REL 212 – World Religions COURSE DESCRIPTION Offers a comparative approach to religious world views in relation to such questions as the origin of all things‚ the limits of knowledge‚ and the roles and responsibilities of the individual and of society. Presents a conceptual‚ historical‚ and cultural survey of the major world religions. Examines Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity‚ Islam‚ Shintoism‚ Zoroastrianism‚ Baha’i‚ indigenous religions‚ and New Age religious practices. Analyzes
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There are multiple methods of English language teaching. Ever since the invention of what some may argue to be the pioneering method in the field‚ the Grammar Translation Method (GTM)‚ various other methods have been devised‚ in order to try and overcome the limitations of their predecessors. It is well known that each method has its strengths and limitations. The degree to which the strengths catalyse‚ and the limitations impeding the learning process of the student‚ depends mostly on the student
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING GRAMMAR IN AN EFL CONTEXT1 Abdu Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi PhD.‚ College of Education‚ Sultan Qaboos University‚ Oman rayan3@gmail.com Ramani Perur Nagaratnam PhD.‚ Ministry of Manpower‚ Oman The role of grammar instruction in an ESL/EFL context has been for decades a major issue for students and teachers alike. Researchers have debated whether grammar should be taught in the classroom and students‚ for their part‚ have generally looked upon grammar instruction as a necessary
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MACAU DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY HISTORY 212: GLOBAL ISSUES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE SPRING SEMESTER 2013 Michael Share Office Room Number: PG 27 Office Phone Number: 83978827 mshare@hkucc.hku.hk and mshare@umac.mo COURSE DESCRIPTION This course area is designed to provide a general understanding of key problems facing the modern world by examining a contemporary issue in its historical context. Through the study of a specific case study students will gain a better understanding
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Teaching Grammar Goals and Techniques for Teaching Grammar The goal of grammar instruction is to enable students to carry out their communication purposes. This goal has three implications: * Students need overt instruction that connects grammar points with larger communication contexts. * Students do not need to master every aspect of each grammar point‚ only those that are relevant to the immediate communication task. * Error correction is not always the instructor ’s first responsibility
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Word classes and phrases There are eight word classes‚ or parts of speech‚ that are distinguished in English: nouns‚ determiners‚ pronouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives‚ adverbs‚ prepositions‚ and conjunctions. (Determiners‚ traditionally classified along with adjectives‚ have not always been regarded as a separate part of speech.) Interjections are another word class‚ but these are not described here as they do not form part of the clause and sentence structure of the language.[1] Nouns‚ verbs‚ adjectives
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Parts of Speech: A noun (N) - A noun is a word that names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea. A pronoun (PN) - A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns. A verb (HV‚ LV‚ AV) - A verb is a word that expresses action‚ link the subject to predicate‚ or helps the main verb make sense in a sentence. An adjective (ADJ) - An adjective is a word that modifies a verb‚ an adjective‚ or another adverb. Adverbs answer which one‚ what kind‚ how many‚ or how many. An
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Class : Year 6 Subject : English Language Time : 8.30am - 9.30am Duration : 60 Minutes Number of Pupils : 20 Pupils Class Descriptions : Intermediate Theme : World Of Stories Topic : Simple Past Tense ( regular & irregular verbs ) Skills : Listening‚ Reading and Writing Learning Standards : 5.1.3 Objectives : Pupils should be able to; (i) identify the irregular and regular forms of verbs in the story. (ii) answer 4 out of 6 questions using irregular form of verbs in sentences
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COURSE TITLE: Critical Reading and Writing in the Humanities COURSE CODE: FOUN 1012 SEMESTER: ONE (2013-2014) LEVEL: Year One (Foundation Course) NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3 PREREQUISITE: A pass in the English Language Proficiency Test or its equivalent DURATION: 13 weeks Critical Reading and Writing in the Humanities will allow students to explore a variety of materials in the humanities and develop their skills in writing expository discourse appropriate to their disciplines by
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message. Functional grammar is an unconsciously learnt ability to manipulate the grammar of a language to suit the occasion; taking in ones social‚ cognitive and pragmatics‚ relating to the structure of the language. (Walter de Gruyter). Communicative competence is a subset of functional grammar and its approach in teaching will allow students to learn grammar through meaningful communication. Communicative competence is a speaker ’s internalized knowledge‚ both of the grammar rules of a language
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