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Date Posted: 06:50:04 10/08/05 Sat
Author: Leonardo Rodrigo Soares
Subject: Re: Citing Sources : Motivation, SLA, and the Role of Teachers
In reply to: Luis Antonio Morad Stefani 's message, "Citing Sources : Motivation, SLA, and the Role of Teachers" on 07:44:39 10/06/05 Thu

Good morning!!
Firstly, I´ve noticed that you changed the order of the original sentence and also changed some meaning but you didn´t add anything new (common knowledge or your own opinion). You still kept another person´s idea. So you´d better don´t forget the quotation marks.
Luis, I´ve done it for you. Have a look below:


“There is little teachers might(CAN) do concerning the
>reasons learners have for undertaking a language
>course(LEARNER´S ORIENTATION), or their decision to do so. However, teachers
>have a significant role regarding the “need to sustain
>the effort required to complete it”(Williams and
>Burden, 1997 : 121).Crooks and Schimidt (1989)
>”recommend ways to foster motivation: Firstly, teachers
>should provide reasonable challenge to students.
>Consequently, both boredom caused by undemanding
>tasks, and anxiety caused by daunting ones are
>avoided. Students work in an optimum level of arousal
>and complexity”; close to Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of
>“flow” (Goleman,1995), performing at their best.
>Secondly, “students should be provided with
>opportunities for group work and plenty of variety in
>classroom activities”. Hence, curiosity, interest, and
>a sense of belonging are developed. Thirdly, “tasks
>should be based on teacher’s perception of
>students’needs and wants”

THESE WAYS TO FOSTER MOTIVATION WERE RECOMMENDED BY CROOKS, SO YOU MUST KEEP THE QUOTATION MARKS.

All in all, your paragraph is very well written and structured. You followed exactly what you have purposed in your outline. Very good piece of work.

Cheers,
Leonardo

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Replies:

  • Re: Citing Sources(Final Draft) : Motivation, SLA, and the Role of Teachers -- Luis Antonio Morad Stefani, 12:19:28 10/09/05 Sun
  • Re: Citing Sources(Final Draft) : Motivation, SLA, and the Role of Teachers -- Ricardo, 12:14:01 10/11/05 Tue
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