◦Sociolinguistics ◦Discourse Analysis ◦Pragmatics ◦Autonomous learning ◦Distance learning ◦Corpus Linguistics The area I choose was The Autonomous Learning. 2. What aspects of the area(s) you chose attracts or amazes you most? Why so? Please explain. The most attractive aspect for me is the metacognitive strategies‚ that we can defined as ‘an appreciation of what one already knows‚ together with a correct apprehension of the learning task and what knowledge and skills it requires‚ combined with
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Language Learning Style for Young Learners by Devi Kusumawardani Ertanto Abstract This article suggests that by linking the language learning style in teaching and learning process in the class can help the students in gaining their successful in learning language. It is important to involve the learners’ learning style in order to ease the young learners in understanding the knowledge about language‚ in this case English as a foreign language. However‚ not all the learners realize and aware
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Online learning is an effective educational tool in developing countries. During the technology development and information explosion of the 21th centuries‚ a tremendous transformation has infiltrated the dissemination of knowledge. A vigorous process that may boost the revolution for education in the developed countries is online learning that learners can successfully obtain universal access to knowledge through electronic devices without the limitation of space and time. However the new teaching
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approach for an instructor to take is to address a variety of learning styles with their teaching plan. It is also helpful to encourage students to understand their preferred leaning style. By the time students reach the college level it is often assumed that they have figured out the best and most productive way to study to retain information. Of course‚ this is not a correct assumption. Teachers should make students aware of the various learning styles and encourage them to consider their preferred style
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INTRODUCTION What is lifelong learning? Lifelong learning is not a new concept; it can be traced back to early in the 20th century. At this time it was considered to mean additional extras after formal education had ceased (King 1999).[1] It assumed that most formal education would fulfil most of the individuals ’ requirements for working life. Now however‚ it is less common for individuals to continue in one working environment for the whole of their employment life. Instead they must expect
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Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favorably‚ specific to their needs‚ including areas of race‚ gender‚ disability‚ religion or belief‚ sexual orientation and age. Promoting equality should remove discrimination in all of the aforementioned areas. Bullying‚ harassment or victimization is also considered as equality and diversity issues. Diversity is a commitment to recognizing and appreciating the variety of characteristics that make
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Autonomous Learning Teaching is a day to day act that can be done in many different ways. One of the ways is the autonomous learning way. Some people call it "independent learning" but "autonomous learning" is a better term due to the confusion that occurs because of the word "independent" which means "free" so people think it is the idea of learning sole handedly without the help of teachers. Autonomous learning basically depends on the freedom of learning and the environment around the
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to discuss the importance of creating a desirable learning environment This essay will discuss the importance of creating a desirable learning environment and the contrast of opinions people have towards them‚ also the relationship between theory and current educational practice. So the question is “How do we learn?” For decades‚ researchers and scientists have been discussing how children come to understand the world we live in and how learning occurs. Theorists such as H.Gardner‚ Paiget‚ Vygotsky
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Learning Theories 1 Running head: LEARNING THEORIES AND THE CURRICULUM Learning Theories and the Curriculum Learning Theories 2 Lev Vygotsky‚ born in the U.S.S.R. in 1896‚ is responsible for the social development theory of learning. He proposed that social interaction profoundly influences cognitive development. Vygotsky’s key point is his belief that biological and cultural development do not occur in isolation. Vygotsky approached development differently from Piaget. Piaget
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Academic success: is performing consistently well in an academic setting such as school and being able to perform your personal best. Personality means the characteristic ways of thinking‚ feeling and acting that make the person an individual. Eysenck came up with two main personality factors: extroversion-introversion and emotional stability-instability. They considered that by looking at how a person scored on these two factors‚ you could describe their personality. A person who was high on extroversion
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