Teaching Pragmatics explores the teaching of pragmatics through lessons and activities created by teachers of English as a second and foreign language. This book is written for teachers by teachers. Our teacher-contributors teach in seven different countries and are both native-speakers and nonnative speakers of English. Activities reflect ESL and EFL classroom settings. The chapters included here allow teachers to see how other teachers approach the teaching of pragmatics and to appreciate the diversity
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Running Head: Face of AIDS: Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS 1 Face of AIDS: Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS Introduction The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ which eventually develops into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a devastating disease that has reached pandemic levels‚ affecting all populations worldwide. Since the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s‚ HIV/AIDS has become one of the leading causes of mortality across the globe in the history of mankind (U
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the innovative methodologies requires an awareness of the goals and objectives of teaching literature in general and the novel in particular‚ the advantages of teaching novels and teaching methodologies. It is very difficult to agree on the goals of teaching literary texts. In the past‚ teaching literature was viewed as a way of making people better human beings and better citizens. The purpose of making English Literature a course of study at University College‚ London in the 1820’s was to moralise
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Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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Milano 2010 Table of Contents: Friends Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions‚ in association with Warner Bros. Television. In 1993 David Crane and Marta Kauffman initially named friends as Insomnia Café. They presented the project to Bright‚ and together they purposed it to NBC‚ which is a commercial TV broadcaster‚ this means that this broadcaster is financed by advertisers. Regarding the
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My Philosophy of Teaching As I begin these reflections about teaching‚ I am reminded of one of Mark Twain’s dictums‚ "Don’t let schooling get in the way of education." I think that the goal of educating university-level students can only be achieved by presenting them with more than lectures‚ rote memorization tasks‚ and straightforward projects (i.e.‚ traditional schooling). In other words‚ an educator must move beyond the traditional model of schooling to a point at which students can learn effectively
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Course: Foundation Degree in Children’s Learning and Development Module: Teaching Assistants The beginning of the Victorian age education had no relevance‚ with children forced into employment. The 1870 Education Act came into force establishing free education for all children‚ regardless of wealth‚ religion or status. The 1944 Education Act instigated the school leaving age to rise to fifteen years‚ providing mass secondary education in addition to primary. Development in the
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Teaching speaking skills 2 - overcoming classroom problems Submitted by TE Editor on 16 February‚ 2004 - 13:00 This article is written for teachers with large classes of students who have encountered some of the following or similar problems during speaking activities in their classroom. * Why should we teach speaking skills in the classroom? * Motivation * Speaking is fundamental to human communication * Dealing with the arguments against teaching speaking skills * Student’s
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The English language teachers‚ as well as any other teachers‚ encounter various professional problems concerning lesson planning‚ class management‚ student motivation‚ coping with unpredicted issues‚ and numerous other problems. There are many specific problems that usually only foreign language teachers meet‚ e.g. the usage of the mother tongue during the lessons etc. Student motivation One of the most important problems the English language teacher faces is student motivation. For learning of
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themselves learn lessons each time they teach‚ evaluating what they do and using these self-critical evaluations to adjust what they do next time. (Why Colleges Succeed‚ Ofsted 2004‚ para. 19) What this chapter is about . . . . . . . Reflective practice ± what is it? Why and how should we do it? Reflection `in’ and `on’ action Some models of reflective practice Using reflection as a basis for improving learning and teaching Writing your personal development journal (PDJ) Your individual
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