(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2zOkRwy) This topic does keep coming up again and again, but I think it needs to be defined more clearly this time, and to be aware of some possible fall out too. The concept of ‘going hard’ in English is really just like the picture above. Almost like you have tunnel vision, pushing…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2g0TTMf) When people think of the challenges involved in learning English, we tend to focus on the content of the course. Today I’m looking more at the social challenges of learning English. Check these out: The challengers are: Your friends The people you grew up with…
I found this very interesting TEDTALK which though primarily is something more about the sound of the speakers voice not directly related to English, I think there is a lot here that can be transposed into the classroom. Particularly good for students who have a problem with mumbling, incoherence, garbled messages and confidence. Julian Treasure…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2yTiOId) It’s so typical of our human nature to consider that what we are experiencing is not what really should be going on. Worse still we think that what others get in other places is much better. We call this simply ‘thinking that the grass is always greener somewhere else’. In some obvious…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fnML9n) When a teacher teaches an adult something, particularly English, the question is, should we give homework? The answer is …of course! This seems a strange point to make, however there are many schools of thought here. For children homework is essential as it guides them…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2yU6R7v) Taking a step back in time with the first invention of any tool, the man picked up the sharp stone and realised that it could be used for cutting something, and then came with it a craft, and from that craft came further inventions and also artistic pursuits. All this that we…
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(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fzN2IE) I know everyone has to go through their awkward rough patches when learning a language. The incorrect vocabulary, the poor accent, the lack of confidence and fluency. But the truth is that at the end of the day, English is a language and it’s something…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2lo7j8y) Though many ESL students are not that familiar with the western celebrity scene, I’d like to put forward some of our well known American celebrities today just as a motivator that even the rich and famous needed to learn English to get ahead. These stories have been taken from different website and…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2zNOI8k) Intellect is a fascinating thing – we do tend to think that some people are born intelligent and others not, but my experience as a teacher has shown me a few extra attributes. Those students I have taught (right from 5 years old to 65 years old) who have succeeded in their…
