She would find the requirement to be both objectionable and oppressive, because of her negative mind-set about being forced into learning English in her passage. ... She believes that being forced to learn English in America is wrong, and alters part of your personal identity, just as learning academic voice through academic discourse could alter student's personal identities. ... Rodriguez would find the requirement to be valuable as well as empowering, because of his positive feelings concerning the benefit of assimilation to American culture and importance of learning English. ... T...

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This paper critically examines the varied approaches to teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP). ... There is also support for a hybrid approach to EAP learning, known as critical pragmatism. ... The concept of critical pedagogical learning relies on the principle that 'the classroom needs to be continually interrogated for the ideologies it fosters and reproduces' (McLaren: 2011). ... In these cases, a vulgar pragmatic approach to EAP learning becomes a most valuable tool to students. ... This paper has examined the various approaches toward teaching English for Academic Purpo...

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As an example, the instant use of English results appearance of universal language used worldwide. As a matter of fact, English is classed the first or second language in the nearly one hundred countries. This is the way how English language became an international language used in every single industry in the world. ... Education consumers need to prepare for lifelong learning - the skills for continuous and self-directed learning (Barker, 1999). ... One of the EU supported inventions is Lifelong Learning programmes: Erasmus+, Comenius, Grundtvig, Jean Monnet and Leonardo da Vinci. ...

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The learning process has always fascinated me. ... Multiple Intelligences in the English Class: An Overview by Peter Smagorinsky This article reviews the Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory and offers suggestions for classroom instruction. ... Ruggieri was able to measure the results of these learning activities by having her students take a grade-less, stress-free test which would compare their learning with Ruggieri's previous classes. The results showed substantial improvement in not only letter grades, but in overall accountability for student learning, product creation, and student de...

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Keywords Twenty- first century education, poststructuralist literary theory, teaching of literature, critical pedagogy, social cognitive learning. ... In this way poststructuralist literary theories have great potential for making learners critical readers and creative explorers which is the fundamental aim of 21st century pedagogies such as critical pedagogy, cognitive learning, social cognitive learning etc. ... Accordingly teaching methodologies and pedagogies which are supported and recommended in this regard, include critical pedagogy, feminist pedagogy, experiential learning, task-ba...

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The importance of learning about people from different cultures and racial backgrounds has been considered vital for greater growth and development, since an exchange of ideas and information aids the process of human growth by bringing people into contact with new and different forms of knowledge. ... While it cannot be denied that English is the most widely spoken of world languages and the number of books published in the language is enormous, it is worth remembering that several world communities, which form a great part of the world population, may not be proficient in it. In the light of...

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The diagnostic term "borderline" came from English psychiatrist C.H Hughes in 1884, which wrote an article called "Borderland Psychiatrist Records" where he mentioned borderline for the very first time. ... The Corticostriatal pathways have been implicated to motivate goal directed behaviors, habit learning, economic and social decision-making. ... Striatum plays a key role in affectively learning and making decisions, essential cognitive process that links ones own actions and outcome. ...

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