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Psychological care with continuity from an early stage associated with downsizing, regional decentralization, high functionality, and multi-functionality in infant homes
Get PDFPodcasting in higher education to enhance student’s deep research skills and retention
Get PDFPodcasting is an ever growing learning tool being implemented into university level courses, but how is it actually used in the classroom? Research shows the positive effects of podcasting on student motivation and information retention. The research needed for students to speak freely as an expert on a specific topic can take months. Students are able to use research techniques such as deep learning in a real environment with actual results. Students also research using parallel pairing, which is a technique that has students research similar topics separately but perform their final podcast as a pair. The act of recording one’s voice is a record of one’s efforts and ability at a specific point in their life. This is often seen as a positive experience by students. They also learn the importance of opinions versus facts. They learn to delineate and identify when someone is speaking from a factual standpoint based on research versus a personal opinion. This research paper also shows how project-based learning techniques (PBL) can be implemented to create the environment needed to carry out such a course. Students are given a high level of autonomy to coincide with their hectic job hunting schedules. Deadlines are used to keep students on track to finishing everything on time and within a specific timeline. This style of class requires specific knowledge from the instructor to help guide the students to the final moment when they perform their podcast
An Observation on Features of Listening Activities in Two Types of Classrooms
Get PDFThis paper deals with listening activities in a university in southern Japan. There are two types of classes involved: an elective English phonetics course at CALL (computer-assisted language learning) and compulsory courses targeting four skills on English communication in normal classrooms. Participants are all female students from second-year to fourth-year in the former and first-year in the latter. Each course includes listening sections with multiple-choice questions and partial dictation. After learning fundamental information in class, students were offered listening assignments. Prospects will be introduced with practical class situations, related to various linguistic approaches including pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and reading context. The general impression will also be discussed in order to grasp tendencies of students’ issues to discover better strategies and consequently make use of them for future education
A case study on the Team-Teaching in Special-Needs School for Intellectually Disability under the COVID-19 Restriction
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