Essays on Fluency

Introduction

Learning a foreign language is a slow and progressive effort which requires constant and responsible practice. Independent study is absolutely necessary for progress, and the hours spent in the classroom are not nearly enough in order to achieve fluency. This is particularly true for languages which are considered difficult to master, such as Mandarin. In recent years, Mandarin has become one of the most important foreign languages studied in schools throughout the United States of America. Mastering Mandarin challenges students to a great extent, even though many of them choose to study this language. Consequently, many teachers use the ...

English curriculum

Maria needs an integrated English Curriculum that will enable her to improve her reading and writing skills, and subsequently, improve her class performance. English language learners are usually non-native speaker meaning that English is not their first choice. Therefore, they are likely to experience problems in their schoolwork as they have not yet mastered English, which is the medium of communication and instruction in school. They need help with the language so that they can understand the concepts taught and that way; they will achieve the objectives set for their class work. Sometimes, these students may understand the concepts ...

U.S. schools’ populations have been changing fast due to the arrival of foreign students, therefore classes have become more linguistically diverse (Spillett). The number of the learners, whose first language is not English, has increased significantly over the past years and continues to grow (Colombo). A large number of such students are confronted with the challenge of meeting the expectations of the country in which they are studying. According to the federal rules, children have to take state tests during their first week in school. These requirements have to be passed in order to keep up with their English-speaking ...

Reading is one of the four language skills. It is taught mostly during the first years of studying at school and is considered to be one of the basic skills each person should possess. It seems impossible to imagine a modern well-educated person who is not able to read or displays poor reading proficiency. However, some children face various reading disabilities. The resolution of this problem is special reading programs intended to increase reading proficiency which turned out to be quite effective. The results of the study show that the elementary school students who use reading proficiency in class ...

Paper One: Language Development and Cognitive Development

Developmental Domain: Language Arts/English/EFL Sequence of Events: Instructor began the lesson with an introductory activity, asking the students what they did the previous evening. Students were encouraged to answer questions about their daily activities. After this, students reviewed their homework assignment, which was a worksheet about the book that they’re reading. Students then read the next part of the book—Where the Wild Things Are—and did an in-class exercise with the new part of the text. Students were then asked to cut and color monsters for a play of the book.

Reflection.

Because this is an ESL classroom ...

Reading is one of the most complex and amazing of all human abilities. While we might tend to think of the reading process is a single activity, in point of fact, many different things are going on in our brains while we are reading. The human brain has to do multiple tasks efficiently and simultaneously if we are going to be able to read, enjoy and fully understand any book or other written material. For teachers, there are five key elements of literacy instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary development, reading comprehension. All of these elements combine to ...

The Travelers’ Application is a New-York based online platform designed to give guidance to people who are planning to holiday internationally. This application provides information like weather, potential tourist sites, accommodation information, and directions to and from places of interest. The application is designed to give the traveler insight into what conditions are like in an international location. This application will be extremely useful for people traveling alone and with family. The purpose of this discussion, then, will be to outline a marketing plan for the application, including positioning statement, marketing framework, branding strategy, and marketing strategy.

Positioning Statement

The Travelers’ ...

Overall score on the OTELA: _____90________

Reading Passage chosen: _____Where The Wild Things Are______________________ Literal Questions: 1) What grew in Marx’s room? 2) What hung from his bedroom ceiling? 3) What did Marx sail on in his private boat?

Interpretive Questions: 1) Why did Max give up being king of where the wild things are?

2) How did he tame such wild things? 3) What can be inferred from the story? Purpose statement: What do you plan to say for the Introduction of the passage? (This should give the student an idea of what the passage is about and give a general purpose for reading. Be careful not to give away too much information. For example, for the passage on “ ...

The process of becoming fluent in writing and speaking a second language is a complex process that relies on a number of influences; individual personality characteristics such as maturity, past experiences, exposure to the new language, learning environment, motivation, and natural inclinations to adapting to new skills are some factors that promote or hinder progress. Research involving experimentation, investigation, and empirical studies has been conducted to describe individual factors that influence the quality and speed of children’s learning a second language and will be examined. Some children are born into multilingual families with different cultural backgrounds and it ...

A Research Proposal First Draft

Abstract While many researchers and practitioners alike are still finding that it is possible to help children develop creative thinking skills, we are also finding that this practice isn't being incorporated for all our kindergarten and pre-school children. The purpose of this paper will therefore be to investigate the ways in which children at the preschool/kindergarten level are being supported in the development of creative thinking skills, as well as the particular role this has played in helping kindergarten students. After initiating a review of the literature to guide the study, the methodology will involve data collection—interviews with ...

I selected Derick Carson presentation on his company Flow Signals. Derrick's company has created some traffic signs that use sign displays instead of the static photos that have been used to date. In his presentation, Derick introduced his products as an improvement of the current road signs that have been in use for decades. His presentation, composure, and the details were okay as explained the problem that his products are designed to solve. However, he ignored one important factor in the introduction of products that are regulated by the central authorities. That is, the law must approve the product ...

ES 6340

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Research Purpose/Introduction

In a paper presented at a symposium on teaching children to think creatively, child psychologist E. Paul Torrance (1972), creator of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) (Torrance, 1980, 1966) says, I know that it is possible to teach children to think creatively and that it can be done in a variety of ways. I have done it. I have seen my wife do it. I have seen other excellent teachers do it. I have seen children who demonstrated a disability for thinking creatively learn to think creatively. I have seen them continuing for years thereafter to ...