First Essay: “Focus on this Learner” Rita Karen Law Trainer: Mr. Meza August 6‚ 2013 First Essay: “Focus on the Learner” A unique human ability is to be able to create and use language to communicate to each other. Humans learn their culture through communication using their linguistic competence and performance. In an article written by Elwyn C. Lapoint‚ “Cultural Content in Introductory Linguistics” he states that “This holistic view
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Case Study of a Learner The learner’s feelings towards group work‚ need for cognition‚ self efficacy‚ metacognitive awareness and the study process questionnaires show a strong link to the learner’s childhood and how they learn today. The learner had medium to high scores in their feelings towards group work and the need for cognition questionnaire which relates directly to the learner’s family situation. This is also evident in the self efficacy and metacognitive awareness questionnaires‚ where
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what is defined to be capitalism. Capitalism‚ for the purposes of this essay‚ will be defined to be the relentless pursuit of not just wealth‚ but profit. One of the significant implications of capitalism is the exploitation of laborers‚ which contributes to the creation of different types of classes‚ including the proletariat. Before the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in England‚ there was a feudal system with lords who owned land and had serfs working the land. The initial sources of wealth
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Habits How are habits formed? How can they be changed? 11/9/2013 Psychology 103 Almost everyone (if not all people) have a habit; it could be a good habit or a bad one. One thing most do not know is how a habit is formed? Can they be changed? A habit is a recurrent‚ often unconscious pattern of behaviors that is acquired through frequent repetition‚ and tends to occur subconsciously. Habits emerge because the brain is constantly seeking ways to conserve energy. It looks for a cue that
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Motivating the Adult Learner Another aspect of adult learning is motivation. At least six factors serve as sources of motivation for adult learning: Social relationships: to make new friends‚ to meet a need for associations and friendships. External expectations: to comply with instructions from someone else; to fulfill the expectations or recommendations of someone with formal authority. Social welfare: to improve ability to serve mankind‚ prepare for service to the community‚ and improve
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Explain the ways in which you would establish ground rules with your learners‚ which underpin appropriate behaviour and respect for others. When introducing yourself to a new class of students it is very important to identify the objectives for the course and use this first meeting to lay down a set of ground rules. Ground rules set the boundaries within which the students must work; they enable everyone to have an equal opportunity to carry out their study whilst in the classroom. An ideal
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How Can Virtual Reality Improve Education? Virtual Reality is changing the way individuals view and interact with the world and it is not just for video games anymore. In the educational context virtual reality can enhance and successfully improve education. As a graduate student in Second Language Acquisition I am interested in exploring how virtual environments can be integrated in the language curriculum to aid and enhance students’ learning. The traditional language textbook has become an outdated
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Success Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident‚ popular‚ and cheerful all of the time? Or‚ on the other hand‚ is he stressed‚ having second thoughts about his life choices‚ and unsure about the meaning of his life? I’m sure he is uncertain. Advertising‚ marketing and media have effectively brainwashed our society into accepting a false‚ even potentially dangerous definition of success. Marketers want us to believe that having lots of money‚ living in a big‚ fine home‚ and owning
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attaining a free world. In essence‚ the state government encouraged racism in the community leading to the rise of racist students at central High School. Segregation rested in the minds of the municipal authorities as opposed to the ideal integration strategies that the federal government had towards all citizens of the United
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Vintar National High School Brgy. Tamdagan Vintar‚ Ilocos Norte (2002-2006) Elementary Dipilat Elementary School Brgy Dipilat Vintar‚ Ilocos Norte (1995-2001) Skills and Achievement • Fast-learner • Competent‚ Patient‚ Hard-working‚ Devoted‚ honest and open for self improvement • Average English communication skills • Multi-tasking‚ pro-active‚ with good interpersonal relations
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