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Grammar assessment
- lohang
- Aug 30, 2010
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Hi I am currently doing the Teaching large class's and I am stuck on question 6. The reason for the confusion, am I supposed to be preparing one lesson plan or 2 lesson plans since the question reads as follows; Prepare a plan for a 45-minute lesson on vocabulary of character traits. You have a class of 60 students of different levels. Think how you will generate and sustain student interest, how you...
Large class assessment
- lohang
- Aug 30, 2010
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Hi I am currently doing the Teaching large class's and I am stuck on question 6. The reason for the confusion, am I supposed to be preparing one lesson plan or 2 lesson plans since the question reads as follows; Prepare a plan for a 45-minute lesson on vocabulary of character traits. You have a class of 60 students of different levels. Think how you will generate and sustain student interest, how you...
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Grammar Awareness Course Help
- GeoffWhere
- Aug 30, 2010
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Hi all, I've just completed Exercise 25 (Primary Auxiliary Verbs) and have a dumb question re Q11: "I am interested in politics" which use a main verb, Vs Q10: "I have been learning Italian" which uses an auxiliary verb. I'm struggling to see the difference and picked Q11 as an auxiiary (duh!). Anyone got a simple explanation for a simpleton? Thanks in advance . . .
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Need help on checkpt 5!
- GerardG21
- Aug 25, 2010
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Hi everyone, I'n stuck on the last 3 q's on checkpt 5 ie. 10-12...in particular q12 How would you introduce your students to the culture of an English-speaking country? Please describe an activity which would help them learn more about the country and increase their cultural sensitivity. You may use one of the activities mentioned in the module, however please provide specific details about the way you would organise the activity in your class. (Write...
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about certification
- bjunius38
- Aug 23, 2010
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Once you get certified how does job placement work? And do you only need just this one type of certification or do you need more; on a tight budget and need help
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