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Moving further down our list of the parts of speech, we have our prepositions. Prepositions show a relationship between a noun or a pronoun and the rest of the sentence. We have three main categories: time, place, movement as well as a miscellaneous category that doesn't fit the other three. Here, we can have prepositions of time: before, during, in, at or on. If I said, "I work at eight o'clock," I'm sharing a relationship between the time "eight o'clock" to the rest of the sentence. We have our prepositions of place: in, at, on, under, in between. If I said, "The book is under the table," I'm showing a relationship between the table and the rest of the sentence. Then, we have our prepositions of movement. These show movement: towards, from, to or through. I could say, "He walked through the park." I'm relating the park to the rest of the sentence. Finally, we have our others: of, with, for, etc. I could say "This is a gift for Gary." Again, I'm showing a relationship between Gary and the rest of the sentence. Of course, the prepositions listed here are just a small example of all the propositions.
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The two lessons presented clearly demonstrate the stark differences between good language teaching and poor language teaching. These differences are not only clear in the procedures chosen to teach but rather many of the differences are concerned with how the procedures are carried out. Upon examination, the first video lesson contains many errors. At the beginning of the lesson he breaks the cardinal rule of ESL teaching: keep the language simple. By constantly using complex, technical terms the only aim that he can possibly achieve is to confuse his students. He also repeatedly emphasizes how easy the concept. This can lower student self-esteem when they can't answer. Even though he does check for understanding, he does it in an undesirable way. Asking if there are any questions and asking the students if they understand is not a valid way of checking for understanding. During the study phase, he fails to explain any of the exercises. As if it couldn't get worse, he doesn't even monitor the students' progress while they are completing said exercises. In the activate stage, he give a brief explanation of what to do but fails to give any example as to what he would like the students to produce. Moving away from the technical aspects of his teaching, his behavioral components to the art of teaching can be examined. His unpleasant demeanor and scowl set the mood for the lesson.
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