Proficiency Standards There are proficiency standards that English Language Learners are expected to meet in order to acquire the appropriate English language skills. Students will need to master those standards in order to be successful and productive in their educational‚ professional‚ and personal lives. Those standards will help and enable students to be able to understand the language and how words and phrases are put together and how the meanings of sentences and phrases can change. My English
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ENGLISH PROFICIENCY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM IS IT? For many of us‚ the state of education in a country speaks volumes. Where English is spoken and taught as a second language‚ fluency is deemed a basic requirement for proper communication and propagation of ideas and connotes success. Does this fluency actually translate to a country’s economic success and overall standing in the world of nations? Back when American influence on teachers was still strong in the 1950s‚ I recall instances where
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Introduction What is reading? Reading is an essential skill for English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) to understand written texts. It involves both perception and thought. Reading consists of two related processes: word recognition and comprehension. Word recognition is the process of perceiving how written symbols correspond to the spoken language. Comprehension is the process of understanding the words‚ sentences and connected texts. Readers typically make use of background knowledge
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Evil Essay According to Immanuel Kant‚ author of the book Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone‚ “Although we are radically free and are inclined by good‚ we are also‚ by nature‚ inclined toward evil” (Kant 43). Defined by Merriam-Webster‚ evil is “profoundly immoral and malevolent.” With such a great amount of people being naturally drawn to evil‚ it is present through various scenarios. Due to the fact that evil varies on a wide range‚ the perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting
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Levels of Language Proficiency Elementary to Limited Proficiency * The first two levels of language proficiency deal with the absolute basics of the language. These levels are where speakers learn vocabulary and grammar‚ especially how to properly conjugate words and how to speak in the past‚ present and future tenses. By the time these two levels are completed students should have some basic grasp of the language‚ and they should be able to hold casual‚ relatively simple conversations about
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A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed Essay There is nothing better than surrounded by good friends. You may look at some people and their friends with envy as they chat away happily and participate in activities together. It may be hard to figure out which friends are better when considering the friends who can have fun with and the friends that can get help from. From my perspective‚ the people who are willing to help me in the crisis time are much more cherished than who just want to stay with
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Rosalina O. et al. (Eds) Freshman College Composition. Ateneo De Manila University‚ 1992. Pacasio‚ Emy M. et al. Basic English for College. Quezon City‚ Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press‚ 1999. Robles‚ Felicidad C. Developing English Proficiency in College‚ Book 2. Quezon City‚ Philippines: JMC Press‚ Inc. Vinuya‚ Remedios V. & Santa C. Buri. College English Composition. Makati‚ Philippines: Grandwater Publications‚ 2001. The Philippine Star. May 2009
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opinions on how things should be or should be done and this can create dispute or disagreement. One way to manage this is by having open communication and discussions‚ listening to feedback and working together and agreeing as a team practical ways and solutions to completing objectives. To promote a shared vision within a team it is important to be aware of the objective you wish to attain. Team members also need to have a clear definition of what is expected of them and be given support to achieve this
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El sendero torcido al español [The Twisted Path to Spanish]: The Development of Bilingual Teachers’ Spanish-Language Proficiency John A. Sutterby‚ Javier Ayala‚ and Sandra Murillo University of Texas at Brownsville Abstract This paper describes the development of Spanish-language proficiency in bilingual preservice teachers at a university on the Texas–Mexico border. A survey with open-ended questions was administered to preservice teachers in bilingual and English as a Second Language certification
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respondents are grouped according to the variable gender‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. When they are grouped according to the variable type of high school attended‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. When the respondents are grouped according to the variable degree program‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. 3. The respondents
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