... If thestudents find a great series that they really enjoy, they will end up getting addicted and forget that they are even learning English - Humour inthe classroom Thestudents enjoy the funny ... – in other words it is more ‘real’ - Opportunities to practice and improve skills + Listening skill: Thestudents will improve their listening skills as they will be able to hear a variety of ... “Friends” consistently ranked within the top ten ofthe final television season ratings A research by Kaplan International Colleges discovered that the influence ofthe show is so powerful that people...
... to EFL teaching The results ofthe study are that the students, in their assignments and examinations, produce good coherent writing inthe genres taught The writing ofthe best 12 students even ... of writing, the skill is still presented integrating with other skills such as reading and speaking There are 10 types of exercises that help students to develop their writing skill Reading the ... teaching writing means giving sample, getting the class to write about a given topic and collecting the writing for marking The learning of writing skill, therefore, is not interesting to students...
... reviews Winding up the meeting, Christoph Cremer (University of Heidelberg, Germany and The Jackson Laboratory) summarized the current state of imaging tools He pointed out that in addition to the ... the number of links approximates the number of interactions Seeing is believing There were also exciting reports on technical advances in optical microscopy Stefan Hell (Max Planck Institute for ... been achieved by inhibiting the fluorescence of molecules at the outer region of a scanning excitation spot in a saturated manner With the use of carefully chosen dyes and focal intensity conditions,...
... achievement in involving studentsin this kind of method and it also suggests the positive outlook of more exploitation of CT inspeaking classes Interestingly, the teachers‟ and students choices of ... 1986) In this definition, tasks are defined in terms of what the learner will inthe classroom rather inthe outside world In other word, defining „task‟ in this way somehow does not fully gain ... 35 IV.1.2 Existing problems affecting theeffectivenessof using CT inspeaking classes 36 IV.1.3 Possible reasons affecting theeffectivenessin using communicative tasks inspeaking classes to...
... and the roles ofattitudein second language learning Then comes to an overview ofthe teaching ofspeakingin which definitions, the roles of speaking, CLT approach in teaching speaking and the ... Part B Students attitudes towardsthe teaching ofspeaking by native-English speaking teachers My attitudes towardsthe teaching ofspeaking by native-English speaking teachers are …………… The followings ... ON STUDENTS ATTITUDES TOWARDSTHE TEACHING OFSPEAKING BY NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS This survey questionnaire is designed to find out thestudents attitudes towardsthe teaching of speaking...
... follows: investigating thestudents attitudes towards listening through video finding out theeffectivenessof using video in teaching listening suggesting some techniques of using video in teaching ... that among the four skills listening, speaking, reading and writing, listening and speaking seem to be the most challenging to studentsIn many listening and speaking classes beside thestudents ... points Suggestions include: - pausing the video at the beginning of each dialogue and asking thestudents to predict the line they will hear - pausing at strategic points inthe action and asking...
... up the word, (d) getting the learners to repeat the pronunciation ofthe word, (e) writing the word on the board, (f) pointing out any spelling irregularity inthe word Finally, the use ofthe ... Figure 1: Students perceptions ofthe frequency of their teachers’ using Vietnamese translation in presenting the meaning of new vocabulary Thestudents perceptions ofthe frequency of using Vietnamese ... attention to the form ofthe word by: (a) showing how spelling ofthe word is like the spelling of known words, (b) giving the stress pattern ofthe word and its pronunciation, (c) showing the prefix,...
... their level of satisfaction Most ofthe users surveyed showed their high satisfaction ofthe OLP, represented by their positive attitudes towardsthe design ofthe content, the interface ofthe ... In this theme, suggestions were made inthe listening, writing, speaking and recent exam questions parts ofthe OLP In details, learners expect the website to change the format ofthe listening ... appreciated the online learning program Also, the learning reports and the findings from pretests and posttests showed that the online learning program is effective to thestudentsThe other on evaluating...
... understanding of listening lessons by the images, the facial expression ofthe characters in videos Because ofthe benefits that students receive during the learning of listening with the support ... engaged in learning listening when receiving the relevant input which makes sure the suitability ofthe listening materials The suitability inthe listening input will arouse students interest, ... learning listening process They are interested in their learning listening because they can see the practical implications of what they are doing Moreover, they can perceive their learning listening...
... was meaningful Having a meaningful life and a feeling of happiness in all age groups has increased after the interventions (P= 0.00) In women aged 70 and older, Not being worried about the future, ... with their lives and in 30% of them, lives are meaningless Be worried about the bad event in future observed in 66/5% of elderly More than 90% of them have enough free time which is spent in watching ... al: TheEffectivenessof Educational… There was a significant difference in terms of age in women before and after the interventions (P= 0.00), therefore, in female group, variables under interventions...
... Stages of a simple speakingactivity A simple speakingactivity consists of three main stages: Setting up, Speaking practice and Feedback - Setting up The teacher introduces studentsthespeaking ... of a speaking lesson Three main stages of a speaking lesson are: pre -speaking, while -speaking and postspeaking There is no exact time for each stage in a skills lesson in general and a speaking ... Speaking is the delivery of language through the mouth” Oxford dictionaries define Speaking is the action of conveying information or expressing one’s feelings in speech” In addition, Speaking...
... sustainability of interventions 3.4.1 Interventions for mothers The percentage of mothers participating in and benefiting from interventions was very high The percentage of regular participation in ... percentages of providers asking each ofthe questions to determine signs of disease increased Postintervention, the percentage of those performing two techniques, observing chest indrawing and counting ... improved, mothers’ skillsin recognizing signs of diseases still have shortcomings In 2008, in Viet Nam, the percentage of mothers recognized signs of ARIs were low: 5.0% for inability to drink, 4.1%...
... with the head or the front limbs); • drinking/eating/biting the cage (the animal stands upright and licks the bottle, chews the food, bites the bars); • grooming (rubbing, cleaning, licking the ... window Screening ofthe metronome and position ofthe apparatus Screening ofthe metronome and position ofthe apparatus and acquisition window • stretching; • scratching the fur with the front ... determined the level ofactivityof each animal in terms of number of signals counted by the software The mice showed a significant difference inthe length ofthe circadian period in LD and DD...
... baseline regarding the most important prognostic indicators NO YES YES YES YES NO 5) There was blinding of all subjects NO NO NO YES NO NO 6) There was blinding of all therapists who administered ... The results ofthe PEDro rating are shown in Table The quality ofthe studies as determined via the PEDro rating scale ranged from two to eight out of a possible score of ten Four ofthe six studies ... on the success of any intervention Research investigating the influence ofthe duration of plantar heel pain on its responsiveness to treatment, may therefore be helpful to those evaluating the...
... revenue increased, and both initial and return visits increased They compared similar measures collected during the same study period from an internal medicine outpatient clinic The inclusion ofthe ... improvements in care and ever increasing capacity for continuing improvement Improving evaluation and understanding ofthe implementation and outcomes of such changes are essential to sustaining ongoing ... attention, since it was the only one ofthe nine to include a control group Patients inthe treatment clinic had to wait 30 fewer days for an outpatient obstetrics visit, patient time inthe clinic...
... screening of papers All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests Justine Schneider is the chief investigator, and Pooria Sarrami was the trial coordinator of a study on effectiveness ... discussed inthe review General conclusion ofthe review: There is evidence for progression inthe field of internet-delivered psychotherapy (cCBT: Computerised Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; ICT: Information ... [10,11] They met all the criteria for inclusion in this meta-review, more than any ofthe other papers examined As discussed above, the reviews varied in their rigour and scope (Additional file 3) The...
... revenue increased, and both initial and return visits increased They compared similar measures collected during the same study period from an internal medicine outpatient clinic The inclusion ofthe ... improvements in care and ever increasing capacity for continuing improvement Improving evaluation and understanding ofthe implementation and outcomes of such changes are essential to sustaining ongoing ... attention, since it was the only one ofthe nine to include a control group Patients inthe treatment clinic had to wait 30 fewer days for an outpatient obstetrics visit, patient time inthe clinic...
... 5:25 tional Interviewing, increasing knowledge and awareness of HCV risk behaviours and the consequences of HCV infection, introducing the rationale and structure ofthe intervention to the subject, ... Counselling (SEC) intervention The therapists who administered the interventions were regular staff of community drug services that took part inthe trial All therapists received an intensive training ... infection in injecting drug users HCV transmission risk behaviours include injecting drugs, the sharing of injecting equipment, not cleaning and reusing drug paraphernalia, alcohol misuse, cocaine...