The Internet TESL Journal Extensive Reading: Why? and How? Timothy Bell timothy [at] hsc.kuniv.edu.kw Kuwait University Abstract An extensive reading program was established for elementary level language learners at the British Council Language Center in Sanaa‚ Yemen. Research evidence for the use of such programs in EFL/ESL contexts is presented‚ emphasizing the benefits of this type of input for students ’ English language learning and skills development. Practical advice is then offered
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My Philosophy of Education The purpose to education is to educate our youth for them to strive and be competitive in the future but also be good citizens. Our schools should teach its students about great leaders and about important issues that occurred in the past. By reading classic books and learning about entrepreneurs and philosophers‚ they would learn about what made these people great and would shape them to be great people. Also‚ they should connect current issues and events in the world
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Phonics Instruction for Older Students Article: Ivey‚ G.‚ & Baker‚ M. (2004). Phonics instruction for older students? Just say no. Educational Leadership‚ 61 (6)‚ 35-39. The article makes a clear case against relying solely on phonemic awareness and phonics instruction as a strategy for teaching older struggling students how to read. In an effort for a "quick-fix" solution‚ many schools in the past have elected to saturate students with phonemic awareness and phonics instruction. Often there
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Pleasures of Reading Some people get pleasure from picnics and tours. Others like to discuss various topics and find pleasure in it. But the reading of books provides us with such pleasure as we do not get from any other activity. Great is the blessing of books. Books are written by learned persons. They contain the best experiences and thoughts of their writers. Literature is said to mirror society. Writers put in their books not only their own ideas and feelings‚ but also what they observe and
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Philosophy of nursing occurs in four domains: person‚ health/illness‚ environment‚ and nurse. This writer intends to explore and explain philosophy in nursing in all four of these areas. The earliest theorist‚ Florence Nightingale‚ identified the main concerns of nurses to be the person‚ the environment‚ and the relationship between them (Williams&Wilkins‚ 2008). The idea of the nurses’ main concern to be on the person and the environment and the relationship between the two has shaped this students
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PHILOSOPHY Art is made up of many different components and each plays a role in arts education. The first is the process that an artist takes to create a piece of art. I believe in utilizing this process in every unit in order to demonstrate to my students that the finished product is a result of their learning not the end goal. My students engage in brainstorming‚ sketching‚ and researching all before determining what their final product might look like. Similar to the writing process‚ students
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Lesson 1 Instructions Overview: Lesson 1 1. Review the course syllabus and send me an e-mail stating that you have read the syllabus‚ understand the contents‚ and agree with the policies. 2. Post a personal introduction to the Introduction Discussion board. Don’t forget to respond to 2 peers. 3. Create an account for yourself on Townsendpress and e-mail me to tell me when you have created that account. Entitle the e-mail Townsendpress. 4. Read chapter one from the text‚ write responses
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Sheet of Philosophy PI121 Walter J. Ong Peter Ramus (15151572) Anthony Giddesn → Idea of Timespace Compression Philosopher Origin 1. Wilhelm Von Humboldt (GER): describes the development of liberalism and the role of liberty in individual development and in the pursuit of excellence. Humboldt insisted on a minimal state dedicated strictly to the preservation of security. 2. Robert K. Merton: developed notable concepts such as unintended consequences‚ reference group and role strain. A central element of modern sociological
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Part (A) SHARED READING Introduction: Shared reading is an important instructional strategy in which the teacher explicitly engages students in the reading process. The shared reading offers an approach where teachers can use authentic literacy text to enable children to develop tactic and become confident and independent readers. The pioneer of this strategy was New Zealander Don Holdway (1979). Holdway (1979) explains shared reading as “the unison situation properly controlled in a lively
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Professor A.Charise/Winter 2015 HLTC50 : The Human-Animal Interface Assignment #1 Instructions • Due: At the beginning of lecture‚ Week 6 (February 9th‚ 2015) • Length: 1000-1500 words (approx. 5-7 double-spaced typed pages with 1-inch margins‚ 12point Times New Roman font‚ plus references/works cited; black ink on white paper; a common and consistent citation style (APA‚ MLA); stapled in the top left corner. Your TA may provide further formatting guidelines). • Do not use a separate title page‚
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