51 ¡πÿ…¬»“ µ√åª√‘∑√√»πå Teaching English in Thailand: An Uphill Battle Tipa Thep-Ackrapong The main purpose of this article is to give an overview of English language teaching in Thailand. Firstly‚ some problems involved in the teaching of English to Thais are discussed‚ and this is followed by an examination of some of the approaches used here for the teaching of English. Finally‚ attempts to tackle problems are presented. Problems In the first regard‚ it will be shown that
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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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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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crucial and the teacher must understand its importance. It is especially essential when teaching young students and adolescents. There are two types of motivation: extrinsic (stimulus forms outside the classroom and individual‚ forced by external influence‚ e.g. different rewards‚ social approval etc.) and intrinsic (motivation comes from inside the classroom or personal interests of the student‚ e.g. method of teaching‚ activities presented in the classroom). The key problem connected with motivation
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THE USING OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING APPROACH IN TEACHING SPEAKING Markus Dimu Radja ABSTRACT In teaching speaking teachers should know a).the concept of speaking‚ the element of the sound for instance phonemes because some of the students and including teachers still find difficulties in pronouncing them and b).models of learning and teaching and focused on CLT . Common to all version of Communicative Language Teaching is a theory of language teaching that stars from a communicative model
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English Teaching Since the Development of modern educational technology‚ multimedia Technology in English teaching and English teaching methods constantly enriched‚ and now the English classroom teaching (as compared with traditional classroom instruction) are becoming more and more animated. However‚ the modern teaching methods are sometimes affected by Economic conditions‚ and other constraints‚ and the production of multimedia courseware takes some time and effort‚ in practice teaching‚ some
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University of Plovdiv Faculty of Philology Department of English and American studies TOPIC: INTERACTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH MASTER’S THESIS GRADUATED STUDENT: Костадинка Иванова Господинова Faculty number 0603598075 Plovdiv 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.Introduction 2.Theoretical part – Interactive methods of teaching English 2.1 Interactive audio-visual teaching method 2.2 Brainstorming method 2.3 Debate method 2.4 Think-Pair-Share method 2.5 Jigsaw reading method 3.Practical
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Level 2 Teaching Assistant Certificate - Assignment Three Unit 3 Supporting the Curriculum TASK 9: Using subject headings together with a brief summary of the subject‚ describe the range and main provisions of the relevant National curriculum in the school where you are employed. Creative Development: This Area of Learning relates to the development of children’s individual ways of developing and representing their notions and emotions in an imaginative way through assorted mediums and
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INTRODUCTION An English teacher plays an important role in teaching English at all levels of education. When he/she teaches English‚ obviously he/she has to follow some methods. There are five main methods in English language teaching: Grammar Translation Method (GTM)‚ Direct Method (DM)‚ Audio Lingual Method (ALM)‚ Situational Language Teaching (SLT) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Among all‚ Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)‚ is one of the new approaches. The aim of this approach
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COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING: A PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE FOR THE ENGLISH TEACHER EDGAR ALIRIO INSUASTY Communicative Language Teaching or Communicative Approach (CA) can be defined as one of the most widespread and prevailing pedagogical options to conduct a language lesson. It has brought a lot of important contributions to the professional field of language teaching. To start with‚ let’s mention its emphasis‚ unlike Audiolingual Method‚ on developing learners’ Communicative Competence rather
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