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For some people who are taking the IELTS exam, the report writing section is the most difficult, for others the easiest. It all comes down to how well you can understand graphs and numbers and what they tell you about the overall trend explored in the graph. To…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2lu5CWu) Chess – as most will know, is a board game of strategy involving very complex maneouvres and forward thinking. Some people devote their life to the game and can become world champions. Checkers – on the other hand is a board game using a simply logical linear process of thinking. There is…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2kSI0Yk) Deciding to take on a new language on a serious level (e.g. using it for your job or to get a university degree), requires more than just sitting down and passing some exams. It requires a decision on the part of the learner to take it into their life and live and…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2kwf5bD) I was talking to a young school leaver recently who was talking about what he wanted to do for his career. He said that he wanted to be a computer programmer because all you had to do was code and you got paid a fortune. A few things hit me with this…
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1OndoDM) There was a time when I was young and first took on my first job that I learned that to be considered a ‘professional’ or ‘an employee’, there meant a clear understanding of heirachy and it was entrenched into our language. It usually came in…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2kZBKkj) I often use the gym analogy to get people to understand many things about learning and doing your best, but consistency is definitely one of the easiest points to grasp when talking about the gym. So, stepping aside from the ESL road here, let’s look at the average gym goer. If you…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2kCVAAF) There are two points on this issue worth noting: In the case of a tough class, a good teacher who knows their stuff isn’t necessarily what the class needs In the future when technology takes over education, being simply a good teacher may not be enough. The first issue is really something…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2l3TwCv) The first thing I would recommend for a teacher on a break is to forget all aspects of grading language. For those people who aren’t teachers, the one thing they don’t understand about teaching English is that it isn’t just about technical knowledge and explaining how it all works. Yes it is…
