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How Do I Make Choices About Who I Am as a Teacher

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How Do I Make Choices About Who I Am as a Teacher? By: Linda Shadiow PhD and Maryellen Weimer PhD   Who are you when you teach? When asked this question, most of us immediately respond by describing our teaching approaches. We might say “I’m more of a facilitator now.” Or we might respond with something like “I am a learner-centered teacher” or “I’m more of a lab teacher than lecturer.” But consider this question in another way: What ...

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English as a Second Language

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English as a Second Language   There are many good reasons to learn English as second language. There are more than 6,000 different languages spoken all over the world, but English is and will continue to be a common means of communication for speakers of all languages. According to the most recent statistics, English is the mother tongue of more than 375 million people. English is the official language in 54 countries that cover Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and ...

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How to Maximise the Language Learning of Senior Learners

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There are many benefits of studying for older learners, such as increased self-confidence, increased feelings of health and well-being, reduced feelings of isolation, and increased engagement in the community.  Many seniors wish to study a foreign language and there is now substantial evidence that they can learn a new language effectively. My experience is that senior learners are excellent language students for a number of reasons. Life experience Senior students ...

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آشنایی با راز‌های هفت ‌سین نوروزی

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آیین‌ ها و برگزاری‌ آنها برخاسته از باورها، فرهنگ، تاریخ، مکتب، شیوه‌ زندگی، شرایط جغرافیایی، اسطوره‌ها و نیز نشان از خواست و آرزوهای خفته مردم هر سرزمین‌ است. فلسفه زیبای آیین‌های خود را بدانیم چرا که همین آیین‌ها به جامعه سربلندی و به مردم سرزندگی می ...

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How to Celebrate the Persian New Year (Nowruz)

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People start getting ready for Nowruz about three weeks before the actual vernal equinox. Pretty much everyone goes into serious spring-cleaning mode, ridding their homes of any unnecessary clutter and lingering grime that’s settled in over the past year so they can start fresh. At this time of year in Iran, you're likely to see countless Persian rugs hanging outside, where their owners can beat the dust out of them.   In these same weeks leading up to the actual day, ...

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Language Acquisition vs Language Learning

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Language Acquisition vs Language Learning   According to linguists, there is an important distinction between language acquisition and language learning. As you may well have noticed, children acquire their mother tongue through interaction with their parents and the environment that surrounds them. Their need to communicate paves the way for language acquisition to take place. As experts suggest, there is an innate capacity in every human being to acquire language. By the time ...

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