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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1sve2vZ) Having already reached a considerable level of success with the teaching of English at our school up to until recently, we did this with only a little CD player, a great teacher and a large group of enthusiastic students. In this day and age it…
(Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/2rcBT30) The latest research into overall learning is turning out to be quite an eye opener. The whole logical way of developing an idea is now being debunked, not only as something we don’t do any more but something we never did! This is fascinating, and has actually only fully emerged since tech…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2nX6Rfk) This is something almost any experienced teacher can relate to. At the same time if the teacher doesn’t handle the case well, everyone suffers including the students. One of the main pieces of information I learned as a teacher before I started was, don’t worry about managing the class, that will come…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2qeSDsK) Sounds crazy I know, but hold onto your hat, the google search we think of so easily today, will soon be searching us. The development of language could well be in the hands of the laptop or piece of technology right in front of you. For thousands of years language has evolved…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2oCh7ME) This is a classic issue when being taught by ‘old school’ teaching techniques. Some teachers want to simply lecture, get students to take notes and go home. Students who are in this learning environment today when it comes to learning English, will lose out if they don’t have a chance to show…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1X4E3ik) Something that is certainly high in our attention these days is the refugee crisis around the world. People are fleeing from the Middle East in the boat-loads and crushing down barriers between countries and screaming for help. Many countries have taken them in and some…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2pUcSwn) To define confidence in speaking is to realise that it refers to someone who speaks the same thing over and over again until they are so confident, that will feel secure in themselves that if they say that phrase again, they won’t get it wrong. This is an important quality to have…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2opsbgb) I remember the days when the smartest person in the class was always the one who was going to do well in life. Well I thought that until I sat back and realised that the winners around me now (40 years later) were not the highest achievers, in fact the highest achievers…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2nauLH4) This may seem a no-brainer, but you’d be surprised just how many classrooms are poorly designed lighting wise. Lighting issues can appear in these ways: Having too few lights generally in the room This simply leads to a dim setting. Nice if you are planning on watching television or a movie, but…
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