personalized way. They were to learn new vocabulary related to the text. Judging from student feedback I was able to achieve my main objective‚ students seemed to follow my instructions sufficiently as I made sure they read the questions beforehand and then read the story for gist. My tutors and peers have noted that I was too tense in previous lessons and I’d pace around the class too much however this time I tried to contain myself by sitting down when handing out tasks however there is still room for
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EDUCATION IN AMERICA I have chosen Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” to discuss as I have felt this way many times over the years whether it was in school or in the work force. In "I Just Wanna Be Average" Mike Rose explains how he was placed in the "vocational education" program while he was in high school by error. He and his parents tried to even fix the situation‚ but it did not work. While in this program he began to learn some dead-end skills from his teachers that were often unprepared
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I love languages because‚ in my opinion‚ learning a language is like watching a new movie. While you are watching‚ every scene‚ every word of the characters give you some clues about the story and in every minute of that movie‚ you are looking for new clues to put them into suitable places in your mind‚ like doing a puzzle. Teaching a language makes you feel like you are acting in that movie as your favorite character. As a foreign language‚ English has been my passion since I was a child. After
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ending with: "...I wish I had spent more time with him. But it is too late now." ’Must you go?" asked Timmy‚ with pleading eyes. I kept quiet for a few moments. " Timmy...I promise you‚ I’ll be back. It’s only three years. I will still keep in touch with you even though I’m thousands miles away from you. I promise‚ I’ll come and visit you during my semester breaks." Timmy gave a reluctant nod and since then on‚ I only saw him in real every four months. Timmy was a 6 years old boy I met during a volunteer
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I Had a Job I liked. Once. Guy Vanderhaegh takes us back a few decades in the retelling of a court case in small town‚ Saskatchewan in the play‚ “I Had a Job I liked. Once.” Using elements of style‚ staging and developing characters throughout the play Vanderhaegh portrays to the audience the theme of the biases and prejudices that come with living in a small town. The story is set in small town Saskatchewan in a police station office‚ on the night of August of 1957. Corporal Heasman has brought
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a spectator‚ I do believe that both cultures are privileged in different parts of the books‚ and the influences on both generation of acculturation and assimilation in this book also need dialectic discussion. But the author ‚as I think‚ cares more about Hindu culture and tends to foreground it. The life for the first-generation immigrants is very hard. They should not only get used to the new environment‚ but also bear loneliness. This book reminds me another story that I have read before
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lies in everyone? One could argue that all teachers have to do is care. There’s a disconnect in the world today between the moderately literate‚ the most literate‚ and those that are just left behind. America’s educational system is deeply flawed and a perfect example is a very eye opening short story called “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose(1989). Mike Rose explains his short stint in the Vocational track ‚ where kids go who can’t quite make it in America’s public schools.The only reason
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Assignment 3: Skills Related Task Course: Celta By: Syed Ahmed Submission date:15/08/2011 Rationale for lesson The reason why radio advertisement has been chosen is due to the following: • I would expect students listen to the radio everyday. They are exposed to radio advertisement whether it is in English or in their native language. It is a useful area to explore as students will pick up a few words used in advertisements and hence generate interest in learning the language.
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He takes after his father Context: Students listen to a short dialogue (a married couple have just had a baby boy) A. Congratulations Julie! How are you? B. I’m fine thanks. I’m feeling much better now. A. So...where is he? Wow‚ look at his big brown eyes. B. Yes‚ I know. He ________ _________ his father. A. How is he during the night? B. He is a heavy sleeper. I think he ________ _______ me. (Elicit: takes after) Concept questions: Did July have a baby boy
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I wonder who lived here the year before me‚ I hear the sky calling me‚ I see the footsteps below‚ I want to walk and be free‚ I am just a leaf‚ hanging high in the tree‚ I pretend that I am something that lives on the ground‚ I feel a touch of branches throughout‚ I touch a flower that grows close to me‚ I worry about me growing fast‚ I cry when I see the stars falling from the sky‚ I am just a leaf‚ hanging high in the tree‚ I understand moments in time‚ I say tomorrow is another day‚ I dream about
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