believe that explicit teaching of grammar is favoured by their students because of the expectations and the feelings of insecurity. How could it be? The first reason is explicit teaching of grammar tend to directly put attention to target form. By giving a direct attention, it is hoped that the method may limit students’ misconception related to grammar. The second, explicit teaching is predetermined and planned. For example, grammar can be set up as the main focus and goal of a teaching activity. The third
Language plays a vital role in the teaching and learning process in all subjects. English, as the known international language, is the most common medium utilized in the school systems. According to the report of the British Council and University of Oxford’s department of education, English language is increasingly becoming the lingua franca of education institutions across the world – from primary schools to higher education. Materials such as books and journals are written in English, including
Chapter 2 Review of the Related Literature The review of the related literature focuses on the acquired psychomotor skills through deductive teaching approach. It focuses on the students acquired psychomotor skills in laboratory activities using deductive teaching approach those are physical perspective and mental perspective. It also focuses on the factors that enhance psychomotor skills of students those are lecture, demonstration and execution. Sex In this study sex is considered because there
Teachers often make conscious efforts to keep classroom requirements such as textbooks and novels to a minimum, so they use crossword puzzles as an alternative to certain texts. Second Language Teaching For decades crosswords have been used to teach students a second language. However, when teaching a second language, teachers generally use a modified version of the crossword puzzle. In this version the clues are not written, they are illustrated. This way the student has to identify the object
The course Teaching Secondary School Mathematics was very interesting and informative. As I reflect on this course I recognize that it has brought a lot of information into perspective. My classmates and I, at first, found this very tedious but we gradually got a sense of appreciation for the wealth of knowledge we gained from this experience. Among some of the points emphasised were how to write unit plans and lesson plans implementing the 5E’s. It was reiterated that these plans were to be student-centred
influence is evident from studying Chinese leisure and activities, such as Tai Chi Chuan. (Wang and Stringer 2000, 33-41). Traditional and religious context directly affected the perception of martial arts and Tai Chi exercises giving rise to borrowed terminology from spiritual texts. Three main spiritual philosophies affected Tai Chi development are Confucianism, Yin and Yang, and Daoism. The main concept of Tai Chi Chuan is thought and mind interconnectedness, which was complemented
this study discusses empirical data gathered from a fieldwork on students learning French at the University of Benin. The research findings show that linguistic interference, the lack of linguistic competence, lack of interest, and inadequacy of teaching methodology, among others, are factors responsible for difficulties in the appropriation of the present subjunctive by students. Consequently, recommendations are made on how to improve the learning
specifically focus on the roles and responsibilities of teachers in ESP compared to their roles in General English learning. Fiorito (2005) is of the opinion that teachers already experienced in offering General English courses are advantaged in teaching ESP because they possess the requisite background and skills in language
increases the opportunities to participate in different social and cultural contexts (Skolverket 2011). Therefore, the teaching of the English language should aim at helping the pupils to develop knowledge of the English language and develop pupils’ confidence in using the English language in different situations and purposes (Skolverket 2011). According to Skolverket (2011) through teaching the pupils should be given the opportunity to develop all-round
Communication Strategy a. An Overview on Communication Strategies In the field of language teaching and learning, early CS studies involved the definition and classification of CS. The notion of CS was first introduced by Selinker (1972) in his paper “Interlanguage.” In the same year, Savignon (1972) published a research report in which she emphasised the importance of “coping strategies” used in second language teaching and testing. She used the term “coping strategies” to refer to CS. Their papers provide