Teaching Pronunciation Pronunciation involves far more than individual sounds. Word stress‚ sentence stress‚ intonation‚ and word linking all influence the sound of spoken English‚ not to mention the way we often slur words and phrases together in casual speech. ’What are you going to do?’ becomes ’Whaddaya gonna do?’ English pronunciation involves too many complexities for learners to strive for a complete elimination of accent‚ but improving pronunciation will boost self esteem‚ facilitate communication
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Teaching speaking skills 2 - overcoming classroom problems Submitted by TE Editor on 16 February‚ 2004 - 13:00 This article is written for teachers with large classes of students who have encountered some of the following or similar problems during speaking activities in their classroom. * Why should we teach speaking skills in the classroom? * Motivation * Speaking is fundamental to human communication * Dealing with the arguments against teaching speaking skills * Student’s
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teachers will also change. In my essay I am going to focus on the importance of using creative teaching methods in young learners ‘education. I will depict the characteristic features of ’ideal’ teachers by exploring the meaning of creative teaching and its benefits both on children and on teachers. Before talking about the benefits of creativity in teaching one must define what creative teaching is. Is being creative means being talented? Or being skillful? Or maybe simply being original
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Multimedia Teaching with Video Clips: TV‚ Movies‚ YouTube‚ and mtvU in the College Classroom Modernization: Video-brain conclusions. The value of a video clip as a teaching tool lies in its potential to do the following: (a) tap the core intelligences of verbal/linguistic‚ visual/spatial‚ musical/rhythmic‚ and emotional (interpersonal and intrapersonal)‚ (b) engage both the left and right hemispheres‚ (c) appeal to the reptilian‚ limbic‚ and neocortex layers of the brain to sense the nature of
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My teaching philosophy is most closely steeped in progressivism. According to the progressivism philosophy it is crucial that a teacher make all the lessons meaningful to the students. It is also vital that the teacher meets the needs of their students. Progressivism also states that students will learn more effectively in social settings. In the progressivism philosophy it is essential to teach subjects not in isolation but as a blend of several subjects combined. The progressivism philosophy points
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Teaching Professions Teaching is a demanding job that requires in-depth knowledge of subject content‚ age-specific pedagogy‚ and many varied skills such as patience‚ leadership‚ and creativity‚ just to name a few. If you are considering a career as a teacher‚ paraprofessional (teacher’s aide)‚ administrator‚ counselor‚ school nurse‚ or school Library Media Specialist‚ you may want to learn more about what the profession is all about. Click on any of the following links to learn more about each profession
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Teaching is an important and increasingly popular choice of career for all kinds of people. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher. Teaching is the greatest career ever. It is very satisfying and tricky at the same time. I think that it is a once in a million time life chance to get teaching as a career. In order to be a teacher you need special skills and special awards to be a qualified teacher. Before you receive Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) you need to complete a course known as
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Principled Eclecticism Method Fitting the method to the learner‚ not vice versa Today the professional language teacher has a good grounding in the various techniques and new approaches‚ and they know and understand the history and evolution of teaching methodologies. The modern teacher will in fact use a variety of methodologies and approaches‚ choosing techniques from each method that they consider effective and applying them according to the learning context and objectives. They prepare their
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Unit 8 Teaching Vocabulary I) Understanding Vocabulary & vocabulary learning The acquisition of vocabulary at first sight seems straightforward; we all know you need a large number of words to speak a language. That is to say‚ the role of vocabulary seems to have received people’s consistent understanding in foreign language learning. However‚ people are still uncertain about which vocabulary items should be taught and learned‚ in what order and how they can be taught and learned most effectively
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learning/teaching multiplication facts are developing an understanding of the operation and related number relationships‚ developing efficient strategies for fact retrieval‚ and drilling for rapid and accurate recall of facts. The strategies for developing the concepts of multiplication include repeated addition‚ the commutative property of multiplication‚ using zero and one‚ doubles‚ five facts‚ and some special helping facts. Teaching these strategies will consist of using concrete experiences (real-world
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