process and product. It is the process of reflection‚ selection‚ rationalization‚ and evaluation‚ together with the product of those processes”. There are some essential characteristics to the development of any type of portfolio used for assessment. Barton and Collins (1997) state that portfolios should be multisource‚ authentic‚ forms of dynamic assessment‚ explicit of purpose‚ establish a correspondence between program activities and life experiences‚ based on student’s ownership‚ and multi-purposed
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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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SPE 480 Self-Reflection and Learning Agenda Paper BACKGROUND: Describe your professional Identity: I am a dedicated person to the game of many sports and teaching. I have taught several different sports and also have been well trained in a classroom setting. Working with children of all ages‚ I have 8 years of coaching football‚ 4 years of basketball‚ 12 years of softball with private lessons as well and 3 years’ experience working with special needs students in a classroom. I have a bachelor’s
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Advantages of teaching children Language acquisition‚ the ability to understand and use language‚ is a product of dynamic‚ repetitive and multifaceted learning. This key feature distinguishes humans from other organisms. Understand language isn’t in genetic code or nor acquired by magic‚ language is learned. Learning a language affords wondrous opportunities for growth and development in young children‚ and it also provides an extraordinary way to communicate. Some evidence suggests multilingualism
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of a folding together of ideas to gain a fuller understanding of something. If we are teaching a mathematics concept such as multiplication with two digits we may bring into the learning experience some manipulatives such as concrete arrays‚ or a multiplication rectangle‚ or base ten blocks. These concrete manipulatives help children to access the concept. They are resources or tools used in the learning experience. We are not focused on students having a deep understanding of base 10 blocks--they
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Educational Research Vol. 51‚ No. 3‚ September 2009‚ 341–363 Newspapers in Education: a critical inquiry into the effects of using newspapers as teaching agents Ellen Claes* and Ellen Quintelier Centre of Political Research‚ K.U. Leuven‚ Leuven‚ Belgium (Received 1 October 2008; final version received 28 April 2009) Background: More than 52 countries make use of the ‘Newspapers in Education’ programme. In the last 10 years‚ in Belgium‚ an application of the international programme Newspapers
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Teaching Listening Listening is a critical element in the competent language performance of adult second language learners‚ whether they are communicating at school‚ at work‚ or in the community. Through the normal course of a day‚ listening is used nearly twice as much as speaking and four to five times as much as reading and writing . In a recent study of Fortune 500 Corporations‚ Wolvin and Coakley (1991) found that listening was perceived to be crucial for communication at work with regards
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life in this world. There are a number of factors that affect the success of English Language Teaching (ELT). One of the factors is teacher. Teacher can determine whether or not other factors can work well. English language learners who have low motivation to learn English can be made more interested in English classrooms because of the way good English teachers involves them in the learning experience. There are four language skills in English‚ such as Listening‚ Speaking‚ Writing‚ and Reading.
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Sonia Shepherd The Franciscan Vision Unit II- Human Dignity: Central Principle of CST 13 April 2011 Reflection The central concern of the Dennis readings involved our individual obsession with material things‚ and the efforts we take to obtain and keep these fabricated items above all cost at the expense of our fellow man’s human dignity. Dennis states that like the rich man of the gospel we adopt the posture of supporting the ‘right’ cause as a means of fitting in with the norms
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USING PANTUN IN TEACHING ENGLISH ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING Abstract I. INTRODUCTION The traditional view of pantun as one of the most sophisticated forms of literary and linguistic expression‚ makes it by definition inaccessible to all but the most advanced language learners. Even then‚ the wealth of literary allusions‚ historical references and cultural assumptions typically found in the works of great‚ it can limit comprehension greatly for the native speaker (NS) and non-native speaker
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