Teaching speaking skills 2 - overcoming classroom problems Submitted by TE Editor on 16 February‚ 2004 - 13:00 This article is written for teachers with large classes of students who have encountered some of the following or similar problems during speaking activities in their classroom. * Why should we teach speaking skills in the classroom? * Motivation * Speaking is fundamental to human communication * Dealing with the arguments against teaching speaking skills * Student’s
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crucial and the teacher must understand its importance. It is especially essential when teaching young students and adolescents. There are two types of motivation: extrinsic (stimulus forms outside the classroom and individual‚ forced by external influence‚ e.g. different rewards‚ social approval etc.) and intrinsic (motivation comes from inside the classroom or personal interests of the student‚ e.g. method of teaching‚ activities presented in the classroom). The key problem connected with motivation
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Many people discover hardship and need help. This help is provided by different kinds of agencies and organizations‚ both public and private. Staffed by human service workers‚ this network‚ and the many kinds of help it offers‚ is as varied as the clients they serve. Human service workers help clients become more self-sufficient. Human service workers may do this by helping the client learn new skills or by recommending resources that allow them to care for themselves or work to overcome setbacks
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College graduates may have lower poverty rates but a graduate in a trade profession will have more of a chance at securing a better paying job than a college graduate. The high number of young adults choosing college over learning a trade has created a ’skills gap’ in the US and there is now a shortage of ’middle-skilled" trade
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Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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You and I and a couple million other people have all been in schools for a number of years‚ and we all have some pretty good ideas about the qualities we feel are important for good teaching. Not surprising‚ several agencies and organizations have looked into the characteristics of good teachers. One of those is the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC). The INTASC establishes guidelines for preparing‚ licensing‚ and certifying educators. Among other things‚ they promote
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3 criteria for judging anu methos: Should produce a wise agreement: one which meets the legitimate interest of each side‚ resolves conflicting interests fairly‚ is durabñe and takes community interests into account It should be efficient Improve or at least not damage relationship 3 stages: analysis‚ planning and discussion. SEPARATE PEOPLE FROM THE PROBLEM Peoples problems: perception emotion communication Perception Put yourself in their shoes: reduce area of conflict Don’t deduce
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Marzano’s Six Step Process Teaching Academic Vocabulary 1. Provide a description‚ explanation‚ or example of the new term. (Include a non-linguistic representation of the term for ESL kids.) 2. Ask students to restate the description‚ explanation‚ or example in their own words. (Allow students whose primary existing knowledge base is still in their native language to write in it.) 3. Ask students to construct a picture‚ symbol‚ or graphic representing the word. 4. Engage students periodically
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Traditional Teaching vs Online Teaching Nowadays‚ education becomes one of the important things in human life. Most of the individual in the earth is aware to obtain the education. Besides that‚ every country always concern on developing the quality of the education to improve the human resources. If the quality of human resources of a country is good‚ indeed‚ the quality of that country will be good too. As the matter of fact‚ we cannot deny that the improvement of technology really influence
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PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TEACHING MATH Students learn mathematics through the experiences that teachers provide. Teachers must know and understand deeply the mathematics they are teaching and understand and be committed to their students as learners of mathematics and as human beings. There is no one "right way" to teach. Nevertheless‚ much is known about effective mathematics teaching. Selecting and using suitable curricular materials‚ using appropriate instructional tools and techniques
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