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  Ground Zero” In the essay “Ground Zero”, written by Suzanne Berne, the author makes her claim on how the empty site that was once the New York World Trade Center, is more visible with the adjusted eye without the tangible existence being physically there. The absence of it is said to be much more potent and looking at “nothing” is in fact “something”. However, the eyes of every visiting viewer fixated their undivided attention on the vast space of the site that resembles your typical construction platform. The acts of curiosity, horror, and grief depicted in the minds of people refill the space of that historical disaster. As a result, those horrific events penetrate through their thoughts causing them to relive the moment the disaster occurred and you can actually see the images of buildings collapsing, the falling of towers, the loud wailing of sirens, as well as running office workers. To know that such devastation happened in that very spot is known as unbelievable, but the r...

  “Teachers that work too hard are the ones that burnout”   I disagree with the assumption, “Teachers that work too hard are the ones that burn out”. In my opinion, the problem is not about working too much it is about not knowing how to set work- boundaries. If a teacher works in isolation they will burnout. However, if they choose to work too hard, but smart they will not. Teacher burnout is caused by different factors like low social support, no work-life balance, and the amount of workload, etc. Working too hard is not a bad thing don’t get me wrong. As teachers, we always want to improve, but we should learn to work smarter not harder. Teachers need to understand how to maintain a sense of control to find a balance between social life and work. Regardless of love, we have for teaching the best way to start off to set the boundaries is by focusing on the things that we can do with the resources that we have.   To understand that we are not alone, that out there ...

  “Language learners should only be exposed to the forms they are taught.” Agree or Disagree? I absolutely don’t agree with the statement “Language learners should be exposed only to the forms they are taught” The reasons for my disagreement is first, the amount of time learning a language in a classroom is not sufficient for a student to fully acquire a language. Normally, language classes are scheduled to a maximum 4 to 5 hours a week and are full of theory with tenses, forms, vocabularies and so little time for practice. Without regular practice, students can never make the language theirs and what they have learnt in class will simply slip off their mind once they don’t use or don’t have a chance to use it. I’m teaching a class in which they are all adults and have no contact with English for several years. With only 3 hours of classroom each week, I don’t feel it’s enough for them to be able to speak the language if they don’t try to practise and use what they have l...

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Opening the Classroom Door by Elaine Kendrick  It is very important that students get as much practice as possible communicating in English. Some of this will take place in the classroom, hopefully for about 80% of the time spent in class. Those minutes of class time are precious and few, so helping our students acquire English as a second language requires opening the door of the classroom and helping our learners recognize their opportunities to practice English in the outside world. Many opportunities to practice can be found on the Internet. CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) has been around since the 1960s when the focus of language instruction was on learning, not acquisition. Our technological resources have improved quite a bit since then, and thanks to the Internet and the widespread use of mobile devices, authentic contexts for practicing English that lead to the acquisition are literally at their fingertips. Because English is the dominant language of the Interne...

  Laxman Bhatta, Nepal It is believed that only people with high IQ’s are good language learners. I don't agree with the statement completely.    As educators, it is important to remember that language learning is usually a nerve-wracking process which involves taking the risk of looking foolish. Rather than IQ, it is often the strategies that educators use - the right strategies - to give the learners more confidence and encourage them to take risks. I would like to use a story to illustrate this example. Francois Gouin lived at the end of the 19th century. He was a professor of Latin and Greek in France. Sounds like a smart guy, doesn't he? He surely was. Charles Berlitz, who revolutionized language learning, is considered the successor of Gouin. Gouin also wrote many books. His book “The Art and Teaching of Language” is something that every language teacher is recommended to read. Not because of the ideas presented on learning languages, but rather because of his o...

  Teaching Language Learning Strategies Teaching Language Learning Strategies In the previous video you learned about the strategies that good language learners employ, namely: Predicting – using social and contextual clues to guess at the topic Using selective attention – paying attention to only what seems important Preparing – thinking about what one wants to communicate in advance Looking ridiculous – being willing to look foolish in order to complete the task Practicing Monitoring – correcting one’s own speech for accuracy Asking questions Taking notes Using imagery – relating new information to a visualization Finding the answer in multiple ways Using physical response – relating new information to a physical action Playing – experimenting with language Research has shown that language learners who use these strategies are more likely to acquire a foreign language. Oxford (1990) states that language learning strategies (LLS) allow learners to become more self-directed and exp...

All the summary on English Class 11 1. The Recurring Dream The “Recurring Dream” is a supernatural story that particularly centres around a strange dream, which Kim was frequently haunted by. Kimberly Clark, the protagonist, has undergone a serious problem in which she had the same sort of dream time and again. She is a young and beautiful woman of twenty-five who used to live in London and worked in a large company. She keeps a good position in the office however she has a problem. She sees a mysterious and frightening dream almost every night. In the dream, she finds herself walking on a village lane that is surrounded by white fences on both sides of it. At the end of the lane, there is a little hill where on the top a beautiful cottage is located. She enters inside the house and finds in an old man with white hair and white beards have fallen asleep. When she goes near him he wakes up and looks at her. But when she tries to speak with him she wakes up and finds herself i...