Designing ESP cirriculum for Indonesian Nursing Students

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION NEED ANALYSIS AND SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS: DESIGNING ESP CURRICULLUM FOR INDONESIA NURSING STUDENTS The proposed research aims at investigating the ways of need analysis and situational analysis in designing ESP curriculum for nursing students. This chapter outlines the background of the study and the gaps with previous research this study is trying to … Read more

The effect of note taking on memory results

The purpose of this study was to investigate how note taking will yield to highest score on memory results than listening and doodling among selected students at De La Salle Lipa. Designs was used in the study. Forty-five respondents were selected from the selected sections at De La Salle Lipa. The respondents were measured with … Read more

Review on Learning Objects from Theory and Practice perspective

ABSTARCT Learning objects (LO) are modular digital learning resources enabling reuse in multiple contexts. It is based on the idea of building resources from existing materials rather than starting from scratch. Resources can be made reusable through Learning Object Repository (LOR). LOR stores resources along with their metadata. Metadata facilitates the search and retrieval of … Read more

Vocabulary teaching

ARGUMENT Motto: ‘Without grammar very little can be conveyed, without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed.’ (David Wilkins) Changes are quick and inevitable in the 21st century. The need to teach in general and teach English language to young learners effectively in particular is the challenge posed to all the teachers. Today, it has become mandatory … Read more

Imitation

Introduction 1.1 Imitation 1.1.1 What is imitation? From children imitating their peers and parents, to people starting to yawn when observing someone doing so; there is a wide variety in what we call imitation or mimicry. Darwin’s behavioral study (1872/1965) indicates that individuals in the presence of another, tend to synchronize their movements to match … Read more

Why effective communication is important in online education

Abstract Approximately 3.9 million students logged on in a minimum of one online course in fall 2007. consistent with Allen and Seaman (2008), online education increasing rates have unbroken to outstrip entire higher education growth rates and there aren’t any signs of online growth decreasing. As any education establishments give with increasing numbers of online … Read more

Components of the ideal classroom

The focus of this assignment shall be on components of an ideal classroom. ‘Multicultural education and technology’ has been chosen as the subtitle of this assignment topic. This subtitle indicates that multicultural education is one of the key factors required for developing an ideal classroom. Theoretical frameworks have also been included in this assignment so … Read more

Needs

The economic factor Material things such as bag, pencil, eraser, ruler, copy book, slate and school uniform are very essential for pupils as these things encourage them to come to school so that they can feel equal to others. These things give the pupils a sense of belonging to the society because they can also … Read more

Shared knowledge

Both personal knowledge and shared knowledge may be produced from another. Shared knowledge is what by a group of people, has been discovered, where learning has been obtained from, after which the validity, reliability and all the other powers of reason (strengths) to validate the discovery or point of discussion is shared to be used … Read more

Course options for special education teachers

Employment for special education teachers is projected to grow exponentially during the next several years, with most job opportunities geared toward those who hold advanced degrees’namely a master’s. Yet, many students pursuing a master’s in special education are already licensed teachers working with special needs children. For the student enrolled in a program offering courses … Read more

Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) as a goal of formal education

Globalisation and geographical mobility of people have resulted in more heterogeneous societies and more regular communication with people from different linguistic and cultural background. This phenomenon has created a dynamic global landscape where interactions across diverse cultural contexts are increasingly commonplace. An ideal situation for interaction is the one when one interlocutor speaks the language … Read more

Music and its relationship to IQ

“Having a musical background raises your IQ by 8-10 points!” “Listen to Mozart’s piano sonatas when studying and you’ll do better on your examinations, it helps you memorize more and retain the information.” These are one of the many stories I would read at the top of the newspaper headlines and was told by music … Read more

Listening comprehension in the EFL environment

LISTENING COMPREHENSION – THEORY OVERVIEW This chapter contains an overview of theory related to listening comprehension in EFL environment. First, the importance of listening comprehension is discussed. Second, difficulties in listening comprehension for EFL learners are illustrated. Third, listening comprehension processing is discussed. Fourth, evidences from previous related research that listening instruction could lead to … Read more