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Teachable Articles: A Practical Approach To Teaching English Articles To Japanese Learners, Kayo Fujito
Teachable Articles: A Practical Approach To Teaching English Articles To Japanese Learners, Kayo Fujito
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This dissertation is about English articles and specifically the difficulties that non-native speakers, particularly Japanese learners, face in mastering their use. In this dissertation, I will mainly focus on;
1. An investigation on teaching articles and the use of articles including a survey completed by teachers of English
2. Two charts for determining articles and categories with examples including my adaptation of the chart
3. Some ideas and practical suggestions for teaching articles
The findings from this study have led me to a belief that there are ways for Japanese learners to improve their ability to use articles and by …
“Making Teaching Lexis And Structures To Adult Efl Learners More Effective Through Creating A Learning Community And Fostering Some Specific Learning Skills.” (A Curriculum For A Short-Term Development Course For Non-Native Speaker Efl Teachers), Oleksandr Klyevanov
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Nowadays, EFL teachers are exposed to a large number of different approaches to teaching English. All of them, no matter how much they differ, focus on the objectives shared by all teachers regardless of their theoretical background, namely teaching lexis and structures. However, some approaches ignore what I have come to believe are necessities: creating a learning community, teaching strategies for retention and recycling lexical and structural items. By learning community I mean a group of learners who are focused on learning the target subject of knowledge, who expend their energies on learning, who feel secure being together and working …
Interference Of Brazilian Portuguese On Learning English, Tizuko Hirose, Tsizuco Iwase
Interference Of Brazilian Portuguese On Learning English, Tizuko Hirose, Tsizuco Iwase
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Teaching English To Japanese, Kayoko Hisano
Teaching English To Japanese, Kayoko Hisano
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This paper aims at offering some information on the background of Japanese students to native teachers of English. Japanese students have a unique background in English education, which it is advisable for teachers of English to know about if they are to be as effective as possible when teaching them.
CHAPTER I touches on why the Japanese learn English, and CHAPTER II examines the kind of English education that is taught at Japanese high schools. CHAPTER II covers linguistic differences between Japanese and English, and CHAPTER IV deals with the psychology of Japanese students.
Teacher's Manual For "The Magnetic Sentence": A Classroom Aid For Teaching English As A Second Language, Jeffrey Smith
Teacher's Manual For "The Magnetic Sentence": A Classroom Aid For Teaching English As A Second Language, Jeffrey Smith
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"The Magnetic Sentence" is a classroom aid for teaching English as a second language. It consists of (1) a set of word-cards on which are written words, phrases, or morphemes; (2) a board for displaying these word cards; and (3) a teacher's manual.
The set is designed to show visually many common grammatical transformations by presenting them on a display board. This is done by placing the word-cards on the display board and rearranging, deleting, and adding to them to show the process involved in a transformation.
The following transformations and constructions can be shown with the set: affirmative statements, …
Lipson Boxes: Square Or Not, Edna Christina Graef
Lipson Boxes: Square Or Not, Edna Christina Graef
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Daily Lessons For A 3 Week Intensive Japanese Course, Chiyo Masaki Soroken
Daily Lessons For A 3 Week Intensive Japanese Course, Chiyo Masaki Soroken
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This paper is designed to provide ideas for daily lesson planning for a three week intensive course. The specific teaching methods are pointed out for most of the material according to the characteristics of the particular items. Realizing the importance of visual aids in foreign language teaching, helpful pictures are included in the text as well as several picture files.
A Report On Teaching Level One Esl To Children And Adults In Orizaba, Mexico, Katherine Bowen Riggs
A Report On Teaching Level One Esl To Children And Adults In Orizaba, Mexico, Katherine Bowen Riggs
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Max: An Independent Professional Project, Elleen Gillespie
Max: An Independent Professional Project, Elleen Gillespie
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