Presentación en PowerPoint de un taller que di en la Universidad de Alcalá en julio de 2010. Trata del uso de los cuentos y "storytelling" en la educación primaria en el área de inglés. La presentación está en inglés.
(1) Draw a diagram and use basic geometry formulas to calculate the area, or decompose the shape into simpler shapes and add the areas.
(2) Subtract the volumes to determine how much needs to be poured.
(3) Calculate 70% of the original volume and subtract it from the total to find the amount left.
(4) Set up an equation relating Swee Lan's beads to Aina's beads and the information given to solve for Aina's amount.
(5) Follow the order of operations and solve step-by-step.
(6) Try different numbers in the blank and calculate to find which
Using Organisational Storytelling as a Creative Leadership StrategyTeresa S. Welsh
The document discusses the importance and use of organizational storytelling as a creative leadership strategy. It notes that storytelling is a fundamental part of human nature and an effective way to capture and share organizational knowledge. Stories can be used to facilitate collaboration and creativity within organizations. The document also reviews relevant literature on knowledge management and the role of storytelling in organizations.
This document provides guidance on effective storytelling techniques for children's ministry and education. It discusses how stories aid communication and learning. Key points include using stories to build language comprehension, engaging students during read-alouds, techniques for storytelling like involving senses and using student names, choosing age-appropriate stories, and tips for effective delivery like appearance, movements, voice, and pacing. References are provided for further research on the instructional power of stories.
Storytelling is the art of using language, gestures, and physical movement to share a story with a live audience. It involves orally presenting a narrative with characters, structure, and a sense of completeness. There are benefits to both reading a story aloud from a book and telling a story from memory without the book. Reading allows less mistakes but lacks a personal experience, while telling allows seeing children's faces but risks mistakes. Effective storytelling requires practice and uses preparing the environment, voice, body language, and language to engage listeners. Benefits of storytelling include helping children learn about the world, develop skills like listening and imagination, and support emotional and intellectual development.
Storytelling 2.0: definizione, tools, casi studioLaura Trapani
Cos'è lo storytelling e perché usarlo. Lo storytelling sui social network: Facebook, Twitter e Instagram. Gli strumenti per creare storie: Storify, Visual.ly, Easil.ly, Animoto. Tre casi studio: #civuoleuneroe, #guerrieri, lo storytelling di Obama.
This document discusses how stories can be used to teach language skills to children. It provides examples of how teachers can incorporate stories, such as through picture books, puppets, drawings, and tapes. Children enjoy hearing the same story multiple times and can then retell, act out, or write scripts based on the stories. The document also discusses using gestures and physical movement to reinforce storytelling. The Total Physical Response method teaches through commands, modeling, and gradually reducing dependence on the teacher. Grammar can then be taught through telling stories from different perspectives.
Infomagic: Unlocking the wonders of information books - practical strategies for their use and enjoyment. Lin and Liz Smith, optional session, SLA Weekend Course, Manchester 2014
Shared reading is an instructional strategy where students join in reading a large text along with a teacher. It allows students to engage with texts that may be too difficult to read independently. The teacher models reading skills and comprehension strategies to help students develop as readers. Shared reading provides students opportunities to gradually take on more responsibility in the reading as their skills and confidence increase.
(1) Draw a diagram and use basic geometry formulas to calculate the area, or decompose the shape into simpler shapes and add the areas.
(2) Subtract the volumes to determine how much needs to be poured.
(3) Calculate 70% of the original volume and subtract it from the total to find the amount left.
(4) Set up an equation relating Swee Lan's beads to Aina's beads and the information given to solve for Aina's amount.
(5) Follow the order of operations and solve step-by-step.
(6) Try different numbers in the blank and calculate to find which
Using Organisational Storytelling as a Creative Leadership StrategyTeresa S. Welsh
The document discusses the importance and use of organizational storytelling as a creative leadership strategy. It notes that storytelling is a fundamental part of human nature and an effective way to capture and share organizational knowledge. Stories can be used to facilitate collaboration and creativity within organizations. The document also reviews relevant literature on knowledge management and the role of storytelling in organizations.
This document provides guidance on effective storytelling techniques for children's ministry and education. It discusses how stories aid communication and learning. Key points include using stories to build language comprehension, engaging students during read-alouds, techniques for storytelling like involving senses and using student names, choosing age-appropriate stories, and tips for effective delivery like appearance, movements, voice, and pacing. References are provided for further research on the instructional power of stories.
Storytelling is the art of using language, gestures, and physical movement to share a story with a live audience. It involves orally presenting a narrative with characters, structure, and a sense of completeness. There are benefits to both reading a story aloud from a book and telling a story from memory without the book. Reading allows less mistakes but lacks a personal experience, while telling allows seeing children's faces but risks mistakes. Effective storytelling requires practice and uses preparing the environment, voice, body language, and language to engage listeners. Benefits of storytelling include helping children learn about the world, develop skills like listening and imagination, and support emotional and intellectual development.
Storytelling 2.0: definizione, tools, casi studioLaura Trapani
Cos'è lo storytelling e perché usarlo. Lo storytelling sui social network: Facebook, Twitter e Instagram. Gli strumenti per creare storie: Storify, Visual.ly, Easil.ly, Animoto. Tre casi studio: #civuoleuneroe, #guerrieri, lo storytelling di Obama.
This document discusses how stories can be used to teach language skills to children. It provides examples of how teachers can incorporate stories, such as through picture books, puppets, drawings, and tapes. Children enjoy hearing the same story multiple times and can then retell, act out, or write scripts based on the stories. The document also discusses using gestures and physical movement to reinforce storytelling. The Total Physical Response method teaches through commands, modeling, and gradually reducing dependence on the teacher. Grammar can then be taught through telling stories from different perspectives.
Infomagic: Unlocking the wonders of information books - practical strategies for their use and enjoyment. Lin and Liz Smith, optional session, SLA Weekend Course, Manchester 2014
Shared reading is an instructional strategy where students join in reading a large text along with a teacher. It allows students to engage with texts that may be too difficult to read independently. The teacher models reading skills and comprehension strategies to help students develop as readers. Shared reading provides students opportunities to gradually take on more responsibility in the reading as their skills and confidence increase.
This document provides guidance on teaching literacy to pre-K through 3rd grade learners. It discusses the characteristics of emergent and beginning readers and strategies for supporting their literacy development. Emergent learners enjoy being read to and are trying to understand reading, while beginning learners are gaining phonics skills and need practice with reading real text. The document recommends creating a rich learning environment, using hands-on activities, ongoing assessment, and selecting age-appropriate texts aligned to standards to meet learners' cognitive and non-cognitive needs.
Writing is a difficult skill for second language learners to acquire. It involves complex cognitive processes like planning, organizing, drafting, and revising. There are two approaches to writing - as a process and as a product. The writing process involves generating ideas, drafting, getting feedback, and making changes. It is important for students to have opportunities to write in different genres like narratives, responses to literature, reports, and personal essays. For young EFL learners, teachers should provide motivating environments and encourage creative writing from students' own interests to help develop their writing skills.
Writing Styles for Educational Materials.pptxDrHafizKosar
Common writing styles used in educational materials
1. Formal Academic Style: This style is characterized by its adherence to academic conventions, such as using third-person perspective, avoiding contractions, and maintaining a scholarly tone. It's often used in textbooks, research papers, and academic articles.
2. Accessible Language: Educational materials aimed at learners with diverse backgrounds and abilities often use clear, straightforward language to ensure comprehension. Complex concepts are explained in simple terms, and technical jargon is minimized or defined.
3. Engaging and Interactive: Especially in materials for younger learners or online education platforms, an engaging and interactive writing style is employed. This can include asking questions, incorporating anecdotes or stories, and prompting readers to participate in activities or discussions.
4. Instructional Clarity: Clarity is paramount in educational writing. Instructions for assignments, experiments, or exercises need to be concise, precise, and easy to follow. Step-by-step guides are common, particularly in subjects like science or mathematics.
5. Visual Description: In materials that include visual aids, such as diagrams, charts, or graphs, the writing style may involve descriptive text to accompany these visuals. This helps learners understand the information presented visually.
6. Adaptive and Personalized: With the rise of personalized learning platforms, educational materials may be tailored to individual learners' needs and preferences. This can involve adaptive text that adjusts difficulty level based on learner performance or personalized feedback.
7. Motivational and Inspirational: Especially in self-help or personal development materials, an inspirational writing style can be effective. This involves using motivational language, sharing success stories, and encouraging readers to set and achieve their goals.
8. Explanatory and Descriptive: Writing styles in educational materials often involve thorough explanations and descriptions of concepts, theories, or processes.
Effective writing styles for educational materials:
1. Clarity: Use clear and concise language to explain concepts. Avoid jargon or overly complex language that may confuse learners. Break down complex ideas into simpler, digestible parts.
2. Engagement: Keep the content interesting and engaging to maintain the reader's attention. Use examples, anecdotes, and real-life scenarios to illustrate key points and make the material relatable.
3. Structure: Organize the material in a logical and coherent manner. Use headings, subheadings, and bullet points to break up the text and make it easier to follow. Provide a clear roadmap of what the learner can expect to learn.
4. Active Voice: Write in the active voice to make the material more dynamic and engaging. This helps keep the reader focused and makes the content easier to understand.
This document provides curriculum guidelines for a bilingual Spanish-English education program for children ages 3-16. It outlines four main content areas: 1) a project to integrate Spanish and English teaching, 2) teaching through topics to develop children's knowledge and skills, 3) developing social skills, and 4) developing literacy skills. The goals are to provide a balanced bilingual and bicultural education through co-planning Spanish and English lessons, using topics to teach concepts across subjects, assessing children's social development, and introducing pre-reading and writing strategies to build literacy in both languages.
This document provides curriculum guidelines for a bilingual Spanish-English education program for children ages 3-16. It outlines four key areas of focus: 1) an integrated project approach, 2) teaching through topics, 3) developing social skills, and 4) literacy skills. The goal is to provide an education that promotes acquisition of both languages and awareness of both cultures through collaboration between Spanish and English teachers.
This document outlines key components of a leadership model for improving adolescent literacy. It discusses the importance of whole-school literacy efforts and defines adolescent literacy. It presents a literacy leadership model with three goal areas and five action points for taking action on adolescent literacy. It emphasizes integrating literacy instruction across content areas and providing strategic interventions for struggling readers.
The document discusses principles and strategies for teaching English as a global language and teaching English language learners. It covers topics such as language teaching principles, pedagogy skills, international examinations, principles for teaching ELL students, and sampling of teaching strategies. Specific strategies mentioned include cooperative learning, shared writing, modeling academic language, incorporating students' native culture and language, using visual aids, culture study projects, and using realia or real-world objects.
Uplands Years 7-9 handbook 2018-19 web2cinbarnsley
This document provides an overview of the curriculum for Years 7-9 at The International School of Penang (Uplands). It includes brief descriptions of the subjects offered - Art, Design & Technology, Drama, English, and English as an Additional Language. The curriculum is designed to offer an international education and develop skills like inquiry, critical thinking, and communication. Subjects aim to lay the foundation for continued academic growth and prepare students for IGCSE qualifications. Assessment methods evaluate technical skills, creativity, knowledge and understanding in subjects.
The document discusses the importance of designing effective teaching materials. It states that materials should stimulate learning, match learning objectives, and support the learning process. Good materials arouse interest, meet learner needs, provide language examples and activities, and encourage authentic use. When designing materials, one should consider learner needs, available resources, teaching experience, the curriculum, and make materials contextualized, encourage interaction, develop learning skills, offer integrated language use, be authentic, attractive, and have clear instructions. Examples of materials that can be designed include flashcards, pictures, wall charts, posters and newspaper articles. Advantages of designing materials include motivating learners and encouraging teacher autonomy, while disadvantages include the time required and ensuring coherence.
This document discusses expository and narrative texts. It begins by introducing the importance of reading comprehension and literacy instruction. It then defines expository and narrative texts, highlighting their different purposes and structures. Expository texts aim to inform by using facts, while narrative texts tell stories. The document outlines six common expository text structures and provides examples of how teachers can teach students to recognize these structures. It also notes some challenges of expository texts and strategies to address them. For narrative texts, the document discusses how they promote learning through emotion and imagination, and challenges some students face with narrative writing.
The document outlines a contemporary children's literature program for primary school students in Malaysia. It aims to improve English proficiency and instill a love of reading through exposing students to short stories and poems. The program is implemented over three years from Year 4 to Year 6. Teachers are provided guidance on conducting reading lessons, which involve pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading activities to enhance comprehension and engagement.
National professional standards for teachers in pakistanTasneem Saifee
The document outlines 10 national professional standards for teachers in Pakistan. The standards cover areas like subject matter knowledge, human growth and development, Islamic values and ethics, assessment, instructional planning, collaboration, learning environment, communication/ICT, continuous professional development, and teaching English. Each standard includes knowledge, dispositions, and skills teachers should demonstrate. The standards aim to improve teacher quality and student learning in Pakistan.
The document provides guidance for teachers on how to effectively teach writing to ESL students. It recommends that teachers provide functional writing tasks, allow students to choose their own topics, do group activities like brainstorming and storytelling, and focus on elements of effective writing. It also lists 30 additional ideas for teaching writing, such as using students' lives as inspiration, practicing revision, descriptive writing, and making grammar interactive. The overall document offers strategies to engage ESL students in improving their English writing skills.
METHODS OF TEACHING: LECTURE METHOD AND STORY TELLING METHODANCYBS
The document discusses two teaching methods: the lecture method and the storytelling method. The lecture method involves the teacher speaking while students passively listen. It can efficiently cover content but lacks student participation. The storytelling method creates interest by sharing true stories, myths, and legends. It develops imagination but risks exaggerating facts. Both methods have advantages and limitations depending on the topic, class, and objective.
Persuasive Essay Topics For High School Students.pdfJanet Katarezzy
The document discusses the challenges of writing a persuasive essay on topics for high school students. First, it is difficult to identify topics that interest and stimulate critical thinking in a diverse group of high schoolers. Maintaining a tone that respects the audience while clearly presenting arguments is also demanding. Additionally, acknowledging different perspectives requires thorough research to build a strong case. The essay must keep students engaged through accessible language, examples, and presentation of information. Overall, writing such an essay needs careful consideration of the audience, adept language skills, and a thoughtful approach to topic selection and structure.
Dil ve Edebiyat Öğretimi, 3. Hafta.pdf.pdfelaltmskr
This document discusses the use of stories in language teaching. It provides an overview of how stories were used historically in different language teaching methods and why they fell out of favor before regaining prominence. Stories can be used to improve students' language skills while also teaching them about culture. When choosing stories, teachers should consider students' level and the story elements of plot, characters, setting and theme. Teachers can use activities like story maps to help students comprehend stories and develop reading and speaking abilities.
Designing materials for teaching autonomyArturo Wiemer
This document discusses the importance of designing effective teaching materials. It notes that materials should stimulate learners, match learning objectives, and support the learning process. When designing materials, one should consider learner needs, available resources, teaching experience, and the curriculum. Guidelines for effective materials include contextualizing them, encouraging interaction and integrated language use, using authentic examples, and providing clear instructions. Both advantages like increased motivation and disadvantages like time requirements are discussed.
This document discusses the importance of designing effective teaching materials. It notes that materials should stimulate learners, match learning objectives, and support the learning process. When designing materials, one should consider learner needs, available resources, teaching experience, and the curriculum. Guidelines for effective materials include contextualizing them, encouraging interaction and integrated language use, using authentic examples, and providing clear instructions. Both advantages such as increased motivation and disadvantages like time requirements are discussed.
power point based on Instructional materials Shilton Samson
This document discusses educational resources and strategies used for teaching. It defines educational resources as materials that improve student knowledge, abilities, and skills. Resources mentioned include coursebooks, supplementary readers, workbooks, sourcebooks, cartoons, and comics. A coursebook contains learning situations and facts for a subject. A supplementary reader uses stories, poems, and compositions to integrate language usage. A workbook contains problems and exercises for written answers. A sourcebook provides teaching guidance for a coursebook. Cartoons and comics can be used at all levels for language and discussion activities. Strategies discussed include child-centered learning through activities, using comics/cartoons to tell stories, and mnemonic strategies to strengthen long-term information retention.
This document provides a summary of the differences between the present perfect simple tense and the past simple tense in English. It outlines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of each, including common time expressions used with each tense. Examples are provided to illustrate the key uses of each tense, such as the present perfect for actions that began in the past but are still relevant or ongoing, and the past simple for actions that were completed entirely in the past. Guidance is given on using the present perfect and past simple with phrases like "since", "for", "been to", and "gone to".
The document discusses conditional sentences in English. It explains that there are 4 types of conditional sentences which differ in their meaning and tense usage depending on whether the condition is possible, probable, or impossible. Type 0 expresses universal truths and uses the present simple tense. Type 1 is used for probable present or future conditions and uses the present simple in the if-clause and will/imperative in the result clause. Type 2 expresses improbable or unlikely conditions and uses the past simple and conditional tense. Type 3 expresses impossible or hypothetical past conditions and uses the past perfect and conditional perfect tense. The document provides examples and practice exercises for each type of conditional sentence.
This document provides guidance on teaching literacy to pre-K through 3rd grade learners. It discusses the characteristics of emergent and beginning readers and strategies for supporting their literacy development. Emergent learners enjoy being read to and are trying to understand reading, while beginning learners are gaining phonics skills and need practice with reading real text. The document recommends creating a rich learning environment, using hands-on activities, ongoing assessment, and selecting age-appropriate texts aligned to standards to meet learners' cognitive and non-cognitive needs.
Writing is a difficult skill for second language learners to acquire. It involves complex cognitive processes like planning, organizing, drafting, and revising. There are two approaches to writing - as a process and as a product. The writing process involves generating ideas, drafting, getting feedback, and making changes. It is important for students to have opportunities to write in different genres like narratives, responses to literature, reports, and personal essays. For young EFL learners, teachers should provide motivating environments and encourage creative writing from students' own interests to help develop their writing skills.
Writing Styles for Educational Materials.pptxDrHafizKosar
Common writing styles used in educational materials
1. Formal Academic Style: This style is characterized by its adherence to academic conventions, such as using third-person perspective, avoiding contractions, and maintaining a scholarly tone. It's often used in textbooks, research papers, and academic articles.
2. Accessible Language: Educational materials aimed at learners with diverse backgrounds and abilities often use clear, straightforward language to ensure comprehension. Complex concepts are explained in simple terms, and technical jargon is minimized or defined.
3. Engaging and Interactive: Especially in materials for younger learners or online education platforms, an engaging and interactive writing style is employed. This can include asking questions, incorporating anecdotes or stories, and prompting readers to participate in activities or discussions.
4. Instructional Clarity: Clarity is paramount in educational writing. Instructions for assignments, experiments, or exercises need to be concise, precise, and easy to follow. Step-by-step guides are common, particularly in subjects like science or mathematics.
5. Visual Description: In materials that include visual aids, such as diagrams, charts, or graphs, the writing style may involve descriptive text to accompany these visuals. This helps learners understand the information presented visually.
6. Adaptive and Personalized: With the rise of personalized learning platforms, educational materials may be tailored to individual learners' needs and preferences. This can involve adaptive text that adjusts difficulty level based on learner performance or personalized feedback.
7. Motivational and Inspirational: Especially in self-help or personal development materials, an inspirational writing style can be effective. This involves using motivational language, sharing success stories, and encouraging readers to set and achieve their goals.
8. Explanatory and Descriptive: Writing styles in educational materials often involve thorough explanations and descriptions of concepts, theories, or processes.
Effective writing styles for educational materials:
1. Clarity: Use clear and concise language to explain concepts. Avoid jargon or overly complex language that may confuse learners. Break down complex ideas into simpler, digestible parts.
2. Engagement: Keep the content interesting and engaging to maintain the reader's attention. Use examples, anecdotes, and real-life scenarios to illustrate key points and make the material relatable.
3. Structure: Organize the material in a logical and coherent manner. Use headings, subheadings, and bullet points to break up the text and make it easier to follow. Provide a clear roadmap of what the learner can expect to learn.
4. Active Voice: Write in the active voice to make the material more dynamic and engaging. This helps keep the reader focused and makes the content easier to understand.
This document provides curriculum guidelines for a bilingual Spanish-English education program for children ages 3-16. It outlines four main content areas: 1) a project to integrate Spanish and English teaching, 2) teaching through topics to develop children's knowledge and skills, 3) developing social skills, and 4) developing literacy skills. The goals are to provide a balanced bilingual and bicultural education through co-planning Spanish and English lessons, using topics to teach concepts across subjects, assessing children's social development, and introducing pre-reading and writing strategies to build literacy in both languages.
This document provides curriculum guidelines for a bilingual Spanish-English education program for children ages 3-16. It outlines four key areas of focus: 1) an integrated project approach, 2) teaching through topics, 3) developing social skills, and 4) literacy skills. The goal is to provide an education that promotes acquisition of both languages and awareness of both cultures through collaboration between Spanish and English teachers.
This document outlines key components of a leadership model for improving adolescent literacy. It discusses the importance of whole-school literacy efforts and defines adolescent literacy. It presents a literacy leadership model with three goal areas and five action points for taking action on adolescent literacy. It emphasizes integrating literacy instruction across content areas and providing strategic interventions for struggling readers.
The document discusses principles and strategies for teaching English as a global language and teaching English language learners. It covers topics such as language teaching principles, pedagogy skills, international examinations, principles for teaching ELL students, and sampling of teaching strategies. Specific strategies mentioned include cooperative learning, shared writing, modeling academic language, incorporating students' native culture and language, using visual aids, culture study projects, and using realia or real-world objects.
Uplands Years 7-9 handbook 2018-19 web2cinbarnsley
This document provides an overview of the curriculum for Years 7-9 at The International School of Penang (Uplands). It includes brief descriptions of the subjects offered - Art, Design & Technology, Drama, English, and English as an Additional Language. The curriculum is designed to offer an international education and develop skills like inquiry, critical thinking, and communication. Subjects aim to lay the foundation for continued academic growth and prepare students for IGCSE qualifications. Assessment methods evaluate technical skills, creativity, knowledge and understanding in subjects.
The document discusses the importance of designing effective teaching materials. It states that materials should stimulate learning, match learning objectives, and support the learning process. Good materials arouse interest, meet learner needs, provide language examples and activities, and encourage authentic use. When designing materials, one should consider learner needs, available resources, teaching experience, the curriculum, and make materials contextualized, encourage interaction, develop learning skills, offer integrated language use, be authentic, attractive, and have clear instructions. Examples of materials that can be designed include flashcards, pictures, wall charts, posters and newspaper articles. Advantages of designing materials include motivating learners and encouraging teacher autonomy, while disadvantages include the time required and ensuring coherence.
This document discusses expository and narrative texts. It begins by introducing the importance of reading comprehension and literacy instruction. It then defines expository and narrative texts, highlighting their different purposes and structures. Expository texts aim to inform by using facts, while narrative texts tell stories. The document outlines six common expository text structures and provides examples of how teachers can teach students to recognize these structures. It also notes some challenges of expository texts and strategies to address them. For narrative texts, the document discusses how they promote learning through emotion and imagination, and challenges some students face with narrative writing.
The document outlines a contemporary children's literature program for primary school students in Malaysia. It aims to improve English proficiency and instill a love of reading through exposing students to short stories and poems. The program is implemented over three years from Year 4 to Year 6. Teachers are provided guidance on conducting reading lessons, which involve pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading activities to enhance comprehension and engagement.
National professional standards for teachers in pakistanTasneem Saifee
The document outlines 10 national professional standards for teachers in Pakistan. The standards cover areas like subject matter knowledge, human growth and development, Islamic values and ethics, assessment, instructional planning, collaboration, learning environment, communication/ICT, continuous professional development, and teaching English. Each standard includes knowledge, dispositions, and skills teachers should demonstrate. The standards aim to improve teacher quality and student learning in Pakistan.
The document provides guidance for teachers on how to effectively teach writing to ESL students. It recommends that teachers provide functional writing tasks, allow students to choose their own topics, do group activities like brainstorming and storytelling, and focus on elements of effective writing. It also lists 30 additional ideas for teaching writing, such as using students' lives as inspiration, practicing revision, descriptive writing, and making grammar interactive. The overall document offers strategies to engage ESL students in improving their English writing skills.
METHODS OF TEACHING: LECTURE METHOD AND STORY TELLING METHODANCYBS
The document discusses two teaching methods: the lecture method and the storytelling method. The lecture method involves the teacher speaking while students passively listen. It can efficiently cover content but lacks student participation. The storytelling method creates interest by sharing true stories, myths, and legends. It develops imagination but risks exaggerating facts. Both methods have advantages and limitations depending on the topic, class, and objective.
Persuasive Essay Topics For High School Students.pdfJanet Katarezzy
The document discusses the challenges of writing a persuasive essay on topics for high school students. First, it is difficult to identify topics that interest and stimulate critical thinking in a diverse group of high schoolers. Maintaining a tone that respects the audience while clearly presenting arguments is also demanding. Additionally, acknowledging different perspectives requires thorough research to build a strong case. The essay must keep students engaged through accessible language, examples, and presentation of information. Overall, writing such an essay needs careful consideration of the audience, adept language skills, and a thoughtful approach to topic selection and structure.
Dil ve Edebiyat Öğretimi, 3. Hafta.pdf.pdfelaltmskr
This document discusses the use of stories in language teaching. It provides an overview of how stories were used historically in different language teaching methods and why they fell out of favor before regaining prominence. Stories can be used to improve students' language skills while also teaching them about culture. When choosing stories, teachers should consider students' level and the story elements of plot, characters, setting and theme. Teachers can use activities like story maps to help students comprehend stories and develop reading and speaking abilities.
Designing materials for teaching autonomyArturo Wiemer
This document discusses the importance of designing effective teaching materials. It notes that materials should stimulate learners, match learning objectives, and support the learning process. When designing materials, one should consider learner needs, available resources, teaching experience, and the curriculum. Guidelines for effective materials include contextualizing them, encouraging interaction and integrated language use, using authentic examples, and providing clear instructions. Both advantages like increased motivation and disadvantages like time requirements are discussed.
This document discusses the importance of designing effective teaching materials. It notes that materials should stimulate learners, match learning objectives, and support the learning process. When designing materials, one should consider learner needs, available resources, teaching experience, and the curriculum. Guidelines for effective materials include contextualizing them, encouraging interaction and integrated language use, using authentic examples, and providing clear instructions. Both advantages such as increased motivation and disadvantages like time requirements are discussed.
power point based on Instructional materials Shilton Samson
This document discusses educational resources and strategies used for teaching. It defines educational resources as materials that improve student knowledge, abilities, and skills. Resources mentioned include coursebooks, supplementary readers, workbooks, sourcebooks, cartoons, and comics. A coursebook contains learning situations and facts for a subject. A supplementary reader uses stories, poems, and compositions to integrate language usage. A workbook contains problems and exercises for written answers. A sourcebook provides teaching guidance for a coursebook. Cartoons and comics can be used at all levels for language and discussion activities. Strategies discussed include child-centered learning through activities, using comics/cartoons to tell stories, and mnemonic strategies to strengthen long-term information retention.
This document provides a summary of the differences between the present perfect simple tense and the past simple tense in English. It outlines the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of each, including common time expressions used with each tense. Examples are provided to illustrate the key uses of each tense, such as the present perfect for actions that began in the past but are still relevant or ongoing, and the past simple for actions that were completed entirely in the past. Guidance is given on using the present perfect and past simple with phrases like "since", "for", "been to", and "gone to".
The document discusses conditional sentences in English. It explains that there are 4 types of conditional sentences which differ in their meaning and tense usage depending on whether the condition is possible, probable, or impossible. Type 0 expresses universal truths and uses the present simple tense. Type 1 is used for probable present or future conditions and uses the present simple in the if-clause and will/imperative in the result clause. Type 2 expresses improbable or unlikely conditions and uses the past simple and conditional tense. Type 3 expresses impossible or hypothetical past conditions and uses the past perfect and conditional perfect tense. The document provides examples and practice exercises for each type of conditional sentence.
The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. It provides examples of countable nouns that can be counted using numbers and plural forms, as well as uncountable nouns that cannot be counted and do not have a plural form. It also discusses using quantifiers like "some", "any", "much", and "many" with countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative and negative sentences and questions.
Modal verbs are used to express meanings like ability, permission, obligation, possibility, advice, and requests. They are used with other verbs and do not conjugate. Some common modal verbs are can, could, may, might, must, have to, should, and will. Modal verbs do not have infinitive or present participle forms. They are followed by a base form verb. Modal verbs also do not have all regular verb tenses and sometimes use auxiliary verbs like be able to or have to to express different tenses.
Modal verbs are used to express meanings like ability, permission, obligation, possibility, advice, and requests in English. There are several core modal verbs like can, may, must, should, etc. Modals have unique grammatical properties - they do not conjugate, are always followed by a base verb form, and have certain fixed patterns in questions, negatives, and tense formation. The document provides a detailed overview of the various modal verbs in English, their meanings, examples of usage, and special rules regarding their form and function in sentences.
The document explains the causative construction in English grammar. The causative is used when someone has something done for them by another person or service. Common examples include having a car repaired by a mechanic, having hair cut by a barber, or having a pizza delivered. The causative construction follows the pattern of subject + have + object + past participle. A variety of tenses can be used with the causative, such as "I have had my car repaired" or "I will have my car washed." The document provides examples of forming sentences in different tenses using the causative.
The document discusses the passive and active voice in sentences. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action rather than performs it. We use the passive voice when we don't know or want to say who performed the action, or when we want to emphasize the receiver of the action. To form the passive voice, we use a form of the verb "to be" along with the past participle of the main verb, and can include an agent using "by" if the doer is known.
This document defines and provides examples of different types of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, and alliteration. It also gives examples of sentences and asks the reader to identify the type of figurative language used in each.
This document provides an overview of key poetic elements including form, structure, rhythm, meter and rhyme. It defines poetry as using language and sounds to imaginatively describe the world. Poems are composed of lines and stanzas, with stanzas containing groups of lines. Rhythm is created through patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. Common meters include iambic, trochaic, anapestic and dactylic feet. Rhyme occurs when words share the same ending sounds. True rhyme is at the end of lines while internal rhyme is within lines. Rhyme schemes show the pattern of rhymes. Free verse has no set rhythm or rhyme while blank verse uses i
Queen Victoria's long reign from 1837 to 1901 defined the Victorian Age. During this time, Britain became the most powerful country in the world with a vast global empire. Industrialization and new technologies like railways transformed Britain and led to rapid population growth. However, this also resulted in immense wealth disparities as the poor faced overcrowded, diseased slums while the rich lived comfortably. Child labor was common, with young children working in dangerous conditions for low pay. Literature also flourished in this era, with novels often focusing on moral themes and social commentary through complex plots and settings like cities. Famous Victorian novelists included Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot.
This document provides information on several major English authors and works from the 18th and 19th centuries. It discusses Daniel Defoe and his novel Robinson Crusoe, Jonathan Swift and Gulliver's Travels, William Blake as a poet and publisher, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads, Walter Scott's historical novels, Lord Byron's poetry and travels abroad, Percy Bysshe Shelley's friendship with Byron and involvement in the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and John Keats' odes.
The English Renaissance began in 1485 and peaked during Queen Elizabeth I's reign from 1558-1603. This period saw a renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman literature and learning. William Shakespeare, born in 1564, became one of the most famous playwrights of this time, writing 37 plays and 154 sonnets while also working as an actor in London. He introduced over 3,000 words to the English language before returning to his home in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he died in 1616.
The document summarizes key aspects of literature and history from the Middle Ages in England. It discusses the period known as the Middle Ages from the 5th to 15th century. It then focuses on Geoffrey Chaucer, a middle-class, well-educated man who served at the royal court. Chaucer is best known for his work The Canterbury Tales, a unfinished collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims as they travel to Canterbury Cathedral. The tales represent various social classes and include a mix of serious and comical stories that provide social commentary on clergy and nobility. Chaucer wrote the tales in Middle English, the vernacular of Britain during the Medieval period.
The document provides background information on the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain and the epic poem Beowulf. It discusses that the Anglo-Saxons inhabited Britain from the 5th century onward as Germanic tribes migrating from Europe. This period between 450-1066 AD is known as the Anglo-Saxon period, during which Old English was spoken. Old English is like a foreign language to modern English speakers. The document also notes that Anglo-Saxon sagas were entertaining stories told at feasts that mixed history with legend, and poses questions about the significance of images and conclusions that can be drawn from Beowulf.
The document discusses several environmental problems including global warming, overfishing, endangered species, deforestation, desertification, waste management, air pollution, and water pollution. It then asks what can be done and provides examples of sorting waste items like plastic, glass, and paper into the corresponding recycling bins. Common items that can be recycled are listed for each category.
The poem describes a child's bedtime routine and journey to sleep. It is told in four stanzas with an AABB rhyme scheme. Each stanza has four lines. The child gets ready for bed with help from their nurse, saying goodnight to friends before embarking on an imaginary sea voyage while in bed. Though they sail away into darkness, the child awakens safely back in their bedroom each morning.
The document discusses the differences between the past simple and present perfect tenses in English. It provides examples of how to use the past simple to talk about completed actions in the past and the present perfect to talk about actions that started in the past but may still be ongoing. It also explains how the words "for", "since", and "ago" are used differently with the past simple and present perfect tenses.
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A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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Storytelling in primary education
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2. Stories can be used with students of all ages and abilities Stories are attractive materials especially for younger learners; they change the normal routine of a class and are therefore motivating and interesting. Stories can help students develop their creativity and imagination Stories can heighten students’ ability to communicate effectively in writing and in speech Stories can help students develop both listening and reading skills Stories are essential tools to foster reading habits
4. AUTHENTIC vs. GRADED MATERIALS STUDENTS’ AGE AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS’ LEVEL OF ENGLISH STUDENTS’ INTERESTS STUDENTS’ NEEDS AND PURPOSE OF THE LESSON
5. ATTRACT STUDENTS’ ATTENTION CREATE EXPECTATIONS HAVE STUDENTS MAKE PREDICTIONS PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IF REQUIRED REVISE GRAMMAR STRUCTURES / VOCABULARY IF NECESSARY
6. MAKE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY USE APPROPRIATE INTONATION AND GESTURES MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION