Many adults are stressed from their daily lives responsibilities when they arrive for class and need a style of teaching that is creative‚ alive and humorous to hold their attention. Adult educators must produce learning environments in which all learners can feel they are accomplishing something or benefiting some how. The types of benefits and interpretation of accomplishment can vary depending on a person’s socio-economic background‚ culture‚ and situation in life‚ age or a variety of other variables
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Qualitative Study of Chinese English Learners at the Tertiary Level Abstract: Motivation has been widely researched. But its negative side — demotivation — has been a neglected area although it is “a salient phenomenon” (Dornyei‚ 2001‚ p.155). Little research has been done‚ so far‚ to investigate what demotivates students or what differentiates motivated from demotivated students. This paper explores tertiary-level EFL (English as a foreign language) learners’ demotivation through in-depth semi-structured
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the way the economy is today many people are working on a budget and simply cannot afford to splurge on the organic items. So now that we know that lets look at the second half of that equation‚ Fast Food! Now as much as people criticize the fast food industry it’s convenient and like the name says fast. Now days most people do not want to come home after a long‚ hard day of work and slave over the stove to cook a hot meal for their family. However what they don’t realize is how much that food
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Explain own role and responsibilities in identifying and meeting the needs of the learners As a teacher and trainer I have found that one of the simplest ways to make learning accessible to both myself and to those I am teaching is by relating to real-life situations and circumstances that I have faced. If one takes the approach of trying to memorise lists of facts of how to deal with First Aid situations the information becomes more difficult to absorb and less likely to be retained. Context can
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needs of your learners‚ helping and supporting where appropriate.” (Gravells‚ A‚ 2008). Before any discussion it is essential for everyone to understand the terms Equality and Diversity. “Diversity is defined as valuing the differences in people whether they stem from race‚ religion‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ age or disability. Equality is offering each person equal rights and opportunities despite any differences”. (Gravells‚ A‚ 2008). So Equality is about the rights of learners to attend and
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Fast Food VS You At least 20% of Americans suffer from a possibly fatal disease if not taken care of properly. This disease is happening nation wide and according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in the last 20 years they have seen a dramatic increase. This disease that is affecting children ranging all the way to adults is called obesity and has recently been taking over mainstream media. When it comes to the topic of obesity‚ most of us will readily agree that Americans have
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Local Vs. Fast Food Austen Thum 1/10/14 CACCAH Fast Food Nation and Food Inc. were works that truly reveled something that I was completely blind to. I had always known that McDonalds and other fast food chains were of course unhealthy‚ but was unaware of the things that that these big corporations were hiding from the consumers. This information I acquired about how fast food chains really worked completely changed my mind set and was an enormous eye opener. After learning about this I started
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PTLLS Level 4 Theory Assessment Task: 3 Discuss issues of equality and diversity and ways to promote inclusion with your learners. Review other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners. Understanding and actively addressing issues of equality and diversity enables teachers to provide the optimum environment for effective teaching and learning. Issues of equality and diversity go hand-in-hand providing their characteristics are understood and promoted positively
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diversity and ways to promote inclusion with your learners. Review other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners. Equality is about learners’ rights to attend and participate‚ regardless of their gender‚ race‚ ethnic origin‚ religion‚ disability‚ sexual orientation and age. Therefore it is extremely important to identify any barriers to learning that may arise. To promote inclusion‚ at the point of initial assessment‚ the learner needs to disclose any disabilities that may
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SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING AMONG SELECTED FIRST YEAR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS AT ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION By Celis‚ Marjorie Han‚ Pureum Narciso‚ Kris Nuqui‚ Janella B.S.E English III January 4‚ 2011 CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM INTRODUCTION The English language is said to be the global lingua franca that is used by several countries so as to communicate with other countries. That is why we need to be proficient
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