The ESL student – a 2020 Prediction
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2e9LFOT) For any language school the student is the most precious of items, it is they who determine the direction of the school. Their presence indicates that the school is a legitimate business and their love of the school and the teachers determine the future of the school. So if this ingredient is…
Malaysian Public Holiday No. 11: DEEPAVALI What’s it about?
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1ngWXD9) Deepavali, or Diwali, is a festival celebrated by all Hindus to commemorate Lord Rama and his wife, Sita’s return to Ayodhya after his 14-year exile. It was a dark night when they first returned hence his people lit their houses with little lamps (diyas) so that Rama and Sita could find their…
The ESL school – a 2020 prediction
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2eqvj6x) There is so much talk these days about online English and we certainly get a lot of requests for it coming our way. The question is, will online English ever take over traditional language centre situations or even more interesting a question, will there be anything else that will ultimately take over…
The English Learners MARATHON, your TRAINING will be like THIS
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1VKqe3I) Everyone knows that learning English is a lifelong thing. The ultimate goal is to become so competent at learning English that you may even be considered a ‘native speaker’, and there are plenty of Europeans these days who seriously, though they are truly bilingual, really…
Mr Bean and the ESL Opportunity
One of the wonders of Mr Bean is how well the story can be told without any words. This is why he has become so internationally famous all over the world no matter the language. This poses a great ESL opportunity because: a. Everyone knows who he is b. To translate the story…
When we embrace English LANGUAGE should we embrace English CULTURE too?
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2dxftm4) I’m personally not English but I’m a native speaker. At our school we have 12 teachers of which only 2 are English however everyone is a native speaker. So when we embrace English is the culture of the English something we should consider too? I’m going to jump right out there and…
The ESL speaking SWEET SPOT – finding that MOMENT when you have nothing to LOSE
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2cWxLlN) Most ESL students have been out there somewhere, sometime thinking about using their English and have found it really difficult to get started, to get into that conversation. It takes incredible confidence and requires persistence, but once you get that moment, there is this incredible rush that follows – it’s exciting and…
UNRESOLVED ESL POINT No.6: Starting a sentence with ‘And’
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2cIN13W) As with so many things in the English language you as a teacher spent months and months drumming in the rule that and is a connecting word, it never never never starts a sentence. Then suddenly the students gets to intermediate and they see ‘And’ starting a sentence particularly in novels written…
When you LEARN ENGLISH make sure you RESPECT the language FIRST
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1P5Fysz) In a world of technologically driven communication it is so easy to be caught up in the whole ‘short-forming of words. LOL OMG BTW Just to name a few. But I do believe that though I do believe think there is a place for that…
