Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Teaching & Education

Separate the People from the Problem

The relationship tends to become entangled with the problem. Negotiators have to separate the relationship from the substance and deal directly with the people's problem. How to do it?

• Put yourself in the shoes of your counterpart.
• Talk about the ideas and expectations of both parties.
• Do not hold your counterpart responsible for your own problems.

Make sure the other party is involved in the decision and actively participates. Make it possible for them to "save face": Adapt your suggestions to the value system of your negotiation partner.

Articulate your emotions and acknowledge that they are justified. Allow the other party to let off steam.

Use symbolic gestures (e.g., shaking hands, a small gift).

Listen attentively... Continue reading "Effective Negotiation Strategies" »

Language Practice: Key Concepts and Phrases

Topic Summaries (Incomplete Data)

Sniffer Bees

These bees are used for diagnosis. They are not tiny, but they don't fit the typical profile. Their function involves sending, fitting, and learning new uses.

The Statues of Easter Island

The Rapa Nui statues are the most isolated monuments. The inhabitants had eaten the available resources, leading to conflict. They died of illness, and the Rapa Nui did not fight each other.

Festival Entrepreneurs

Issues include the festivals being too commercial. Companies like these have plans, but attendees can buy goods and even sleep nearby. The main inconvenience is economic.

Britain’s New Eco-Towns

These towns aim to use less water. However, there is debate over whether... Continue reading "Language Practice: Email, Letter, and Essay Phrases" »

Rebeca's Application to Kent University's Training Program

Dear Human Resources,

During my Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Business, I have met many people who have spoken highly of Kent University. They recommended that I contact you directly to receive more information about your training program.

Through my degree in Management, I have learned many aspects of commercial management, and my interest in the subject has grown. Therefore, I would like to further my studies at your esteemed university. I believe this represents a significant career opportunity that would allow me to dedicate my future to my passion.

Additionally, I am considering enrolling in a training course this holiday season to gain more knowledge in this field.

I... Continue reading "Enhance Your Business Acumen with Kent University's Training Program" »

What routine:

Is the usual series of things that you do at a particular time. A routine is also the practice of regularly doing thing in a fixed order.

Benefits:

• Classroom gets easily organized.
• Sense of security and control over environment.
• Daily planning.
• Repetition.
• Linguistic short commands.
• Self-control, positive behaviour, social skills.

TPR:

Coordination of speech and action. Commands become more complex as the progresses. Active participation.

Circle Time:

Favours communication. Many routines are developed in this position. Can be used for other purposes. Harrys and Fuqua (children gather on carpet. Start singing song of greeting. Calendar routine. Helper observes weather and arranges poster.

Read, C-wheel:

Context (need natural, real and make sense... Continue reading "Benefits of Classroom Routines and Activities for Children" »

Response Through Action (TPR):

Even in our mother tongue, we do not always respond to a linguistic message with another linguistic message. Very often, the fact of doing something is an adequate response to a message just received. So, a physical answer is also a way to prove partial or total comprehension (when the child hears 'Come here', he/she does not answer 'I'm coming'. He/she simply does it).

Besides, we often understand more than we are able to speak so in the first steps learning a language, a physical response plays an especially significant role.

Teach Full Subjects in English (CLIL):

CLIL refers to teaching subjects to students through a foreign language and suggests equilibrium between content and language learning. The non-language... Continue reading "Effective Language Learning Strategies for Children" »

Past Simple

Use: For a past finished action.

Past Continuous

Use: For an... Continue reading "English Verb Tenses: A Comprehensive Guide with Examples" »

Terms:

Discourse and Society

Discourse Community

It is a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic, issue, or in a particular field.

Characteristics:

• Well-established or closed networks
• Made of several overlapping groups of people
• Belonging to different discourse communities can be very different
• Genres and the social relations can also vary
• Interact with wider speech communities

Common Goals:

Common objectives or public goals.

Intercommunication:

Mechanisms of communication. (Conversations, Facebook posts, face-to-face at meetings, speeches)

Participation:

Participatory mechanisms to provide information and feedback. In other words, the exchange of knowledge.

Genres:

One or more genres in the communicative utterance of its aim. (Public... Continue reading "Understanding Discourse, Speech Communities, and Pragmatics" »

Fronted object

Fronted object= “ This I do not understand” ; “Why he came this way I will probably never know”. The object of the clause is in initial position. Many different structures occur as fronted objects, such as nouns, pronouns(1) and complement clauses(2).

Fronted nominals other than object

Fronted nominals other than object= “Whether Nancy was there or not, she could not be certain”. A nominal structure is in initial position, such as the complement the adjective “certain” in the example here “ She could not be certain whether Nancy was there or not”

Fronted predicatives

Fronted predicatives= “ Far more serious were the severe head injuries” ; “ The larger the base the easier it will be to perform the action”;... Continue reading "Fronted Objects, Predicatives, and Non-finite Constructions in English" »

PREGUNTAS: