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  2. Audio-lingual method - Wikipedia

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    Patterns drills are used as an important technique and essential part of this method for language teaching and learning. The language laboratory was introduced as an important teaching aid. Mother tongue was not given much importance, similar to the direct method, but it was not deemphasized so rigidly. [clarification needed]. [8]

  3. Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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    Like all members of executive branch, the Superintendent of Public Instruction was established as a partisan position by the Washington State Constitution in 1889. [1] However, an initiative to the people in 1938 made the position nonpartisan. Initiative 126 passed 293,202 to 153,142 and is codified as Chapter 1 Laws of 1939.

  4. Natural approach - Wikipedia

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    The natural approach is a method of language teaching developed by Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Natural Approach has been used in ESL classes as well as foreign language classes for people of all ages and in various educational settings, from primary schools to universities. [1]

  5. Total physical response - Wikipedia

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    Asher's third hypothesis is that language learning should not involve any stress, as stress and negative emotions inhibit the natural language-learning process. He regards the stressful nature of most language-teaching methods as one of their major weaknesses. Asher recommends that teachers focus on meaning and physical movement to avoid stress ...

  6. Palmyra Airport - Wikipedia

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    On 20 May 2015, ISIL captured the airbase. [3] As of 27 March 2016, it was recaptured by the Syrian Army following the 2016 Palmyra offensive only to be recaptured by ISIL 8 months later following the Palmyra offensive (December 2016). [4]

  7. Clarke Studies - Wikipedia

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    The remaining 51 exercises in the last sixteen lessons introduce sixteenth notes and triplets while visiting all major keys in order of increasing number of flats and sharps. At the end of the thirtieth lesson, there is a 63-measure comprehensive study in 3 4 time (= 80) and examples of Clarke's exercises for extended range.

  8. Homework - Wikipedia

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    However, school teachers commonly assign less homework to the students who need it most, and more homework to the students who are performing well. [9] In past centuries, homework was a cause of academic failure: when school attendance was optional, students would drop out of school entirely if they were unable to keep up with the homework ...

  9. Grammar–translation method - Wikipedia

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    The grammar–translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical (sometimes called traditional) method of teaching Ancient Greek and Latin. In grammar–translation classes, students learn grammatical rules and then apply those rules by translating sentences between the target language and the native language.