest to obtain language proficiency because of their under develop cognitive skills‚ intellectual skills‚efficient and effective exposure
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