Alexandra Smit Focus on the Learner The students attending the pre-intermediate English language course at International House are mostly Italian1. The age range is quite varied (early twenties to late sixties) and they are all very highly motivated and passionate about learning the language2. Most of the students come from a strong cultural background and have a scholastic knowledge of English‚ having learnt the language at school as part of the compulsory curriculum. Those who don’t‚ have at least
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Reflection My first encounter with Carlos was through the tutoring sessions. He seems fairly proficient when it came to speaking. During the first tutorial session I asked the group I was working with if they would be interested. Carlos was enthusiastic about participating. So much so‚ I asked the group to think about it. Looking back I think I was slightly overwhelmed by the response. The following week‚ Carlos was again at tutoring. Since he was still very interested in taking part in the study
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financial services industry‚ I had the opportunity to conduct presentations‚ and train and educate diverse groups of individuals in various settings. I found these parts of my job to be the most rewarding. Second‚ as part of an alternative medicine program I am currently pursuing‚ I have assisted with teaching Shaitsu at the College of Healing Arts. Third‚ I have on several occasions taught young children Spanish on contract bases. Finally‚ the satisfaction and joy I experience when teaching and interacting
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almost half way through the CELTA course and it is admirable that all of us have had such a tremendous growth curve. Personally‚ I know I have become much more confident about standing in front of a classroom full of students and talking about different aspects of English language. I discovered the very first day that it was important to establish a good rapport with the students and be comfortable talking with them. I learned it was also important to engage students in conversation rather than
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Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket” Yasunari Kawabata Walking along the tile-roofed wall of the university‚ I turned aside and approached the upper school. Behind the white board fence of the school playground‚ from a dusky clump of bushes under the black cherry trees‚ an insect’s voice could be heard. Walking more slowly and listening to that voice‚ and furthermore reluctant to part with it‚ I turned right so as not to leave the playground behind. When I turned to the left‚ the fence gave way
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CELTA Pre-course task sheet Section 1 – Learners and teachers‚ and the learning and teaching context A – Teaching and learning contexts Task 1 1. Lesson in groups‚ Multilingual & Open groups‚ full time course‚ mixed ability & gender groups‚ day classes‚ smaller classes‚ teachers with English speaking background 2. One to one lessons / lessons in groups‚ monolingual groups‚ closed / open groups‚ fulltime / part-time course‚ mixed / similar ability groups‚ mixed / same gender groups
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No Child Left Behind The education policy that I chose is on education today and the influence of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. In 2001‚ President George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act. The NCBL is a United States Act of Congress‚ which includes Title 1 (program for disadvantaged students offered by the government). This Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills. Each state is required to give these assessments to all students to receive federal school
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No Child Left Behind Over the last decade‚ America has had countless challenges. Between the attacks on September 11‚ 2001 to the war on terrorism‚ this nation has had its share of new policies put in place to better the country as a whole. One of the most popular and challenging ones that has been in and out of the news is the‚ “No Child Left Behind Act.” The No Child Left Behind Act was created to better the education and the future of the American child. The act has many different element
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No Child Left Behind Act Introduction The No Child Left Behind tends to cause neglect to important subjects because they are non-tested subjects‚ such as Social Studies‚ Art‚ health‚ and Music. With the neglect of these subjects‚ there is more focusing that’s being done on the tested subjects‚ like Math and Reading. This may cause a greater impression that NCLB is a positive thing for our educational system but studies show this is misleading to the public. States can set their own standard
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or “in apology for St.Benedict’s School‚” (p. 155) but the story of Sedgewick Bell‚ his student‚ only in the hope that it will help “another student of history” someday. (p. 155).Hundert is developing over the story in a clear way showed by the situations with Sedgewick and his students. The narrator’s stated purpose suggests that he is a reflective man who sees himself as an important person in the lives of his students because‚ as a history teacher‚ he “battled their indolence with discipline‚
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