In general, the teacher should go through the following three stages when teaching writing to ESL/EFL adult learners: 1. Pre-Writing Stage: Introduce the topic, discuss a picture, a table or any other prompt for writing. Provide ideas, words, and patterns to help students in writing. Explain the task...
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14/05/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Teach Writing
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Students may have some difficulties when learning to write English at first. The following list summarizes the main challenges that students will face with their early writing in English. Writing from left to right. Moving their hands and pens or pencils in a different direction. Writing on the...
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10/05/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Teach Writing
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Many learners experience some kind of anxiety in relation to writing. This anxiety about writing is not necessarily all negative. A certain amount of anxiety may indicate that the learners are concerned about doing well and this may provide some motivation for their performance. But too much anxiety...
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04/05/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Teach Writing
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Use the following writing checklist to self-assess your teaching of early writing in the primary stage. PLANNING: Have I prepared a good pre-writing activity? Have I chosen a topic that is suitable for my students? Have I given clear instructions and modelled the task clearly? Have I thought...
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01/05/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Teach Writing
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A video clip is a combination of visual and audio clues, so they are effective in language learning because they convey authentic emotion, ideas, and opinions through both words and gestures. Our understanding of a situation comes from being able to interpret these visual and audio clues. If...
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28/04/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Using Technology in EFL Classes
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It is not easy to construct a good test to measure what you want. Writing good effective test items is a difficult job as it needs much practice and experience. These items must achieve many things to be considered good ones. The following are some. Functions of the...
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25/04/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Testing and Assessment
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Some educators argue against using tests saying that students study for tests only at the end of the semester or when the school year is about to finish while not working throughout the course and once the test has finished, students forget all that had been learned. Others...
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23/04/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Testing and Assessment
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What This eBook Is About? It is a practical guide to constructing effective test questions. It provides teachers with step-by-step instructions they need to go deeper, further and faster toward making a success in preparing effective classroom exams with ease and comfort. Why I’ve Created It? I created...
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22/04/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Testing and Assessment
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1. Give Clear Goals and Instructions. Inform your students with the main goal of speaking and the importance of developing speaking skills. Model speaking with one of your best students so everyone can see what to say. Students also need to know how to say something. Without understanding...
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18/04/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Develop Students' Speaking Skills
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Guest Post By Emily Heaslip Originally appeared on Vervoe.com. Soft skills are in-demand in nearly every company and every industry. A Wall Street Journal survey of 900 executives found that 92% said soft skills were equally important or more important than technical skills. But 89% of those surveyed said...
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13/04/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
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