REPORT IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ORAL PROFICIENCY THROUGH ASSOCIATED WORD LIST AND MIND MAPPING INTRODUCTION Background Speaking is a communication skill that enables a person to verbalise thoughts and ideas. It is one of the four skills that our students should be able to acquire after years of learning English in primary and secondary schools. In some schools‚ speaking would not be a problem as it has become their medium of communication. For other schools such as the
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(HL) (External Assessment) Written assignment 20% Creative writing of 500-600 words plus a 150-word rationale‚ based on one of the literary texts read. The task: Students produce a piece of creative writing that may be chosen from the recommended text types listed for paper 2 (see below). It will be based on a work of literature that the student has read as part of the course and may use related information from other reading material. Examples of written assignments could be writing a
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I have been delivered several oral presentations in individual and group scenario‚ but only a few attempts reached my expected effect. The ability to prepare high quality oral presentations is the competency standard for graduate engineers. Therefore‚ it is essential to reflect on my previous performance on oral presentations and try to develop implementation plans to overcome my weakness in the future. Firstly‚ I tried to find out why the ability to give good oral presentations was so important
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Developing Oral Fluency Oral fluency is a measure of how well and how easily you can communicate your ideas clearly and accurately in speech. Of course‚ correct pronunciation of individual sounds and words is very important for fluency‚ for your listener has to be able to hear and distinguish the words you are saying. However‚ stress‚ rhythm‚ and intonation can be even more important‚ they help making both single words and combinations of words‚ like phrases‚ clauses‚ and whole sentences
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and smell in the environment. Communication is key in order for children to be able to learn and develop skills to be able to vocalize and express their feelings to their first teachers which are the parents/ caregivers. As early as six weeks‚ infants begin to make spontaneous cooing sounds which resemble vowel sounds (Otto‚ 2008). The sound production becomes more complex as the child grows until the final stage of oral development which is beginning oral fluency. Oral development is vital for children
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Oral Exam | Excellent 4 pts | Good 3 pts | Fair 2 pts | Poor 1 pt | Content | Student completes all tasks given and incorporates other tasks previously learned. Mastery of a variety of grammar structures and vocabulary is evident. | Student completes all tasks but does not incorporate tasks previously learned. A small amount of variety in grammar structures and vocabulary is included | Student completes some but not all tasks assigned. Basic grammar and vocabulary are the base of the presentation
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Oral History Project For this oral presentation‚ I decided to interview one of my close friend’s grandmother. Her name is Mary Fonte and she was born in 1938. Ms. Mary was very knowledgeable about many things and our interview lasted over two hours. I found her to be very interesting and full of fascinating stories. She has witnessed many changes and experienced different eras in her lifetime. She has endured numerous progressions and countless advancement over the years. I found Ms. Mary
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‘Lash’ Against TV In the article‚ “In Defense of the Written Word‚” the authors talk about the significance of written words and the negative effects that TV and pictures have on the world. In today’s society‚ the amount of time people spend on reading has declined which is clearly seen through “the 1.9% decline of newspaper circulation of 815 of the nation’s largest in 2005." Although the creation of the television itself was a huge phenomenon to the world‚ it created a huge dent on the critical
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AMST 101 – Monday & Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:15pm Prof. M.A. Oral History Project & Short Paper By D.B. The following essay is about my interviewee’s personal history and what he had experienced‚ being a residential in the United States of America. R. L. W. is a 69 years old man who bears his age well and who spent most of his life in his home country state Louisiana. He moved with his wife Brie and his daughter J. to California in 1987 in order to run his own business‚ a plumbing company.
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Written task – SL Language and Literature Weighting: 20% 1. A written task demonstrates the student’s ability to choose an imaginative way of exploring an aspect of the material studied in the course. It must show a critical engagement with an aspect of a text or a topic. 2. Students complete at least three written tasks‚ one of which is submitted for external assessment. The written task is assessed according to the assessment criteria published in this guide. 3. The maximum mark for
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