An Examination of Discourse Practices Within an I.T. Training Environment An Examination of Discourse Practices within an I.T. Training Environment Introduction and Aims of the Investigation It has long been widely recognised that language is central to the process of education a...
A teacher must do the following: 1. Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils 2. Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils 3. Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge 4. Plan and teach well structured lessons 5. ...
(Nida, 1992) To illustrate the difference between abstract and technical writing and everyday writing, Schwartz (1984) discusses a study she conducted in which she asked students to choose which excerpt from Lanham's Revising Prose they preferred. ... It is also important to note that although the use of abstract and technical language is required and is a sign of competence in the subject matter, an overuse of abstract and technical language may be unproductive, first in excluding audience who are put off due to their lack of understanding of those abstract and technical language, ...
He proposed certain orientations towards language planning and defined them as a 'complex of dispositions toward language and its role – which are related to language attitudes in that they constitute the framework in which attitudes are formed' (Ruiz, 1984: 16). ...
