The following is a summary of two articles pertaining to curriculum and instruction issues facing local school districts in Iowa and California. The first article states that the Iowa legislature intends to approve new statewide curriculum standards (Campbell‚ 2008). Lawmakers feel this is needed because there is a growing concern that Iowa is falling behind other states. The governor has set a date of 2010 for students to be versed in a “model core curriculum”. The Iowa Association of
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Differentiated Instruction “What Is a Differentiated Classroom?” is the title of the first chapter of our course text. Below the title is a quote from Seymour Sarason’s “The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform.” The quote states: “A different way to learn is what the kids are calling for ….All of them are talking about how our
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How does one‚ with Apraxia or its reminiscent effects‚ learn a foreign language? This topic is quite controversial; everyone has their own opinions and experiences with it. Some despise forcing kids to learn a language that they lack interest in. Some hate that their child already struggled/struggles with English‚ why on Earth would we dump ANOTHER language on them? This is a controversy I hope to address‚ at least by sharing my personal journey with it even though it is difficult to explain
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Hee (Hailey) Baker ESL 053 October 9‚ 2013 Living in a Foreign Country People migrate to a different country in hopes of improving their life style. It may be to provide a better life for their family or to accomplish one’s dream. Whatever the reason may be‚ one brings dreams and hopes to the new world hoping to have a better life than what they already have. When people just think of visiting a foreign country‚ curiosity and excitement comes to mind. That is because you will be
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and Carol Ann Tomlinson‚ nationally renowned expert on Differentiated Instruction. Both professors are innovative enough to present invaluable theories with many effective strategies that ensure a quality teaching process for teachers and a high standard knowledge acquisition and skill improvement for learners. For understanding more about Jay McTighe ’s Understanding by Design and Carol Tomlinson ’s Differentiated Instruction‚ I managed to interview both professors about their instructional and
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English as the Official language of the United States April 3‚ 2011 Designating English as the Official Language of the United States The United States contains people from every nation with every language and culture known. All of these people help to make the United States the country that it is today. Each of the cultures has their own language and they are all citizens of this country. A citizen means that you have the same rights as every other citizen to speak the language of your birth‚ to
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY‚ HANOI HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES THE USE OF ARTICLES IN LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AMONG SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT FELTE‚ ULIS‚ VNU Student: Mai Như Quỳnh Class: K19C Lecturer: Dr. Ha Cam Tam Hanoi‚ June – 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE
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first fundamental function of learning foreign language is that it provides students chances to have a glimpse of the culture of other countries. It is only by having the knowledge of another culture‚ can we learn tolerance and understand ways different from our own. Aside from that‚ we can also understand how different religions shape different cultures. Besides‚ there are so many masterpieces from countries like China and India that are written in the language with words that may don’t even exist
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"The light begins…the light ends" Dulce Maldonado Abstract: In this lab the students did two labs in which they learned the process of photosynthesis‚ which involves the use of light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar‚ oxygen‚ and other organic compounds. Oxygen is released as a product. This process is often summarized by the following reaction: 6CO2 + 12H2O ------> C6H12O6 + 6H2O + 6O2 The energy of photosynthesis comes from absorbed photons found in light and involves
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of English being the official language of the United States of America? Will there be penalties or fines for using languages other than English in government business? Will people lose their jobs if they do not understand English? These questions all leads up if English should or should not be an official language of the United States of America. It should be an official language of the US because it increases the chance of an individual to acquire a job
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