teaching diversity in the elementary 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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... speakers, remind them that in today's global society, the chances are that they will find themselves conversing, doing business, or otherwise interacting in English with other non-native ... Fun ã One of the best aspects of multi-lingual classrooms is that the widely varying cultural, linguistic and personal backgrounds of the students provide a constant source of interesting conversational ... Let the Students do the Work ã At the beginning or end of class or after a comprehension exercise, have students ask each other questions about the material covered. That will get them used...

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... 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 ... just the ones in the school tape library. ã The ability to integrate Real Audio with other HTML based materials RA sound clips are intrinsically motivating as the materials themselves are of interest ... or watch is inherently motivating (Nunan, 1993). Furthermore, allowing students to pick and choose increases their confidence in being independent learners. Additionally, since the information...

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... 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 ... 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 ... or credit for their efforts, and no feedback is given to the student, then most students' intrinsic motivation would begin to decrease. Becoming Intrinsically Motivated There are many...

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... 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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... 2007 16:0 Regional diversity in the nineteenth century 179 southern africa During the early nineteenth century the African peoples of southern Africa used two strategies in attempting to overcome ... escalated into major warfare in 1817.Theeventual victor was Shaka, the son of a minor chief among the Mthethwa, who incorpo- rated the whole region into his new Zulu kingdom before he was assassinated in ... in Tunis in 1705 and Tripoli in 1711.Inthe frontier province of Algiers, by contrast, the soldiers remained more alien, electing an officer as dey and gov- erning the hinterland by using favoured...

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... providers; the quality of communication between minority patients and providers; and the quality of training in health professions training settings as a result of increasing diversity in these settings. ... to the poorest schools to find the smartest kids to bring them into medi- cine,” Herman stated. MEDUNSA’s success in retaining and graduating these students, he noted, can be attributed to the ... understanding of how and when these data are useful. Such The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do Enhancing Diversity in the Health Professions Summary of the Symposium on Diversity in Health...

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... banking model led savings banks to gain substantial market shares. In addition, they are leading the main initiatives aimed at combating financial exclusion mainly through their investment in ... Office, and in 2007, following the inquiry of the Spanish Competition Commission, fined several savings banks for market-sharing agreements. INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE ... problems in Germany at the 10% significance level. Nevertheless, all the equations pass the overall significance tests, i.e. the F-tests. INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE...

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... 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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... 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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... language teaching. The findings of the study demarcate that the teachers were following both the traditional and CLT approach in their practice. While addressing the issues regarding the Indonesian ... of the study This research investigates the reality of the teaching oral skills to the first year students in HaUI when the teachers are considered to be applying CLT approach in their teaching. ... explain communicative activities? 3. What do these teachers think are the main barriers in implementing CLT approach in teaching oral skills to the first year students in HaUI? 4. What do they...

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... of them: a) increasing the learners' self-confidence; and b) creating learner autonomy. Increasing the Learners' Self-confidence In an inherently face-threatening context, as the ... important implications for the study of the classroom and the use of group activities during teaching. get rid of their preconceived notions that are likely to hinder their attainment. To this end, ... share the belief of the curriculum makers that what they are being taught will come in handy. In order to inspire learners to concern themselves with most learning activities, we should find...

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... both the teacher and the learner, yet much classroom time is spent with eyes firmly fixed on the book, the board, the floor, the window, or roaming randomly around the teaching and learning ... largely in the context of providing clues to the nature of the learner rather than in terms of a teaching tool. We have recently had the pleasure of observing English language classes at the Izmir ... Establishing a management role in the classroom involves eye contact from the outset. Be in your classroom before your learners, and welcome them individually with a combination of eye contact and their...

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