Wade Petersen Presents Dare to Be “Different” Using “Choice Menus” to Differentiate in Your Classroom Iowa World Language Association Conference October 7-8‚ 2011 Des Moines Downtown Marriott Contact Information: Wade Petersen wadecp@netins.net petersenw@wdmcs.org Valley Southwoods Freshman High School West Des Moines‚ Iowa Differentiation The new buzzword in the education world is “differentiation.” Teachers are increasingly being asked to provide alternative ways to help students learn. The
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every day‚ it has been quite a long time since I lived in Spain studying and practicing the language in the country for an extended period of time‚ for this reason I have to brush up on my vocabulary and writing. I want to practice deeper my spelling skills‚ amplify and extend my knowledge of the vocabulary as well as refreshing and exercising my grammar and my writing skills. I feel confident about teaching Spanish in Secondary School; I know that with effective lesson plans prepared in advance
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Reading Skills Chart Word Recognition (definition only here) - The ability to go from the printed form of a work to the spoken form. Sight Words - The ability to recognize a word immediately without analysis. I would put sight words on flashcards and drill the children. Context Clues - The ability to use the words around an unknown word to figure out what it is or means. I would write a sentence on the board and have the children try to figure out what a word means based on clues
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Work Files It is time to roll the camera. Using your flashcards‚ review the Vocabulary Props you have had so far. Choose derivatives of 25 different Latin words‚ and write English sentences which include the derivative and the meaning of the Latin word. Example: An aqueduct carries water to Rome. 1. My canine is a truly loyal dog. 2. The conductor decided to lead us the wrong way. 3. My uncle is in the military as a soldier 4. If you are a pacifist then you believe in peace. 5. Due to
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SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT: MATERIALS AND RESOURCES GENERAL INFORMATION: This assignment must be done in groups and has to fulfil the following conditions: Length: between 8 and 10 pages (without including cover‚ index or appendices –if there are any). Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman. Size: 11. Line height: 1.5. Alignment: Justified. If for some reason you cannot do the assignment in groups‚ you will have to do it individually (notice that individual assignments will be penalized
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assignments aimed at enhancing idiom production. Due to its interactive nature‚ blogging was assumed to be a proper means for this purpose. Twenty one participants of the study were the newly enrolled students of the American University of Armenia with TOEFL iBT score mean of 74.5. These students were enrolled conditionally provided they take the EEP course and raise their language proficiency level during the course. Convenient sampling approach was used i.e. the participants were divided to two groups
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Kainan University Skills for English Language Proficiency Testing (TOEFL BTT10000297 (02)) Fall‚ 2010 Day: Thursday Time: 4:10 – 6:00 P.M. Room: B218 Assistant Professor: John R. Jenkins Office Telephone: 03-341-2500 (6114) Office Room Number: AT 38 Home Telephone: 03-531-8555 Fax: 03-531-1668
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and her peers as to what she is trying to say. Based on face to face interviews with her mother it was clear that she is not given much opportunity to communicate at home which as a result her vocabulary is limited. Many young children lack vital experiences in background knowledge that develop vocabulary and other important concepts for learning (Zill & Collins‚ 2000). Sarah plays with her toys and looks at television regularly. Her grandfather died about one month ago but she often remembers
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Mid-Semester Reflection This mid-semester the goals that were thought were subject-verb agreement‚ this goal was learned and mastered by learning the types of verbs‚ nouns‚ pronouns‚ and how to identify each them in paragraphs. I learned the subject verb agreement rules by learn how by apply them in sentences and how they connect. The second goal was pronoun-antecedent agreement which begun by going over the eight parts of speech which included Interjection‚ pronouns‚ adjectives‚ verb‚ adverb‚ noun
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Cebu Graduate School of TheologyOctober 5‚ 2011 EC 661 TOEFL PrepLovely Joy B. Arididon Ms. Mary Larsen‚ professor Final Exam: Essay sectionGrade: _____________ Learning English this semester has been fun me. I learned a lot of things about the English language. I also discovered a lot of things about myself in respect to learning English. I was exposed to the language early but until now I am still amazed at how many things I still need to learn. As a second language learner‚ particularly
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