Beyond the Words

Unmotivated Secondary School Students in English Language Lessons: An Overview of What is Beyond This Disruptive Situation     According to Copland et al. (2013) over the years, students’ motivation in English language lessons at schools has been a challenging topic for educators around the world . Teachers are constantly trying to provide their students with entertaining and original ways to introduce topics and do engaging activities in class. However, that does not seem to work at all since there is still a growing number of unmotivated learners in almost every class. Consequently, unmotivated pre-teenage learners' performance might be affected.  To carry out research about this topic, the following issues are going to be addressed in this research paper: the techniques that teachers might put into practice to improve their pre-teenage students’ motivation in their English language class and the ways in which teachers might support unmotivated students at work. ...

The Effects of Two Language-Focused Preschool Curricula on Children’s Achievement through First Grade To begin with, the abstract of this article is, according to Swales and Feak (1994), a conference abstract. They are longer than the ones included at the beginning of a research paper. This abstract does not comply with the required length which is a page. As for linguistic features, this abstract complies with most of them. It contains full sentences, the use of past tenses, and impersonal passive use, too.  Moreover, the absence of negatives can be spotted (Swales and Feak, 1994). However, there are some instances of abbreviations and jargon. Regarding the conclusion, they tend to be written in present and the opening sentences in present or present perfect. In this case, the conclusion is written in the past tense. Finally, it can also be added that no tense variation in the sentences describing results can be observed. Reference Kaiser, A, Dickinson, D, Roberts, M, Darrow, C, F...

  The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals (Routledge, n.d.) is a sixty-page book about e-learning and teaching online. Engaging tips are provided to introduce educators and learners into online teaching and learning. The book starts from the basics answering some key questions about common doubts regarding the field and, as it continues, it presents a wide range of topics related to e-learning. As regards the language of the book, it addresses the reader directly and it is quite simple to follow. The book is divided into six chapters. Each chapter contains a summary of different books that belong to the same recognized publishing house: Routledge. This guide can be considered a must for those who are starting to delve into e-teaching and learning although it can be highlighted that it needs some improvement regarding the connections between one chapter and the other. Teaching Online. The Basics , chapter 1, is a summary of the...

  Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (n.d.) The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals.  Retrieved from: https://n9.cl/k85v2 The book The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals (Routledge, n.d.) is a compilation of excerpts of six books written by well-known experts on the field of teaching and learning online. The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals (Routledge, n.d.) provides key ideas and useful information about becoming an online instructor. The book also pinpoints some tips and pieces of advice to succeed and continue growing in the online teaching environment. What is more, in one of its chapters, the innovative concept of  e-tivities is presented. They are “frameworks for enabling active and participative online learning by individuals and groups” (Salmon, 2012, as cited in Routledge,p,29). Moreover,...

  Outline of the book: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (n.d.). The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals. Retrieved from: https://n9.cl/k85v2 Purpose: To provide an insight of the importance of teaching and learning online. Thesis statement: The book offers educators useful and basic tools to acquire knowledge regarding online learning and teaching. Audience: Academic professionals, teachers and trainee teachers who are trying to start delivering or improve their online lessons. I   Introduction II Teaching Online - The Basics                        A. Teaching a Course entirely Online                        B. What about Support Personnel and Training?       ...

  The American Psychological Association (APA) has established a style of documentation of sources used in academic writing, mainly in the Social Sciences, like Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, and Education as well.   It is of utmost importance to bear in mind two aspects when following APA style: the in-text citations and the reference page. In-text citations include the author’s name and the publication date of sources. The reference page goes at the end of the paper and it takes its own page. It lists all the sources that a writer has used in a paper. The purpose of the present paper is to analyze the in-text citations and the reference list of the article Beyond Reflection: Teacher Learning as Praxis by Hoffman-Kipp, Artiles, and López-Torres (2003) on the basis of the APA manual 6th edition. The APA manual (2002) states several rules to follow for in-text citations such as: in an author-date style, in-text citations usually require the last name of the author(s)...