One of the greatest things about college is the fact that what we learn is tied to observable experiences that we have. I have seen this most in my time at Benjamin Franklin Elementary school‚ where I observe a Kindergarten classroom. This brings about the point that I did not get to experience a toddler and preschool learning environment. I first noticed the curricula in the classroom‚ and how much it matched up with the curricula we discussed in class. Their curriculum was very hands on‚ open‚
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Writing Seminar Final Essay Student: Aurimar Barrientos Prof: Alexander Salazar The teaching and learning of writing in English as a Foreign Language As foreign language students we possess the capacity to learn a new language‚ for example English. It might be easy to speak it‚ read it and listen it‚ but what about writing? Writing might be disliked and avoided for students because it is frustrating. It is frustrating because it is unnatural. Speaking is natural and not frustrating; when
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English is the only foreign language worth learning I likely diasgree with this statement. Every language is worth learning because it is how we communicate with each other. English is third most spoken language in the world‚ after Chinese and Spanish. I think English is leading language on this planet because Chinese and Spanish are spoken only in few countries. There are approximately 370 million native English speakers all around the world. On top that‚ there are roughly the same amout who
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Direct Instruction Following the many approaches‚ theories‚ and development through cognitive‚ conceptual‚ constructivist styles of teaching‚ the Direct Instruction allows a constant source of inspiration‚ support‚ encouragement‚ and motivation. By starting the education of life applied to myself‚ my family‚ my daily actions in all I do‚ this action applies the appropriate knowledge‚ dispositions‚ and performances in developing diverse approaches to strategies that are constructive‚ consistent
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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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Assigment Why Do People Learn Foreign Language ? Language is a system of communication for us to interact with others. Without language we may not be able to interact‚ because language is the source for the creation of human interaction with others. The language in the world is very much‚ on average every countries has different language even though there are the same but not many and not completely the same pronunciation‚ for example‚ is that the English language is divided into two‚ namely the
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Running Header: Differentiated Instruction 1 Differentiated Instruction II Cher Nickerson-Jemerson EDU677: Monitor & Evaluating Curriculum & Instruction Systems Thinking Instructor: MiShawna Moore December 14‚ 2011 Differentiated Instruction 2 Teachers
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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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A. What do you understand by the term “differentiated Instruction”? Differentiated instruction is a method of designing and delivering instruction to best reach each student. Not all students in a classroom learn a subject in the same way or share the same level of ability. It is important for the teachers to know their students well so they can provide each one with experiences and tasks that will improve learning according to their ability. As Carol Ann Tomlinson said‚ “Differentiation means giving
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