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How to Write Descriptions | Linguistics In The Classroom
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Linguistics In The Classroom. Short explanations and exercises to teach how language is constructed and meaning is made. How to Write Descriptions. The students sat in a circle. I asked them to take a few minutes to look at each of their classmates (there are 19 students in each class) and to take note of each face and begin to construct descriptions. They blushed and giggled, but seemed to enjoy it and did look at each other carefully, alternating between staring and scanning. 8212;——–. Required fields ...
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meditation in the classroom | Linguistics In The Classroom
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Linguistics In The Classroom. Short explanations and exercises to teach how language is constructed and meaning is made. Meditation in the classroom. How to Write Descriptions (continued). Changing the university experience. Changing the university experience. How to write description. Meditation in the classroom. Contemplative Pedagogy: Evaluating contemplative practices. Changing the university experience. Changing the university experience. Meditation in the classroom. Tweet This meditation took place...
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Into the 21st Century: The Evolution of World Language Textbooks: Part I
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World Language Advocacy, Enrichment and Facilitation for the 21st Century. Into the 21st Century: The Evolution of World Language Textbooks: Part I. February 9, 2012. Middot; 3 comments. My Great Grandfathers Italian-English Textbook. While continuing to browse through my family keepsake, several questions arose in my mind: how exactly will textbooks of the twenty-first century evolve? What will they look like and how will they affect the way languages are taught and learned? See you at the next post.
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linguistics in the classroom | Linguistics In The Classroom
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Linguistics In The Classroom. Short explanations and exercises to teach how language is constructed and meaning is made. Linguistics in the classroom. Tweet As a professor of freshman writing, I teach students who are just out of high school. Some students are satisfied with their former high schools, but most complain bitterly. The most frequent complaint is about sitting around doing nothing, not that the subject matter is too difficult. Why are teachers so afraid to challenge […]. Tweet German-speakin...
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Can Language Be Taught Without a Cultural Context? – English with Jennifer
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A blog for teachers. Can Language Be Taught Without a Cultural Context? February 22, 2012. February 27, 2012. Is it really possible to teach without a cultural context? I think not, and I’ve addressed this question before in another post. And you’ll see that each video tries to convey information about American culture as well as teach the language. In my most recent lesson with Natasha. What are your feelings about the relationship between language and culture? I’d love to hear from you. You bring up a ...
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Lesson 12 – Teacher anecdote | An Experiment with Dogme
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An Experiment with Dogme. An ongoing account of my 'unplugged' teaching, right from the start. Lesson 12 – Teacher anecdote. February 9, 2012. Here’s a report of a lesson that shows how you can use your own life as a resource for developing interesting Unplugged lessons. Situations like this one could, of course, be made up for the purpose of classroom use. Unfortunately, this particular one happens to be true! 8212;———. 1 I start by telling the story of my neighbour whom I’ve never met. He (? 5 The pair...
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Educators are Exhausted | Linguistics In The Classroom
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Linguistics In The Classroom. Short explanations and exercises to teach how language is constructed and meaning is made. The educators I know are exhausted. The young adjuncts I work with are not so lucky. Many of them have to live on their salaries. That is a paltry sum for people who are expected to have Masters degrees or Doctorates. Educators are exhausted. We are squeezing people out of teaching. What purpose, other than saving money, does this serve? How important is it to save money? Your email ad...
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contemplative pedagogy | Linguistics In The Classroom
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Linguistics In The Classroom. Short explanations and exercises to teach how language is constructed and meaning is made. How to Write Descriptions (continued). Tweet A previous post shared the first part of a class on writing descriptions. The first exercise was writing a description of a classmate. This is the second part of that class. Exercise: The class was asked to close their eyes, and I turned off the lights. They then were asked to pull up their very […]. Changing the university experience. Conte...
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teaching writing | Linguistics In The Classroom
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Linguistics In The Classroom. Short explanations and exercises to teach how language is constructed and meaning is made. Tweet As a professor of freshman writing, I teach students who are just out of high school. Some students are satisfied with their former high schools, but most complain bitterly. The most frequent complaint is about sitting around doing nothing, not that the subject matter is too difficult. Why are teachers so afraid to challenge […]. Changing the university experience. Tweet For the ...
