MASARYK UNIVERSITY BRNO FACULTY OF EDUCATION Department of English Language and Literature How to improve students’ communicative skills Bachelor Thesis Brno 2007 Thesis Author: Lenka Temerová Thesis Supervisor: Mgr. Renata Jančaříková Announcement Hereby I state that I worked on the Bachelor Thesis on my own and used the sources of information listed in the bibliography only. Vyškov 23rd April 2007 Lenka Temerová
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patients‚ regardless of cultural/ethnic background. In order to provide culturally competent health care‚ it is important to not only understand what end-of life care is‚ but also what cultural competence is. The National Institute of Health (NIH) and
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COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING - APPROACHES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING DIDATICS Methods BACKGROUND The origins of CLT are to be found in the changes in the British language teaching tradition dating from the late 1960´s. Until then‚ Situational Language Teaching represented the major british approach to teaching english as a foreign language. In slt ‚ language was taught by practicing basic structures in meaningful situation-based activities. But British linguistis saw the need to focus in language
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD AND CLT: AUDIO-LINGUAL COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING 1. Meaning and structure Attends to structure and form more than meaning. Meaning is paramount. 2. Memorization Demands memorization of structure-based dialogs. Dialogs‚ if used‚ center on communicative functions and are not normally memorized. 3. Context Language items are not necessarily contextualized. Contextualization is a basic premise. 4. Learning objectives Language
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Culturally Competent Care Name: Kristin Jones Institution: Excelsior College Introduction Cultural competence care is borrowed from the aspects of cultural competence in any other work or personal environment. Cultural competence refers to the aspect of developing awareness of the personal existence‚ thought‚ sensation as well as the environment‚ without letting this knowledge have any form of influence on other people’s backgrounds‚ thoughts and opinions (Murphy‚ 2011). This means that one has
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and Liqun Li. Furthermore‚ we will identify the teaching methods that were used by them and it relevance to the teaching and learning process in China. The study sought to investigate whether the communicative approach could help students acquire their vocabulary while reading through communicative activities‚ and develop their ability of using language and arouse their interest in learning English. 1.0 METHODS USED IN THE STUDY. 2.1 The Grammar Translation Method This method
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cultural competence? What is culturally competent care? These are very important questions to consider. Nurses are exposed to diverse cultures constantly in today ’s society and need to be able to provide appropriate care while still respecting a patient ’s cultural background. Cultural competence in nurses is a combination of culturally congruent behaviors‚ practice attitudes‚ structures and policies that allow nurses to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. Cultural competence reflects
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Approach to Language Pedagogy‚ p.13-37. Second edition. New York: Addison Wesley Longman‚ Inc. Larsen-Freeman‚ Diane. 2000. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press. Savignon‚ Sandra J. 2001. Communicative Language Teaching. Theory Into Practice 26(4): 235.
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developmental model of intercultural sensitivity‚ Enuson affirms that interaction with people of different cultures results in an increase of intercultural sensitivity and the ability of intercultural competence. He underlines this opinion by presenting the pyramid model of intercultural competence by Deardorff. To explain acculturation processes he seizes on the suggestion of Berry‚ who define different dimensions of cultural variation. Eunson attempts to illustrate the diversity in verbal and
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Essay On Social Competence The physical environment within an early childhood setting can be detrimental to children’s behaviour through their developmental stages. Social competence corresponds with positive behaviour because lack of engagement to the child’s environment may cause a child to respond by boredom‚ chaotic behaviour‚ unable to express themselves through language‚ lack of concentration and overall developmental challenges (Porter‚ 2008‚ pp. 164). It is the responsibility of the educator’s
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