reports the analysis of the performance of the English Language Teachers (ELTs) and Teachers with Formal Education (TFEs) at secondary level in public high schools. The study shows that ELTs have positive influence on the performance of the students in the final examinations conducted by the board of intermediate and secondary education. We collected the data for present study from three different public schools where ELTs and TFEs were teaching in parallel. The results of the students in their final
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My reflection is on a teaching session of nasogastric feeding to a second year student. One of the patient I looked after was fed via a nasogastric tube. My student had told me she had never set up a feed via a nasogastric tube. I saw this as a learning opportunity for her. In order for me to teach my student effectively‚ it was important to establish her preferred learning style. Honey & Mumford (1992) identify four distinct learning styles e:g 1. Activist‚ are those people that learn by doing
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The shape of things to come? Some basic questions about English as a lingua franca Introduction: ’English ’ as a global lingua franca ’English ’‚ whatever may be meant by this designation‚ is the language in which most lingua franca communication worldwide is now taking place. This predominance is well documented (cf. e.g. Crystal 1997‚ Graddol 1997). Although‚ as these authors argue‚ this predominance may well turn out to be a temporary one‚ maybe for approximately the next 50 years‚ for
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Foundation course 1a. Objective: Develop TESOL knowledge & Teaching Role/s 1. What does the acronym TESOL stand for? TESOL stands for Teaching English to students of other languages. 2. List 3 Educational Institutions in which ESL is taught? ESL is taught in public and private schools‚ universities and language institutions. 3. What does the acronym ESL stand for? ESL stands for English as a second language. 4. What does the acronym ESP stand for? ESP stands for English for specific
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Computer Assisted Language Learning and English Language Teaching in Thailand: Overview Attapol Khamkhien Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science‚ Kasetsart University E-mail: faasapk@ku.ac.th Doi: 10.5901/mjss.2012.03.01.55 Abstract Currently‚ computer assisted language learning (CALL) is widely accepted to be a tool which can be used to facilitate the language learning process‚ particularly English language teaching (ELT). The use of CALL has provided a powerful medium for language learning from
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is going global; everyone takes effort to be competitive anywhere in the world. This shift doesn’t only call for skill-oriented competence but also communicative wise. This phenomenon brought the great need for language performance and competence specifically in one of the world’s global language‚ English. English is the most widely spoken language in the history of our planet‚ used in some way by at least one out of every seven human beings around the globe. Majority of international phone calls
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associate Professor of English Department at Shandong University‚ China. The author graduated from Shandong University with BA and MA degrees in English Language and Literature. She is interested in teaching and researching in English and Chinese and cross-culture communication. In her article ‘Constructivism-Application in Oral English Teaching to Non-English Majors’ the author has a look at current ELT practices to non English students in China‚ then establishes the problems and tells us the
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…………………. - Beyond Beliefs: Psycho-cognitive‚ Sociocultural and Emergent Ecological Approaches to Learner Perceptions in Foreign Language Acquisition 2. Parviz Birjandi and Saeideh Ahangari …………………………………… - Effects of Task Repetition on the Fluency‚ Complexity and Accuracy of Iranian EFL Learners’ Oral Discourse 3. Omid Akbari ……………..……………..…..……………….…................... - Teaching Vocabulary Items through Contextualization and Picture to Elementary Iranian EFL Students 4. Li Na‚ Wang Lin-yao and Yao Ji-wei…
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What would you do if….. I know teaching will have its hard times. I also know that that some students can be extremely rude and disrespectful. If the students knocked down my lesson plan I would let them know the hard work I put into it. I know this wouldn’t make them change how they felt about the lesson plan but I would also ask them if they had any brilliant plans‚ and how could they make this interesting. I would then make sure I give extra homework that night for being disrespectful; hopefully
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The Grammar-Translation Method As “modern” languages began to enter the curriculum of European schools in the eighteenth century‚ they were taught using the same basic procedures that were used for teaching Latin. Textbooks consisted of statements of abstract grammar rules‚ lists of vocabulary‚ and sentences for translation. Speaking the foreign language was not the goal‚ and oral practice was limited to students reading aloud the sentences they had translated. These sentences were constructed to
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