“Teaching as mountaineering”‚ written by U.S. Author Nancy K. Hill‚ talks about the analogies of teaching. After analyzing the inadequacy of those most common analogies‚ the author proposed a new analogy to the teachers—mountaineers. However‚ I do not think that teaching is not like mountaineering. Teaching is not as risky as mountaineering. People are likely to meet difficult and harsh situation such as steep terrain and bad weather which may cause disasters to the whole team once someone makes
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TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction
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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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Through my educational experience and personal reflection so far‚ I have some strong beliefs regarding teaching in my future classroom. For the classroom environment‚ the main belief that I have is that everyone in my classroom has to pay respect to each other. For establishing the classroom culture‚ I want to inspire the class to be curious all the time and be encouraged to ask “why” questions in class. I also want my students to be caring to each other. In addition‚ I would like to keep my classroom
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TEACHING & LEARNING RATIONALE HHN1012 COHORT 7 MARCH 2012 NUROUL NATZIATUL NADHEA BINTI MOHD NAJIB U1179259 Introduction Presentation and lecture are commonly traditional methods widely used in teaching organization‚ where such values in these techniques are sometimes difficult to understand by the students. The material that the educator trying to teach the students sometimes bores them or makes them confused which eventually make study ineffective. To be an effective educator‚ he or
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602.2.2-08 EIT4 A1a. Teaching Situation The teaching situation in the video was a typical computer lab type of classroom. The tables were arranged around the perimeter of the room as well as an aisle in the middle with two long tables. Computers were placed on top of the tables with a adequate spaces in between to allow each student to have enough space to work. On the wall of the classroom there was a blackboard‚ as well as a LCD screen that was utilized to show the students what the teacher
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this is the holocaust. This paper will connect catholic social teaching‚ the holocaust and prejudice and racism in the United States. The holocaust was one of the most devastating things documented in the history of the world. To think that all these people were killed just because of how they looked or the religion they believed in is something horrible to think about. The holocaust violated a number of catholic social teaching principles but there were three major ones violated. The first is
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An exploration of the innovative methodologies requires an awareness of the goals and objectives of teaching literature in general and the novel in particular‚ the advantages of teaching novels and teaching methodologies. It is very difficult to agree on the goals of teaching literary texts. In the past‚ teaching literature was viewed as a way of making people better human beings and better citizens. The purpose of making English Literature a course of study at University College‚ London in the
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Resources for Teaching A TEXT AND ANTHOLOGY Laurie G. Kirszner Stephen R. Mandell Prepared by Courtney Novosat Jeffrey Ousborne Cara Snider Bedford/St. Martin’s Boston o New York Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s All rights reserved. Instructors who have adopted Practical Argument as a textbook for a course are authorized to duplicate portions of this manual for their students. Manufactured in the United States of America. 5 4 3 2 1 0 f e d c b a For information‚ write:
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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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