...concepts of literacy expand during these years through the care of the adults and various forms of print that they chance to meet. This important form of literacy is composed of several key components according to the experts on literacy and this first of these is phonetic awareness. This is an understanding that speech contains many units like spoken words, syllables and sounds. The children gradually become familiar with names of letters, their shapes and sounds. Over a period of time they also develop the capacity to take every spoken word apart in terms of sound and also combine sounds to form words. (Promoting Literacy Activities in Early Childhood Settings) The children have to hear and say the parts of the word and then only they can learn to read it. They have to understand the importance of each sound in a word, as this is the only way they will learn to say the word properly and not develop too much of an accent or slang which will hurt the ability of individuals to understand it. For this purpose the children have to be provided with practice in matching sounds and letters. Even after they learn to say the words, they have to practice reading those words many times as it is only practice that makes a person perfect. It is easy for children to understand that there are many words in material that is read for they will also have to learn it. (Beginning to Read - Preschool through...
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...response* -Never pretend they don’t show -If you ignore your own or the other parties emotional response to that of another you damage trust between both. -Accept Criticism- Constructive criticism is key between both parties. -Evaluate its merit -Choose to *ignore it, follow it or take issue with it -Acknowledgement- *Difficult Conversations* -Require Trust- -constructive criticism -Safety – view as threat (communication not working, must revise approach) -respect -Acknowledgement -Requires Mutual Interest- -Common ground -Win-Win -Relate to other party(s) of the conversation (stay open-minded) *Exchange of information by 2 or more parties through a medium of transmittal such as writing, speaking, or signing. -pay attention to other party -If other party is withdrawing or starts to verbally attack you, communication is not effective at the moment you may need to revise approach… -Thinking of how you would feel in the same situation…Listen to how they feel and watch them. Ask yourself if they are withdrawing from the conversation revise the approach before it gets that far. -Trust – Sense of safe space -Communication- - 3 types of communication- Verbal – expressed in spoken or written language Non-Verbal – does not rely on the written or spoken word. *Virtual- Synchronous – takes place in real time simultaneous...
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...of listening is to establish empathy between the helper and client by listening to the clients words, sensing their feelings, and interpreting their thoughts. It is very important that clients know and feel that their helper is paying attention and care about the story they are telling. I have reviewed three articles that can really help me in my career when it comes to being an active and effective listener. Article one: The human side of teaching: Effective Listener. This article is very informative by offering effective listening suggestions. It suggest that professionals listen fully to clients without any interruptions. By waiting for the client to pause on speaking, giving the professional time to empathize before asking questions. This is very important to focus on the client and conversation at hand, so you’re able to give feedback to the client. Also, listen with your eyes, ears, and body. Who knew by sitting a certain way or spot would show your client that you’re giving your undivided attention and allow you to notice those non-verbal gestures or expressions. Taking notes allows you to be more engaged with any speaker and prove that you are listening effectively (Boyd, 2001). I am a strong believer of eye contact when talking with someone. Article two: The gift of listening: JUST Listening Strategies. This article discuss how listening with sensitivity is a key component when empathizing with a client, and is also helpful to the professional. It also indicates...
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...experience, he required to have a well-developed, plotted-out plan of action. Obviously, his placement is new; nevertheless, Mr. Robins, rapidly found out that he has some important problems in assigning his own duties, which are crucial requirements to his job responsibilities. Mr. Robins might have averted a few issues. 1. As, Mr. Robin is a person of his word, it is important to one’s personality, work ethics as well as moral integrity. 2. Mr. Robins underestimates his overall mission and objectives. With having almost three months to plan and arrange, he must have made certain, that the meeting room for orientation training, was available prior to the planned date. 3. With certainty, ABC Inc.’s vision and objectives must be the initial steps of the planning process. Mr. Robins must have a task inventory intended to get information regarding his exact job, all the correct paper work and materials that area required to accomplish his jobs, and the abilities needed to carry out the task. The Power of Spoken Word Mr. Robins must understand the strength of his spoken words...
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...down, and the father is not present? Here are some samples of things from various popular media that have been written or performed relating to fatherhood: Here’s a clip from Will Smith’s Fresh Prince. Notice HOW MANY HITS this clip gets and take some time to read the comments people make below. The clip and the comments really tell you how some people feel about absentee fathers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxulantPiXI It was very easy to find people writing poetry about their fathers: (1) Tupac’s classic Dear Mama: Pay attention to how he talks about his mother vs. how he talks about his father. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byyWQEYzS2A (Lyrics are in the description so you can follow along). (2) J. Ivy does a spoken word poem about his father. What do you notice? Are you starting to hear a pattern in what people say? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGqk2dHiVAo&feature=related (3) So far the examples have all been by African-American artists and poets: Here’s one from a white male band called Good Charlotte. A little background, the lead singer and I think the guitarist are brothers and their dad left their family—just left without a trace, so this song is written by them to their dad who left them. Try to get past the nasally sound of his voice: Notice how the people in the audience react and read some of the comments below the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2paQgPKlc4Y Comments about this song from all over the world: http://www...
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...“To This Day” By: Shane Koyczan “To This Day” is a spoken word poem written by Shane Koyczan. The poem talks about Koyczan experience in the past, specifically about bullying he and others received during their lives and its deep long-term impact. He was abandoned by his parents and brought up by his grandmother. He was bullied at school and was given the name “Pork Chop”. In the poem, he also states the ambitions he wanted to be when he grows up or simply, his dreams. When his dream being a professional wrestler didn’t take place he diverted into poetry. Later on the poem, he talks about how he stands up for himself. He talks about that he is not the only one being called by names but other people as well and it is continuing at present. He talks about that there is beauty in each of us and that we should not to give up. The theme that I realized in the spoken poem is that you have to embrace yourself no matter how bad it can get. I also realized that ever since incidents like these happens, we see it affecting our lives today and how it can change our lives. I also learned how standing up for one’s self doesn’t mean to be violent or to hurt others. I learned the importance of standing up for one’s self. I also learned that bullying has a life-long impact on self-esteem. We somehow must become what we are not, sacrificing what we are to inherit the masquerade of what we will be. I also learned to love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite. And lastly...
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...No matter how you look at it, we have all been influenced by something. This something could be anything a person, place, or even a fictional character. In my case it was a fictional character. I loved batman when I was younger, I wanted to do what he did, talk like he did, eat what he ate, its a little weird but that is how I was influenced. A bigger influence would be the influence Martin Luther King Jr. had on Barack Obama. President Obama would say how large of an influence MLK had on him. Influence can be a small impact or a huge impact in someone’s life. We ourselves also make a huge impact on family, friends, and peers. Anyone that has a younger sibling has heard his or her parents say “Set a good example.” This is an example of influence we have on family members. We influence everyone around us. A person may think its cool or normal what you do so they follow what you do. Everyone is a role model in a way. We are influenced and we also influence and family is a huge part of that. Think about the group of friends that you hang out with. Now think of why you all are friends. There has to be a common denominator amongst yourselves to show why you all are friends. It could be you all listen to the same music, play the same sport, or act the same way. This is an influence. Everyone influences each other. We are all influential. This is why people say to surround yourself with good people because those people influence and impact your life. Usually your...
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...GCSE English Language 2010 Studying Spoken Language The newest and potentially most exciting area of the new GCSE specifications is the Studying Spoken Language section of the Controlled Assessment for GCSE English Language. The focus of this unit is investigative, asking candidates to explore their own spoken language and/or that of others, including perhaps spoken language in media and technologies such as internet messaging services. Sample Controlled Assessment tasks are available online so that you can see the type of tasks that will be set. All of the tasks are fairly open-ended so that you can help individual students tailor their research to suit their interests and the type of data available to them. One of the teachers who has done a trial of the new unit said, ‘the tasks were greeted with enthusiasm and the ability to connect what we were exploring to the wider context. The tasks lead to independent study which meant there was a good deal of ownership for the students.’ 8 Teachers who have trialled the unit have given us some very useful feedback on which we can base further support. One important point is that giving enough time and thought to the initial data collection pays dividends in terms of the level of analysis which students can carry out. The script and commentary on the following pages are examples of the further resources you can see online at http://web.aqa.org.uk/englishLangA These are provided to demonstrate ways...
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...it?" I would smile and say," No thank you, I am fine," knowing I was lying between my teeth. I was not fine. I began bottling up my pain to the point where it became hard to express myself. My eighth grade english teacher Ms.Smalls introduced me to the key to my cell of depression: spoken word. "Alright class, I have a video for you." We did not watch videos regularly in Ms.Smalls class, so this had to be special. "Does anyone know what spoken word is?" The class was so silent that you could hear a pin drop. Ms. Smalls pressed play on the YouTube video....
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...students how to recognize words that rhyme as well as letter recognition. Children learn rhyming skills from direct instruction with rhyming book, as well as a felt activity from the same book. Rhyming helps develop phonological awareness. | Classroom and student factors: | This lesson will be a whole class activity. In this classroom, there are all typical learners. The reading activity will be read on the carpet surrounding the teacher. A felt activity to go along with the book will follow the reading. | National / State Learning Standards: | CC.K.R.F.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes)CC.K.R.F.2a Recognize and produce rhyming wordsCC.K.R.F.2b Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken wordsCC.K.R.F.2c Blend and segment onsets and rhymes of single-syllable spoken wordsCC.K.R.F.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant)CC.K.R.F.2e Add or substitute individual sounds in simple, one-syllable words to make new words. | Specific learning target(s) / objectives:The objective of this lesson is for the students to identify, recognize and say words that rhyme, have the same ending sound, and practice letter recognition. | Teaching notes:This unit falls within the phonological awareness unit. | Agenda:The opening of the lesson is, I will read “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” re-emphasize and repeat the rhyming words. After reading the book,...
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...to learn the languages of more than one or two cultures other than that of our own, those that we can learn help us to learn how other people learn and think. In North American, most people choose French and Spanish as their second or third language. Many people believe that Spanish is actually more useful than French, and obviously the foreign language most spoken and studied--by far--in the North America is Spanish. Compare with French, Spanish can offer a wealth of literature of Latin language, both modern and traditional. For example, when you are reading a Latin American websites, you may find that you could gain a sense of how other people think and fee if you know Spanish. As a matter of fact, both of the languages belong to the Latin group of languages. Hence, they show some similarities too. On the one hand, French is spoken by the country of France in the continent of Europe. On the other hand, Spanish is spoken in the country of Spain in the continent of Europe. However, French and Spanish are two languages that show enormous differences between them when it comes to the pronunciation of their words, word formation and the like. It is important to know that both French and Spanish belong to the family of languages called the Indo-European family of languages. The Indo-European family of languages is otherwise called as Indo-Germanic family of languages. Since, both French and Spanish belong to the same family they show a lot of similarities too among them apart...
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...language to communicate with others. The use of communication can be in many forms, such as verbal, written, or the use of signals. A person uses language to communicate feelings, emotions, thoughts, and fears to others. The use of language sounds are how society learns new and different ways of communicating with the rest of the world and various ways of thinking. Language and language development are important in producing a person’s dynamic and interactive systems. These systems reinforce a person’s instincts pertaining to nature and nurture. The development and learning processes of language helps the mind to distinguish the differences of words to the language coming from sounds. These processes help to a person understand sneezes, coughs, or other sounds coming from the mouth is not the same as sounds of language. The words of language are separated into groups, objects, events, and actions. The process of learning language begins in a person’s early years through nature, starting point, and nurture, environmental influences. A person cannot communicate or understand the meaning of an object without the use of language. The uses of signs are not valuable without the organization into various relationships of language through the translation of concepts. Every culture has different language and lexicon. The vocabulary of language is defined lexicon. Lexicon is the meaning of the sounds of speech or written symbols in different types of language. Most cultures have different...
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...Practice Test includes a combination of items covering each of the language skills – speaking, writing, reading and listening – as assessed in the actual test. Most of the content includes items from the online unscored practice test. The table below shows the contents of this Offline Practice Test: Part and section Item types Part 1: Speaking Read aloud Repeat sentence Describe image Re-tell lecture Answer short question Summarize written text Write essay Multiple-choice, choose single answer Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers Re-order paragraphs Reading: Fill in the blanks Reading and writing: Fill in the blanks Summarize spoken text Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers Fill in the blanks Highlight correct summary Multiple-choice, choose single answer Select missing word Highlight incorrect words Write from dictation Part 1: Writing Part 2: Reading Part 3:...
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...characteristics, language in and of itself remains one of the key ingredients to the puzzle. As a species, we humans have the ability to not just form distinctive sounds (like most animals can), but words—not just one set, but many; thousands of languages have existed over the centuries, each one more unique and complex than the last. The ability to communicate is as old as the human race is itself, and while we may not be able to understand every language in certainty, it does not mean we are going to stop trying. The first written languages as a whole appeared in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian areas simultaneously about 15,000 years ago. (Coe 1992: 13) Since then, thousands have sprung—seemingly out of nothing. Languages influence and loan to each other, words that have very little change (whether in pronunciation or spelling) no matter what language they are in. (Wichman and Brown 2003: 57, Coe 1992: 50) Without spoken language, a writing system is impossible—verbalized languages are one of the key ingredients to achieving a written language. (Coe 1992: 21) And it is here that we come to perhaps one of the most important ideas about ancient peoples: without a written language, it is hard to know practically anything about ancient peoples. Without documentation, of any form, the time barriers that separate civilizations can never be fully removed. Today, of the some 30-different ancient Mayan languages, about 28 are still spoken (the languages Chicomuceltect and Cholti being...
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...Explain the features of ‘And the glory of the Lord’ by Handel In terms of melody, word setting and structure, the piece, ‘And the glory of the Lord’ by Handel, is structured around the main 4 melodic ideas, starting with a rimornello: ‘and the glory of the Lord’( idea 1), ‘shall be revealed’ (idea 2), ‘and all flesh shall see it together’(idea 3) and ‘for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it’(idea 4). The first idea has two characteristic features. The first three notes, although not in order, make up up the A major triad and the second feature is a stepwise scale ending. The setting of the word is mainly syllabic. The second idea has a melismatic setting of the word ‘revealed’ and this is built up of a two one-bar descending sequence. The third idea is repetitive having three statements of the descending fourth idea. Because it is repeating, it gives the impression of a firm statement. The fourth idea is characterised by long repeated notes. These notes emphasise the idea ‘the Lord hath spoken it’. To achieve this strength Handel doubles the part with tenors and basses. All four of these short melodic phrases contrast from one another, so that when Handel combines them together, each melody having its own character and shape can be clearly heard. This piece’s instrumentation suits its grand yet religious nature. There is a SATB(Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) choir. Double basses play same as cellos but sound an octave lower. The introduction is just the strings alone. Some...
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