October 2009 Number 345 TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ Reading is the gateway to learning; without it‚ children cannot access a broad and balanced curriculum. Dyslexic difficulties are associated with negative educational‚ employment and economic outcomes‚ making reading-related issues relevant to various policy domains. This POSTnote explains the reading process and the underlying basis of specific reading difficulties. It also summarises different methods of reading instruction‚ and examines their
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Introduction Vocabulary is the basic element of a language. As “a good command of vocabulary is indispensible in every stage of English language” (Li‚ 2005:168)‚ memorizing vocabulary is very important for English learning. Especially in China nowadays‚ a study of memory strategies for English vocabulary is very necessary to improve college students’ English learning. Reasons are as follows. Firstly‚ as to the requirement from college‚ college students are required to master a large size of
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Abstract I. Introduction 1. Problem statement 2. Research goals 3. Significance of the research II. Literature review 1. What is the definition of speaking? 2. The definition of Communicative Language Teaching? 3. The definition of Grammar-Translation 4. The situation of English speaking teaching at Vietnamese high schools 5. The characteristics of CLT approach 5.1. History and background of CLT approach 5.2. The comparison between CLT approach and Grammar-Translation method 5.3. The teachers
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New Era University COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY IE 574- INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TEACHING GUIDE 1. OBJECTIVES At the end of the class‚ students should be able to * Identify four main types of hazards to health and safety. * Explain the various routes of entry that chemical and biological hazards use to enter the human body. * Describe the short-term and long-term effects that hazards can have on an individual’s health and safety. * Identify types of environmental hazards
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Teaching Strategies 1. Narrative The word derives from the Latin verb narrare‚ "to tell"‚ which is derived from the adjective gnarus‚ "knowing" or "skilled". A narrative (or play) is any account of connected events‚ presented to a reader or listener in a sequence of written or spoken words‚ or in a sequence of (moving) pictures. Narrative can be organized in a number of thematic and/or formal/stylistic categories: non-fiction (e.g. New Journalism‚ creative non-fiction‚ biographies‚ and
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Grammar Skills……………………4 1.3 The Content of Teaching grammar…………………………………….…6 PART 2 MAJOR METHODS AND PRINCIPLES …………………...…….8 1.1 A Brief Review of the Major Methods of Foreign Language Teaching.…8 1.1.1 The Grammar Translation method…………………………………..…8 1.1.2 The Direct Method……………………………………………………..9 1.1.3 The Audiolingual Method……………………………………….……10 1.1.4 Grammar explanations as used in the major methods………..……….10 1.2 Some General Principles of Grammar Teaching……………………..….11 1.2.1 Conscious approach………………………………………………
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activity is not a lesson plan. In fact‚ there is no need for a lesson plan to ever be seen‚ touched‚ considered or dreamed of by students‚ and nor does it even need to exist on paper or disk‚ though it usually does. A lesson plan is a teacher’s plan for teaching a lesson. It can exist in the teacher’s mind‚ on the back of an envelope‚ or on one or more beautifully formatted sheets of A4 paper. Its purpose is to outline the "programme" for a single lesson. That’s why it’s called a lesson plan. It helps the
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TEACHING AND LEARNING STYLES TEACHING STYLE – individual teachers’ distinctive or characteristic manner of teaching. LEARNING STYLE - are simply different approaches on ways of learning. 4 TYPES OF TEACHER Authoritarian Teacher Permissive Teacher Detached Teacher Authoritative Teacher 4 TYPES OF TEACHING STYLES Authoritarian Teaching Style Permissive Teaching Style Detached Teaching Style Authoritative Teaching Style Teaching Styles 1. Authoritarian Teaching Style - The
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BNH-21F Prompt A Essay 4 Teaching the N-Word For centuries‚ racism has been defined by the face of man and the skin color that coats it. Derogatory terms‚ such as the N-word‚ dehumanize minority races‚ maintaining a mental acceptance and continuing segregation throughout society. As most can concur‚ the N-word holds a unique title within the English vocabulary. In such order‚ it is extremely taboo to the extent where it is not even whispered in a conservative atmosphere. On the other hand
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There are currently three main approaches to teaching reading; the bottom-up model‚ the top-down model and the interactive model. Although both the bottom-up and top-down models have their merits‚ the interactive model blends the major strategies of them both together to form a more balanced well-rounded approach. The bottom-up model‚ which was the sole method of teaching reading through the mid-1980s‚ places a heavy emphasis on decoding. The belief is that the eye directs the mind‚ and that
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