Chapter I Introduction Today’s competent professionals are the ones who possess the following qualities: critical thinking‚ initiative and communication skills. The said skills answer the question how can a graduate land a job suited to the education he or she received as shown by People’s Managers Association of the Philippines’ podcast‚ “Book Smart is not Enough‚” on You Tube (2011). Critical thinking is weighing all possible solutions to a problem and choosing the best one that would solve the
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grammar and vocabulary might be” (Celce-Murcia‚ 1987:5). In the field of language teaching‚ the role of pronunciation has varied widely from having virtually no role in the grammar-translation method to being the central focus in the audio-lingual method where emphasis is on the traditional notions of pronunciation‚ minimal pairs‚ drills and short conversations. The growing emphasis on communicative approaches for the teaching of English has placed higher demands for correct pronunciation. Despite this
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What is ESP and how does it differ from teaching general English course What is ESP? ESP is English for Specific Purpose and can also be referred to as Business English. A great deal about the origins of ESP could be written. Notably‚ there are three reasons common to the emergence of all ESP: the demands of a Brave New World‚ a revolution in linguistics‚ and focus on the learner (Hutchinson & Waters‚ 1987). ESP arose as a term in the 1960’s as it became increasingly aware that general English
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Teaching speaking to ethnic minority students of English at Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College: Problems and solutions Author: Ngo Thi Thuy Huong Deputy Dean of Foreign Language Study Department Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College Telephone number: 0218.3600.438 Email: nghuonghb@gmail.com Nguyen Thi Le Thuy Lecturer at Hanoi University of Industry Bio Data: Ngo Thi Thuy Huong has a BA in English. She has been a teacher of English at Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College (HTTC)
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My reflection is on a teaching session of nasogastric feeding to a second year student. One of the patient I looked after was fed via a nasogastric tube. My student had told me she had never set up a feed via a nasogastric tube. I saw this as a learning opportunity for her. In order for me to teach my student effectively‚ it was important to establish her preferred learning style. Honey & Mumford (1992) identify four distinct learning styles e:g 1. Activist‚ are those people that learn by doing
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process of learning and teaching hasimproved the way in which students learn learn throughout the years Have a look at the influence of technology in education. 4. 1780 - Early public schools adopt the teacher/manager model with the teacher as the primary manger of instruction and assessment in a single 1946 - First vacuum tube-based computers developed;classroom universities help in computer development effort; technology used in 1960 – PLATO (programmed logic for automatic teaching war effort. operations)
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APPROACH BY: Tavane Brooks-Barrett WHAT IS THE ECLECTC APPROACH? The eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher’s use of techniques and activities from a range of teaching approaches and methodologies. HISTORY OF THE ECLECTIC APPROACH The eclectic approach was proposed as a reaction to the profusion of teaching methods in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Eclecticism was first recorded to have been practiced by a group of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers who attached themselves to no
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right way to conduct my internship program. She has passed a lot of time in this respect. She was cordial to solve my problem. I want to specially thank my Supervisor in IUH‚ Mr. Nguyễn Trường Sa‚ who taught me many useful techniques in English teaching methods and the one who always follows me in each typical step during my probation. I am grateful to
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Teaching strengths in different situations: Planning stage: * Improving lesson planning. Lesson plans are detailed‚ reflect comprehension of aims‚ anticipated problems and possible solutions‚ and where I need to improve. * Use of materials: prepared supplementary worksheets when necessary. In the classroom: * Evidence of applying what I am learning from input sessions and feedback sessions. * Manner‚ rapport‚ response to students. * Eliciting from students during all
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(1991). Correction: a positive approach to language mistakes. England: Language Teaching. Brown‚ H. D. (2000). Principles of language learning and teaching (4th ed.). New York: Addison Wesley Longman. Hanzeli‚ V. E. (1975). Learner’s language: Implications of recent research for foreign language instruction. The modern language journal‚ 59‚ 426-432. Hendrickson‚ J. M. (1978). Error correction in foreign language teaching: Recent theory‚ research‚ and practice. The modern language journal‚ 62‚ 387-398
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