1930 - The year known best, to Indians, for the Civil Disobedience Movement that breathed new life into the struggle for independence. Going by the history books, it was a period when the average Indian mind was agitated, and the national sentiment echoed the revolutionary ideas of the leaders. In this tumultuous time, we follow the mellow adventures of Swaminathan (or Swami), a schoolboy; as R.K. Narayan makes the proverbial bird (whose “eyes’ view” spanned the entire nation) land in the fictional
in team teaching. The objectives of the research were; (1) to explore the NESTs and non-NESTs’ beliefs about lesson plan in team teaching at two different Junior High School in Ponorogo, (2) to explore the implementation of NESTs and non-NESTs’ beliefs about lesson plan in team teaching (3) to explore discrepancies between teachers’ beliefs and practice, (4) factors are responsible for shaping those beliefs and its implementation. The informants of the research were two pairs of English team teachers
soft skills and communication competence. Most of the Engineering students have good knowledge of the subject but they are not good at English especially in developing countries. Though they have English medium education from school level onwards, most of them are unable to speak general English and not competent in technical writing. They know the importance of English but they fail to realize the gateway to express their core knowledge is communication skills only. Corporate world need people not just
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background Teaching English as a foreign Language to Arab students, specifically, to the Sudanese ones requires from EFL teachers to devote a considerable amount of time and effort in different areas of the learning process. Improving students' performance and competence in the four basic skills of English (receptive and productive) has for a long time, been the main concern of the teachers in classrooms. In addition to the grammatical rules which represent the main focus
MATERIALS IN READING CLASS FOR SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS MAJORING IN ENGLISH AT HUE UNIVERSITY – COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES I. INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Recently, English has become more and more popular around the world. It is the official language in a great number of countries as it is estimated that the number of people using English to communicate on a regular basis is two billion (The English Language Centre Eastbourne, 2013). English is also considered as the dominant business language and it has
thousand five hundred million people worldwide speak English, of whom three hundred seventy five million are native speakers (McKay 2016). Therefore, English language is now considered as an international language, and it is often taught as a foreign language accompanied by teaching both American and British Cultural studies. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), in simple words, means the teaching of English language in a non-English-speaking region. Education in American and British cultures
1. Introduction The role of the English language in the Greek state schools in general is considered to be secondary although it is generally agreed that the English language is important being an international language. The current attitude towards learning English in State schools is depressing as most of the learners learn the language in private language institutes in a more organised and exam- oriented way (Manolopoulou-Sergi, 2001). However, the subject imposed by the Ministry of education
Faculty of Literature and Humanities Department of English Language and Literature Master’s Thesis Developing a Critical Classroom Discourse Analysis (CCDA) Framework for Interaction Analysis in an Iranian EFL Context By: Amin Davoodi Supervisor: Mostafa Hasrati, PhD Advisor: Nouroddin Yousofi, PhD February, 2015 Acknowledgment I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to all those who contributed to this thesis. First of all, I would like to express my immense gratitude
Nowadays in Spain a model of "bilingual school" is being implanted, which every day acquires more popularity among the population. There is a growing tendency for schools to see the need to incorporate this new model into their educational projects. This is of great importance, however, to appreciate the fact that bilingual education requires a series of requirements and implications for all actors involved in the educational area. In Europe, and particularly in Spain, great efforts are being made
Designing English Classroom Method Based on Students’ Learning Style Eka Indah Nuraini ekaindahnuraini@gmail.com ABSTRACT Students have different preferences in the way they take in and process information - which is to say they have different learning styles. Their learning style include visual (V; learning from graphs, charts, and flow diagrams), auditory (A; learning from audio), and kinesthetic (K; learning from movement). Since individuals differ in their ways of learning, teachers require