Competency-based Language Teaching I. Background Nowadays‚ people are used to knowing knowledge but they don’t know how to implement that since they just don’t know how. In fact‚ this era forces people to understand something more about their ability‚ while some people don’t. Docking in Richards & Rodgers (2001: 145) points out the relationship between competence and job performance‚ “A qualification or a job can be described as a collection of units of competency‚ each of which is composed
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common situation in most families today. Almost half of marriages end in divorce by the time a child turns 18. This is a huge change compared to just 20 years ago when couples made a marriage work regardless of what the situation was. In “Did I Miss Something?” author Lowell Putnam explains his view of being “treated as a victim of some social disease.” He tells of living part time with one parent and part time with the other. I am also a child of divorced parents; however I only lived with my mother
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Our world is a place where many live in their own ways and their ways only. George Carlin once said‚ “Ever notice that someone driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone driving faster is a maniac?” This quote by Carlin implies how many people do things a certain way and consider that way to be the right way. I gathered from Carlin’s quote that if something isn’t done a way to one’s liking‚ then that person is doing it wrong. As an illustration‚ many people get irritable while driving due to
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If I have a chance to change something in my country – India‚ then I would suggest increasing green areas in the country by planting more trees. Planting more trees helps the country in many ways. They not only give clean and fresh air to the country but also nice parks for the people. Trees and plants give clean and fresh air. Most of the cities in India are highly polluted. Pollution causes many diseases to the people. I have seen many of my friends suffering from allergies and breathing problems
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depend on another country too much‚ and it would decrease the job opportunity for American. I like this class because it contains a lot of material that people could not find in the textbook‚ but it is real in people’s life. In the first video “Something Wal-Mart This Way Comes” told that people could not control themselves to shop due to cheap products. Luckily‚ the children found out the horrible situation‚ and they insisted on stopping that. The effect of Wal-Mart is similar to the satire of Mark
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you are placed in situations that allow you to encounter the value of carefully considering someone else’s perspective. The reason why it is so eulogized to see someone else’s view is because it could alter how things would eventually turn out to be for you and that person(s). Peace‚ equality‚ and justice are some of the values you come across when you approach with empathy. Comprehending where someone is coming from and feelings they convey correlates with the outcome of peace. In 1993‚ the ongoing
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long‚ was lying along the water’s edge of one side of the stream in which we were fishing. Its tail was in the water‚ but it was concealed by the reeds and grasses along that stream. As I put my hand into the water‚ my searching fingers touched something tender. Thinking that it was a fish‚ I gripped it at once and tried to bring it out of the water. But it resisted violently‚ and to my consternation I discovered that it was a cobra. I relaxed my grip at once and rushed for safety. My brother‚ who
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Good conversation helped someone or helped you I am fortunate to experience good conversation and be able to remember those good memories. As I recalled those memories‚ I was asking myself‚ "What makes a good conversation?" I think good conversation starts when people feel comfortable talking with each other and understand each other. Surprisingly‚ most of my good conversations have started in America where people don’t use my home language. The first year in America was tough and harsh. I could
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Something Upstairs Something Upstairs by Avi is a historical fiction book based on the main character Kenny who has just moved into his new house in Providence‚ Rhode Island. He soon finds out that a ghost lives in the connecting room to his room because of the scratching sounds he hears coming from his closet. The ghost was a slave who was murdered in that house. Caleb‚ the ghost and Kenny are able to transport to the past‚ because of Caleb’s abilities. Kenny figures this is a great way to go
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Contain/Condone/Contradict I was hired to review the show 30 Rock episode 6 “Someone to Love” from season 2. Using the contain/condone/contradict system‚ there were two possible offensive ideas in this idea. There is one that would offend the politically correct and the other‚ the moral majority. There is an instance of racism which is problematic to the politically correct and an affair between liberal and conservative politicians‚ which is problematic to the moral majority. Using this new system
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