to become bi-lingual in a foreign language. Learning Spanish is the language that I always wanted to learn. In the past when I took lessons in High School‚ after passing Spanish 101 class‚ I had no intentions of registering to take Spanish 102. Continuing to take lessons was not on the top of my list as a teenager. I did not put any value in learning a second language. But as I became of age and traveled to Spain while enlisted in the military‚ learning to speak another language just became intriguing
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What is the importance of English Language in Education? Here‚ in this article‚ an attempt has been made to turn the attention of the readers to the most crucial thing that is the importance of the English language in education or the advantages of learning English language (here‚ focus is not on any one of the particular countries where language is seen as a second language for communication or the language of the education etc‚ the topic here is described in a generalized manner). Education
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Is English Important for Engineering Students? In this last blog entry‚ I am going to comment on the issue of whether English language competence is a significant aspect of an engineering student’s academic life and prospective career. I find the discussion of this issue is of great relevance to me as it allows me to see the importance of this course EG1471 in preparing me for my future engineering career. English language is an important language during my undergraduate study in NUS because
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My worst and best learning experience goes back to 2005‚ when I was attending an FCE course. It actually started from day one‚ when our teacher walked in and he didn’t say a word. He spent the first few minutes going through the course book‚ and then he started mumbling for a while. I could sense that he was rather a bit upset. The classroom was almost full and everyone was very excited‚ and eager to start immediately. However‚ Mr. X was in no hurry at all‚ it was like we didn’t exist. While he
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Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Cody Chipperfield The first article I read was “A Suitable Punishment the Future of the Insanity Defense”. In the article the author talks about the insanity defense and how the public dislikes it. The general public believes that it is a cop out and allows people to get away with murder. Mr. Woychuk‚ being a lawyer‚ also talks about the battle of expert witnesses‚ the Mnaghten rule‚ and other issues related to the insanity plea. He also deals with the ineffectiveness
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|W.L: |R: | Please return this application form and a recent photograph to the centre of your choice: CELTA Applications‚ New Delhi English Language Teaching Centre British Council Division 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110001 CELTA Applications‚ Mumbai British Council 901‚ 9th Floor One India bulls Centre Mumbai 400 013 CELTA Applications‚ Chennai. British Council
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction English is the “world language”‚ the lingua franca of the era today. Philippines today‚ is the fifth largest English-speaking in the world and in Asia‚ second. Being proficient in English is now considered as a phenomenon globally. English has remained an absolutely popular language even in the world of Education. Since English is an intellectualized language‚ teachers of today’s generation are using it as the medium of instruction. It is
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International Education Journal Vol 5‚ No 3‚ 2004 http://iej.cjb.net 344 Learning at University: The International Student Experience1 Meeri Hellstén Macquarie University‚ School of Education meerihellsten@mq.edu.au Anne Prescott Macquarie University‚ School of Education anne.prescott@aces.mq.edu.au This paper reports on research that explores internationalisation of the University’s curriculum offerings and how this affects international students. The central focus of this paper is to
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measurements of learning achievement. To do that we must have reliable and valid methods of assessment”. (Minton 1991 p 183) This is stating that assessment must be reliable and valid‚ this for me is fundamental. All learners have to be sure that any assessment given to them is going to be sufficient to meet the learning outcomes set so they can get the accreditation they are studying for in my case the learners are studying for the ‘Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) Award
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Principles of Learning and Teaching STUDENTS AS LEARNERS – 35% THEORISTS LEV VYGOTSKY http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/VYG/ VYG.HTML JEROME BRUNER http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.ht ml JOHN DEWEY http://www.infed.org/thinkers/e t-dewey.htm Importance of CULTURE humans use of tools and symbols to learn – culture dictates what we learn and how • Higher and Lower mental functions – elementary (or lower) functions gradually transform to HMF through culture • Central ROLE OF LANGUAGE:
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