AN ACTION RESEARCH 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
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ELL Classroom Observation The main purpose of this paper is to observe and evaluate an ELL lesson using the SIOP (The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) checklist ("Lesson Plan Checklist For The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)"). The emphasis of this observation will be on Lesson Preparation‚ Building Background‚ and Comprehensible Input. Using literature as an English learning tool is the lesson that we will be assessing in the paper. The Lesson The use of literature
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Learning creatively: the effectiveness of using theater pedagogy for immigrant ELLs Introduction Having the experience of being an actress in a drama‚ I myself appreciate the power of acting the role out in thinking in the shoes of the character with empathy‚ thus better understanding the character in the specific story settings; on the other hand‚ given the authentic practicing environment‚ I could rehearse the lines again and again until they became perfect to act. Meanwhile‚ just as Gina Tiffany
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Republic of the Philippines UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES Vigan City‚ Ilocos Sur COURSE SYLLABUS Subject Code: Engl 125 Descriptive Title: English for Specific Purposes; English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Nation Pre-Requisite: Engl 121‚ Engl 122 Credit: 3 units I. Subject Description: This course is intended to develop students’ skills in the use of the English language in the context of teaching profession. Like any course in English for Specific Purposes‚ it is
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Purpose and Learning Outcome: The following assessment plan is for a conversational English language course. The purpose of this assessment plan is to evaluate Intermediate Novice Level English Language Learners. Learning Outcome: The student will demonstrate fluency in English language. The student can identify word definitions and phrases. The student utilizes appropriate word choices and idioms. The student displays an effort to pronounce words and letters correctly. Assessment
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respondents are grouped according to the variable gender‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. When they are grouped according to the variable type of high school attended‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. When the respondents are grouped according to the variable degree program‚ their overall level of proficiency in the four English grammar skills is Poorly Proficient. 3. The
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to educate our non-native English language students across the country is a highly charged topic that runs from the classroom to Capitol Hill. There have been many shifts in direction and focus of educational programs for English Language Learning (ELL) students during the past century in our nation’s history. In 1968‚ with the passage of the Bilingual Education Act (Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) legislation was adopted to support programs for educating language-minority
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Rosalina O. et al. (Eds) Freshman College Composition. Ateneo De Manila University‚ 1992. Pacasio‚ Emy M. et al. Basic English for College. Quezon City‚ Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press‚ 1999. Robles‚ Felicidad C. Developing English Proficiency in College‚ Book 2. Quezon City‚ Philippines: JMC Press‚ Inc. Vinuya‚ Remedios V. & Santa C. Buri. College English Composition. Makati‚ Philippines: Grandwater Publications‚ 2001. The Philippine Star. May 2009
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El sendero torcido al español [The Twisted Path to Spanish]: The Development of Bilingual Teachers’ Spanish-Language Proficiency John A. Sutterby‚ Javier Ayala‚ and Sandra Murillo University of Texas at Brownsville Abstract This paper describes the development of Spanish-language proficiency in bilingual preservice teachers at a university on the Texas–Mexico border. A survey with open-ended questions was administered to preservice teachers in bilingual and English as a Second Language certification
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ORAL PROFICIENCY OF GUJARATI MEDIUM STUDENTS AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN ENGLISH MEDIUM ABSTRACT Oral proficiency in English language plays a vital role in effective communicative behaviour. Oral proficiency in English facilitates speaker to express the thoughts very clearly. With globalization‚ the world has become very closer and therefore the demand of people‚ having the proficiency in English has increased at global level. Business English world also requires proficient people in English.
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