Introduction A. Background English‚ one of the most spoken languages in the world‚ has a lot of variants. The most well-known English variants are British and American English. Although British and American English are the same language‚ they have some differences in vocabulary‚ pronunciation‚ grammar‚ and spelling (http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbintr.html‚ 2011). However. one variant cannot be said to be superior to the other because both have been standardized (Kemmer‚2009). Despite
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STRATEGIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEECH The first few years of people’s life are key to the development of speech‚ language and cognitive skills. For this reason it is important to create activities and strategies for helping to develop speech and language skills that give them all the stimulation‚ positive role modeling and human contact that they need. STYLE IN LANGUAGE a. Principles in Choosing Words 1. Clear In speech‚ we should use clear word to make the audience undesrtand what we
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The role of Video in foreign language teaching Nowadays‚ the first video (or just moving pictures) celebrates its 117th birthday. Do you remember the first movie by Lumière brothers? Which one shocked and impressed the unprepared audience? “The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station” What was the main aim of this video? Yes you are absolutely right … just to impress and to entertain. But today‚ Im going to speak about another aim which one is closely connected with the sphere of education
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There are many reasons why boys would play the female roles throughout the 1800s during Shakespeare’s influence over the theatre. Young boys would often play the parts of women in Shakespeare plays and an entrance into an acting career. Often there would be only around 4 actors performing in one production at a time therefore multi rolling was common and each actor had to be versatile. Audience members gave positive impressions of the quality of the acting of boy players. The scant serving evidence
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Role of play in child development. Erikson states that play is a diagnostic tool that tells us about the child‚ he also believes that two of the major functions are to resolve problems‚ and creative expression. Piaget‚s 4 stages of cognitive development are Sensorimotor 0-2 where children begin to act intentionally‚ for example knocks a mobile. Pre-operational 2 – 7 classifies objects by a single feature‚ for example groups together the same colour building blocks. Concerete operational
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Analysis of Reform of College English Teaching in China Ying Zhou University of Regina Ed 800 Introduction to Educational Research Dr. Warren Wessel April 9‚ 2013 Introduction Foreign language teaching in China has a long history. Teaching English as a foreign language in China has existed for almost one hundred years. It actually began in the latter half of the 19th century with the “Westernization Movement” started by some Chinese officials
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can hinder the students learning capacity. Schools are beginning to change the format in which they educate to accommodate individual students unique learning style. This paper will go over 3 different areas of learning and how the environment plays a role in the areas. Then traditional setting‚ the informal outdoors‚ and having the learning environment reflect the individual. Environment is in this case is defined as a students physical surroundings‚ and affect emotionally. The traditional
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Teaching is a challenging job‚ whether you are in charge of a traditional public school classroom or tutoring a single child in a language. Fortunately‚ there are many aids and accessories available to make the job easier. Though some cost money‚ others are available for free or easily manufactured from household items or on your computer. Worksheets * Worksheets are handouts the students complete to practice their skills. They give the students a chance to get further repetition without taking
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The role of English in our society I. Introduction Nowadays‚ we are living in a globalised world where english has became an important protagonist since it is considered as an official language worldwide. For this reason‚ the number of users of this language is increasing due to the fact that‚ english is opening up many opportunities for development. As a result‚ english have been made valuable contributions to our world and it is taking the role in different sceneries such as education
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Listening Exercises 1. Setting the context Give an idea about who is speaking‚ where and why. In normal life we normally have some idea of the context of something we are listening to. 2. Generating interest Motivate‚ raise students’ interest or remind them why they do the listening exercise . Personalisation activities are very important here. Discussion about the topic. Make them more willing to listen. 3. Activating current knowledge - what do you know about…? 4. Acquiring knowledge
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