Teaching speaking skills 2 - overcoming classroom problems Submitted by TE Editor on 16 February‚ 2004 - 13:00 This article is written for teachers with large classes of students who have encountered some of the following or similar problems during speaking activities in their classroom. * Why should we teach speaking skills in the classroom? * Motivation * Speaking is fundamental to human communication * Dealing with the arguments against teaching speaking skills * Student’s
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Danny Zenn Teaching Philosophy While most of my formal education experience is from a student’s perspective I maintain that I still have much to offer in the teaching world. My interest in teaching started with a wonderful high school and undergraduate experience as well as a general thirst for knowledge; throughout my life I’ve been interested in the world around me and inciting that desire in others is very rewarding to me. I also hold firm that the knowledge and acquisition of a foreign
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Unit 8 Teaching Vocabulary I) Understanding Vocabulary & vocabulary learning The acquisition of vocabulary at first sight seems straightforward; we all know you need a large number of words to speak a language. That is to say‚ the role of vocabulary seems to have received people’s consistent understanding in foreign language learning. However‚ people are still uncertain about which vocabulary items should be taught and learned‚ in what order and how they can be taught and learned most effectively
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Teaching Strategies Your role as teacher is to create an environment in which all students can participate to the best of their abilities. One of your greatest challenges is to provide a positive learning environment for the students in your classroom. Because each student has his or her own unique set of physical and intellectual abilities‚ perceptions‚ and needs‚ the learning styles of your students may vary widely. Once you determine the special needs of your students‚ you can identify the areas
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Teaching Professions Teaching is a demanding job that requires in-depth knowledge of subject content‚ age-specific pedagogy‚ and many varied skills such as patience‚ leadership‚ and creativity‚ just to name a few. If you are considering a career as a teacher‚ paraprofessional (teacher’s aide)‚ administrator‚ counselor‚ school nurse‚ or school Library Media Specialist‚ you may want to learn more about what the profession is all about. Click on any of the following links to learn more about each profession
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°°°°°°°°°°°°°°GTM grammar translation method GT appeared in the first half of the 19th century and was one of the nonscientific methods. Why is GT a classical method? GT was to help students appreciate L2 literature. L2 grammar helps them learn Ll grammar & grow mentally. Principles 1. Learning to read L2 literature – written language is superior to spoken language. L2 culture was literature and fine arts. 2. Translation from L2 to L1 and vise versa: a central goal 3. Communication:
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Leclerc‚ wrote this book from the perspective of John Wesley’s teachings‚ which she feels is a distinct perspective into the church and its traditions. Diane shows arguments on Holiness‚ starting with the argument of relevancy of Wesley’s teaching of holiness in the postmodern world. She gets her thoughts from his teaching that salvation is the true key of many in Holiness. This book is a great resource for it brings legitimacy to the teachings of the Wesley brothers in the sense that you get a good feel
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Multimedia Teaching with Video Clips: TV‚ Movies‚ YouTube‚ and mtvU in the College Classroom Modernization: Video-brain conclusions. The value of a video clip as a teaching tool lies in its potential to do the following: (a) tap the core intelligences of verbal/linguistic‚ visual/spatial‚ musical/rhythmic‚ and emotional (interpersonal and intrapersonal)‚ (b) engage both the left and right hemispheres‚ (c) appeal to the reptilian‚ limbic‚ and neocortex layers of the brain to sense the nature of
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Planning WellCare Health Plans‚ Inc. was founded in 1985. The company is headquartered in Tampa‚ Florida and offers Medicaid and Medicare managed care health plans for over two million members. It offers “health plans for families‚ children‚ the aged and disabled‚ and provides prescription drug plans” (WellCare‚ 2014). Wellcare employs over 5‚000 employees (SWOT Analysis‚ 2014). This paper will outline strategic and operational plans for WellCare‚ describe how these plans will achieve the goals
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Models of Teaching Summary Information-processing models emphasize ways of enhancing the human being¡¦s innate drive to make sense of the world by acquiring and organizing data‚ sensing problems‚ and generating solutions to them‚ and developing concepts and language for conveying them. The book discussed eight different information-processing models which include: Inductive thinking‚ Concept attainment‚ The Picture-Word Inductive Model‚ Scientific inquiry‚ Inquiry training‚ Mnemonics‚ Synectics
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