Category: Teaching
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Theories and Strategies to Learn English
Introduction Nowadays, schools across the country are working to bring a suitable and efficient prospectus for all students as pointed out by the passing of Goals 2000: Educate American Act of 1994. A variety of professional associations have reacted to this concern by calling for curriculum modification and by developing curriculum sets for all children.…
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Grammar and the Language Teaching
Personal Statement about Grammar Grammar is an aspect of studying English that causes much debate and disagreement, both in policies of teaching and in the description of the subject on the whole. Historically, there have been several approaches to viewing, studying, and teaching grammar, each of which has made a significant contribution to the development…
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Effective Techniques of Pronunciation Teaching
Minimal Pair Pronunciation techniques assist students to overcome problems associated with pronunciation. Pronunciation teaching is necessary since English teaching has shifted to language function and communicative competencies. A minimal pair is an important pronunciation teaching technique where two words that have different meanings are paired when only one sound is varied (Celci-Murcia, 1987). The teacher…
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Discussion of Teaching Sacramental
The first communion is a traditional celebration for the Catholic Church, during which the child receives the sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time during the liturgy. Although it is common for a child to receive the sacrament at a reasonably early age, it requires prior preparation and faith between seven and nine years…
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Teaching About Religion vs. Teaching Religion
Table of Contents Introduction Main part Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Ever since 1963, when U. S. Supreme Court allowed sectarian teaching of the Bible in public schools’ classrooms, the issue of this decision’s appropriateness has been discussed from a variety of sociological and legal perspectives, with many critics rightly pointing out to the fact that there…
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Assessing Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers”
Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers” explores the reality of growing up and being brought up as an African American in the United States of the 1950s. Yet even though race features prominently in the text, the essay is about more than just racial matters. At the core of “A Talk to the Teachers” is Baldwin’s…
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The Socratic Method as a Particular Way of Teaching and Learning
The Socratic Method is a particular way of teaching and learning, which originated in the V century BC in Athens. The method entails engaging in a structured debate to uncover more accurate meanings to concepts. In the debate, the teacher does not provide the students with undeniable factual knowledge but argues with the students about…
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Secular Combatants: Teaching Secular Worldviews in a Post-Secular Age
Investigating the connection between psychology and Christianity is a problematic and passionate task. One school of thought claims that psychology, or science, is opposed to Christianity or religion. On the one hand, secular combatants feel that religious tradition and mental health are incompatible. On the other hand, Christian warriors who think that obtaining psychological therapy…
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The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Heretical Teacher or Guardian of Religious Liberty
Table of Contents Introduction Resources Annotation Differences of opinions Conclusion References Introduction Along with the development of mankind in all its stages there have been important events in the form of wars, revolutions, scientific discoveries or religious movements. Historically important events have involved both changes in society and the human worldview, as well as specific…
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Teaching Strategies in Instructing ELLs
Table of Contents Teaching strategies Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 References Teaching strategies The article provides useful and valuable insights into the teaching strategies that educators can use when instructing ELLs (English language learners). One of the most effective instructional practices is an explicit instruction that demonstrates how a task is going to be…