Exams: How they are a Stumbling Block in English Language Teaching in Bisha Come the seasons of mid-terms and end-of-terms‚ we can see an increased volume of frustration in the faces of all the students. Thus right from the best of the students to the bunch of careless and indifferent-to-studies students‚ all of them find themselves in a state of utter chaos and confusion. Thus such standardized tests in ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING‚ especially in Bisha‚ drag their psychic situation from worse to
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should have said soup‚ the inaccurate production of a phoneme can lead to misunderstanding (at least on the part of the waitress). A learner who consistently mispronounces a range of phonemes can be extremely difficult for a speaker from another language community to understand. This can be very frustrating for the learner who may have a good command of grammar and lexis but have difficulty in understanding and being understood by native speaker. Another example of mispronunciation: when a
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Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Two English Learning Visual Advertisements It was not until the advent of “new media age”‚ which by definition involves prevailing digital-mediated communication modes and substantial usage of multiple semiotic resources combined in the realization of discourses‚ did the mainstream preference of monomodality unprecedentedly challenged (Kress & Van Leeuwen‚ 2001). Language‚ as one of the semiotic resources‚ is by no means the only carrier to realize discourses. Diversity
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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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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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Introduction: The Nature of Teaching The nature of teaching has been conceptualized and explained n countless ways‚ one conceptualized is that teaching is the act of providing activities that facilitate learning‚ another view runs likes this”Teaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what the teacher is doing in her classes‚ if the student are not learning something significant‚ she is not teaching‚ when the student fails‚ the teacher fails more. Quite similar to
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TEACHING APPROACHES/STRATEGIES AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES Over the years‚ schools have always been concerned with how to come up with effective teaching-learning experiences for the learners. In an attempt to attain this goal‚ the teacher is expected to possess a thorough knowledge of the criteria of good teaching and the mastery of the subject matter to be taught and a broad knowledge of various teaching approaches/strategies of teaching. With some charges of emphasis on educational goals
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The attitudes and opinions associated with “Politically Correct” (PC) language are widely varied‚ but in general‚ there are three main categories into which people fall: those for the PC movement; those against the PC movement; and those indifferent‚ adapting or ignorant to the PC movement. PC stemmed from an increasing number of people in the 1980s wanting to eradicate what they saw to be prejudice through the use of euphemisms and alternative terms. This built up momentum with the formation of
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Related Literature Task-Based Language Teaching In learning the second language‚ it is important that one could use it daily in one’s communicative activities‚ otherwise it will atrophy. Nowadays‚ one of the latest trends in second language teaching and learning is Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Nunan (2004) defined task as a piece of classroom work which involves learners in comprehending‚ manipulating‚ producing‚ or interacting in the target language while their attention is focused
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Three Lesson Plans for Past Simple Teacher ’s Name: Naela Laham Date: 26.12.12 Lesson 1 Past Simple Subject English Major 10th grade Grade 45 minutes Time Students will be able to: 1.speak about their feelings when they hear about the tense past simple. 2. have a short introduction about the importance of the past simple through watching a story in the YouTube http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Niki55-200014-feelings-fantastic-bird-education-love-photos-story-birds-ppt-powerpoint
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