Flashback to about eight years earlier when I first began to learn the basics of this language so unfamiliar to me‚ but the comfort to many people living in the area of Richmond. Sitting in my fourth grade class‚ a woman came and begun to teach us general Spanish vocabulary: greetings‚ colors‚ and numbers. Each year after that I took Spanish‚ and in the years following I learned more in depth of the Spanish language and the culture in many Spanish speaking cultures. As I entered middle school however
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Formal‚ Non-formal and Informal Learning: What Are the Differences? Earlier this year I did some applied research on the differences between formal‚ non-formal and informal education in both the sciences‚ as well as literacy and language education. These terms have been used by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) as well as researchers and practitioners around the globe. Here’s a simplified explanation: Formal education – Organized‚ guided by a formal curriculum‚ leads
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Piaget’s Theory Jean Piaget was primarily interested in how knowledge developed in human organisms. Cognitive structuring of the knowledge was fundamental in his theory. According to his theory‚ cognitive structures are patterns of physical or mental action that underlie specific acts of intelligence and correspond to stages of child development. He has integrated both behavior and cognitive aspects in one developmental theory. In his theory he put forward four primary developmental stages. They
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Transfer of learning is the study of the dependency of human conduct‚ learning‚ or performance on prior experience. The notion was originally introduced as transfer of practice by Edward Thorndike and Robert S. Woodworth. They explored how individuals would transfer learning in one context to another context that shared similar characteristics – or more formally how "improvement in one mental function" could influence another related one. Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on the
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Learning New Skills With every culture comes communication‚ language is the most important tool that we can use in our day-to-day lives. People need to communicate with each other since this is how the human race coexists with each other and sets us above the rest. We communicate with each other even if we do not know each other. Speaking is one of the most common ways‚ but nonverbally is the other way we all communicate. The nature of communications are very important in our lives‚ we all need
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Learner Variables Learning Styles and Strategies Learning Styles An individual’s general approach to learning; a general predisposititon‚ not fixed‚ but a dominant way of negotiating reality predisposition-- cognitive‚ affective‚ physical personality styles: self-esteem‚ inhibition‚ emphaty‚ risk taking‚ anxiety‚ ambiguity tolerance‚ impulsivity‚ etc. cognitive styles (VAKOG) : the way we learn things‚ the way we attack problems:
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Total Physical Response in a Beginning Language Class Contents: 1. Shortly About Teaching Methodologies ....................................................... 3 2. Introduction ………………………………………………………………... 3 3. Background of the TPR Approach ………………………………………… 3 4. Approach …………………………………………………………………... 5 4.1. Theory of Language …………………………………………… 5 4.2. Theory of Learning ……………………………………………. 6 5. Why TPR Works? Brain Lateralization …………………………………… 6 6. Goals of TPR Approach ……………………………………………………
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THESE DAYS PEOPLE PAY MORE ATTENTION TO ARTISTS (WRITTERS‚ PAINTERS AND SO ON) AND GIVE LESS IMPORTANCE TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE AND DISAGREE? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?" It is true that in resent years many people are developing more and more interest in arts and literature. At the same time‚ this attraction could cause many individuals to draw away from much more significant fields like science and technology. While I accept that this trend is increasing but in my
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changing of meaning…………………………………...10 1.4.Main Types of Semantic Change……………………………………………14 1.5.Some Special Factors of Social Environment………………………………16 2. STUDYING POLYSEMY…………………………………………………..18 2.1.Polysemy as the Source of Ambiguities in a Language……………………..18 2.2.Historical Development of Polysemy……………………………………….22 2.3.The Diachronic Approach to Studying Polysemy…………………………...24 2.4.The Synchronic Approach to Studying Polysemy…………………………...26 2.5.Polysemy and its Connection with the Context……………………………
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THE APPLICATION OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING APPROACH IN TEACHING ENGLISH SEAKING CLASS Introduction As an international language‚ at the present day‚ English has been used and learnt by the people all over the world‚ include by Indonesian students. Based on the history‚ English is main language which is used in Britain‚ USA‚ and many others foreign countries‚ where it differs in grammatical‚ vocabularies‚ and pronunciation. Besides that‚ there are many words in English which is derived from
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