Proceedings of CLaSIC 2012 USING WEBQUEST TO DEVELOP INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS: A MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION CLASS IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Yudi Setyaningsih (yudi.setyaningsih@machung.ac.id) Universitas Ma Chung‚ Malang‚ Indonesia Abstract Intercultural awareness in communication is important so as to bridge communication gaps between different cultures. In this era of globalization where there are interdependences caused by changes in global economies and communication
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the results were first announced 113 The English Teacher Vol. XL nationwide in 2003. One of the reasons for the introduction of the new OET to Malaysian secondary schools is the hope that the test preparation will help to develop students’ oral competence in line with the learning objectives stated in the English Language
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3. CULTURE AND RITUAL AS A COMMUNICATIVE MATRIX Culture‚ could be defined as all that characterizes a people from their nomenclature‚ thought patterns‚ belief systems and ritual life (see Maliknowski 1957). Culture is a concept and a reality that is complex to describe‚ quantify and account for especially in its day to day communicative valence. One does better to live it than to define and describe it. Very significant elements of a people’s culture are ritualized and not thematised in clear-cut
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to be suitable. The competency concept was originally developed in psychology denoting individuals’ ability to respond to demand placed on them by their environment. Competence refers to having sufficient skill‚ ability‚ knowledge‚ or training to permit appropriate behavior‚ whether words or action‚ in a particular context. Competence includes cognitive (knowledge)‚ functional (application of knowledge)‚ personal (behavior)‚ and ethical (principles guiding behavior) components‚ thus the capacity to
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Communication Paper Marcos Ramirez SOC/110 05/11/2015 Susan Corliss University of Phoenix How do people communicate? Provide examples of verbal and nonverbal communication. Communication is very important in our lives‚ because it is the way we express ourselves and interact with others. Every time we communicate we are exchanging or expressing our needs‚ ideas‚ opinions‚ and emotions. Therefore‚ communication is more than just listening and talking because it involves understanding. There
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The Use of Literature in Teaching English as a Foreign Language By: Amr Alhemiary Abstract This research aims at emphasizing the use of literature as a popular technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading‚ writing‚ speaking and listening)and language areas(i.e. vocabulary‚ grammar and pronunciation) in our times. Reasons for using literary text in a foreign language classroom‚ suitable situations for teaching literature and main criteria for selecting suitable literary texts
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A COMPILATION OF APPROACHES‚ METHODS‚ STRATEGIES/TECHNIQUES AND TEACHING- LEARNING MATERIALS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Course‚ LNG 506 Current Trends in Teaching English And Construction of Instructional Materials by ROWELA I. SALVANTE M.A. Ed. (Language Teaching English) March 2012 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Sincere gratitude and warmest appreciation is hereby extended to the following people‚ who‚ in any way have contributed‚ inspired me and never
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My personal competencies Personal competencies provide information on people’s abilities and how to improve their skills. I think is very important for people to know what their personal competencies are because it helps people understand their strengths and weakness as well as lets them know where they need to focus their efforts to improve their competencies. Some good competencies that would benefit a company and employees who work together are Top of Formworking cooperatively with others
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METAPHOR AND DIALECTICS AS LITERARY DEVICES AND COMMUNICATIVE TOOLS By Odum‚ ikechukwu A. B.a‚ m.a‚ PGD (sc/antr)‚ Mnipr Metaphor as a Literary Device The classical Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle declared metaphor one of the highest achievements of poetic style. According to him‚ “it is the mark of genius – for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances …” (Dukore 50). Our literary world especially‚ the African literary world is pervaded with metaphors. Metaphor has become an indispensable
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Background of the research One of the basic competencies of English taught to the grade VIII of Junior High School based on Competence Based Curriculum 2004 is to express idea in written texts in the form of narrative‚ descriptive‚ and recount. This competency requires mastery of language components such as grammatical feature‚ vocabulary and ability to arrange text cohesively. Producing text using certain genre seems difficult. Students have to have large amount of vocabulary‚ mastery of grammatical
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