ONLINE LEARNING has finally been THRUST UPON US – DELIVER IT or DIE
If you are not online right now, you have seriously missed the boat. It may be the most critical error you have made yet.
Do YOU – in English
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2ByhVEG) This is a common motivational post and I will push it again. When you are learning English in your early months, you will be practicing all the well known simple phrases to get you into the conversation most, but there will be a point where…
English is CHANGING, are you KEEPING UP?
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1Cc6Fue) English has sometimes been known as the ‘borrowing language’ mainly because when it began, it came about due to people travelling from country to country and slowly gathering phrases and vocabulary as they went. But the question now is, are people who are using the language…
YOUR English cannot grow in a state of INSTABILITY
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2GpedBc) For some reason some people work best in chaos I’d say that would be perhaps to do with the fact that deep down that need a lot of activity around them to stimulate them to start thinking. This is quite a strength of character, I…
Let’s swap WORK with Education and EDUCATION with work
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2S2TkEB) This is an interesting concept that I’ve always liked the idea of. I’m not talking about putting children back into slave labour, but there is definitely something to the idea that we learn from experience, and if you have no experience, honestly, how can you…
Always learn to CHANGE your English
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2jjWC70) When a person finishes their English course we know for sure they aren’t really finished. To be finished is literally a death signal, the best way to keep yourself open to new English is to keep your mind open and learn to change with the…
5 Typical IELTS essay PROS AND CONS topics and planning notes with acronyms
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
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…
5 Ways to check if the ESL ADVICE you are getting is worth following
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
? (Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2K5mPhW) I see this one again and again, not just in English but in pretty much all walks of life. How often we ask for some advice and we sit and listen to someone’s response to go out and do what they say and fail.…
Hang around the FRINGE, that’s where the future is
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2Mhimdw) It’s taken until now for me to realize that in fact when I was teaching children for years, I really wasn’t like the other teachers, though I thought we were all the same, actually we weren’t. It took me until I heard some thought leaders…
What is the role of DISCIPLINE in the future of LEARNING
Originally posted on The FUTURE of Learning:
(Photo credit: https://bit.ly/2NsUVgm) Firstly let’s get something clear here, I’m not talking about discipline as in teachers punishing students, I’m going to explore the idea of the role of personal discipline in the learning process for the student. In the past all forms of discipline were left up to…
