In Creating Effective Language Lessons authors Jack C. Richards and David Bohlke examine the essential characteristics of good teaching that lead to the creation of effective lessons. By exploring the thinking‚ skills‚ and practices that expert teachers employ in the classroom‚ Richards and Bohlke outline the key principles that language teachers need to be familiar with in order to create and plan effective lessons while fostering a positive attitude toward learning in a student-centered classroom
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HEADER: Language Acquisition Theories Introduction It is reported by Waggoner that one in six United States adolescents between the age of 14 and 19 speaks a foreign language at home besides English. Some schools expect these children to speak English fluently and at a rapid pace. They also have this hidden expectation that there will be no interference with their academic progress in the classroom. The information that is taught to English language learners
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COURSE PAPER USING VISUAL AIDS IN TEACHING ENGLISH CONTENTS Introduction ..............................................................................................................3 Chapter I. Theoretical aspect of using visual material in teaching English ...........5 1.1. The importance of using visual aids in teaching English ..................................5 1.2. Learning styles in language teaching .........................................
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Learning English: A surprising experience Learning a new language can be a scary and frustrating experience but for other people it is not. This is the case of a girl named Lindsay. She is 22 years old and she is studying a Bachelors of Arts in English Language Teaching. She started to learn English when she was ten years old because it was a mandatory subject at the school she attended. The interesting thing about her case is the fact that‚ even though it was a compulsory course‚ she mentioned
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USING ECLECTIC APPOACH FOR FUTURE TEACHING Nowadays‚ English has become the Global language. It is the language of science‚ technology‚ economic‚ etc. As a result‚ learning English has become an essential need for everyone. While learners try their best to reach their goal of successful communicator in foreign language‚ teachers find ways to make language teaching effective. In this fashion‚ considering and choosing the right way in teaching is prior thing for all of teachers and I am not an exception
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University of Plovdiv Faculty of Philology Department of English and American studies TOPIC: INTERACTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH MASTER’S THESIS GRADUATED STUDENT: Костадинка Иванова Господинова Faculty number 0603598075 Plovdiv 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.Introduction 2.Theoretical part – Interactive methods of teaching English 2.1 Interactive audio-visual teaching method 2.2 Brainstorming method 2.3 Debate method 2.4 Think-Pair-Share method 2.5 Jigsaw reading method 3.Practical
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www.ccsenet.org/elt English Language Teaching Vol. 4‚ No. 2; June 2011 A Contrastive Study of Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Approach in Teaching English Grammar Shih-Chuan Chang Department of Foreign Languages‚ Cheng Shiu University Chengcing Rd. Niaosong Township‚ Kaohsiung County‚ 833‚ Taiwan Tel: 886-07-731-0606-6212 Received: October 21‚ 2010 Accepted: January 11‚ 2011 E-mail: llc724@csu.edu.tw doi:10.5539/elt.v4n2p13 Abstract The Grammar Translation Method
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INTRODUCTION For centuries‚ Strategies on teaching and learning second language has been formed and apply in the classroom. Based on that‚ many researches has been conducted to test these methods in teaching and learning process to examine whether it is efficient or just a waste of time. By reading through these researches‚ teacher has been given responsibility to choose which methods that can be adaptable to their own respective classroom and how it would help them with the lessons. Through
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English Language Needs of Petroleum Engineering Students at Hadhramout University of Science and Technology Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi & Munir Shuib School of Humanities‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia Biodata Atef Saleh Al-Tamimi worked five years as a university instructor at Hadramout University of Sciences and Technology‚ Yemen. He is currently a PhD student at the School of Humanities‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia. His areas of interest include ESP‚ Needs Analysis‚ and English Language Teaching (ELT) research
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Trends in Teaching and Learning English in Vietnam: Implications for the Future Dr. Lillian Utsumi & Dr. Doan Thi Nam-Hau CHEER for Viet Nam - Traversing Borders: Viet Nam Teacher Program Abstract In this paper‚ researchers Doan and Utsumi present the results of a study‚ using mixed methods that examined current teaching methods and practices in English language teaching. Spanning five major universities in Vietnam‚ data were collected from multiple sources‚ including focus groups‚ interviews‚ classroom
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