Learning to teach writing through tutoring and journal writing ppt

... this area might be to arrange for them to tutor an ESL student in writing while they learn how to teach ESL writing and then reflect on that experience through journal writing. Tutoring as a form ... 10.1080/13450600500467621 Learning to teach writing through tutoring and journal writing Sarah J. Shin*University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MDTaylor and Francis LtdCTAT_A_146745.sgm10.1080/13450600500467621Teachers ... pre-service teacherwas required to tutor an English language learner in writing for a semester. The one-on-one tutoring sessions took place once every 2 weeks throughout the semester and Learning to teach...

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... idea that good teaching involved being responsive to each of the individual pupils for whom I was responsible – to get to know their quirks and uniquenesses and to gear my teaching to those. In ... concerted attempt to ‘free teachers to teach by transferring to support staff all administrative and other tasks not intrinsically related to teaching. ‘Cutting unnecessary burdens on teachers is ... centre founded to contribute to the quality of teaching and learning at the university, came to see me about the possibility of writing a Doctor of Education thesis. His idea was to investigate...

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Atestmighthavequestionsthatseemtrickyorconfusing.Ifastudentisnotclearaboutthemeaningofaquestion,heorshewillhavetroublefindingthecorrectanswer.How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTS and MoreHow to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTS and More20Standarderrorofmeasurement Thescoreapersongetsonthetestismeant to indicatehowwellthatpersonknowstheinformationbeingtested.Onewayoflookingatatestscoreis to thinkofitasconsistingoftwoparts.Onepartrepresentstherealbutunknowabletrueabilityofaperson.Thispartisunknowablebecauseitisneverpossible to getinsidesomeone'shead and haveaperfectmeasureoftheirabilityintheareaofinterest.Theotherpartofatestscorerepresentstheerror,allthethingsthatmakethetestaless‐than‐perfectsnapshotofsomeone'sknowledgeatonemomentintime.Unlikethewaywecanmanufactureayardstickthatisexactlythreefeetlong to measurelength,eventhebesttestscanprovidescoresthatareonlyapproximationsofthetrueability. ... OverviewofthetestTheIELTS(InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem)testprovidesanevaluationofEnglishforthosewhowish to studyortrainatthetertiarylevelinEnglish.Itisverysimilar to theTOEFL(TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage).IELTSisajointlymanagedtestbytheUniversityofCambridgeESOLExaminations,BritishCouncil and IDPEducationAustralia.ThetestisacceptedbymanyprofessionalorganizationsinTheUK,Canada,Australia and NewZealand.B.WhattakingtheIELTStestislikePhotocopy and takethefirstbaselinetestinthemanualthatyoupurchased(seeHow to SelectaStudyBookintheprevioussection).Takethetestunderstandardizedconditions,takingonlytheallottedamountoftimeforeachsection.Aftertakingthetest,computeyourscore and thinkabouttheoveralltestingexperience and suggeststrategiesforimprovingyouroverall and sectionalscores.How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTS and More2How to Teach TOEFL®TOEIC®IELTS® and OtherStandardizedExaminationsSecondEditionCopyright©TEFLeBooksdotcomAllrightsreserved.Permissiongranted to reproducepartsofthispublicationaslongasattributionisnoted.ThisebookwasdevelopedincooperationwithTEFLBootCamp To helpusdoabetterjobofhelpingyou,wewouldappreciateyouropinionaboutthisebook.Pleasetakeourfast,easy and confidentialsurveyhere:CLICKHEREHow to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTS and More30C.SkillstestingStudentstakeeitherthe“Academic”or“GeneralTraining”sectionsinreading and writing thelistening and speakingsectionsarethesameforbothformsofthetest.Thetotaltesttimeisabout2hours and 45minutes and consistsofthefollowing: ... Unfortunately,itisimpossible to breakthesetwopiecesofatestscore(thetrueability and error)apart.Butitisimportant to understandthatanytestscorecontainsacertainamountoferror, and aswe'veillustratedtheerrormightbedue to thingsthataregoingonwiththetesttakerorthingsthatinvolvehowthetestiscreatedorscored.Errorsintestscorescannotbecompletelyeliminated,butfortunatelytherearetechniquesthatcanbeused to providesomeideaabouthowmuchthescoreisaffectedbyerror.Testingspecialistscancalculatethestandarderrorofmeasurement,whichcanbethoughtofastherangeofscoresobtainedbythesamepersontakingthesametestmanytimes.Thestandarderrorofmeasurementisa"bestguess"abouthowclosethetestis to measuringaperson'sknowledgeorskillwith100%accuracy.Thestandarderrorofmeasurementisastatisticalestimateofhowfaroffthetruescorethetestscoreislikely to be.How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTS and More21III.TOEFLA. OverviewofthetestTOEFL®standsfortheTestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage.Thistestisdesigned to measuretheEnglishlanguageabilityofpeoplewhodonotspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguage and whoplan to studyatcolleges and universities.AbouttheTOEFLTest To succeedinanacademicenvironmentinwhichEnglishisthelanguageofinstruction,internationalstudentsneed to notonlyunderstandEnglish,butalso to communicateeffectively.TheTestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage(TOEFL)isatestthatassessesallfourbasiclanguageskills:listening,reading, writing, and speaking.TheTOEFLiBT(Internet‐basedtest)helpsindividualsdemonstratetheEnglishskillsneededforacademicsuccess,aswellashelpinstitutionsmakebetterdecisionsaboutprospectivestudents'readinessforacademiccourseworkincolleges and universities.Morethan6,000institutions and agenciesin110countriesrelyonTOEFLscores to selectstudentswiththeEnglishskillsneeded to succeedinanacademicsetting.How to Teach TOEFLTOEICIELTS and More22WhoShouldTaketheTOEFLTest?ETS,thecompanythatdevelopedtheTOEFLtestrecommendsthatnon‐nativeEnglishspeakersatthe11th‐gradeleveloraboveshouldtaketheTOEFLtest to provideevidenceoftheirEnglishproficiencybeforebeginningacademicworkinEnglish.Thetestcontentisconsideredtoodifficultforstudentsbelow11thgrade.SomeinstitutionsdonotrequireTOEFLtestscoresofthefollowing:...

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