... their foreign language. In chapter 4 (Dont worry!), the author points out that most people cannot avoid having a little bit anxiety about learning a foreign language at the initial state. However, it is ordinary for us to have scanty anxiety but not tremendous. We should alleviate ... we should not get into negative thinking after listening other's failures in learning language such like "English was impossible", "I hate English, it was super hard." This chapter has just pointed out what I want to know because I sometimes feel anxiety in learning English. After reading it, I follow the ...

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... would have done better in my studies. I faced loopholes by not applying myself towards the subject. Through repeating the class, I have gained a better outlook on learning. I did not read the assigned topics; as a result, I faced many hardships. Many of my upper level education classes required reading assignments. I was "hard ... class meetings the professor gave pop quizzes. I learned that one should always be prepared for the unexpected. Teachers in high school always explained that learning never ends. I am now able to relate the knowledge in my everyday life. Now that I am in colle...

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... to think, often choosing the higher order thinking assignments as their best pieces of work. With both the active and reflective learners, some conflicts in learning styles may be in the classroom. In order to help themselves, the learners need to take the extra steps in order to achieve their highest ... on assignments where I am able to do a visual presentation and "get dirty" with glue and glitter and just to have fun. Another group of learning styles is sensing and intuitive learners. People who are sensing learners like to learn precise facts. They do not like the theories and relati...

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... The constant learning that occurs in the everyday lives of humans can often be applied to many aspects in life. This proves true in Patricia Limerick's essay, "Haunted America." Inside Limerick's essay she ... patterns it teaches us what not to do next time, but they will always be there and remind us what did happen. For instance, like in any class, such as English we might not do something right the first time, but after a while we catch on and begin to do whats right, we learn from our own mistakes. As Limerick says ... ...

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I remember it vividly: September 15, 2013. Fortuitous enough, I had a free period all to myself during the last class of that day. As I meandered through the bustling halls on the way to my locker to collect some unfinished homework, the vexatious school bell sent a ringing through my eardrums. Immediately, the barbarous animals of high school began to bolt towards their current classes, gone in a flash. The halls, usually still and muted after the bell, had a newly born disruption with the sudden hollering of teenage boys. The bellows took me by surprise, but of course I thought nothing of it...

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... communicative purposes? There are a number of contradictions between what a textbook can offer a learner and what the learner needs in order to learn to communicate effectively in English. The textbook tends to equate learning with teaching. Obviously there is a correlation between the two. But the strength of the correlation depends upon the individual learners. Most textbooks seem to suggest that ... According to Jayakaran"s notes, "materials should require and facilitate learners self-investments and self-empowerment". As we know, material should empower learners and put them in contr...

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... there does seem to be agreement that older students have greater cognitive brain development that allows them to have conscious awareness of the language learning process. Eric Lenneberg in 1967 proposed a critical period hypothesis which explained why children can pick up a new language more easily than adults ... . He theorized that the acquisition of language is a process determined by biological factors which limit the "critical period" of language learning from about two years old to the age of puberty. Lenneberg believed that once the brain becomes lateralized (when the two sides de...

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... has been kept inside my heart since I joined a English club and was elected as the president of that club two years ago. It is a lifelong learning club for all the members who love English and who want to sharpen their speaking ability by saying English only during the whole gathering. Every Monday evening starting ... R&D job in a national defense research insititute for more than fourteen years, I have never stopped my passion and love toward my another best love, English. I love to sing English songs. I acted as a translator for foreign pasters in the church. I briefed to the vistors...

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... on. To achieve this, one point should be put enough attention to. That is a mastery of English, a tool which makes it easy to promote communication. So nowadays learning English has gained in great popularity in China with an increasing number of students every year flocking to English-speaking countries for study. As second language learners, some have achieved great success while some fail to ... accomplish goals even if they have made their best exertions. On this issue I would like to express my opinion. I will list some elements which I think affect the final result of second langu...

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... be born. The moment I stepped into the airplane, I knew that my life would change forever. I would have to confront many difficulties, including learning a foreign language. I would need to grow up and take responsibility for myself. Feeling overwhelmed, I told myself to do my best and not to ... give up. In the five years that I have lived in the United States, I have learned to speak English and I have gained appreciation of many different cultures. Most importantly, I have become more independent and responsible. The first day of seventh grade I was ... classroom and understood nothi...

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... have tried to include in the Foundation stage that are hoped to create an Early Years education system that is both universal and attainable by children. The six areas of learning are; • Personal, social and emotional development; • Communication, language and literacy; • Mathematical development; • Knowledge and understanding of the world; • Physical development; and • Creative development ... In the process of designing and making, children will also draw on what they learn in subjects like math, English, science and art. This helps them to see how school subjects fit tog...

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... living far from their homes? - Being homesick - Lacking the family consideration - Having no good relationship with the neighbors 2. Three difficulties you encounter in learning English - Mistakes in pronunciation - Shyness in front of many people - Without native speakers of English for practicing speaking and listening 3. What do you think of this campus (school)? What are three good things about it? - The tuition is low ... , with your friends - It's useful for you physical health Topics for Speaking 1. What are three disadvantages of students living far from their homes? 2. What are ...

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... her child was in a class that had inclusion she would pull her child out of the class because she feels that it would hurt her child from learning and distract the other students that are trying to learn. Well after she brought this topic up it open opened up our views on things and changed our ... The school that I went to worked with kids and there disabilities and would let them learn at there own pace. It is usually very hard for a child with a learning disability to learn in a regular school setting because the disability impairs the way that they take in information. The other way t...

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... creativity can bring naturally. Rather than going through the extensive policies and procedures of making a class, by simply rearranging the current accommodations can be more effective. Presenting this learning topic can be beneficial for all students. For instance by developing a more creative and vibrant lesson plan teachers can help change the mind of student through creative standards. A ... worked in the past, rather than creating a new lesson. Creative teaching will allow for students to rise classroom motivation and student engagement. In addition establishing a more accommodatin...

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... the authority of knowledge with their professional authority. The most interesting aspect of this theory sis the fact that the teacher is the subject of the learning process, not the students, since the students don't have the ability to freely think and question what they are being told. The second style of ... of the two styles is essential for the student to be able to succeed in the real world. Being fed facts is an integral part of learning, but being given the ability to then question what is spit at us makes the experience, and what is actually retained from it, that much ... re...

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... to give meaning to a given action we can create a new language. This is the case for Nell, although her language has some similarities to English, it is still very different and not as developed. This can still be called a language though. By watching her mother doing all sorts of ... actions she was able to label an action to a word. It is also by ostensive learning that Doctor Lovell learns Nell's language, because he watched her doing all sorts of actions, and as Nell was doing them she was telling Lovell the ... word for a given object or action. This was accomplished by ostensive l...

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... is a strength of mine would probably explain why I am extremely talkative and because I think in words may be why my highest marks in school are in English. Being left brain dominant may also influence my learning styles. I am mostly a visual learner but I am somewhat an auditory learner as well. Being a visual learner means that most of the time in order for me ... to me, playing games with me and just talking to me were some of the ways that my brain was stimulated. Also, by 18 months I was able to speak both English and German and understand what I was taking about. I could have smal...

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We are all in English class to learn English as a group and friend. We need to know each other and have better friendly society in class, get together and know more about different personality and cultures. Develop our vocabulary by learning new words from each other. My new friend is a young man named Jong Min, 21 years old with black eyes and black hair ... a student with talent that helps him to be successful in NJIT and he is the friendly student that we can have a good relationship with him, work together and improve our English as a united team. ...

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... college I have begun to learn more and more of why I learned the things I did in grade school. Since my path is Elementary Education I am learning the standards that have to be met as a teacher, and the material that needs to be covered. I have also started to learn about the techniques ... past school experiences differently. So when asked to write a paper reflecting on literary experiences in school, I became excited knowing that I would be discovering and learning even more. The furthest back I can think of any language-related experiences was in Kindergarten or 1st grade. I remember...

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Classroom Observation I have spent twenty hours throughout this semester observing a fifth grade teacher who teaches English, reading, and spelling at a parochial elementary school that is located in Northeast Philadelphia. In my educational psychology class ... have learned a lot about the four knowledge bases which are knowledge of content, pedagogical content knowledge, general pedagogical knowledge, and knowledge of learners and learning. While I was observing this fifth grade parochial school teacher and her students, I looked for the four knowledge bases. I took notes and paid attentio...

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... drawing out of what is in the mind. In the article "I Just Wanna Be Average" (We Are America, Page 211), the author, Mike Rose goes on to say that his English teacher, Jack MacFarland, taught and approved him to be aroused motivation. MacFarland's approval and good grades mean that he helped students improve their self-esteem most by helping and motivating ... in my geography class as well as further classes. From that time I lost an interest in school life. Typically, school guidelines are couched in terms of learning and memorizing skills, rather than the content of learning or the fr...

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I have many teachers in my life,but one of them I can never forget.She was my English teacher in my middle school,She was about thirty then,and looked younger than her age.She was kind,qualified and capable teacher. She was always patient,and never tired ... like my mother,she take care of our clothes and foods.She is my most love and respective teacher. With her help, all her students made rapid progress in the learning of english and other courses.Students liked her because they regarded her as their best friend as well as their best teacher. How lucky we were to be her students! A studen...

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... free or reduced lunch. The residential area feeding the school is a large, predominantly blue collar, Hispanic trailer park. As a result most parents of students at Zora Neale do not speak English and are not educated beyond middle or high school. This fact has posed a problem recently as FCAT scores have come back and are not all positive, the handicap is that ... many well-meaning parents cannot help the situation as they cannot read with their children in English. At Zora Neale I observe with Mrs. Mabel Granda, a ten-year teaching veteran. She has spent four years at and inner city s...

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... been trying to take courses in the Humanities area; I think it would really help with the counselling and social work and I usually do quite well in English so I"m not worried about that. Last year in academic English I started with a 90 and finished with an 88. I missed the exam however since I was sick, which is just my bad luck (that's not sarcasm, I really ... you won't mind working hard and will produce a better product; because of this you will be more likely to get a raise or promotion. I am however only 15 and am constantly learning, experiencing new things and adopting new idea...

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... designate one spokesperson for each group. The teacher would pick the student with the learning disability to tell the class what their group came up with. 2. Another teaching strategy for a student with a learning disability would be to give the student a word bank, if they are correcting a paragraph in English. This will help them to complete the task without becoming frustrated because they didn ... ...

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