of a Good Teacher BY PATRICIA MILLER This article was first published in Volume 25‚ No. 1 (1987). From time to time during the 15 years I have been working in the field of English language teaching and training‚ I have put myself in the position of language learner rather than teacher. In addition to enjoying language study and finding the process fascinating‚ I find it beneficial to view the process through the eyes of a student. Even though I have felt at odds with some teachers and
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blessed with natural abilities‚ but through human nature‚ we desire personal connection and motivation. The movie Stand and Deliver told the story of a high school class that fell short of academic requirements. Jamie Escalante was a new‚ influential teacher who made an impact on inner city students by simply demonstrating interest and faith. Jamie showed attention to the students outside of the classroom and did not give them the opportunity to make excuses. Mr. Escalante cleverly manipulated his students
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Analysis by theme – Carol Ann Duffy CHILDHOOD Notes from “Originally” Repeatedly returns to the metaphor of childhood as a “country” – echoes of L.P. Hartley’s “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Notion of past being intimately associated with place‚ and that adulthood is a journey away from it. “All childhood is an emigration.”/ “I want our own country”. Fear of being in an alien place as a child reflected in the alienation of adult life. “I lost a river
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Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about two secluded women who are both bizarre and both reclusive‚ but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with‚ the tone of the poem is very different Salome’s tone is somewhat nonchalant and Havisham’s tone is disheartening. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy uses alliteration to emphasise Ms Havisham’s hatred and frustration‚ by using the repetition of the fierce ‘b’ sound which
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Duffys Forest Summary Duffys Forest is a northern Sydney suburb that sits about 28 kilometres from the central business district. It is part of the Northern Beaches and is also part of the Forest District. The biggest attraction and claim to fame for Duffys Forest is the Waratah Park Earth Sanctuary that was closed down in the 1970s due to the lack of tourists. This sanctuary was where they filmed the show‚ Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. In August of 2009‚ all animals were removed from the sanctuary and
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Sports shoes are very popular in the casual market‚ with shoes that are sporty in style‚ but not intended for sports use. The American term sneakers and British term trainers are more commonly associated with the casual use of sports shoes. A plimsoll is a type of athletic footwear constructed from a canvas upper and rubber sole. Its development is seen as the origins of sports footwear‚ and it was originally development as beachwear by the Liverpool Rubber Company (UK). Originally known as sandshoes
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It is believed that the safest place for children is their home and family‚ but nowadays this statement has become doubtful. According to statistics about 30 percent of all crimes somehow associated with abuse of children. The most shocking thing is that children are abused by those who have to be responsible for them and have to take care of them. That is to say‚ children as the most immature members of society both physically and psychologically constantly suffer from humiliations‚ corporal punishments
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Carol Ann Duffy is a time traveller. Her poetry frequently steps to one side of an experience and redraws its ostensible shape‚ smudging away at any exclusive edges‚ so that the supposed fixity of an experience or relationship becomes more plastic‚more malleable. I love this creativity in Duffy‚ this capacity for the ‘what if’ or ‘reframe’ in Carol Ann Duffy. For like all great writers‚ she is prepared to renegotiate experience and the past. She believes in resurrection through remembrance‚ and
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makes a "good" English teacher? Can teachers with a competent level of English skills be considered good English teachers? A list of attributes of a good teacher of English as a second language (ESL) would be very subjective. With that in mind‚ I would like to discuss the characteristics of a good English teacher based on my own research and experience. There are two common misconceptions about English teaching. First‚ a professor with a doctorate is not necessarily a good English teacher. Second
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of a good teacher – with special reference to Quality Circle “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it‚ but that it is too low and we reach it.”----Michelangel BY Prof. Amrita Chourasia and Prof Kumkum Singha Abstract:- First‚ there is no hard and fast list that tells us who is a good teacher or who is not a good teacher. However‚ there are traits that excellent teachers have in common. These are not the usual qualities such as being a good friend
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