This case study is based on Patricia‚ a Spanish national in her twenties who is in her last year studying an Economics degree course. She is also a student on the Elementary course at the British Language Centre. Patricia’s started learning English at the bi-lingual school she attended. She learnt English for 3 years but did not take any official examinations‚ but sees this as a possibility for the future. At school she learnt English because it was obligatory. The only other language she speaks
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perspective. It is imperative that a teacher has a sound understanding of the subject matter that is being delivered‚ if a student produces material or spoken language that is incorrect the teacher has to have the ability to not only give a correct version‚ but also to explain clearly and concisely to the student and class why the original material given by the student was incorrect‚ this is of course only possible if the teachers own knowledge is complete and accurate‚ the teacher should be able
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President Bush called No Child Left Behind "the cornerstone of my administration‚" back in 2001. Even Senator Kerry voted for it. It gave unprecedented control to the federal government‚ which is a major deal since it comes from a Republican‚ a group who normally advocates state control over education issues. Now‚ four years later‚ the law has shown some major problems in the implementation of its goal and fundamental problems with the law itself. During the election you would have expected something
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The Bell Jar was published in 1963. The book dealt heavily with mental health and how it was treated and perceived at the time. The Bell Jar touched on gender issues at the time and was described as a feminist novel. In the 1950’s numerous historical events took place and references to those events were made in the book. The story centered around a young woman named Esther Greenwood‚ who aspired to be a writer. The book started off in the summer of 1953 in New York‚ where Esther was an intern
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[pic]Cambridge CELTA Lesson Plan Trainee: Date: 29th Jan 2012 TP no: 4 Level: Intermediate E3 Lesson length: 40mins Materials: Cutting Edge Int p80 – p81 (ex 3) Aim(s): Practice vocabulary and speaking about things of importance. | | |Objectives: (by the
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is written from the point of view of Jean-Dominique Bauby‚ a French journalist and former editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine‚ in Paris. Bauby suffered a severe stroke on December 8‚ 2005‚ leaving him with a rare condition known as locked-in syndrome‚ in which the brain continues to function normally‚ but the body is completely paralyzed. Jean-Do retained some movement in his head and left eye‚ and wrote his memoir through a tedious method of blinking. An interlocutor
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In the novel‚ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath it unveils a woman ’s downhill spiral into a dark place. The novel is an autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath ’s own life‚ however the names are changed. The main character is named Esther Greenwood‚ a young‚ bright writer who has won a contest to work at a magazine in New York City. While it seems glamorous‚ this is just the beginning of a terrible illness that takes over this young girls life. I felt a personal connection with this character as she
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Trainee: Jesus Ferrer 00651 Receptive skill 1: reading for gist Materials Article ‘Do not pass go‚ do not collect $151’Dargaville The Christchurch Press 11.03.2005 Aims In this activity the students are going to focus only on covering the overall theme to catch the main idea from the text. Rationale The common approach of lower level language learners is to focus on reading every word and understanding every word of a text. The reader analyses
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Understanding Is it in the past/present/future? (in this case present‚ sometimes future) When did I start? (we don’t know) Will it end? (yes) When will it end? (we don’t know) Is it happening once? (no) Is it happening continuously? (yes) [------------------] Timeline _______________I_______________ now Anticipated Problems and Solutions with Meaning‚ Form and Pronunciation Problem: students may confuse the use of the present continuous for a current action (happening now) with its
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What problems face students when they join university? As we know there are several problems face people when they join a new place. People face obstacles in new places like if they go to a strange country or apply for a new university. However‚ university is where fresh students may face difficult issues. The challenges divide into two parts social challenges and educational challenges. First‚ educational challenges are always a concern as well to the first year students at university. Academic
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