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comfortable enough to take risks with their language during this activity. Thus, I chose to conduct the LEA here, where they feel most comfortable and to make this activity student centered. As I recorded the students language in verbatim, I wanted to make sure that both students were participating in the discussion and were building on each others thoughts and ideas which is related to the language objective. To identify students’ individual language contributions I wrote the first letters of their

Things I am good at: art, playing the cello, school, and pretending that I am good at doing things. Things I am bad at: grammar, spelling (in fact I misspelled grammar while typing the word), writing, and pronunciation. I have always assumed that I am naturally bad at English; however, after twenty-five minutes of deep thought, I concluded that my teachers taught me to hate English. Teacher’s failure to properly motivate and teach kids the important elements of English caused me to hate it; it is

Poverty is an increasing problem in the world that greatly impacts our most vulnerable population. Children who are born into poverty are automatically placed at a disadvantage going into school. Before they are even in the school system they are achieving less than their richer counterparts (Morrissey, Hutchison, & Winsler, 2014). The academic achievement gap between students of low income and higher income is staggering, by implementing solutions that address the needs of transportation and meals

After reading “Frindle”and “Diary of a Wimpy kid” 정치외교학과 2700099 신민수 two book’s similarities and differences these books’ similarity, most of all, is a principal character who attends elementary school. And then, these novels’ flows is stories happening at the school. While “Frindle” organizes a set of stories from elementary students to an adult, In other words, This book contents typical characteristics with a well organized passage

teacher is at the center and dominates the session. Now learner-centered and active participation is preferred to traditional lecture method. The trend of learning language through computers allows this to the students. This is what we call “CALL” (Computer Assisted Language Learning). This paper addresses CALL and Text book Assisted Language Learning. I have taken this as TALL. In these two major terms CALL and TALL, I’ve taken the two major areas for comparison. They are i. Role of Teachers ii

The story from an autobiography written by a famous African-American human rights activist impresses and provides the readers with understanding of the need to broaden one's language knowledge with assistance of any means. Besides providing understanding of the language importance, the readers are driven to the conclusion that a person can reach any heights if there is a strong wish. On an example of Malcolm X, who came from poor background and was unable to get education because of his black skin

Reflective Journal Today was our first lesson. I was amazed by the idea that homework does not necessarily needed. I am very curious how we can teach without it. How will the parents respond to this idea? In addition, it seems that it is important for children to understand that there are consequences for their choices. This way they will learn to make the right choices. As their teachers, we have the responsibility not only to give them knowledge, but also to give them tools for life. One of the

Louise studied languages and Kelvin studied people’s behaviors, thoughts and feelings. Louise was chosen strictly for her work translating and studying languages and viewers find out she had worked with the US government previously when Colonel met her in her office to asked her to translate the heptapods speech (The Arrival perf. Amy Adams and Forest Whitaker). Her entire role was based upon learning how to communicate with the heptapods and later learning the heptapods written language all so she

By, by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson is to show that metaphors have a larger meaning than just being a poetic device. The authors state that a metaphor is “a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language” (Lakoff and Johnson 3). Metaphors can be used to enhance a person’s use of language. Metaphors are described as governing our everyday activities without the user even knowing. The authors compare the argument of war and how we cannot just talk about arguments in terms of war. Lakoff and

Language is necessary and crucial in many different aspects. Many may argue that language is just a form of communication; a collection of letters and sounds trying to get a message across, whereas others may argue that language is beyond such simple explanation. In this paper I will argue that there is a strong connection between language and culture by taking a deeper look into what insight language provides and its connection to culture, as well as experience. The article Metaphors We live By