Focus on the Learner Shahid Adam Esat Word count: 1055 Learner Profile Gaby Kabengue is a 20 year old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has been living in Johannesburg‚ South Africa for just over two months and attends the English language lessons offered at Language Lab. Gaby has a lively persona and a keen interest in learning the language‚ it is for these reason that I chose him for this assignment. Although Gaby holds no formal higher education qualifications he has had some
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Assessed Assignment 2: Focus on the learner Muftah‚ married with four children‚ is a pleasant student who is struggling in class. Muftah did not receive any English in secondary school or university. He worked as a Physical Education teacher for two years‚ and then was employed with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for twenty years. In his years of employment‚ Muftah never needed to speak or write in English until about two years ago‚ when he started attending International House. He says that
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learning and development The function of assessment in learning and development is to provide a measure for the learners progress. Assessment is carried out through checks throughout the course‚ and at end of course. activities can help the learner to see their development whilst allowing the Assessor to give valuable feedback when appropriate. This is to measure the learners understanding of the subject set by the criteria. For example: Assessments provide clear measurements and recording
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CAMBRIDGE CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2: FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Learning background Student M of French nationality who speaks French‚ became interested in English at an early age and has a high aspiration for learning English. She enjoys traveling and considers English crucial and useful in everyday life. She has been studying English irregularly in school and after that by herself and at various English language schools. She told me at school a lot of the focus was the grammar as
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I got my first job mid-October this was the induction of junior year and at the time; managing school and work was not particularly difficult. As time progressed‚ time management became a serious issue that would go on to affect my grades and mental state. Brockton High school is a very prestigious school and compared to other schools of similar size such as Durfee High school in Fall River our curriculum and performance is far superior. Taking honors classes only adds to the tremendous workload
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Faith Onyilimba Learning Style and Strategy As a kinesthetic learner‚ learning is based on physical activities instead of sitting and listening to lectures. Hands on method of learning are more efficient for a kinesthetic learner; they prefer to use their body and sense of touch in tackling a problem instead of reading through the instructions (Vark‚ 2014). Kinesthetic learners are also known as doers. They rather start doing an activity instead of thinking about initiating an action. They are usually
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Complete 5 learner records Care Support Learner Record Work Activities Template This sheet to be completed for 5 days of work experience placement‚ ensure student name and date is included on each sheet. Learner Name Glen White Date 29/01/2015 Work Experience (Day No) 1 “Showering a Service User” Reflection on relationships that develop in care work Today I assisted a Carer with showering a service user‚ we agreed on what we were going to do at the start of the
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of kinesthetic learner. Kinesthetic learners‚ formulate about 20 percent of the population‚ to become able to concentrate learners need to become able to participate to have greater success in the project. Accordingly‚ to Cardon kinesthetic learners they need group activities‚ hands-on activities‚ or breaks at least every 20 minutes. Conversely‚ kinesthetic learners do not always have the opportunity to have utilized their learning style; therefore‚ several of the kinesthetic learners must adapt to
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9/23/2013 Visual Learning Style Visual Learning Style Visual Learners are individuals who learn things best by seeing them. Visual learning individuals that are studying for an exam tend to take a lot of notes‚ use flashcards and work alone they tend to be easily distracted. I am a visual learner and in order for me to remember information I have to visualize a picture in head. As a visual learner I find different ways to learn by using pictures‚ flashcards‚ textbooks‚ maps and
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This essay will discuss learner motivation in relation to planning for teaching. A brief definition will be outlined along with the importance of motivation in relation to planning‚ teaching and learning. In order to better understand they why’s and the how’s of learner motivation and its importance‚ discussion will be given to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation‚ it will then move on to examine why each of these are important for teachers to understand. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory
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