teaching culture in the esl classroom

Real Audio to Augment Real Listening in the ESL Classroom

Real Audio to Augment Real Listening in the ESL Classroom

... students would enjoy doing research about a particular topic and then sharing their findings with the rest of the class. For example, Give the students the topic of Martin Luther King Jr. and some ... to the rest of the school. Having looked at the advantages and some possible drawbacks, I would like to suggest some possible uses of RA in the ESL Classroom. Real Audio in the Classroom The ... being used in the ESL classroom currently, but has the possibility to greatly enhance language learning. Some benefits students can enjoy include: ã Listening to information that interests them....

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Motivation in the ESL Classroom

Motivation in the ESL Classroom

... within the student (Lumsden). An intrinsically motivated student studies because he/she wants to study. The material is interesting, challenging and rewarding, and the student receives some kind ... perform in a stressful environment. Proper Instruction Proper classroom explanation is needed by the teacher, so the students can well understand what is expected of them (Harris). In the ESL classroom ... all. The lessons must be very simple, yet fun and interesting, with a lot of changes from a writing exercise, to a speaking, a listening, back to writing, and so on, all in the same class. The...

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An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom

An Integrated Approach to Teaching Literature in the EFL Classroom

... Model for Teaching Literature According to Duff and Maley (1990), the main reasons for integrating these elements are linguistic, methodological and motivational. Linguistically, by using a wide ... Stage 6: Interpretation and Personal Response The focus of this final step is on increasing understanding, enhancing enjoyment of the text and enabling learners to come to their own personal interpretation ... used to interpret literary discourse are essentially the same for interpreting any type of discourse. Approaches to Teaching Literature Having decided that integrating literature into the EFL...

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Doing Things with Sentences in the ESL Classroom

Doing Things with Sentences in the ESL Classroom

... chance. The rationale is that students think about the possible combinations of words before they guess the whole sentence. Begin in the Middle Write the middle word of the sentence on the board, ... choose correctly, write the words in their places on either side, then give them the next pair, then another, and so on until the sentence is complete. Thus, if the original sentence was 'Mary ... have been married since October 2000.' The point is to make students think they are reading your mind, by finding the sentences so quickly, so pretend to be surprised when they are successful....

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MEASURING SAFETY CULTURE IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRLINE SAFETY CULTURE INDEX

MEASURING SAFETY CULTURE IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRLINE SAFETY CULTURE INDEX

... dẫn:Th.S Trần Thị Minh Phương 18 Kế hoạch sử dụng nhân lực sẽ được lập theo tháng và năm dựa trên kế hoạch kinh doanh, các hợp đồng, dự án ký kết của Công ty. Kế hoạch nhân sự theo năm nhằm xác ... vào các ngày nghỉ theo quy định thì được thanh toán tiền lương theo đúng tỷ lệ của pháp luật lao động. Khi có công việc phát sinh mà Công ty đòi hỏi nhân viên làm việc thì tùy theo mức độ phức ... VẬT CHẤT, TINH THẦN TRONG LAO ĐỘNG. I. TÍNH CẤP THIẾT CỦA ĐỀ TÀI NGHIÊN CỨU Trong những năm 2008-2009 bối cảnh nền kinh tế gặp nhiều khó khăn, kéo theo tình trạng hoạt động sản xuất kinh doanh...

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Teaching the Four Skills in the Primary EFL Classroom

Teaching the Four Skills in the Primary EFL Classroom

... meaning or scanning it to pick out specific information. Other things to keep in mind are: 1. When choosing texts consider not only their difficulty level, but also their interest or their ... sure that the pupils understand the essential vocabulary they need to complete the task before they begin to read. 3. While the children are reading the text, move around the class providing support ... poem. Reading aloud inhibits most pupils and forces them to concentrate on what they are saying as opposed to what they are reading and the meaning is very often lost. Writing In primary schools,...

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Cambridge.University.Press.The.Crisis.of.Literature.in.the.1790s.Print.Culture.and.the.Public.Sphere.Nov.1999.pdf

Cambridge.University.Press.The.Crisis.of.Literature.in.the.1790s.Print.Culture.and.the.Public.Sphere.Nov.1999.pdf

... in the print industry. 22 In Letters on Education (1790), Catherine Macaulay argued that the ‘advantages of printing, by rendering easy the communication of ideas, giving an universality to their ... generate these values, could be contained. The emotional intensity of the backlash against the intrusions of these subaltern groups suggests the importance of reading these developments in ways ... the information revol- ution’ in our own age. Although rooted in the printing press rather than computers (the Internet or World-Wide Web, electronic publishing), it was similarly discussed in...

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Equivalence in the translation of vietnamese cultural words in the book “wandering through vietnamese culture” by huu ngoc

Equivalence in the translation of vietnamese cultural words in the book “wandering through vietnamese culture” by huu ngoc

... emphasizing the “intended in the text” as said “ Translation is rendering a written text into another language in the way the author intended in the text.” Hatim & Mason (1990:3), on the other ... as the leading translator in term of culture with a great number of works involving introducing Vietnamese culture to the world, which will bring about the indispensable task of translating ... lexicalized in the target language word but is not rendered in the translation. Another thing in the translation of culture words is that the translations of the same words are not consistent from the...

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Organizing pairwork and groupwork in the context of high school classrooms at pham van nghi upper secondary school, nam dinh province: A case study

Organizing pairwork and groupwork in the context of high school classrooms at pham van nghi upper secondary school, nam dinh province: A case study

... is done in classes of different aims and purposes : teaching speaking, teaching reading, teaching listening, teaching grammar and teaching writing, the researcher has to design the Classroom ... 0 h. Other options 0 0 24 were for teaching grammar, reading, writing, vocabulary and listening ; 5 for teaching grammar, 5 for teaching reading, 4 for teaching writing, and only 1 for teaching ... group work in your classes ? Please indicate your response by circling the number according to the following key. Use the information given in the textbook. Use the same topics as in the textbook...

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Some aspects of American culture and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a number of selected short literary works

Some aspects of American culture and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a number of selected short literary works

... setting. Technique has to do with the structuring of the story into the plot so that the writer can convey the theme and the manipulating of the language in order to express the ideas of the ... improve their critical thinking of their own ways of life, their belief, their religion, which means their culture and the world in which ” they live in, which is the society . In the same ... documents. The conclusion provides a summary of the main points discussed in the body. At the same time, the writer brings readers back to the thesis statement which has been drawn in the introduction. II.1.2.2.3....

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