Accomplished teachers of world languages are keenly aware that young people learn in various ways. They use their knowledge of child in (1) __________ and providing appropriate instruction to their students. They recognize and make professional accommodations for (2) __________ in students’ age levels; cognitive, physical, and motor development; gender; multiple intelligences, and learning styles. Attitude also (3) __________ in student success. Students with low self-esteem or little confidence about their ability to learn another language might benefit from extra encouragement from the teacher.
Of course, all students can benefit from positive teacher feedback. Teachers might have students work in groups so that they can also (4) __________ the help and positive reinforcement of their peers. Students who are (5) __________ and confident might work well independently, using computer software. Those who teach young children know the importance of working at (6) __________ levels; students might learn to tell time as they (7) __________ individual student clocks, or learn children’s songs while using hand and body movements. As mature students, teachers need to provide more abstract and analytical challenges. Teachers should be aware that personalizing the language experience is helpful to students because many students will talk (8) __________ about themselves and their experiences. Teachers recognize that providing learning experiences in the affective filed by (9) __________ open-ended personal expression is a valuable way of enhancing students’ cognitive ability, cultural understanding, and linguistic (10) __________. Teachers provide a range of meaningful, interesting, and personally relevant instruction for students at all levels of development or ability.
1.designing
2.variations
3.plays an important role
4.benefit from
5.motivated
6. concrete
7.manipulate
8.readily
9.encouraging 10.proficiency
Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoy my own (1) __________, I no longer imagine I can (2) __________ a single day, much less all my life, completely on my own. Even if I am on (3) __________ in the mountains, I am eating food someone else has grown, living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else has sewn from cloth woven by others, using (4) __________ someone else is distributing to my house. (5) __________ of interdependence is everywhere. We are on this (6) __________ together.
As I was growing up, I remember being carefully taught that independence not interdependence was everything. “Make your own way”, “(7) __________” or my mother’s favorite remark when I was face-to-face with consequences of some action:” Now that you’ve made your bed, lie on it!” Total independence is a (8) __________ theme in our culture. I imagine that my parents were trying to teach me was to (9) __________my actions and my choices. But the teaching was shaped by our cultural imagines, and instead I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally “independent” and (10) __________ became very reluctant to ask for help.
I would do almost anything not to be a burden, and not require any help from anybody.
pany
2.get through
3.vacation
4.electricity
5.Evidence
6. journey
7.Stand on your own two feet
8.dominant
9.take responsibility for
10. consequently
