Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom: Teaching and Learning. By: Chen Mizrahi Technology has taken over most areas of our lives including schools. Specifically‚ the arrival of the internet changed the way that language is taught thanks to the possibility of communicating throughout the world and because of the many sources online. This essay will deal with different aspects of computers and internet in the process of teaching and learning English as a foreign language (EFL). First‚ I
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………. CHAPTER I: STRATEGIES OF TEACHING WRITING SKILLS…………………… 1. COPYING………………………………………………………………………… 2. DICTATION………………………………………………………………………… 3. WRITING SENTENCES ON A GIVEN PATTERN……………………………… 4. WRITING ANSWERS TO GIVEN QUESTIONS…………………………………… 5. TEACHING COMPOSITIONS ………………………………………………… CHAPTER II: DIFFICULTIES PUPILS COME ACROSS WHILE ACQUIRING WRITING 2.1. CORRECTION OF MISTAKES……………………………………………… 2.2. ANALYSIS
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Multimedia Teaching with Video Clips: TV‚ Movies‚ YouTube‚ and mtvU in the College Classroom Modernization: Video-brain conclusions. The value of a video clip as a teaching tool lies in its potential to do the following: (a) tap the core intelligences of verbal/linguistic‚ visual/spatial‚ musical/rhythmic‚ and emotional (interpersonal and intrapersonal)‚ (b) engage both the left and right hemispheres‚ (c) appeal to the reptilian‚ limbic‚ and neocortex layers of the brain to sense the nature of
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DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE STUDENT TEACHING PROGRAM IN ARTS EDUCATION A Thesis Presented to The Graduate School Faculty Ramon Magsaysay Technological University IbaZambales In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Education by ZHOU XINYI January 2013 Republic of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay Technological University GRADUATE SCHOOL Iba‚ Zambales The study hereto attached
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD MAT 540 Week 4 Homework Chapter 15 problems 2. The manager of the Carpet City outlet needs to make an accurate forecast of the demand for SoftShag carpet (its biggest seller).If the manager does not order enough carpet from the carpet mill‚customers will buy their carpet from one of Carpet City’s many competitors. The manager has collected the following demand data for the past 8 months: Month Demand for Soft Shag Carpet (1‚000 yd.) 1 8 2 12 3 7 4
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INTRODUCTION Clinical teaching is a form of teaching and learning with its focus of involving patients and their problems (Spencer‚ 2003). According to Lim‚ (2011)‚ it can be conducted in small group or one-to-one basis and is not only specific to nursing but is also used in other health sciences. The methods used in clinical teaching varies but the elements remains the same in that students experienced learning through providing care to patients under the supervision of experienced clinical tutors
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de-escalate her current acute emotional state. As Maria is learning to move from her emotional mind to a ‘wise’ mind‚ we are encouraging her to try to balance these better. Maria understands that her emotional mind and wise mind are often unbalanced‚ which usually makes her emotions take hold which then often escalate‚ leading to self-harm behaviour. [Source: Out-Patient Record‚ Peninsula Community Health Service (2010)] Introduction Patient teaching plans are tools developed by nurses in facilitating
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My Teaching Philosophy Philosophy of teaching is a self-reflective statement of your beliefs about teaching and learning. It discuss how you put your beliefs in practice by including concrete examples of what you do or anticipate doing in class. My teaching philosophy is ‘participatory learning’. It a type of learning process whereby learners are put in the centre of every learning situation‚ in other words pupils take active part of the lesson presentation. . I hold this belief in the sense that
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Teaching Pragmatics explores the teaching of pragmatics through lessons and activities created by teachers of English as a second and foreign language. This book is written for teachers by teachers. Our teacher-contributors teach in seven different countries and are both native-speakers and nonnative speakers of English. Activities reflect ESL and EFL classroom settings. The chapters included here allow teachers to see how other teachers approach the teaching of pragmatics and to appreciate the diversity
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