Intro to ICT PPT

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Phonology: Consonant Final Cluster

Posted: November 6, 2012 in Subject

CONSONANT FINAL CLUSTERS

  • Two-consonantal elements of final position:
No Final Cluster No Final Cluster
Kind Words Transcription Kind Words Transcription
1 /bd/ Absorbed

Bribed

Curbed

/əbˈzɔːbd/

/braɪbd/

/kɜːbd/

43 /nz/ Hens

Lens

Pens

Tens

/henz/

/lenz/

/penz/

/tenz/

2 /bl/ Gamble

Thimble

/ˈgæmbl ̩/

/ˈθɪmbl ̩/

44 /nt/ Ant

Aunt

Bent

Want

/ænt/

/ɑːnt/

/bent/

/wɒnt/

3 /bz/ Cabs

Fibs

Jabs

Knobs

/kæbz/

/fɪbz/

/dʒæbz/

/nɒbz/

45 /nz/ Runs /runz/
4 /dl/ Peddle

Needle

/ˈpedl ̩/

/ˈnɪːdl ̩/

46 /nθ/ Tenth

Ninth

/tenθ/

/naɪnθ/

5 /dn/ Pardon

Sudden

/ˈpɑː.dn/

/ˈsʌdn/

47 /ŋd/ Banged

Dinged

/bæŋd/

/dɪŋd/

6 /dz/ Almonds

Beds

Birds

Kinds

Weeds

/ˈɑməndz/

/bedz/

/bɜːdz/

/kaɪndz/

/wɪːdz/

48 /ŋk/ Think

Thank

Wink

/θɪŋk/

/θæŋk/

/wɪŋk/

7 /dʒ/ Language

Judge

/ˈlæŋwɪdʒ/

/dʒʌdʒ/

49 /ŋz/ Wings

Gongs

/wɪŋz/

/gɔŋz/

8 /dθ/ Breadth /brɛdθ/ 50 /ŋθ/ Strength /strɛŋθ/
9 /fl/ Shuffle

Scuffle

/ˈʃʌf.l ̩/

/ˈskʌfl ̩/

51 /pl/ Couple

Supple

/’kʌpl/

/’sʌpl/

10 /fn/ Soften /ˈsɒfn/ 52 /pn/ Happen

Ripen

/’hæpn/

/’raɪpn/

11 /fs/ Beliefs

Cliffs

Chiefs

Handkerchiefs

/bɪˈlɪːfs/

/klɪfs/

/tʃɪːfs/

/ˈhæŋkətʃɪːfs/

53 /ps/ Cups

Jumps

Perhaps

Steps

/kʌps/

/dʒʌmps/

/pəˈhæps/

/steps/

12 /ft/ Drift

Craft

Loft

Soft

/drɪft/

/ kræft/

/ lɑːft/

/ sɑːft/

54 /pt/ Abrupt

Except

Harped

Kept

/əˈbrʌpt/

/ɪkˈsept/

/hɑːpt/

/kept/

13 /fθ/ fifth fɪfθ 55 /sk/ Mask

Task

Desk

Risk

/mɑːsk/

/tɑːsk/

/desk/

/rɪsk/

14 /gd/ Hugged

Tagged

Wagged

/hʌgd/

/tægd/

/wægd/

56 /sl/ Muscle

Passel

/ˈmʌsl ̩/

/’pæsl/

15 /gl/ Struggle

Juggle

/ˈstrʌgl/

/’ʤʌgl/

57 /sn/ Fasten /ˈfæsn/
16 /gz/ Eggs

Figs

Mugs

Rugs

/egz/

/fɪgz/

/mʌgz/

/rʌgz/

58 /sp/ Clasp

Crisp

Gasp

/klɑːsp/

/krɪsp/

/gɑːsp/

17 /kl/ Miracle Circle

Buckle

/ˈmɪrɪkl ̩/

/ˈsɜːkl/

/’bʌkl/

59 /st/ Chased

First

Pursed

Post

/tʃeɪst/

/ˈfɜːst/

/pɜːst/

/pəʊst/

18 /kn/ Deacon

Beckon

Sicken

/’dɪkn/

/’bɛkn/

/’sɪkn/

60 /tl/ Tattle

Little

/ˈtætl ̩/

/lɪtl/

19 /ks/ Milks

Larks

Racks

/mɪlks/

/lɑrks/

/ræks/

61 /tn/ Cotton

Button

/ˈkɑtn/

/’bʌtn/

20 /kt/ Object

Act

Pact

/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/

/ækt/

/pækt/

62 /ts/ Eats

Fights

Meets

Pets

/ɪːts/

/faɪts/

/mɪːts/

/pɛts/

21 /lb/ Bulb /bʌlb/ 63 /tʃ/ Watch

Catch

Church

/wɔtʃ/

/kætʃ/

/tʃɜ:tʃ/

22 /ld/ Cold

Held

Sold

/kəʊld/

/held/

/səʊld/

64 /tθ/ Weight

Height

/wɛɪtθ/

/hɛɪtθ/

23 /lf/ Elf

Self

Gulf

/ɛlf/

/sɛlf/

/gʌlf/

65 /vd/ Arrived

Believed

Involved

/əˈraɪvd/

/bɪˈlɪːvd/

/ɪnˈvɒlvd/

24 /lk/ Silk

Elk

Ilk

/sɪlk/

/ɛlk/

/ɪlk/

66 /vl/ Novel

Gavel

Hovel

/ˈnɑː.vl/

/’gævl/

/’hʌvl/

25 /lm/ Elm

Helm

Realm

/ɛlm/

/hɛlm/

/rɛlm/

67 /vn/ Leaven

Maven

Given

/’lɛvn/

/’mɛɪvn/

/’gɪvn/

26 /ln/ Kiln /kɪln/ 68 /vz/ Additives

Captives

Loaves

/ˈædɪtɪvs/

/ˈkæptɪvs/

/ləʊvz/

27 /lp/ Pulp

Gulp

Whelp

/pʌlp/

/gʌlp/

/wɛlp/

69 /zd/ Crazed

Amazed

Gazed

Lazed

/kreɪzd/

/əˈmeɪzd/

/geɪzd/

/leɪzd/

28 /ls/ Else

Pulse

/els/

/pʌls/

70 /zl/ Puzzle

Hazel

Causal

/ˈpʌzl/

/ˈhɛɪzl/

/ˈkɔzl/

29 /lt/ Difficult

Kilt

/ˈdɪfəkʌlt/

/kɪlt/

71 /zm/ Deism

Animism

/dɪɪzm/

/ˈænəmɪzm/

30 /lv/ Delve

Devolve

/delv/

/dɪˈvɑlv/

72 /zn/ Frozen

Horizon

/ˈfrouzn/

/həˈraɪzn/

31 /lz/ Girls

Fills

/gɜːlz/

/fɪlz/

73 /ʃl/ Initial

Facial

Special

/ɪˈnɪʃl/

/ˈfɛɪʃl/

/ˈspɛʃl/

32 /lθ/ Filth /fɪlθ/ 74 /ʃn/ Opposition

Ordination

/ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn/

/ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn/

33 /md/ Aimed

Assumed

Formed

Roamed

/eɪmd/

/əˈsjuːmd/

/fɔːmd/

/rəʊmd/

75 /ʒd/ Packaged /ˈpækɪʤd/
34 /mf/ Lymph

Nymph

/ lɪmf/

/nɪmf/

76 /ʒn/ Division

Revision

/dəˈvɪʒn/

/rɪˈvɪʒn/

35 /ml/ Formal

Trammel

/ˈfɔːml/

/ˈtræml/

77 /θs/ Paths

Baths

/pæθs/

/bæθs/

36 /mp/ Bump

Camp

Hemp

Limp

/bʌmp/

/kæmp/

/hemp/

/lɪmp/

78 /θt/ Lathed /læθt/
37 /mt/ Dreamt /drɛmt/ 79 /ðd/ Wreathed

Tithed

/rɪðd/

/taɪðd/

38 /mz/ Comes

Terms

Times

/kʌmz/

/tɜːmz/

/taɪmz/

80 /ðl/ Brothel /ˈbrɔðl/
39 /mθ/ Warmth /wɔːmθ/ 81 /ðm/ Fathom /ˈfæðm/
40 /nd/ Behind

Concerned

Find

Found

Friend

Owned

/bɪˈhaɪnd/ /kənˈsɜːnd/

/faɪnd/

/faʊnd/

/frend/

/əʊnd/

82 /ðn/ Earthen

Heathen

/ˈɛ:ðn/

/ˈhɪðn/

41 /nl/ Channel

Funnel

/ˈtʃænl/

/ˈfʌnl/

83 /ðz/ Lathes

Tithes

/lɛɪðz/

/taɪðz/

42 /ns/ Hence

Since

Tense

/hɛns/

/sɪns/

/tens/

 

  • Three consonantal elements of final position
No Final Cluster No Final Cluster
Kind Words Transcription Kind Words Transcription
84 /bld/ Cobbled

Gabled

/ˈkɑbld/

/ˈgeɪbld/

140 /ndz/ Kinds

Bonds

/kaɪndz/

/bɔnd/

85 /dld/ Bundled

Peddled

Riddled

/ˈbʌndld/

/ˈpɛdld/

/ˈrɪdld/

141 /nʤ/ Sponge

Range

/spʌnʤ/

/rɛɪnʤ/

86 /blz/ Cables

Bubbles

/ˈkɛɪblz/

/ˈbʌblz/

142 /nld/ Paneled /ˈpænld/
87 /dlz/ Paddles

Candles

/ˈpædlz/

/ˈkændlz/

143 /nlz/ Kernels /ˈkɜ:nlz/
88 /dnd/ Burdened

Gladdened

/bɜ:dnd/

/ˈglædnd/

144 /nst/ Fenced /fɛnst/
89 /dnt/ Wouldnˈt

Couldnˈt

/ˈwʊdnt/

/ˈkədnt/

145 /ntl/ Gentle /ˈdʒentl/
90 /dnz/ Burdens

Gardens

/ˈbɜ:dnz/

/ˈgɒ:dnz/

146 /nts/ Components /kəmˈpoʊnənts/
91 /ʤd/ Judged /ˈjʌdʒd/ 147 /ntʃ/ Brunch /br ntʃ/
92 /dθs/ Widths /wɪdθs/ 148 /nθs/ Tenths /tɛnθs/
93 /fld/ Sniffled

Shuffled

/ˈsnɪfld/

/ˈʃʌfld/

149 /ŋgl/ Angle

Jungle

/ˈæŋgl/

/ˈʤʌŋgl/

94 /flz/ Waffles /ˈwɔflz/ 150 /ŋkl/ Twinkle /ˈtwɪŋkl/
95 /fnd/ Softened /ˈsɑːfnd/ 151 /ŋks/ Thanks /θæŋks/
96 /fnz/ Softens /ˈsɑːfnz/ 152 /ŋkt/ Linked /lɪŋkt/
97 /ftn/ Soften /sɒftn/ 153 /ŋθs/ Strengths /strɛŋθs/
98 /fts/ Gifts

Tufts

/gɪftz/

/tʌfts/

154 /pld/ Stippled /ˈstɪpld/
99 /fθs/ Fifths /fɪfθs/ 155 /plz/ Maples /ˈmɛɪplz/
100 /gld/ Bungled /ˈbʌŋgld/ 156 /pnd/ Ripened

Dampened

/ˈraɪpnd/

/dæmpnd/

101 /glz/ Eagles /ˈɪ:glz/ 157 /pnz/ Aspens ˈ/æspnz/
102 /gnl/ Signal /ˈsɪgnl/ 158 /pst/ Traipsed /trɛɪpst/
103 /kld/ Buckled /ˈbʌkld/ 159 /pts/ Excerpts /ˈɛksɜ:pt/
104 /klz/ Pickles /ˈpɪklz/ 160 /sks/ Disks

Risks

/dɪsks/

/rɪsks/

105 /knd/ Reckoned /ˈrɛknd/ 161 /skt/ Basked /bæskt/
106 /knz/ Beacons /’bi:knz/ 162 /sld/ Counseled /ˈkaʊnsld/
107 /ksl/ Pixel /ˈpɪksl/ 163 /slz/ Axles /’ækslz/
108 /kst/ Fixed /fɪkst/ 164 /snd/ Coarsened /ˈkɔrsnd/
109 /ksθ/ Sixth /sɪksθ/ 165 /snz/ Hastens /ˈheɪsnz/
110 /kts/ protects /prəˈtɛkts/ 166 /sps/ Clasps /klæsps/
111 /lbz/ bulbs /bʌlbz/ 167 /spt/ Gasped /gæspt/
112 /ldz/ Gelds /gɛldz/ 168 /stl/ Pestle /ˈpɛstl/
113 /ldʒ/ Bilge /bɪldʒ/ 169 /stn/ Tungsten /ˈtʌŋstn/
114 /lfs/ Gulfs /gʌlfs/ 170 /sts/ Casts /kæsts/
115 /lft/ Golfed gɑːlft 171 /tld/ Shuttled /’ʃʌtld/
116 /lfθ/ Twelfth /twelfθ/ 172 /tlz/ Beatles /ˈbɪ:tlz/
117 /lks/ Bilks

Hulks

/bɪlks/

/hʌlks/

173 /tnd/ Heightened /ˈhaɪtnd/
118 /lkt/ Bulked /bʌlkt/ 174 /tnz/ Kittens /ˈkɪtnz/
119 /lmd/ Filmed /Fɪlmd/ 175 /tʃt/ Matched /mætʃt/
120 /lmz/ Realms /rɛlmz/ 176 /tθs/ Bights /baɪtθs/
121 /lnz/ Kilns /kɪlnz/ 177 /vld/ Raveled /ˈrævld/
122 /lps/ Scalps /skælps/ 178 /vlz/ Gavels /ˈgævlz/
123 /lpt/ Yelped /yɛlpt/ 179 /vnd/ Leavened /ˈlɛvnd/
124 /lst/ Pulsed /pʌlst/ 180 /vnt/ Fervent /ˈfɜ:vnt/
125 /lts/ Salts /sɔlts/ 181 /vnz/ Havens /ˈheɪvnz/
126 /ltʃ/ Belch /bɛltʃ/ 182 /zld/ Muzzled /ˈmʌzld/
127 /lvs/ Selves /sɛlvs/ 183 /zlz/ Easels /’izlz/
128 /lθs/ Filth’s /fɪlθs/ 184 /zmz/ Prisms /ˈprɪzmz/
129 /mbl/ Gamble /ˈgæmbl/ 185 /znd/ Brazened /ˈbreɪznd/
130 /mfs/ Humph /hʌmfs/ 186 /znz/ Poisons /ˈpɔɪznz/
131 /mft/ Harrumphed /hə’rʌmft/ 187 /znt/ Peasant /ˈpɛznt/
132 /mld/ Pummeled /’pʌmld/ 188 /ʃld/ Marshaled /ˈmɒ: ʃld/
133 /mlz/ pommels /ˈpʌ(ɑ)mlz/ 189 /ʃlz/ Facials /’feiʃlz/
134 /mpl/ Temple /ˈtɛmpl/ 190 /ʃnd/ Stationed /’steiʃnd/
135 /mps/ Lamps /læmps/ 191 /ʃnz/ Emotions

Lotions

/ˈɪmoʊʃnz/

/ˈloʊʃnz/

136 /mpt/ Trumped /trʌmpt/ 192 /ʒnz/ Visions /ˈvɪʒnz/
137 /mst/ Glimpsed /glɪmst/ 193 /ðmz/ Fathoms /ˈfæðm/
138 /mts/ Attempts /əˈtemts/ 194 /ðnz/ Heathens /ˈhɪðnz/
139 /ndl/ Bundle /ˈbʌndl/
  • Four- consonantal elements of final position
No Final Cluster No Final Cluster
Kind Words Transcription Kind Words Transcription
195 /gnld/ Signaled /ˈsɪgnld/ 208 /ndld/ Handled Brindled /hændld/

/ˈbrɪndld/

196 /gnlz/ Signals /ˈsɪgnlz/ 209 /ndlz/ Candles /kændlz/
197 /kslz/ Pixels /pɪkslz/ 210 /ndʒd/ Challenged /ˈtʃæləndʒd/
198 /ksts/ Contexts /kɑntəksts/ 211 /mpts/ Prompts /prɑmpts/
199 /ksθs/ Sixths /sɪksθs/ 212 /ntld/ Mantled /ˈmæntld/
200 /ldʒd/ Divulged /dəˈvʌlʤd/ 213 /ntlz/ Rentals /ˈrentlz/
201 /lfθs/ Twelfths /twelfθs/ 214 /ntʃt/ Punched /pʌntʃt/
202 /ltʃt/ Belched /bɛltʃt/ 215 /ŋgld/ Bungled /bʌŋld/
203 /mbld/ Trembled /ˈtrɛmbld/ 216 /ŋglz/ Tingles /ˈtɪŋlz/
204 mblz/ Bumbles /bʌmblz/ 217 /ŋkld/ Twinkled /ˈtwɪŋkld/
205 /mpld/ Rumpled /ˈrʌmpld/ 218 /ŋklz/ Twinkles /ˈtwɪŋklz/
206 /mplz/ Temples /tɛmplz/ 219 /stlz/ Hostels /ˈhɑstlz/
207 /mpst/ Glɪmpsed /glɪmpst/ 220 /stnz/ Capstans /ˈkæpstnz/

TEFL Paper

Posted: November 6, 2012 in Journal/paper

CLOSING TEACHING SECTION

Abstract

In teaching, the teachers should be creative and have skills, such as skill in opening session, evaluating session, skill in using teaching media, and so forth in order to the teaching and learning process can be success. Besides that, the teachers also should recognize how to manage closing session, because it is also one of the teaching parts. In this session, the teachers summarize the content of the lesson at the end of teaching and learning process. It is very important to apply by the teachers in classroom because it can influence the students in learning even it can increase the students’ motivation. It has three particular aims; the first is to reinforce the most important points of the lesson. The second is the teachers can help learners build personalized learning agendas at the end of session by asking simple question, and the third is in closing session, the teachers also acknowledge the students or the learners by motivated words, praise, or reward.

Closing Teaching Session

The appropriate closing for a class discussion is among the most debated elements of case method teaching. Some instructors advocate a minimalist approach, arguing that extensive commentary by the discussion leader at the end of class violates the principles of participant-centered learning. They worry that students will become dependent on the instructor to present a definitive synthesis and analysis of the discussion, thus shifting responsibility away from participants to assess and continue to reflect on what they have learned. Other instructors prefer a more substantive close to the class, fearing that without some pulling-together of the class discussion, students may leave feeling confused, frustrated, and perhaps demotivated. These competing views suggest that case instructors should take care to avoid the risks of providing either too much or too little closure at the end of a class session.

The closing of a teaching encounter can get short-shrift because we often run short on time. The work of closing is important because it reinforces the learning that has taken place. Closing can be the place for the faculty to give a summary of teaching points, to praise the group, and give appreciation for hard work done. It can also be a good place to ask learners to identify lessons they are taking away. Key tasks of closing can be conducted in the space of just a minute or two if necessary.

At an overarching level, students should be able to provide at least provisional answers to two fundamental questions after a class discussion: what did I learn today, and why does it matter? To the extent that there has been intermediate closure along the way-for example, through mini-summaries at transition points between discussion pastures-it may not be necessary or desirable for the instructor to say much more during the closing. In addition, some instructors ask one or more students towards the end of the class session to reflect on lessons learned, shifting responsibility for closure wholly or partially to the participants.

TABLE 1: Key Teaching During the Closing: The Basic

Teaching Task Specific Behavior

Example

Summarize specific learning points
  • Ask learners to identify skills or insight gained (or you summarize)
  • Reinforce progress observed
“Other things people took away from this morning?” “We got a great start on giving to each other today.”
Help learners  build personalized learning agendas
  • Ask learners to identify a specific new learning objective to work on.
  • Ask learners for a commitment to try something new from the session
“I invite you to think about the goals and how that you have some basic comfort with the skills- what it is you’d like to work on, what areas you find to be most challenging in the interviews over the next couple of days.”
Acknowledge learner work and effort
  • Voice appreciation for the work learners have done
“I can really see how hard you were each working today.”

For many case instructors, the closing is less about recapping the class discussion than an opportunity to highlight conceptual or managerial themes, provide a bridge to past or future classes, offer personal reflections, and/or inspire and motivate their students. Ultimately, the optimal length and scope of the instructor closing for a specific class session will depend on such factors as the nature of the case and the learning objectives, the quality of the class discussion, instructor style, participant expectations, and timing during the term.

Summarizing at the end of a session is important. We could reduce a lot of teaching theory to the statement “tell them what you going to do, do it, tell them what you just did”. This perfectly demonstrates the three parts of a well-planned lesson and also reveals a critical fact about the summary, no new facts. The summary is just that a summary of the content of the lesson at the end of teaching and learning process. Its aim is to reinforce the most important points of the lesson. It can be done in several ways. The most common are teacher led, where the teacher summarizes the most important points for the students, or students led, where the students are invited to summarize for the group.

We can help learners build personalized learning agendas at the end of session by asking simple questions such as, what they will do afterwards with your comprehension that they have got? Or what their goal further with language skill? Therefore, when we give a task, which has connection with language skill, they have stronger motivations to do it and absolutely they will arrange their learning agendas. In addition, we may give a closed question, which usually requires a yes/no response or a single word answer. Closed questions give answer immediately, but they do not give much accuracy, but it is used to check how far interest of the students to the lesson, how far the learners notice the lesson that has taken place, and to know the students’ knowledge.

In quantum teaching book, the last part of quantum conception is teachers should always celebrate each success of learners.  That is the best way to construct motivation. Celebrate is similar with we acknowledge learners’ work and effort. To acknowledge them by motivated words, praise, or reward. Indirectly, it forms their awareness to develop knowledge because the learners think that every effort gets respectability, then they will be more active in teaching learning process.

These overviews of the process of a teaching session should provide you with the basic tools you need to get started. The core skills modules that follow build on each of these basic tools and the specific topics will get you started thinking about your teaching content as well as process.

Healthy Article

Posted: November 6, 2012 in Healthy

AFTERNOON NAP IS GOOD FOR HEART

Taking 40 winks in the middle of the day may reduce the risk of death from heart disease, particularly in young healthy men, say researchers.

A six-year Greek study found that those who took a 30-minute siesta at least three times a week had a 37% lower risk of heart-related death.

The researchers took into account ill health, age, and whether people were physically active.

Experts said napping might help people to relax, reducing their stress levels.

It is known that countries where siestas are common tend to have lower levels of heart disease, but studies have shown mixed results.

The researchers in the Greek study looked at 23,681 men and women aged between 20 and 86. The subjects did not have a history of heart disease or any other severe condition.

The researchers found those who took naps of any frequency and duration had a 34% lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who did not take midday naps.Participants were also asked if they took midday naps and how often, and were asked about dietary habits and physical activity.

Those who took naps of more than 30 minutes three or more times a week had a 37% lower risk.

Working men

Among working men who took midday naps, there was a 64% reduced risk of death compared with a 36% reduced risk among non-working men.

There were not enough female deaths to compare figures.

The researchers said taking a siesta may reduce stress, hence the more notable finding in working men.

Lead researcher Dr Dimitrios Trichopoulos, from the Harvard School of Public Health, said: “In countries where mortality from coronary diseases is low, siesta is quite prevalent.

“There have been other studies but with equivocal results.

“This study has four advantages – it’s large, prospective, limited to healthy people and we have been very careful to control for physical activity.

“The thing we can say is that it’s worth studying further.”

He added that if backed by other trials, taking a siesta would be an interesting way of reducing heart disease as it had no side effects.

The only important factor was that people should not reduce the amount of physical activity they did in the rest of the day.

June Davison, cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: “These interesting findings identify that having a siesta is associated with a reduced risk of dying from a heart problem, particularly in working men.

“Having a nap in the middle of the day may help people to unwind and relax – which is important for our overall health.

“However it is important to get a balance between rest and activity, as being regularly active can help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.”

She added that people who felt stressed might be more tempted to have less healthy behaviour, such as smoking, eating a poor diet, drinking too much alcohol and not getting enough exercise. This would add to their risk of suffering a heart-related death.

World’s Top Ten Most Expensive Foods

If you’re looking to expand your horizons into the world of excess culinary expense, then you could do worse than starting with a few items on the list below. We’ve collected some of the most outlandish, outrageous and, above all, the most expensive foods in the world.

World's Most Expensive Mushrooms

Matsutake Mushrooms – $1000/pound

The matsutake, or mattake, mushroom is expensive because of its rarity. While its historical prevalence meant it was nearly synonymous with autumn in Japan, the introduction of an insect that kills the trees under which the mushroom grows has caused a dramatic decrease in the number of matsutake mushrooms. A method for farming the matsutake has yet to be developed, which means the lack of trees from which to harvest these mushrooms naturally is a serious problem for the species.

World’s most expensive bagel

The World’s Most Expensive Bagel – $1000

This bagel, created by Executive Chef Frank Tujague for New York’s Westin Hotel, is topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves. The bagel’s price is justified when you consider that white truffles happen to be the second most expensive food by weight, eclipsed only by caviar. The underground fungus grows only under specific oak trees in Alba, Italy. Their pheromone-like odor is considered to be an aphrodisiac and is the reason dogs and female pigs are used to hunt the precious truffle.

the Zillion Dollar Frittata

The Zillion Dollar Frittata – $1000

This absurdly expensive breakfast item consists of a mixture of eggs, lobster and 10 ounces of sevruga caviar (which costs the restaurant $65 per ounce). On the menu next to the expensive omelet there is a challenge that reads, “Norma dares you to expense this.”

Wagyu Steak – $2800

World’s most expensive steaks

While Wagyu cattle are raised both in and outside Japan, the Kobe varietal which is raised specifically in the Hyogo prefecture is the most elite. Employing the most traditional production methods, Kobe beef comes from cows that are allegedly fed only beer and massaged by hand to ensure a tenderness and marbling beyond compare. These dishes can be out of range for the average restaurateur, carrying an unhealthy load of fat and a price tag to match. For your next after-work social, you might try taking your associates to New York City’s Craftsteak, where a full Wagyu rib eye was served up to a private party for $2800.

Samundari Khazana, the World’s Most Expensive Curry – $3200

World's Most Expensive Curry

To celebrate the DVD release of Slumdog Millionaire, Bombay Brassiere packed this curry platter full of the most expensive ingredients they could find. Devon crab and white truffle and a half tomato filled with Beluga caviar and dressed with gold leaf are just the start of this lavish dish. A Scottish lobster, also coated with gold, four abalone and four shelled and hollowed quails’ eggs filled with even more caviar round out the dish.

Domenico Crolla’s “Pizza Royale 007″ – $4200

pizza pie

The 12 inch pizza pie is densely packed with an assortment of some of the world’s most expensive food ingredients, such as lobster marinated in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, sunblush tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, venison medallions, prosciutto, and vintage balsamic vinegar. In addition to all these fine ingredients, it’s topped with a significant amount of edible 24-carat gold flakes.

World's most expensive watermelon
(via Los Angeles Times)

Dansuke Watermelon – $6,100

In a country where watermelons are rare game, they can be a costly commodity. That’s how a 17-pound Japanese watermelon became the most expensive watermelon in the world. Densuke watermelons, a type of black watermelon grown only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, are usually given as gifts due to their extraordinary rarity. There were only sixty-five of the fruits among the first harvest this season. They are harder and crisper than the watermelons we Americans are used to and, according to Tohma Agricultural Cooperative’s spokesman, they “have a different level of sweetness.”

World's Most Expensive Cantaloupes

Yubari Melons – $22,872

Another type of expensive melon, the world’s most expensive cantaloupes are a pair of Yubari melons and were the first auction of the 2008 season. They had previously been judged the best pair and were purchased by the owner of a nearby seafood lunchbox and souvenir business. It had some competition—100 melons grown by farmers from Yubari were also judged.

Almas Caviar – $25,000

Almas caviar comes from Iran making it extremely rare and extremely expensive. The only known outlet is the Caviar House & Prunier in London England’s Picadilly that sells a kilo of the expensive Almas caviar in a 24-karat gold tin for £16,000, or about $25,000. Coincidentally, it is also where you can find the most expensive meal in Britain. The Caviar House also sells a £800 tin for those on a smaller budget.

World’s most expensive truffle

Italian White Alba Truffle – $160,406

Expensive truffles are notoriously pricey because they are difficult to cultivate. This makes them a true delicacy which some have called the king of all fungi. The Associate Press reported that a real estate investor and his wife from Hong Kong have paid €125,000 ($160,406 USD) for a gigantic Italian White Alba truffle which is reportedly the world’s most expensive ever. The most expensive truffle weighs in 1.51 kilograms (3.3 lbs).

Students Teams Achievement Division (STAD) Strategy in Teaching EFL 

Suryanullah91@yahoo.com

English Department, Faculty of Languages and Literature, State University of Makassar

 

ABSTRACT

One of cooperative learning is Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD). STAD is one of the systems of cooperative learning in which students learn to be formed into groups of four or five members representing the students with the skills and different genders. The teacher gives a lesson and then students work in each group to ensure that all group members have mastered the lessons given. Then, students carry out tests on the materials provided and they have to work on their own without the help of other students. Inside STAD students organized in small groups. In brief, the stages in implementing STAD learning model is as follows: 1) Presentation of the class, 2) Learning group, 3) test or quiz, 4) Score increase in the individual, and 5) Award group. In applying, the STAD in EFL teaching has advantages such as students work together in achieving its objectives by upholding the norms of the group. Besides, it also has disadvantages such as require a longer time for the students, so it is difficult to achieve the target curriculum..

KEYWORDS: STAD, Cooperative learning

 

INTRODUCTION

In the world of education today, improving the quality of learning in both the mastery of the material and teaching methods are always taught. One of the teachers’ efforts in improving the quality of learning that is in the preparation of a wide range of scenarios in the classroom learning activities.

Learning is a blend of activities that teachers do the teaching and learning activities conducted by students. In the learning activities, interactions between students with students, interaction between teachers and students, as well as interaction between students with learning resources. It is expected that these interactions, students can actively construct knowledge, learning takes place in an interactive, inspiring, fun, challenging, and can motivate learners to achieve the expected competencies.

The situations in the classroom needs to be planned and constructed in such a way that students get the opportunity to interact with each other. In this interaction, will form a community that allows them to understand the process of learning and understanding each other. Hopefully, teachers can create learning situations so that students can work in teams and to develop insights about cooperative learning. Through cooperative learning, teachers are expected to be able to more effectively manage the classroom. Cooperative learning is very diverse types, one of which is the Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD).

DISCUSSION

  1. A.    Definition of Student  Teams Achievement Division (STAD)

STAD is a cooperative teaching method which was developed by Slavin (1978) as part of a student learning approach program  along with other cooperative methods such as Teams-Games-Tournaments, Jigsaw II (Slavin 1980), and Team Assisted Individualization (Slavin et al. 1981). In STAD, students are assigned to four- or five-member learning teams. The teams are composed of high, average, and low performing students, and of boys and girls of different racial or ethnic backgrounds. Thus, each team is a microcosm of the entire class. There are five main steps a teacher should follow when STAD is implemented. The teacher first introduces new materials to be learned. The team members then study worksheets on the material until they master the material. Individual quizzes are taken on the material studied. The teacher then combines the scores to create team scores. Members of the winning team are given certificates and a weekly one-page class newsletter recognizes the teams with the highest scores.

.Students’ quiz scores are compared to their own past averages, and points are awarded on the basis of the degree to which students meet or exceed their own earlier performance. These points are then summed to form team scores, and teams that meet certain criteria may earn certificates or other rewards. In a related method called Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT), students play games with members of other teams to add points to their team scores.

STAD have been used in a wide variety of subjects, from mathematics to language arts to social studies, and have been used from second grade through college. The STAD method is most appropriate for teaching well-defined objectives with single right answers, such as mathematical computations and applications, language usage and mechanics, geography and map skills, and science facts and concepts. However, it can easily be adapted for use with less well-defined objectives by incorporating more open-ended assessments, such as essays or performances.

STAD (Students team achievement division) according to Rai (2007) is one of the many strategies in cooperative learning, which helps promote collaboration and self-regulating learning skills. The reason for the selection of STAD is good interaction among students, improve positive attitude towards subject, better self-esteem, increased interpersonal skills. STAD also add an extra source of learning within the groups because some high achievers act as a role of tutor, which result in high achievements. Finally, it enables the students according to the requirements of the modern society by teaching them to work with their colleagues competently and successfully as explained by Balfakih (2003). The findings of Balfakih (2003) have indicated that in teaching 10th grade chemistry, students team achievements division (STAD) is a more effective teaching method than the traditional-teaching method.

Kinney (1989) conducted a similar study, by studying the effects of cooperative learning on the achievement of ninth-grade students in a diverse cultural general biology class. The experimental group having the combination of both black and white students had a significant increase on the academic achievement scores. Face to face, interaction in the classroom has an intense effect on the societal, cognitive, and scholarly development of students. According to Kagan, (1994) the learning process in which the interaction of students occur led to aquision of skills development of language and social skills. As Iqbal (2010) mentioned that, the cooperative learning is more successful as a teaching learning practice as compared to customary teaching method.

The structural approach to cooperative learning is based on the construction, investigation, and orderly use of structures, or content free ways of organizing social interaction in classroom as revealed by Kagan (1994) Being the option for teachers in the teaching learning process cooperative learning as an instructional methodology is presently the least regularly used, (Johnson & Johnson 1991). Lecture method or competition contribute to more than 85% of the instruction in schools in which students are isolated from one another and forbidden to interact, (Johnson, Johnson , Holubec , & Roy,1984). In addition, Goodlad, (1984) reported that teacher engaged most of the time in the classrooms, while only small fraction of time (about one percent) in the classroom is spared for students activities like reasoning and expressing their opinions.

  1. B.     Steps and Concepts of Student Team Achievement Division (STAD)

In STAD, detailed steps are as follows:

  1. 1.   Class Presentations. The teacher presents the material in front of the class in the classical style that focuses on the concepts of matter to be discussed only. Furthermore, students are asked to learn in small groups to work on tasks assigned by the teacher.
  2. 2.   The formation of study groups (Teams). Students are organized into groups whose members are heterogeneous (both academic ability and gender). The trick with rank students based on grades or the last value obtained before the student STAD cooperative learning models. The function of this grouping is to encourage cooperation in the group study the material and complete the tasks assigned by the teacher.
  3. Provision of test or quiz (Quizzes). After studying the group completed the test, quiz was held with the objective of identifying, or the ability to measure student learning of the material has been studied. In this case, the student was not allowed to work with his friend. The purpose of this test is to motivate students to try and individually responsible. Students are required to do my best as a result of group learning. In addition to individual responsibility, the students also have to realize that businesses and their success will be very valuable to contribute to the success of the group. This test is performed after one to two servings of classes and learning in groups.
  4. 4.   Improved scoring individual (Individual Improvement Scores). This is done to give the students a goal that can be achieved if they work hard and showed good results compared with previous results. Manager scores the results of the cooperation of students performed in the following order: score early, score tests, and score of the group increased.
  5. 5.   Awards group (Team Recognition) award is given to the group to give a gift in appreciation of the efforts that have been made during the study. (Slavin, 1995 in Prilatama, 2008)

Three central concepts that characterize learning as expressed Slavin (1995) in Isjoni (2009: 33), namely:

1. Group awards, group awards are obtained if the group achieved scores above the specified criteria.

2. Individual responsibility, accountability focuses on the activities of each group member Formatting in learning.

3. Equal opportunity to succeed, each student either low or high achievers alike the opportunity to succeed and do the best for the group.

  1. C.    Principles and Characteristics ofSTAD

The basic principles of cooperative learning (Muslims et al, 2000) as follows:

  1. Each member of the group (students) are responsible for everything that is done in a group.
  2. Each member of the group (students) should know that all of the group members have similar goals.
  3. Each member of the group (students) has to split the duties and responsibilities equally among group members.
  4. Each member of the group (students) will be evaluated.
  5. Each member of the group (students) to share leadership skills and need to learn together during the learning process.
  6. Each member of the group (students) will be required to be individually accountable for the material is handled in a cooperative group.

Characteristics of cooperative learning as follows.

  1. Students in groups learn cooperatively resolve the matter according to the basic competencies to be achieved.
  2. The group was formed of students who have different skills, good level of high, medium, and low. If possible, group members are from different ethnic or religious serta memperhatikan gender equality.
  3. Award more emphasis on group rather than individual.
  1. D.    Advantages and Disadvantages of STAD

E.Alpha

A learning strategy has advantages and disadvantages. STAD cooperative learning has several advantages (Slavin, 1995:17) in Karmawati Yusuf (2010) as follows:

  1.  Students work together in achieving its objectives by upholding the norms of the group.
  2. Actively assist and motivate students to succeed shared passion.
  3. Active role as a peer tutor to further enhance the success of the group.
  4. Interaction among students with increasing their ability to argue.

In addition, STAD also has disadvantages, according to the DESS (1991:411) in Karmawati Yusuf (2010) concluded as follows:

  1.  Require a longer time for the students, so it is difficult to achieve the target curriculum.
  2. Require a longer time for teachers so that teachers generally do not want to use cooperative learning.
  3. Require special skills of teachers so that not all teachers can do cooperative learning.
  4. Specific nature of students’ demands, such as the nature of love to work together.

CONCLUSION

From the discussion above, it can be concluded that the Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) is one method or approach in a simple and cooperative learning for teachers who are just beginning to use cooperative approach in the classroom, STAD also an effective method of cooperative learning. The main idea behind the model STAD is to motivate the students to encourage and help each other to master the skills presented by the teacher. As with other learning methods, learning method STAD also has advantages and disadvantages.

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Mahmood, Tariq et al. 2010. Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) as an Active Learning Strategy: Empirical Evidence From Mathematics Classroom. © Journal of Education and Sociology, ISSN: 2078-032X, December, 2010

Sukarto. Strategi Pembelajaran STAD (Student Teams Achievement Devision). 2010

Sumarno, Alim. Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif. 2011

Yusuf, Karmawati. Keunggulan dan Kekurangan Pembelajaran Kooperatif tipe STAD. 2010.

Ali, M. Iqbal. STAD (Student Teams-Achievement Divisions). 2010.