SLS Course Descriptions Fall 2014 600-‐ through 700-‐level SLS 600 (1). Introduction to Second Language Studies (ONLINE). Hudson This course introduces students to second language studies‚ as represented in the MA in SLS program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa‚ and to the field(s) of applied linguistics more generally. This course also serves as an introduction to the kinds of work that will be expected of students as they progress through the
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Addressing cultural diversity in the classroom. Cultural diversity and diversity in general is something that we should champion in the modern age. As a teacher however‚ it brings challenges to engage and maintain a student’s learning in the classroom environment. As Thomas Jefferson said “There is nothing more unequal‚ than the equal treatment of unequal people.” This essay will present a view that a pre-service and newly registered teacher needs to identify on an individual and self-less basis
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I. INTRODUCTION In everyday life‚ we read many kinds of materials without being conscious whether we use any strategies to read effectively. In general terms‚ reading is not different from other learned human abilities such as driving‚ cooking‚ playing golf‚ or riding a bicycle: the more you do it‚ the more fluent and skillful you become. Usually‚ teachers are concerned with the developing in their students the ability to read‚ but how much attention do teachers pay to develop a habit or love
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Is Competency-Based Education the Answer? It is no secret that the United States is currently facing a literacy crisis. It is estimated that 21 percent of adults in the United States are reading below a 5th grade level and 19 percent of high school graduates cannot read. In Mike Rose’s book Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook‚ he states “the government requires that one be able to read and write at a sixth-grade level to be functionally literate: that is‚ to be able to meet-to a minimal degree- society
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New York: Longman. FILLMORE‚ C. J. (1979) On fluency. In Fillmore‚ C. J.‚ Kempler‚ D.‚ and Wang‚ W. S.-J. (eds)‚ Individual Differences in Languuge Ability and Lunguuge Behavior. New York: Academic Press. MAURICE‚ K. (1983) The fluency workshop. TESOL Newsletter 17‚ p. 429. SWAIN‚ M. (1985) Communicative competence: some roles of comprehensible input and comprehensible output in its development. In Gass‚ S. M. and Madden‚ C. G. (eds)‚ Input in Second Language Acquisition. Massachusetts: Newbury
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56(1)‚ 57-64 Bennett‚ M. J. (1993). How not to be a fluent fool: Understanding the cultural dimension of language . The Language Teacher‚ 27(9). Pennycook‚ A. (1989). The concept of method‚ interested knowledge‚ and the politics of language yeaching. TESOL Quarterly‚ 23(4)‚589-618
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of knowledge and various methodologies characteristic of its practice as well as its implications.] Nunan‚ D. (1992). Research methods in language learning. Cambridge University Press. [This author has written extensively. Although Nunan has taught TESOL‚ his action research in the foreign language classroom offers a paradigm in our field.] Smith‚ K. (1992). Action Research on action research: A teacher trainer’s reflections on her trainees’ action research. 20p. (EDRS No. ED 362 019). [This trainer
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TESL Reporter 38‚ 1 (2005)‚ pp. 17-26 17 Teaching Pragmatics in the EFL Classroom? SURE You Can! Mark N. Brock Carson-Newman College‚ Tennessee‚ USA Yoshie Nagasaka Kobe‚ Japan There are a number of language competencies which English language learners must develop‚ in tandem‚ in order to communicate successfully in English. Any successful communicative event‚ at least one that extends beyond expressions of simple‚ immediate need‚ will require that L2 speakers have developed some mastery
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contrastive linguistic approach to T. E. F. L. to Azerbaijani bilinguals. Tabriz: Tabriz University Press. Trask‚ R. L. (1999). Language: The basics. Routledge Publishing Vazinpour‚ N Wardlaugh‚ R. (1970). The contrastive analysis hypothesis. TESOL Quarterly‚ 4. TESOL Convention March 1970. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3586182. Yarmohammadi‚ L. (2002). A contrastive analysis of Persian and English: Grammar‚ vocabulary and phonology. Tehran: Payame Noor University Press. Yule‚ G. (2006). The Study of language
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T&L 818:Thematic Unit Fall 2003- Dr. Paul Garcia By: Connie Ubben and Aaron Faulkner Theme: CRIME Purpose: The lessons designed for this unit are intended as a guide to help students work in a communicative classroom environment making connections with different aspects of crime that blends listening‚ speaking‚ reading‚ and writing. Grade Level: This thematic unit is intended for adult ESL students in the intermediate level‚ but can also be used in high school (9-12th) intermediate and advanced
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