English as a medium of instruction – a growing global phenomenon: phase 1 Interim report April 2014 Author: Julie Dearden‚ Senior Research and Development Fellow‚ English as Medium of Instruction (EMI)‚ Department of Education‚ University of Oxford www.britishcouncil.org/education/ihe Going Global 2014 1 Introduction There is a fast-moving worldwide shift from English being taught as a foreign language (EFL) to English being the medium of instruction (EMI) for academic subjects such as science
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ENGLISH AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE NEW GLOBAL Asst.Prof.Chincholkar.B.B Dept.Of English. Rajarshi Shahu College‚ Parbhani Abstract The English language is continuing to establish itself as a global lingua franca in a period of unprecedented globalisation. In the last decade educational systems worldwide have shown interest in the adoption of English as a medium of instruction. This paper argues that failure to achieve satisfactory educational outcomes when teaching through English are commonplace
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UbD lesson formats I believe that this is an ideal method. It makes the educator not only focus on the objectives to be covered but the evidence that is wanted from the student to provide their understanding. It makes a larger calling to have authentic‚ real-world designed assessment based‚ rather than just a paper and pencil tests. It takes thorough collaboration or autonomy along with creativity to target interests and levels of the students to be assessed. Overall‚ the UbD format is based on the
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Phonemic Awareness InstructionPhonemic awareness refers to the ability to focus on and manipulate phonemes in spoken words.The following tasks are commonly used to assess children’s PA or to improve their PA through instruction and practice: 1. Phoneme isolation‚ which requires recognizing individual sounds in words‚ for example‚ “Tell me the first sound in paste.” (/p/) 2. Phoneme identity‚ which requires recognizing the common sound in different words. For example‚ “Tell me the sound that is the
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Psychological Testing Beatrix Bengtson PSY/475 June 9‚ 2014 Dr. Fred Previc Psychological Testing Psychological testing is the answer to many questions humans have about a manifold of issues. Testing will give a better view onto a problem‚ helps to solve issues‚ and reliably displays an array of information needed in everyday life. To dip a bit deeper into psychological testing the following text will attempt to graze upon some fundamental aspects of psychological testing‚ such as the major
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Standardized Testing One of the most frequently stated criticisms of standardized test is that they do not measure creativity and problem solving ability. Because standardized tests are presented in a multiple choice format‚ a teacher cannot‚ for example‚ see where a child went wrong when he or she failed to solve a math problem correctly‚ because no work is shown. In addition‚ critics feel that the questions on standardized tests are too simplistic for children to fully demonstrate reading comprehension
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Argumentative Essay: Standardized Tests Standardized tests have caused plenty of disagreements for years. From parents‚ to even teachers. The parents are worried about all of the stress that the test causes their children‚ The teachers disagree with the tests for the fact that they are used to evaluate them inaccurately. Some students also move at a slower pace than others and the test has its unfair advantages. These tests make some students feel like a failure when they don’t pass. The whole
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Standardized Testing in Schools 102 December 16‚2012 Bryan Dunston Standardized tests are administered in all schools across the U.S. in lieu of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. According to these laws‚ schools have to administer standardize tests to qualify for various types of licensing and grants. For instance‚ a certain percentage of the students in public schools must pass the standardized tests to be allowed federal support
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STEPS INSTRUCTION TO WRITE THE CONSIGNMENT NOTE SHOWN ABOVE 1 “Senders Account Number ‘-enter the account number here of the company responsible for the payment of the freight change. If the recipient is responsible for payment complete section (2) 2 “Invoice to receiver” – if the receiver is paying the freight charge put a cross in the box and enter their account number and their VAT detail in section (11) if possible 3 “Customer reference”- Write in the information you would like
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healthcare puzzle‚ to provide the BEST possible care to every patient‚ every time. In doing so‚ we as nurses need to be diligent and compliant with our documentation‚ using the proper standardized healthcare terminology to establish a uniform representation of nursing care; an “unambiguous description of how nursing problems‚ interventions and outcomes are documented” (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 300). Our textbook (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 298) uses the definition of standardized terminology as; “structured
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