... education The national language policy currently in place in Botswana, is that Setswana is the national language ofthe country (Republic of Botswana 1985:8). So, despite the existence of other local ... (elites). The choice of which language or dialect to use to teach (medium of instruction) reflects the interests of those elite. In countries in which one ofthe languages dominate, there is ... order to improve the quality of life of the poor and rural people adult education programs should include as one of its components the observation and imitation ofthe artisans and other skilled...
... Part A is the introduction, which states the background to the study, the statement ofthe problem, the scope, objectives and research questions as well as the methods and design ofthe study. ... foremost objective ofthe study is for the sake ofthe students. Besides, the study is expected to serve as a source of reference for teachers of English on the teaching of speaking skills, ... 1997). The next section briefly examines eight hypotheses, theories and perspectives on language pedagogy in terms of their overlap with CL. V.1. The input hypothesis The input hypothesis...
... producing the 25-bestlist for the reranker. The log figure of merit is the sum ofthe log language model probabilityand the log channel model probability plus 1.5times the number of edits in the ... look at these two components in the nexttwo Sections in more detail.5.2 Language ModelInformally, the task oflanguage model component of the noisy channel model is to assess fluency of the sentence ... overesti-mate the weight associated with the feature derivedfrom the Switchboard language model, since the flu-ent sentence itself is part ofthelanguage modeltraining data. We solve this by dividing the...
... samplesentences in Engkoo because of their crucial role in language learning. Engkoo offers new methods for the self-exploration oflanguage based on the appliedlinguistic theories oflearning as discovery” ... aftereach round ofthe mining process. The second layer consists ofthe extractor, the filter, the classifiers and the readability evaluator,which are applied sequentially. The extractor scans the raw ... layers. The first layer consists of the crawler and the raw web page storage. The crawler periodically downloads two kinds of webpages, which are put into the storage. The first kind of web pages...
... that the first iteration of EM reinforces the systematic mis-takes ofthe supervised initializer. In the first E-step, the posterior counts that are computed summarize the predictions ofthe supervised ... system. If thesematch the empirical counts, then the M-step does notchange the parameters. But if the supervised systempredicts too many JJs, for example, then the M-stepwill update the parameters ... (D,G,H). The migrations that happen during one iteration can alsotrigger additional migrations in the next. For exam-ple, the raising ofthe PP (B,C) inspires more of the 6We could consolidate these...
... to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.Part IV. OTHER PRAYERS The Sign ofthe Cross In the name ofthe Fatherand of ... ofthe Sonand ofthe Holy Spirit. Amen.Glory be to the Father Glory be to the Fatherand to the Son Part III. MARIAN PRAYERS The Hail Mary Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.Blessed ... more besieged by them than others are, because Mary, the Mother ofthe living, gives to all her children portions ofthe Tree of Life, which is the Cross of Jesus. But along with their crosses...
... without change as thelanguage is rather advanced and notions of ‘relevance to professional practice’ rather remote from the experience of 11 year olds. The author therefore modified the questions ... ofthe pilot, use of these classes represents the involvement of one third of the school’s roll, for a subject allocated 5 hours out of a 27.5 hour timetable and notionally 50 minutes out of ... particularly during the pilot study, it was possible to imagine some pupils feeling alienated from their learning because ofthe introduction ofthe VLE. Notes were kept of these discussions and...
... allow us to make the most ofthe best factors â 2009 Math Solutionsallow us to make the most ofthe best factors and strategies and refine practices that influence teaching and learning. ”Mike ... learnto get it. The Power of PLCs The most promising strategy for sustained, substantive school improvement is developing the ability of school personnel to function as professional learning communities. ... Solutions–December 16, “English Language Learners” with Rusty Bresser Infusion of Knowledgeã Without infusion of knowledge, there is a risk of using always the same techniques or approaches.ãInfusion...
... factors for selecting one verb over the other;, (I) the intended perspec- tive of the situation, (2) the emphasis of one activity rather than another, (3) the focus being on a particular individ- ... as a result of the use ofthe various control heuristics that guide the process of generation. In other words, they axe incorpo- rated in the procedural knowledge rather than the static knowledge. ... the rest of the lexical items do not have an independent epistemo- logical status, outside the context of an utterance. The selection of closed-class items, therefore, comes as a result of...
... process evaluation of e -learning. In fact, the AAMC, at the request ofthe Council of Deans, hasbegun a peer-review process of e -learning that recognizes these materials asevidence of scholarly activity ... usinge -learning. The complexity and breadth of medicaleducation content, together with the scarcity of experts and resources ine -learning, make the creation of centers of excellence in e -learning ... andtransforming the role ofthe teacher. The integration of e -learning into medicaleducation can catalyze the shift towardapplying adult learning theory, whereeducators will no longer serve mainly asthe...
... ‘imagined because the members of even the smallestnation will never know most of their fellow-members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion’ ... trace the arrival of Spanish in the Americas and discuss the language policies followed there in the colonial period. I shall then look at the pattern oflanguage use in the region in the period ... Spanish not only was not the languageofthe majority of Latin American populations, but it was also the languageofthe expelled colonial power. Nonetheless as part ofthe politicalnationalist...