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? (Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2K5mPhW) I see this one again and again, not just in English but in pretty much all walks of life. How often we ask for some advice and we sit and listen to someone’s response to go out and do what they say and fail.…
Now here’s an interesting question about curriculums. There is a school in England that wanted to provide a summer programme for students interested in technology. There were perplexed on where to begin to start creating a curriculum for them. Finally they decided to just call it a programme on the ‘Summer of Code’. All they…
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(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2Mhimdw) It’s taken until now for me to realize that in fact when I was teaching children for years, I really wasn’t like the other teachers, though I thought we were all the same, actually we weren’t. It took me until I heard some thought leaders…
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2M7n0vU) Something very few people talk about is what I would describe as the ‘critical mass’ of the classroom. This comes from many directions, but primarily is based on understanding the group of students as a whole and how they work together with each other and/or how they do or don’t gel as…
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(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2NsUVgm) Firstly let’s get something clear here, I’m not talking about discipline as in teachers punishing students, I’m going to explore the idea of the role of personal discipline in the learning process for the student. In the past all forms of discipline were left up to…
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2SbjXH3) I think this was a famous saying from George Bernard Shaw – does the end really justify the means? When a process is underway that is full of problems and obstacles for everyone concerned, it is easy for the people involved to say that the drive to get the job done needs…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2eW87iP) This may we already be the case, not sure, but for the future it is a certainty. No matter how many Chinese or Indians are born – Mandarin or Hindi will never be able to reach the kind of global communication presence as English. It’s…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2Bkv9Gt) There are so many courses out there and often they are delivered in a variety of styles. Knowing the way in which you respond best to information is a very important determiner for retaining information and/or improving your English. Some people are very visual: These…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2I0tzfg) Question No. 1: How do we choose what to learn in life? Answers: The country’s education system has already been set out for us, so we must learn what is in the curriculum If we are religious or philosophical, our religion or philosophy has given us some guidance of the right learning…
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(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2TdA5ps) Seems an odd concept to read but not comprehend or even worse not believe. Yet believing is really the key to it all. If you cannot believe what you read, then you will find yourself becoming increasingly negative, pessimistic and ultimately get nowhere. However, everyone…
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2tvpZb7) The best language centres are definitely the ones that everyone is talking about. But the question is why. What makes an English language centre a place with a great reputation. It sounds very simple to say that it’s because there are great teachers, but what is it about a teacher that makes…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fF2JPb) There are many young people out there who know that they have to learn English is they want to go to University and study the subject of their passion at a high level. They know they need to perhaps start off at school but ultimately…
