Research Design

Writing a research report is no easy, yet is highly valued by many academic societies. The world credits research articles even more than books and other referential sources. Research is more than just dozen pages of papers; they must hold credibility and researchers are required to undergo a particular procedure for pre-research, while-research, and post-research. The following guide by Prof. R.E. Khan provides the feasible ways to understand and to conduct research. The demonstration in this PowerPoint presentation will help pump awareness and deep thought into one's mind. Enjoy!

Research Design

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Learning= Physical + Mental + Emotional/Feeling + Spirit

The most terrible questions I used to hear unceasingly from many friends and students of mine regarding learning and teaching are the punches circling around the methods of effective learning and effective teaching. The questions per se seem never be able to claim the ultimate answer, despite the pure, awesome means by the askers. What I mean is the quests of being an effective teacher or learner as being understood by many seem to undermine the power of human brain, mental capacity, and spiritual gift because many people ignore this simple fact that we are actually more than our plain body and brain. We possess special powers that many rarely take time to realize about them since they are intangible, untouchable, and even unseen by our physical eyes. In this post, I wish to try my best to explain that you are able to learn language even better if you are will to integrate your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual power together. 

Human, the combination of FOUR

The definition for human and its complexity have been discussed over centuries by many big head philosophers such John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Rene Descates, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and even Buddha. The results found from their search suggest that human is quite above the physical avatar, and not limited to this physical component alone. Many people of recent decades had this firm belief that humans are like computers, in terms of many characteristics. Now, I would like you redirect your mind to an opposite thought that humans are not to compare to a computer. Unlike computer hard wares, our physical body has very close connection to our feelings, which many times arouse our mind to cooperate in actions. For example, every time we are bitten by a mosquito, our brain could immediately detect the pain which is like a sharp needle sticking into our skin through sense of touch. And shortly before we know it, we already smashed that little mosquito dead. Another matter is the error that many people in the past use computer model to compare our mind, thought, and brain with a computer soft wares. I truly find this model even more awkward and illogical. How can that be possible? Imagine the process our brain, mind and thoughts. They are completely random, yet creative. The mind is not limited by any programs. Many times people get confused as they believe habits, attitudes, and norms of our certain behaviors as programs. Actually, they are no programs at all, but are the results of human minds. And as our behaviors operated, our mind forms thoughts and get new elements of information from the environment, and ultimately forms another new thought based on the old ones, which is more sensible, more logical, and more acceptable by the society. What is more, our complete human is holistically built by four components including physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual parameters. Computers by nature never come in contact with emotional and spiritual matters. No human could survive without any one of the four parameters. To my understanding, emotion is like the heat releasing from a burning flame. It is intangible, yet powerful that it could affect everyone around. I believe that we can use our emotions as the secondary asset to flame our motivation, and to keep it burning in order to achieve our learning goals which I am going to discuss in the following points. What is spirit? Many people wish to avoid defining the term because they believe that spirits do not exist or they are too mysterious to be comprehend. However, I could assure you we all can understand this matter of spirit as we get involve. See spirit as something like the energy that keep the fire going. it is not the heat. It is not the source of energy (such as wood or charcoal). Spirit is something that keeps pushing you even though your feet and body do not even want to take another step. Spirit manifests and voices in the thoughts when a severely ill person keep whispering to himself saying "my body, why are hurt? Why are you so weak? Why are you so lazy? Get up and walk like a healthy person." The spirit is even more aware, more rational, more logical, and more transient that it never surrender to anything, not even death. Wanting to live forever is not feeling, but a piece of spirit of a trance as your spirit strive to disobey the natural laws. 

Learning by Four

In the past, if one learns by actions such as repairing, rowing, sewing, cooking, and sporting, it is believed to have high effects because students are active, involving, and engaging their FOUR in producing outcome. FOUR means physical, mental, emotional, and spirit. The only way to learn effectively is by acquiring. Unlike learning, acquiring is to get knowledge naturally or subconsciously; not by force; not too intensive. Here is what I am going to suggest you to learn. When you are in class, never sit quietly. Take note while you are listening. Giving filler response in support to the what you teacher raised, by knocking your head; mumbling few words to yourself; circling some points on your textbooks; asking meaningful questions to get more explanation. When you do so, you body is working in associating with your brain. Thus, your physical and mental parameters are working together, and as a result you become even more active, more involving, more attentive, and more energetic comparing to your neighbors who are quietly watching, listening, and yawning. Not enough yet, learn to act your emotions to keep your physical body and mental components to double their speed and capacity. Yes, it is possible. The best quote I truly learned from myself is that I am the most difficult person I ever worked with. It's hard to push ME to the next level. Attitudes are not emotions; they are the results of idleness and passivity of your physicality and mentality. The secrete to push yourself to work hard is by complying your emotions. It's not bad to blame yourself verbally when you are lazy, sitting down all day watching movies from HBO.Get angry with yourself for not doing homework, reading book, and sharing comments in the class. Never sorry for yourself; never tolerate yourself for being arrogant, lazy, unthoughtful, or oversleep. When I was in college, I used to experience crazy things such a staring at the blank wall and doing nothing, and thus saying nothing, and thus doing nothing in classes. And later on I was aware of my passivity and worked bout by being conscious about myself and situations. I become more prepared and more more aware. My emotions turned out to be like an executive manager of my physical and mental employees. They control, push, motivate, supervise, and even punish every time my physical and mental employees don't work to follow expectations. However, most of times our emotions do not come naturally or intentionally. In this case, I suggest you to comply your powerful spirit to navigate your feelings and emotions. How? believing that you can achieve your goals and reach your destination more efficiently. The spirit makes you believe; the beliefs map up your emotions to be on track; your emotions and feelings ultimately manage your physical and mental matters to work. Thus, keep believing that you can learning anything you want to. No matter it is mathematics, languages, laws, business and writing blogs, you shall see results in your enthusiasm more appreciative and satisfactory as you apply the FOUR in your learning and working areas.         

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Teaching Mixed Ability Classes

Teaching mixed ability classes is a pain in the butt, yet the obtained experience per se allows a teacher to develop deep understanding of situations and teaching-learning distances. The link below directs you to decipher tips and strategies to perform teaching in ways that are seen to be highly engaging, effective, and affective.

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Reasons for Learning A Second Language

To a common extent, languages are used as wheel-drives for measuring intelligence, effort, and qualities of characters, yet less people have no knowledge of two languages for both general communication and professional interactions. Back to ten years ago, I made up my mind under no guidance to learn English in my small, shabby village, Kandal province. Though I was not well taught, I have set clear goals for opting English as a second language; I wished to be a university professor of a foreign language like one of my distant uncle on my mother side. This dream has always been the horizon that I've ever wanted to chase after everyday of my life. Society and experiences told me that English is a language of interest, intellect, power and global preference. A junior high teacher of English taught me that if I were to pursue my high dream of great intellect and wisdom, I would have to study English language in order to climb those long stairs of my imaginary intellectual journey. By now, I am fully aware and testify such truth. Numbers of international colleges and universities, spread across the globe, use English as a medium language. Billions of books, articles, journals, periodicals, and other written achieves have been written and published in English and distributed around the ball (Globe). 

What is more, English has played the spearhead mediator in the sphere of cyber, on-line, and various form of electronic products and literature. For example, since 1960 the exploitation of internet communication has advanced levels of communications across the oceans and borders, and has integrated English in billions of written and audio-visual resources. In the same veins, as I’ve always dreamed to obtain Ph.D. in language philosophy, English has become the right option for me to grip. Besides, I also agree that English becomes a language power when learners are capable of synthesizing and creatively expressing themselves. Generally speaking, language productions are the measurement of intelligence and reliability.

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Why Needs Analysis?

Experiences tell us that different approaches work best within various, distinctive contexts and conditions, determined and driven by meaningful plans. So to say, it would sound too obvious and negatively light as process activated recklessly without featuring users' significance in that sphere. With all the respects, both learners and teachers could not experience the taste and beauty of the climax as much resources and effort have been invested.

Most modern classrooms are preferred to be a theater or a forum that everyone can experience equal chances of letting go their opinions. Drill a little deeper; don't you think that would be a kind of high risk of wasting time as too much of such activities are overspent? Maybe you and I as teachers need to direct our imagination a little bit. May be there are other ways round that lead us to deliver messages of any contents efficiently. Let's consider of analyzing needs as we try our feet into students' shoes.

To be clear of my stand, I am not by any means against friendly/open style of teaching. I am just vigilant of the quality of learning that our students would absorb. Now, in the most common ways of thinking--as many teachers do--students bring different different sizes and capacity of input into classrooms. To such aspects, we teachers may need to be alert of our teaching strategies.

Clearly, we fully understand that students come to school with different assets and needs. Let's get down into students' assets. Genders, races, cultures, family, ethnicity, and background understanding must be brought up into discussion among teachers. Without further analysis over psychoanalysis, these factors are quite enough to underpin students' interest, needs and vision in learning.

Now, here is the most an interesting part of discussion we should deal with; it's called "STUDENTS' NEEDS." Truism in learning is that students are not meant to determine what they need to learn, especially in GEP compound. It is quite a wise ideal to let students clarify what they WANT to be or to do. However, to go further, it's left up to us as teachers, curriculum designers or education experts. WANTs are tools to enforce goal, not much into solidifying processes. To end this post, I can't leave without advising that teachers, especially, need to be curious about procedures of teaching they are designing. Employing ESP approaches into dissecting activities is highly recommended. Never forget to explain every objective of each learning lesson.

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