... shocking. Two other problems have surfaced inteaching speaking to these students. One is teaching thestudents to be concise, to -the- point, and bottom-line oriented. The other problem is ... overlooked. Maintaining thestudents self-esteem is the key to their success. Speaking in a second language, especially in public settings, can be a very intimidating undertaking. Providing positive ... grading. I focus on getting my students to expand their individual speaking/listening ability in other words, I want thestudents to compare themselves with themselves and not with that of their...
... both the teacher and the learner, yet much classroom time is spent with eyes firmly fixed on the book, the board, the floor, the window, or roaming randomly around theteaching and learning ... largely inthe context of providing clues to the nature of the learner rather than in terms of a teaching tool. We have recently had the pleasure of observing English language classes at the Izmir ... Establishing a management role intheclassroom involves eye contact from the outset. Be in your classroom before your learners, and welcome them individually with a combination of eye contact and their...
... of instruments, coupled with insightfulness in deciding which instrument(s) to pick for the job in hand.Feeling comfortable inthe presence of uncertainty and ambiguity (perhaps bearing in ... 1.3 Through the window Coaching emotional intelligence inthe classroom 40If all people were rich then there would be no need for them to work. If the rich did not work then only the poor could ... something rather than noth-ing? Putting that into Google by the way pulls up 21 million references!Happy questioning. Coaching emotional intelligence inthe classroom 2This book is underpinned...
... mining rush. It happened here, inthe hills on San Jose’s southern edges. SANISLO: Our mines were bigger than the biggest gold mines. Terri Sanislo is an interpreter at the New Almaden Mining ... are taking big steps toward cleaning up the mercury pollution in San Francisco Bay. On a Sunday morning, in late April at the Berkeley Marina dozens of anglers are casting their fishing rods ... one of the sources of mercury inthe Bay, but it’s also one of the simplest to clean up. DRURY: So, the way to reduce methyl mercury in fish is to prevent it from getting in the water in the...
... group. The indication is that only enthusiastic students show a consistent interest in pursuing a career inthe area, while the interested ones, despite pointing out high interest inthe other ... relevant to investigate the way the level of students personal interest is in uenced by the other four dimensions.Using the expression “proposition” rather than hy-pothesis and understanding that ... nishing their studies; 34.6% said they would work in their own company or open a business and 9.3% intended to work in family businesses, and the remaining ones (6.2%) wanted to dedicate themselves...
... example, the kind of clause (main, coordinate, subordinate), whether the clause has a verb to be solved, the voice and form of the clause, the kind of event described by the clause, the time interval ... with the event described in the clause, etc. Some of the exercise descriptors must be manually coded and inserted inthe exercise data base whereas the others (mainly concerning purely linguistic ... rules according to the results obtained through their use. The work presented here relates both to the research carried out inthe fields of linguistics and philosophy, concerning theories of...
... a 15. They …………. all kinds of sackcloth. a. produce b. do c. audit d. deposit > a 16. They used to go skiing inthe mountain every winter, but for the past five years. a. they don’t ... d. unique > d 2. a. school b. sing c. island d. bus > c d. Hadn't it been b 41. The talks inthe classroom, inthe corridor and inthe schoolyard do not …… … a. matter ... find / to buy / trying / to travel b. see / wasn’t / to find / to buy / trying / to travel c. to see / wasn’t / to find / buy / trying / to travel d. seeing / am not / to find / buy / trying...
... note the effect of the features used by the writer;ã investigating and discussing the effect of using these grammatical features in her/his own writing.Timing:ã during the whole-class teaching ... offering waiting time for individual thinking;- building in brief paired discussion;- encouraging non-verbal responses (e.g. ‘show-me’ activities).ã principles of shared writing in KS1ã principles ... writing in KS2 The National Literacy Strategy The National Literacy StrategyPRINCIPLES OF SHARED WRITING – BY THE END OF KS2General:ã use the first 30 minutes of the Literacy Hour as a continuos...
... language teaching. The findings of the study demarcate that the teachers were following both the traditional and CLT approach in their practice.While addressing the issues regarding the Indonesian ... of the studyThis research investigates the reality of theteaching oral skills to the first year students in HaUI when the teachers are considered to be applying CLT approach in their teaching. ... finding problems when implementing CLT in their classroom. The problems, as the table below indicates, are varied but mainly relate to the level of students, to their responsibility and to their...
... Model for Teaching LiteratureAccording to Duff and Maley (1990), the main reasons for integrating these elements are linguistic, methodological and motivational. Linguistically, by using a wide ... Stage 6: Interpretation and Personal Response The focus of this final step is on increasing understanding, enhancing enjoyment of the text and enabling learners to come to their own personal interpretation ... used to interpret literary discourse are essentially the same for interpreting any type of discourse. Approaches to Teaching LiteratureHaving decided that integrating literature into the EFL...
... meaning or scanning it to pick out specific information. Other things to keep in mind are: 1. When choosing texts consider not only their difficulty level, but also their interest or their ... sure that the pupils understand the essential vocabulary they need to complete the task before they begin to read.3. While the children are reading the text, move around the class providing support ... poem. Reading aloud inhibits most pupils and forces them to concentrate on what they are saying as opposed to what they are reading and the meaning is very often lost.Writing In primary schools,...
... listen to other non-native speakers, remind them that in today's global society, the chances are that they will find themselves conversing, doing business, or otherwise interacting in English ... Let theStudents do the Workã At the beginning or end of class or after a comprehension exercise, have students ask each other questions about the material covered. That will get them used ... English with other non-native speakers.Have Funã One of the best aspects of multi-lingual classrooms is that the widely varying cultural, linguistic and personal backgrounds of thestudents provide...