Lucy Maroncha
I am a journalist in both print and online media outlets. I live in Nairobi Kenya. Great to meet you you all!
Location Nairobi, Kenya
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Thanks for this great course, I will share the knowledge with my students.
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A. Have you met my uncle?
B. Yes, we were together in college
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I think meaning entails understanding of context and concept of any written or spoken communication.
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In Kenya where I was born and brought up, there are are a total of 68 languages. I can speak at least four of these languages fluently. English is the language of instruction in Kenya and Kiswahili is the national language so I also fluent in these two languages as well.
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Language is a medium of communication.
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Hi everyone! My name is Lucy from Kenya. I teach English as a foreign language and would like to advance my skills. That is why I have joined this course. I hope to learn a lot from the tutors as well as the other participant. I look forward to having lots of fun as we learn together.
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Hi everyone! My name is Lucy from Kenya. I teach English as a foreign language and would like to advance my skills. That is why I have joined this course. I hope to learn a lot from the tutors as well as the other participant. I look forward to having lots of fun as we learn together.
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Thank you all for the great insights! This has been one of my most enjoyable courses.
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I thought so, too
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@VictoriaKekeyeva Thanks for this
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Great suggestions
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This is a whole new concept. Thank you!
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I found this a bit tough.
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1.A: Might you know who moved to the apartment down the road? expressing possibility or probability.
2. B:You must know her, she used to be a nurse in our local Health center. High probability
3. A:Would you introduce me to her?-expressing politeness
4. B:Of course, she will be happy to see you. expressing certainty
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Got it!
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Nicole Waers
Me too
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This looks like it will be very exciting.
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This has been a very exciting week. Teaching pronunciation will be easier for me now. Thanks all!
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Very insightful
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Am in agreement that both native speakers and the rest of speakers should have a meeting place for the sake of communication.
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I find this scenario sorry because a patient can be treated of the wrong diagnosis.
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I have met people who pretend not to hear a word just to remind the speaker that he/she isn't native. That's quite impolite though.
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Good observation
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I agree with Esther McVey that nobody should change their accent to fit in. I can clear and understand the two of them very well.
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Everyone should understand that if any language isn't my native language, then acquiring its accent isn't easy at all.
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Accents are good but I would be more concerned if my audience weren't understanding what I am saying.
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If I were to change my accent, i would go for British accent.
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I think I need a lot of practice on word stress.
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I have thought of changing my accent for the sake of teaching ESL. I had a negative encounter when I was doing an interview on Skype. "The gentleman" dismissed me after greetings with " oh! You have an accent!"
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I found speakers 2&6 very easy to understand and quite fluent.
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I can tell when the mood changes in a telephone conversation by the emphasis, and I think even the breathing changes.
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Looks like a great week ahead!
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To engage them in a real-life role play.
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I would first change the seating arrangement and make it more friendly- like semicircle where all the students are able to see one another. Students don't have to stand when I enter the room as that can be very intimidating. The greetings doesn't have to look so formal and authoritative, this way I would create rapport with the students.
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I had this kind of experience over 40 years ago when I was in Primary School. There only difference is that my teacher would turn physical in case of a wrong answer. The long and short of it is that nobody wants to be in such a situation!
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In the countries I have taught, most people associate English language with being educated. As a result, many students panic when they are about to do a presentation for fear of looking "uneducated" As a teacher I take time to make my students aware that English is a language and has nothing or very little to do with being educated. Like I stated before,...
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I somehow agree with Elaine Horwitz about additional anxiety. Nonetheless, facilitative anxiety is good to remind students that learning a new language is not a walk in the park. Personally,I work a lot better with facilitative anxiety.
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Strangely, I am more eloquent while speaking in English than my native language. But still, in the first few sentences I find myself repeating myself a lot. When I was doing my CELTA course, I had a stage-fright but my tutor seemed not to understand it. Its important that we put ourselves in the learners' shoes and be as supportive as possible.
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True, that can be very frustrating!
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Naturally, I perform better as a lone learner; maybe someone can tell me if this is a bad or a good way of learning. :)
A teacher can tell an active learner from the first day in class: they are confident in appearance and coherent in their speaking. -
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I am more like Emily; I listen a lot an contribute less unless when I am almost certain of what I want to say.
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Giulia Guidi
I am more like Emily.
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When I started studying TESOL, I had difficulties understanding "noticing" and wondered how it was connected with language learning. After research and consulting with my tutors I realized how relevant it is in language learning.
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Those students who engage to satisfy the teacher may come out as incoherent because their mind isn't in the lesson.
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Students who are interactive, asking questions and actively participating in class activities may portray interest and understanding of the lesson. Yet, there are others who are over-active and may disrupt other students' attention by speaking out of turn. As a trained teacher, I would be aware of such students and know how to control them for the benefit of...
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The week was very interesting. The different views had great insights and I now think of language testing from a whole different angle.
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The results 0.84 -High agreement.
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Yes! Both formative assessment and feedback benefit learners as well as teachers. It also helps the teacher to assist learners in the areas they need improvement.
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Teachers will sometimes prepare the student for the test as opposed to teaching them what they will use in future. Personally, I have prepared for a test, which I passed very well but failed miserably when it came to future application.
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I wouldn't push because the red button because by eliminating tests the society would be less accountable. I would be unable to diagnose who needs what improvement on what area or who is more skilled in a given area. I think it is important that everyone leaps what they sow!
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I think testing should go beyond the award because there are students who would throw their weight on the test just so they get the award certificate. Such students may not put to application the value of the award.
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The database would be detrimental to the children if anyone were to judge them by either their behavior or academic performance when they were teenagers. People change in behavior and academic or professional performance as they continue getting more mature. I wouldn't be too fast to make a judgement based on someone's teenage or high school life.
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I find the two authors have different views about test-giving. My observation is while opportunity ,for example, to study, is given to everyone, it will apply only to the advantaged. Chances are then slim for those who cannot afford it even though studying is an opportunity for everyone.
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I would look more at the patient and if their needs are being met. A medical practitioner whose communication skills are wanting, may answer the wrong question or give incomprehensible instructions. Considering that the life of the patient is in very unsafe hands, I believe that every medical practitioner should go through the test.
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The student playing the travel agent struck me as nervous and uncertain of the facts she was giving. I would have expected her to be more friendly and talk like "a normal human-being" making the conversational less informal and more productive.
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Catcherrie Catcherrie
I agree!
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Yes, I would. I feel the questions are very relevant and can gauge the ability, fluency and the confidence of the interviwee.
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I think a pilot should be able to sound warning in a calm way and alsoto reassure passengers in a convincing manner to make them feel safe.
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The most interesting part is that there was cheating even then!
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I have really enjoyed this first week. I look forward to learning more on how to incorporate Applied Linguistics in my TESOL career
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1. Can you get me a coffee? A1
2. It can’t get any worse. B1
3. Get a move on! We’re going to be late. C2
4. She told a joke in the lecture but I just didn’t get it. B2 -
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I am thinking of key as main or carrying most importance. e.g key points
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What I liked most about the course book was that I would refer to it later.
What I didn't like about it, and thinking about it today, the teacher was almost over-dependent on it hence was not very creative. -
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1. No, the sentence is confusing: had the word "that" been "that's" maybe the sentence would have been a bit more coherent. The question tag is incorrect because it is positive instead of negative. "isn't it?"
2. Different communities use the word often with or without a "t". My community takes the "t" to be silent. -
• Talk to key personnel in the organisation
• Get permission to record meetings
• Distribute questionnaire to personnel
• Study company documentation (eg meeting minutes, reports)
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I agree. I think men are more factual than women. Again, rarely will you find a man speaking about someone else unlike women.
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I think men and women use language differently and I also think this is not something learnt in schools because I believe it is innate. From experience, I think this difference in language is included in all other languages.
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I think different cultures apply humour differently. for example I can make a joke that is common in my community and may sound offensive to someone from a different culture.
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I agree with you.
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I think they are ungrammatical because can't and no are negatives closely following each other. I am not sure about the second sentence but I think "has gone before" leaves the sentence hanging. It is acceptable in poetry, music etc.
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Hi Everyone, My name is Lucy and I am from Kenya. I am an upcoming ESL teacher. My background is in Media and I have been in the media practice for over 20 years. I am so keen in understanding and interpreting language and that explains why I have joined this course.
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Hilary inter-mingled with crowds in the streets at a rush hour as a downpour threatened. Looking like she was the only one worried about the rain, she felt for the loaded snub-nosed gun hidden in her coat.
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In my understanding, humor is supposed to entertain or cause amusement but not necessarily to offend. Say, for instance if you made an offensive joke about a certain community who are members of your class, don't you think it can discourage them from learning?
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Hurrah! I qualify for the Certificate of Achievement! I have a 98% score. Thanks educators and colleagues. It has been a wonderful six weeks!
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Lucy Maroncha made a comment
These have been the best six weeks I have ever spent in learning. I am now all set to the CELTA course. Anyone with writing and/or editing jobs that I can do to fundraise for my CELTA training, please don't hesitate to let me know!
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I will do a CELTA course. I have already passed both the written and the skype interviews and I hope to travel to Santiago, Chile early next year. Meanwhile am volunteering teaching in a language school here in Kenya as I also mobilize funds to help me travel and study. This course has been one of my best since I started doing courses with futurelearn. Thanks...
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These questions are important to establish the English knowledge of the applicant. The center looks at the attitude of he applicant often in the face to face or skype interview. Foe example if they can easily be offended when corrected or if they give up too soon when a task seems difficult.
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Doing some voluntary teaching would be good because teaching itself is practical! Slowly by slowly, it will give you enough confidence and authority to stand before a class.
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Please remind me what ICQs are?
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Arwa Hassan
I agree sense of humor is very important.
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He asks them to use a page in a coursebook to demonstrate in order to establish if they understand the stages of teaching. I am already a teacher and my students like the way I engage them using day to day life issues. And sometimes issues their age would like to discuss.
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I think being kind and patient is important because students are from different backgrounds and may be nursing issues by the time they come to class. Sense of humor is also important but the teacher should be very careful because some kind of humor may be offensive to some cultures.
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My first CELTA teacher was very inspiring, he would look at my working plan every morning before I went to class. It was a lot of fun when he pretended to be my student and I would so he could correct me where I went wrong.
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Is CELTA an equivalent of a degree program?
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Please help me understand the "noticing" "and prediction" stages in teaching.
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They mention online courses and in-class face to face learning. They say that face to face is very important because it incorporates teaching practice and is done with real students.
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Motivating learners is one of my best tools in English teaching. Sometimes I can get a simple present to give the winning group or pair.
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Bertin Hemeque
Where are you Bertin, I love the countryside!
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Thanks a ton,Sarah.
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Lucy Maroncha
I look forward to it. I can't wait to be certified!
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I think it's about the intensity of the CELTA course!
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Lucy Maroncha replied to Zakia Lodhi
Good idea
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This has been a one of the most exciting weeks for me. I look forward to the next week. I thought we would do another test this week.
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Lucy Maroncha made a comment
Thanks for the glossary. I didn't exactly know what authentic resources are.
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I can't wait, though most of the time am caught up in class
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https://quizlet.com/144334331/microscatter I jumbled informal and formal words in a quizlet. It was very exciting!
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Write and improve has impressed me most though am not very good in the digital world.
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Am on Padlet board 2. Am loving every second of this
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http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=0C1982767 At least I have made an effort);
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The resource will help you achieve your lesson aim- This is important because that is the very reason am teaching!
You haven’t done too much of this kind of activity recently- I will do this to break any monotony.
You can use the activity again with another class.- Building the resources takes time so I would use this to help me save time.
The resource is...
