I found many of the topics discussed in Becoming a Learner useful‚ but the things I found most useful were how most college students go into college and how it is wrong. Sanders describes how many students go into college with the assumption that college will give them a good life. Talking about this he says‚ “The problem with this conversation is that it can turn education into an obligation instead of an opportunity” (Sanders 26). I can relate to this because many times I have thought that college
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Maintain a safe working environment for all employees: Occupational health and safety procedures have to be implemented wherever work is being carried out whether in the office set-up‚ factory‚ construction site or home. Policies should be developed in consultation with all employees. In some cases‚ it may be imperative to organize support persons or interpreters for employees that have disability so that every employee is involved in the consultation process. Riordan as an employer has the responsibility
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For this assignment I interviewed Alessandro‚ an Italian student in the Pre-Intermediate English class. Alessandro has been living in London for a few months now. He came to the UK to search for work as a result of the global economic recession. He would like to improve his spoken English skills to improve his job prospects as well as better integrate into British society. Alessandro has studied English from primary school level to High school level but highlighted that the quality of English learning
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Catering for learner diversity with HEART Thomas FUNG According to UNESCO’s Salamanca Statement 1994‚ inclusive education is the best means of achieving ‘Education for All’. (EMB‚ 2005) This means that all children should have the right to receive basic education‚ no matter how weak they are academically and in discipline control. To do so‚ meeting students’ needs in curriculum planning and classroom teaching is of paramount importance (UNECO‚ 2005 & EDB‚ 2010). This article aims at sharing with
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CELTA – Assignment 3 Learner Profile I interviewed ******** an Iranian 31 year old female student in the Level I class. ****’s native language is Persian (Farsi). **** came to England a year ago to join her Iranian husband who has been living and working in England for the past 5 years. At present they have no children. She has only been attending class at college for a few weeks where she is also taking a class in mathematics in order to learn the correct English terminology. **** is an
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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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A Tale of Four Learners Summary Bernice McCarthys’ essay‚ “A Tale of Four Learners‚” is about her classifications of the different types of learners based on the system she created‚ THE 4MAT. The four types of learners are: Type 1 learners‚ Type 2 learners‚ Type 3 learners‚ and Type 4 learners. The names of the people she uses in the essay are Lisa‚ Marcus‚ Jimmy‚ and Leah. Linda was a highly imaginative student who favored feelings and reflecting. She was a Type 1 learner‚ who struggled with
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The “good language learner” LIU Mingzhu (department of foreign language‚ Jiangsu University of Science and Technology) Abstract: In order to find out why some people learn languages fast and easily whilst others never seemed to be able to learn a foreign language at all. Was there a magic secret? Were some people naturally more able than others? By investigation‚ i conclude that some factors like motivation‚ personality make a great contribution. Key words: Motivation Extrovert Personality Experiment
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This case study is based on Patricia‚ a Spanish national in her twenties who is in her last year studying an Economics degree course. She is also a student on the Elementary course at the British Language Centre. Patricia’s started learning English at the bi-lingual school she attended. She learnt English for 3 years but did not take any official examinations‚ but sees this as a possibility for the future. At school she learnt English because it was obligatory. The only other language she speaks
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ASSIGNMENT ONE FOCUS ON THE LEARNER 750-1000 words For this assignment you are going to write a report on a student in the TP class you are teaching now. As a practicing teacher‚ you will at times have to write reports on students for various reasons‚ e.g. passing on information to a colleague‚ providing information for a student’s employer‚ etc. The report should be based on the following: 1. Refer to the observation tasks which have helped you focus on various concrete
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