Teaching Pragmatics explores the teaching of pragmatics through lessons and activities created by teachers of English as a second and foreign language. This book is written for teachers by teachers. Our teacher-contributors teach in seven different countries and are both native-speakers and nonnative speakers of English. Activities reflect ESL and EFL classroom settings. The chapters included here allow teachers to see how other teachers approach the teaching of pragmatics and to appreciate the diversity
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“a container of collected evidence with a purpose. Evidence is documentations that can be used one person or group of persons to infer another person’s knowledge‚ skill‚ and/or disposition”. Winsor and Ellefson (1995)‚who stress the learning process and learning product‚ define that “portfolio is a fusion of process and product. It is the process of reflection‚ selection‚ rationalization‚ and evaluation‚ together with the product of those processes”. There are some essential characteristics
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Teaching Listening Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners‚ whether they are communicating at school‚ at work‚ or in the community. Through the normal course of a day‚ listening is used nearly twice as much as speaking and four to five times as much as reading and writing . In a recent study of Fortune 500 Corporations‚ Wolvin and Coakley (1991) found that listening was perceived to be crucial for communication at work with regards
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You and I and a couple million other people have all been in schools for a number of years‚ and we all have some pretty good ideas about the qualities we feel are important for good teaching. Not surprising‚ several agencies and organizations have looked into the characteristics of good teachers. One of those is the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC). The INTASC establishes guidelines for preparing‚ licensing‚ and certifying educators. Among other things‚ they promote
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Unit 009 – Understanding inclusive learning and learning in lifelong learning. 3.2 – Explain how to establish ground rules with learners to promote respect to others Ground rules are a set of rules‚ which are used to give all learners an equal chance of learning. Ground rules should help to support against disruption‚ it allows everyone to participate and encourage respect for each other’s contributions. As identified by Gravells (2008)‚ learners like to know the limitations within which they
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student population in our elementary schools becomes increasingly more diverse‚ teachers must amend their current ways of thinking and teaching to be considerate of the multiple cultures that are now present in their classrooms. Teachers‚ themselves‚ must be open to new ideas that different cultures will present as well as a mass of culturally based viewpoints. Diversity in the classroom is not something that can be ignored or shoved under the rug‚ but it must be acknowledged‚ accepted‚ understood and
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Traditional Teaching vs Online Teaching Nowadays‚ education becomes one of the important things in human life. Most of the individual in the earth is aware to obtain the education. Besides that‚ every country always concern on developing the quality of the education to improve the human resources. If the quality of human resources of a country is good‚ indeed‚ the quality of that country will be good too. As the matter of fact‚ we cannot deny that the improvement of technology really influence
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influence inclusive learning and teaching in the lifelong learning sector. Teaching methods will vary according to what you want to get out of the session‚ what the learners are able to achieve within the time frame‚ what materials and resources are available‚ what you are teaching‚ the needs of the learners and your personal style. This could be formal‚ informal or a mixture of both. Formal teaching methods include lecturers‚ demonstrations and presentations. Informal teaching includes discussions
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Teaching Strategies Your role as teacher is to create an environment in which all students can participate to the best of their abilities. One of your greatest challenges is to provide a positive learning environment for the students in your classroom. Because each student has his or her own unique set of physical and intellectual abilities‚ perceptions‚ and needs‚ the learning styles of your students may vary widely. Once you determine the special needs of your students‚ you can identify the areas
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TDA24-1 Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people TDA24-1-1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. It is essential that every school must produce a range of policies which formally sets out the guidelines and procedures for ensuring equality. Legislation | Purpose | Disability Discrimination Act 1995 | Protects the rights of all those with disabilities
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