... English skills for the purposes of communication, study, business, etc. This program offers four core courses and the one I observed was Intermediate Reading and Discussion, which meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00pm-3:15pm. I met the ELP instructor before class to discuss the overall goals ... as goals for that day's lesson. The overall goal is to improve reading comprehension skills, increase vocabulary, promote a higher reading speed, and develop discussion skills. The goal of that day's lesson was to work on reading strategies: scanning, identifying main ideas, and understand...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... the tone of the classroom. In the book Measurement and Assessment in Teaching, authors Miller, Linn and Gronlund note that complications can arise when students are not treated fairly. When reading about this the reader asks himself or herself in what way can a student become uncomfortable and stressed? Well, one example that the authors give is that of tests. They write ... that if students do not possess "motivation speed, practice in test taking" (Miller et. all 430) than pupils will have no desire to improve their skills or even partake in classroom discussions. A teacher must be ab...

• Word Count: 2625
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School