PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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Teaching Listening Listening is the language modality that is used most frequently. It has been estimated that adults spend almost half their communication time listening‚ and students may receive as much as 90% of their in-school information through listening to instructors and to one another. Often‚ however‚ language learners do not recognize the level of effort that goes into developing listening ability. Far from passively receiving and recording aural input‚ listeners actively involve themselves
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MODELS OF TEACHING We have discussed about the various learning theories in the last chapter. But as aspirant teachers‚ it is our experience that no teaching problems can be solved by acquiring knowledge of learning principles. The models of teaching will be a help to understand the nature of teaching. Teaching models are developed keeping in view of the learning theories (So that the teaching theories may be indoctrinated and reaffirmed by using these models.). The teaching model gives
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such conceptual ideas. To teach these theoretical concepts‚ one must not only equivalently utilize David Ausubel’s Expository teaching model‚ but also retain an overall knowledge of other valuable strategies related to Ausubels’s model (Woolfolk‚ 2004‚ p. 281). To Ausubel‚ the most significant idea is that of the advance organizer‚ a statement of introduction that aids students in organizing the information about to be presented. Also to a teacher’s benefit are the ideas needed to form a concept
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TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction
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Analyzing a Visual Americans are bombarded with ads and public service announcements every day. They come in the forms of media including television‚ newspapers‚ and other forms as well. Because Americans are bombarded with so many ads and public service announcements‚ the composers need to have reasonable and credible arguments and keep the viewers attention‚ and to persuade them. Public service announcements are a special kind of ad whose intention is to encourage beneficial actions or donations
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Analysis of Visual Argument The site visithoustontexas.com is a website designed to attract and convince tourists to visit the city of Houston‚ Texas and to provide information about current events‚ activities‚ and places to go while visiting the city as well as hotels and restaurants. The website includes a considerable amount of images of these places and events and each of these images are accompanied by a small descriptive text which‚ if followed‚ it will redirect to a section of the webpage
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Facilitator in the 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
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How to Teach EFL Pronunciation Successfully Winda Syafitri Is it possible teaching English without teaching pronunciation? The “NO” answer is usually attached‚ yet it is common knowledge which is mostly ignored not only by the learners but also by the teacher. Considering sounds play an important role in communication‚ foreign language teacher is supposed to give proper attention to this. To teach English as Foreign Language pronunciation successfully‚ good strategies are needed applying in the
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EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS AT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL Dr. Shahida Sajjad Assistant Professor Department of Special Education University of Karachi. Pakistan ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of various teaching methods used for teaching students at graduate level. Two hundred and twenty undergraduate students studying in 11 departments of Faculty of Arts‚ University of Karachi‚ were interviewed about their perceptions of best and effective teaching methods and
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