◦Sociolinguistics ◦Discourse Analysis ◦Pragmatics ◦Autonomous learning ◦Distance learning ◦Corpus Linguistics The area I choose was The Autonomous Learning. 2. What aspects of the area(s) you chose attracts or amazes you most? Why so? Please explain. The most attractive aspect for me is the metacognitive strategies‚ that we can defined as ‘an appreciation of what one already knows‚ together with a correct apprehension of the learning task and what knowledge and skills it requires‚ combined with
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Types of Learning We all have had many years of experience in learning in face to face settings in similar classrooms. Although the face to face learning environments are often complex and unpredictable‚ we are very familiar with them and have developed high levels of skill in working in these environments. We can’t assume‚ however‚ that the skills‚ strategies‚ and techniques that we effectively use in face to face learning environments will also work well in online learning or in blended
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The principles of Learning Unit 112 (City and guilds 7407 2003 /2004) Arnie Sacknusem Introduction “The history of education is littered with failed theories‚ even those that were the result of years and years of research.” Page 213‚ David Minton Teaching Skills in Further & Adult Education The “Principles of Learning” are a broad collection of learning theories that have been and developed over time. This essay aims to show how these different theories underpin current
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One of the features that blended learning is superior to the merely online class is the essence of supervisors to offer guidance in person. So that students can discuss what they learned from the Internet with peers or professors. The application of online learning during face-to-face class breaks the limits of the traditional class that relying on textbooks merely‚ which promotes deep learning and extends knowledge. The emergency of various educational technologies makes me think of the infinite
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Inclusive learning and teaching The tutors are to facilitate inclusive learning and teaching. To effectively deliver and promote inclusion‚ equality and diversity within a learning environment without any discrimination in respect to gender‚ colour‚ race‚ nationality‚ sexual orientation‚ or disability. All learners’ are entitled to learn in an appropriate environment‚ to be given equal opportunity‚ freedom of expression‚ to be treated fairly and with respect. For example for those for whom English
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Culture Learning in Language Education: A Review of the Literature R. Michael Paige‚ Helen Jorstad‚ Laura Siaya‚ Francine Klein‚ Jeanette Colby INTRODUCTION This paper examines the theoretical and research literatures pertaining to culture learning in language education programs. The topic of teaching and learning culture has been a matter of considerable interest to language educators and much has been written about the role of culture in foreign language instruction over the past four decades
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Reyes‚ Karlotte Mildred H. CPE 1 The Learning Environment The core business of schools is to provide students with a rich learning environment that is open‚ respectful‚ caring and safe. This ideal learning environment optimises wellbeing. It reflects a positive school ethos that makes the school an exciting‚ stimulating and welcoming place. Schools do this by: developing and communicating an explicit commitment to wellbeing acknowledging individual differences and providing opportunities
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LEARNING DISABILITIES Learning disabilities‚ or learning disorders‚ are an umbrella term for a wide variety of learning problems. A learning disability is not a problem with intelligence or motivation. Kids with learning disabilities aren’t lazy or dumb. In fact‚ most are just as smart as everyone else. Their brains are simply wired differently. The most common types of learning disabilities involve problems with reading‚ writing‚ math‚ reasoning‚ listening and speaking. These are heterogeneous
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Learning Theories There are many different types of learning theories that are used to help guide individuals through the teaching and or learning process. It has been developed that individuals develop through stages of learning until he or she can reason logically on their own. The two learning theories this paper will focus on is the conditions of learning theory originated by Robert Gagne and the model of discovery learning originated by Jerome Bruner. Gagne’s theory recognizes that there
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sees the child as “continually interacting with the world around him/her solving problems that are presented by the environment” and learning occurs through taking action to solve the problems. Moreover‚ the knowledge that results from these actions is not imitated or from birth‚ but “actively constructed” by the child. In this way thought is seen as deriving from action; action is internalized‚ or carried out mentally in the imagination‚ and in this way thinking develops. For Piaget‚ action should
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