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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2c0cLJ0) All forms of learning anything new don’t come easy. There are easy periods where everything seemed straight forward, then there are tough times where you wonder if you ever learned anything at all and will ever again. All this is normal. When you are learning…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2xdIzEA) Okay, your students have taken the time to select a school that they believe is right for them, they have paid the fees, bought the books and are sitting in that classroom with you, the next question is, what do you think they deserve from you? I’ll give you a quick answer…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fbS5hI) Spending 90% of your day wondering if you are speaking in grammatically correct English is the biggest killer of communication out there. Understanding that you are not perfect when you start out or are even half way or 90% the way through your language learning process is the key to moving forward…
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(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…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2xTOg7N) Yes I know you are asking – what is ‘psychic satisfaction’, well it means the very pleasure and satisfaction that someone gets from doing something. If you are a teacher you should be getting ‘psychic satisfaction’ from your job, if you are a student, you should be getting some kind of ‘psychic…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2xedKQ3) Imagine that moment when you are learning a language and finally realise you have to divulge something very important to you to others in that new language. If you can imagine that feeling, you as a teacher can see what it takes to bring up that information and lay it on the…
(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 just everywhere. I’ve recently returned from a…
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(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…
Most IELTS or TOEFL essays are either opinion or pros and cons. These are PROS AND CONS essay ideas. A lot of ESL students have the goal of IELTS or TOEFL, and one of the hardest parts of the writing exam is coming up with ideas to write about. So what I wanted to do…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2eW7FkD) If you have ever wondered why it is that we humans want to even speak or write or listen or read, the ultimate goal is that in one way or another we want to be delighted. The shy person in the class who know the grammar well but never speaks, or the…
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