... correction Why is writing useful? Writing is…a way to reinforce languagea way to develop languagea style of learning languagea skill ○genre-based writing (writing letters, postcards, ... (writing letters, postcards, invitation, etc.)○process writing (stages a writer goes through) What relate to eective writing? 2. Able to communicate a message (fluency-based)generating ... relate to eective writing? 1. Language skills (accuracy-based)good use of spelling rulesaccurate use of language (appropriacy)grammatical sentence formingeffective use of connectors...
... p.166. writing introductory sentences. See Preparation & Practice: Writing p.121. making reference to graphs/figures. See Helpful Hints, p.56. ã Make sure you know howto use ‘sequencing ... enough tomake your message clear to the reader. Being able to write cohesive sentences and paragraphs. Lexical Resource Being able to use a wide range of vocabulary naturally. Being able to ... of your main points. Howto prepare for IELTS - Writing 18 ã Think about the topics that could be used for this task. For example, Technology Crime Tourism Transport Education...
... verbsMost of the units: Teach Task 1 (vocabulary) before readingMotivate students to readGive them a focus of reading: Read and locate the words (key vocab.) Make them curious by asking ... reading contents FINAL NOTESCareful pre-teaching better understandingUnderstand the text first, answer questions laterBeing able to relate to the reading contents students more interestedAnswering ... the questionsCheck tomake sure students understand the questions WHILE-YOU-READDevelop skillsSkimming: Which sentence = most importantVocab-in-context: How you arrive at the...
... issue. They want to be the rainmakers orthe dealmakers. The issue is to see how big of a deal they can puttogether so their place in history is confirmed. Very little of this has to do with the ... allocation of resources tothat goal. You cantalk and talk and talk, but the fact is that you are going to have to commit to the goals. There must be genuine dedication of resources to make big, bold ... mastery of the facts. One reason that big, bold numbers are not used is that managers are too lazy to do the analysis to determine the potential. It is too convenient to fall back on the industry...
... USE****************************** iv Introduction How toTeach This Module This section contains information that will help you toteach this module. Welcome students to the course and introduce yourself. ... software list to the students. Distinguish between software titles that are available through retail channels versus those that are freely downloadable from the Web. Make sure that students ... develop the skills that you need to do your job. They also complement the experience that you gain while working with Microsoft products and technologies. However, no one -to- one correlation...
... invitation163 Writing to the Inland Revenue164 Writing to the Customs and Excise165 Writing to your solicitor166 Writing to your bank/building society167 Writing a letter to do with property168 Writing ... next page >Page 4Other books by the same author How to Communicate at Work How to Manage an Office How to Return to WorkPublished by HowTo Books Ltd, 3 Newtec Place, Magdalen Road, Oxford ... property168 Writing a letter about money owed to you169 Writing to a publisher170 Writing a letter to a newspaper171 Writing to your MP172Action points173Suggested answers to assignments in Chapters 2-4...
... describes a set of exploratory ex-periments for a multilingual classification-based approach to Word Sense Disambigua-tion. Instead of using a predefined monolin-gual sense- inventory such as WordNet, ... resultsshow that the ParaSense multilingual WSDsystem shows very competitive results com-pared to the best systems that were evaluatedon the SemEval-2010 Cross-Lingual Word Sense Disambiguation ... cor-pora are scarce for languages other than English),we decided to take a multilingual approach to WSD, that builds up the sense inventory on the basis ofthe Europarl parallel corpus (Koehn, 2005)....
... How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore50AssessingGrammarProficiencyAuthenticAssessmentJustasmechanicaldrillsdonot teach studentsthelanguage,mechanicaltestquestionsdonotassesstheirability to useitinauthenticways.Inorder to provideauthenticassessmentofstudents’grammarproficiency,anevaluationmustreflectreal‐lifeusesofgrammarincontext.Thismeans that theactivitymusthaveapurposeotherthanassessmentandrequirestudents to demonstratetheirlevelofgrammarproficiencybycompletingsometask. To developauthenticassessmentactivities,beginwiththetypesoftasks that studentswillactuallyneed to dousingthelanguage.Assessmentcanthentaketheformofcommunicativedrillsandcommunicativeactivitieslikethoseusedintheteachingprocess.Forexample,theactivitybasedonaudiotapesofpublicaddressannouncementscanbeconvertedintoanassessmentbyhavingstudentsrespondorallyorin writingto questionsaboutasimilartape.Inthistypeofassessment,theinstructorusesachecklistorrubric to evaluatethestudent’sunderstandingand/oruseofgrammarincontext.Mechanicaltestsdoserveonepurpose:Theymotivatestudents to memorize.Theycanthereforeserveasprompts to encouragememorizationofirregularformsandvocabularyitems.Becausetheytestonlymemorycapacity,notlanguageability,theyarebestusedasquizzesandgivenrelativelylittleweightinevaluatingstudentperformanceandprogress. ... OvertGrammarInstructionAdultstudentsappreciateandbenefitfromdirectinstruction that allowsthem to applycriticalthinkingskills to languagelearning.Instructorscantakeadvantageofthisbyprovidingexplanations that givestudentsadescriptiveunderstanding(declarativeknowledge)ofeachpointofgrammar.Downloadthegrammarebookforthiscourseat:www.TEFLeBooks.com/grammar.pdfandworkallthewaythroughit. HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore2HowtoTeachTOEFLđTOEICđIELTSđandOtherStandardizedExaminationsSecondEditionCopyrightâTEFLeBooksdotcomAllrightsreserved.Permissiongrantedtoreproducepartsofthispublicationaslongasattributionisnoted.ThisebookwasdevelopedincooperationwithTEFLBootCampTohelpusdoabetterjobofhelpingyou,wewouldappreciateyouropinionaboutthisebook.Pleasetakeourfast,easyandconfidentialsurveyhere:CLICKHERE ... How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore36D.PracticeTestingandrecalibratinggoalsAfterareasonableperiodofstudy,haveyourstudentstakeaprogresstestandre‐evaluatetheirgoalsbasedontheirperformance.Notwostudentswillbeexactlythesameandgoalsshouldbeindividualized.FREEResources:ReviewtheSampleTests(PDF)andtakealookattheTOEICSpeakingand Writing ExamineeHandbook(PDF). How toTeach TOEFLTOEICIELTSandMore37VI.GrammarGoalsandTechniquesforTeachingGrammarfromtheGeorgetownUniversityLanguageResourceCenterThegoalofgrammarinstructionis to enablestudents to carryouttheircommunicationpurposes.Thisgoalhasthreeimplications:...
... skill ,they suppose. They, however, seem to pay attention to English grammar. This is due to the fact that all of them have to learn in order to pass the examination. 4) Teaching and learning condition. ... following purposes: To do research teachers‘ and students‘ attitude and expectations about teaching countable and uncountable nouns through some techniques. To study howtoteach countable and ... Stew Stone String Thread Toffee wine 31 and power struggles. Simulations tend to focus on current social issues, or historical events. What makes simulations so effective is that they teach...
... for howto teach. That was very challenging remarks to a teacher I think. She doubted if I could teach all the time. I told her that I had plentyof teaching experience in L1, but not in L2 to ... a writing teacher. (Linda)This log, and your responses to it, convinced me that I will be a good teacher. (Tom)(c) Tutoring writing helps one realize that improving writing is a process that ... refers back to. Then I underlined ‘it increases our memory’ to show that this whole phrase describes ‘the strongest factor’. (Linda) Learning toteachwriting 341Then I told her that I would...
... them to write in the chart paper the problem (topic assigned to each group), its definition, causes, and effects, leading to a possible solution. 5. Ask them to link the subtopics and topic ... materials to each group.3. Ask each of the groups to work together and brainstorm appropriate terms to come up with a Problem Solution Concept Map. Each group will use their respective topic as ... You will have to pace the questions so that the Scribe has time to write the answers on the board. 24Air Pollution Teaching Toolkit Procedures1. Divide the students into four groups....
... correction Teaching listening - Principles2. Preparation is vital. T has to listen to the tape in advancepredict any problems Ss may havethink of ways to get ready for them HOWTOTEACH ... colloquial style2. Spoken factorsstress & rhythmintonationtone of voice Understanding spoken EnglishFather: How s your homework? You know, your history?Son: Easy.Father: You ... (2)…………… languages and the ability to use language effectively to (3) ………………… and to remember things. In Gardner’s view, writers, poets, (4)………………., people like that possess a (5)………………… of linguistic...
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... When to correct?when focusing on accuracyWhat to correct?pronunciation, word use, grammar How to correct?direct correction, echoing, prompting, ... piracy: 80%ãColor TV/100 people: 83ãRice made: 18 mil tonsãRice eaten: 9.5 mil tonsãMakes most rubber(source: Economist)Lets add to the list! A good speaking lesson should…maximize ... $300 Speaking tasks …create an information gapgive Ss choice of what to say & howto say itencourage Ss to give & receive feedback