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Michael Fennell, (this edition pp101-106) Read a narrative letter aloud.

Through the narrative, he managed to raise many useful issues about EIL in a very memorable way.

Why the of Dr. Roger charles Nunn comparing teacher method in use english across local contexts?

(Adamson and Nunn, 2009), John Adamson and I proposed the fuller integration of a firstperson voice into academic writing. One thing we discussed was the need to make sense of the narration of personal experience in real contexts. Sivasubramaniams (2009) views of constructivism. Sivasubramaniam underlines the sterility of standardization by highlighting the importance of spontaneity, flexibility and diversity and the centrality of voice, agency and response in EFL classrooms.

to describe real local experience and to look below the surface of polished academic study. Anecdotal narrated experience would not normally be included in standard academic writing.

DISCUSSION Improved Practice Context Method-in-Use Learning Principles (In the domain of

research, it is difficult to know exactly what is put into operation in the research context in the name of a particular method. Studies of method are difficult to usefor curriculum improvement because what teachers and students do when apparently enacting audiolingual or communicative approaches is never described). Describing Method- in-Use (Method-in-use is an attempt to describe holistically over time what is being accomplished through interaction in a particular context prior to considering development or improvement).

Local Context Sensitivity Versus External SLA Principles In the context briefly described above, there was no interaction between students in small groups as recommended by the teachers book. That small-group work was noisy and difficult to control.

CONCLUSION Dr.Rogerd Charles Nunn stated EIL that have many useful memorable way, Than purpose in Comparing teachers method in use is to know of the efftively quality teaching in Izmir by EIL

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