Shannon Nichols “Proficiency”‚ describes her own struggle in taking a proficiency test that’s given by her high school. This specific test is considered a college based test that requires a passing score to be able to graduate high school. Shannon takes the test two time her ninth-grade year and one time her twelfth-grade year. She fails the first two attempts which makes her very uneasy and disappointed. Luckily‚ she passed the twelfth-year test but the psychological damage had already been done
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countries‚ Teachers’ Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers; World Teachers’ Day is celebrated across the world on October 5. Ever since the importance of teachers has been recognized by UNESCO‚ by adopting the “Recommendation concerning the status of teachers”‚ World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated annually.[1] This includes celebrations to honor the teachers for their special contribution in a particular field area or the community in general. Teachers are a significant
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How to Become an Effective Teacher In general‚ education is a term often used to refer to formal education‚ which covers a range of experiences‚ from formal learning to the building of understanding and knowledge through day-to-day experiences. In fact‚ individuals receive informal education from a variety of sources‚ such as family members‚ peers‚ books and mass media. All of them have exerted a strong influence on informal education of the individual. On the other hand‚ throughout
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Application for Qualified Teacher Status Nationals of European Economic Area Member States For a copy of this form in Braille or large print please contact the QTS team at qts.enquiries@education.gsi.gov.uk‚ or by phone on 020 7593 5394 Please complete all relevant sections in black ink and BLOCK CAPITALS. Where cross boxes appear please put a cross in those that apply. 1 Personal details Forename: Middle name(s): Surname: Previous surname(s): Title: Date of birth: Gender (m/f):
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The Future Status of English as a Global Language─Now is No Forever! As an English major and a bilingual person‚ it’s hard to jump out of the box and deny the deep‚ great‚ far-reaching influence and outspread of English. It seems true that English has become the universal language─the one accredited language to use in professional academic fields‚ the almost instinctive choice of language for people to speak in foreign countries‚ remarkably the none-English-speaking ones‚ and a universally basic
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INTEREST IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND PROFICIENCY IN GRAMMAR OF FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO The University of Mindanao A Thesis Presented to Professor Bliss Monette Aguilar In partial fulfillment of the requirement in English 201 (9:00-10:00) BY: Maturan‚ Shaira Joy Ababa‚ Edgardo Jr. B. Rosauro‚ Doneil V. Salcedo‚ Earvin
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In the article by Martindale‚ Chambers‚ and Thompson‚ we learn that informed consent and confidentiality. A person should be informed of their right to confidentiality and the treatment they are consenting to in the therapeutic relationship. This study is significantly important because we are shown that there has been not very much previous research done on how well we manage consent‚ how informed the patient is‚ how honest they are‚ and what they actually know about the policies of the provider
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become of paramount importance in language teaching (or shall I say learning) process. As Widdowson‚ H. G. (1990: p. 95) points out: Teaching which gives primacy to form and uses words simply as a means of exemplification actually denies the nature of grammar as a construct for the mediation of meaning. I would suggest that the more natural and more effective approach would be to reverse this traditional pedagogic dependency‚ begin with lexical items and show how they need to be grammatically modified
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An era when Learning English as a second or foreign language has attained the status of a life skill‚ the modalities required for the acquisition of the stated status vary according to the given contexts and the requirements. Learning English in the ESL/EFL contexts demands a paradigm shift from the conventional and teacher centered classrooms to the out of the box and learner centered classrooms where the emphasis is on learner autonomy and strategies like need/task based learning which foster
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What Makes a Good Foreign Language Teacher? Most of us have had at least one really great teacher and one really bad one. We know what we like in a teacher and judge them based on that. I have had teachers over the years whom others did not like. There were also other teachers I thought did a horrible job but other students thought were the best they ever had. Opinions differ. Most of what people perceive as a good or bad teacher is usually based on things like personalities and preferred
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