My Experience Taking ESL 33A Everyone has a different experience in their life. My experience to take ESL 33A at Pasadena City College is unforgettable because I learned so many knowledge and grammar from this class. During taking ESL 33A‚ I will never forget this experience. I remember once when taking a in class essay‚ I felt I did well on it because I used my ways to write about this essay‚ and I did not use the skills I learned from this class. Therefore‚ I expected to get
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Namrata Savaliya “ESL Students” "Anxiety is a basic human emotion consisting of fear and uncertainty" (Sarason‚ 1988). Anxiety has its good and bad sides. On the one hand it helps avoid dangerous events that can be life threatening. On the other hand it causes people to freeze as they avoid non-dangerous situations. The mind cannot distinguish between what is life threatening or just a stressful situation. "One such event [that causes minds to freeze but is not dangerous] is testing" (Harris
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Students be given special treatment in mainstream classrooms? ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands‚ that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language‚ that goes to his heart‚” (Nelson Mandela). English as a Second Language (ESL) students are growing in population as Canada and other English speaking countries become more diverse with citizens that have different native languages. English is an influential language which is taught world wide for different reasons. English as
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ESL Methods - English Language Teaching The field of linguistics and teaching in the 20th century is marked by the development of different foreign language teaching methods and approaches. Some have no or small following and others are widely used Although modern foreign language teaching has adopted completely new methods‚ the work of language professionals in the period between 1950 and 1980 contributed significantly to scientific views in the field of second language teaching and learning.
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communicate orally and physically in English‚ as they learn to overcome their fears III. Major Challenges the ESL/ELL/LEP students have to overcome to achieve academic success Problems and difficulties faced by ESL/ELL/LEP
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Assignment : Teaching Grammar to ESL Students 1. I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day. (a recovering alcoholic at an AA meeting) STRUCTURE: ‘used’ structure FORM: subject + used to + infinitive B. FUNCTION AND MEANING It talks about an action that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens in the present. . C. PROBLEMS WITH… Meaning: Students may think that he is talking about the present‚ rather than the past. Some learners may use ‘used to’ in place of the
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January 8‚ 2002 by President George W. Bush. The NCLB Act of 2001 reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education ACT (ESEA) and is considered to be the biggest and most significant revision to the education policy of the United States since 1965. While the NCLB Act is a historical piece of legislation that will forever change the education of public schools its history and main purpose was initiated decades before. The origins on the NCLB act of 2001 can be found in public cases and legislation
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After I got my bachelor degree in Respiratory Care‚ I had many job offers. I hesitated between working in private hospital or in government one. Then I choose to work in a private hospital. According to my experience I can see some differences and similarities. A private hospital is better for me in regards to salary‚ quality and facilities. First‚ private hospital salary’s is higher than the government one. Also‚ the annual increase of the salary is much higher. In fact‚ they vary not only in
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Paraphrasing Lecture Notes What is paraphrasing? Paraphrasing is using your own words to express what someone else has already written. To clarify‚ let’s say that you have read an article which has information you would like to include in an essay. You can NOT simple copy word for word exactly as it is written in the original text. However‚ you can rewrite the text in your own words. Be sure to follow these three rules to help you when paraphrasing. 1. The “rule of 3”. Generally‚ you can copy
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Forum Discussion: Laws and Requirements for ESL Assessment What impact would you say No Child Left Behind has had on ESL learners and their education‚ either based on your actual experience/observations or your best guess after reading the text of the law? Although I am not a teacher yet‚ in my opinion‚ the impact that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has had on ESL learners and their education should be positive. First‚ NCLB demands additional state and local accountability and greater attention
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