1.0 INTRODUCTIONS Writing is one of the skills that need to be mastered in language learning and most people admit it is a difficult process even for their first language. In learning and writing in foreign language or second language it can only be more complicated. Numerous research indicate that for beginners in learning English Foreign Language (EFL), there were tendencies of interference from their first language in their process of writing in English (Benson, 2002 and Cedar, 2004). In fact
Vocabulary plays a vital role in learning a language and it is one of the important language components in developing oral and written communication skills. English vocabulary is vast; learning all words in English is next to impossible. Nevertheless, vocabulary instruction is facilitated at the primary and secondary levels. At tertiary level, students who learn English for a specific purpose are given vocabulary instruction specific to their area. For instance, students in an engineering college
Socratic questioning dates back to the 5th century BC, when an Athenian named Socrates questioned his fellow people to deliver their knowledge of good or evil (Knezic et al., 2010). This essay will compare two ways Socratic methods of questioning are used in a modern classroom based on Gershon (2013) writing on tried and tested method on how to challenge and stretch your students. Teachers use Socratic Methods of questioning in the modern classroom to challenge the thinking of their students as mentioned
They say that students need a teacher who has emotions and sees to their emotional needs and a robotic computer cannot carry out this important need. The humanistic approach to teaching a foreign language sees to their basic emotional needs. As students are human and they have basic human needs, they need to feel while learning. What is meant by feel is the encouragement, punishment, rewards, and fines experienced while learning and which
being teachers‟ understanding of and attitudes towards multiculturalism. Interpreting the term refers to how or what one sees or perceives something, while the posture is the direction one believes or experiences about something and the way one behaves towards something that demonstrates how one experiences and remembers. Since the two terms are very closely related, discussions or references made to understanding will include attitudes as an intact portion of discernment or perception. The teacher's
Introduction English as a second or foreign language has gained much attention during the past decades in almost every country. In Iran English is taught as a foreign language in high-schools as well as in universities (Mirdehghan, HoseiniKargar, Navab, & Mahmoodi, 2011). Aside from different language courses presented in different levels of public academic centers, there are also private institutes that teach different levels of foreign language. As a branch of English language teaching, English for specific
Learning Problems Over the decades education has gone through a vast experimentation on various theories and teaching method to find the perfect education system. In the United States of America, ‘The no child left behind’ policy and the ‘Common core’ are all going through varies debates to see the best fit education system. As I am currently teaching in Cooperative School in Majuro, using the United States curriculum, I have witnessed that there is always room for new educational interventions
Poetry Comparison Essay I. INTRODUCTION A.) The topic of the essay. B.) The thesis statement. II. FIRST COMPARISON A.) Pilgrims are unaware what awaits them in the Americas. B.) Readers of poetry barely have an idea about what a poem will be about before reading it. III. SECOND COMPARISON A.) Pilgrims have a sense of adventure on their expedition, but they also feel uncertain. B.) Although poetry readers show dauntless curiosity about poems, they may also feel
INTRODUCTION In this essay I start by describing the nature of learning conversations and the incorporation of the socio-cultural theory in my domain of mathematics. The essay will include a break- down of the topic and the objectives, the activity and learning conversation and the analysis of the conversation. It will also include recommendations of how learning conversations can be part of the teaching and learning mathematics. The combination of learning conversations and the socio-cultural
1.Language enrichment Building a child’s vocabulary is the foundation to reading, writing, verbal expression, and in many ways, vocabulary is an important factor in building analytical and critical thinking. The language is used to express intentions, describe feelings, and understand the ideas of others. From the first cooing sounds that infant makes in response to a tickle to the first words of toddlerhood and each step from that moment is considered as child's progress. Between the ages of 18