Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash I had an interesting (or dare I say it – eloquent learning moment) just recently. I was teaching an English class and one student took me aside at the end of the class. He said ‘Teacher I was wondering if you could help me, I have a presentation I have to give…
(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 the teacher to instill in the student.…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2HjthA2) This whole concept of ‘picking yourself’, is something that was coined by a famous thought leader Seth Godin. His argument was that when we enter the world as an adult, we too often dream of doing something but somehow sit back and think that we must be patient until someone ‘picks us’…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2tnAqMn) I personally love this idea because it’s all about being human and being yourself. But what does it mean to make your English earthy? Let’s take a deeper look. To be ‘earthy’ really means that you are being real in your desires and intentions. When you are using your English in this…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2rGdZQX) In most situations, a person can do something for three months and handle it, but there is a certain shift in the mind that happens when you hit month 4. In this case we are talking about learning English. If a students starts at the most basic level the first three months…
(Photo credit: http://bit.ly/2fFzmsm) When someone takes on the challenge to learn a language and someone says that it will be a life-long venture, the person will most likely embrace the idea, but the reality is that ‘life’ is a very long time, and there may come a time when they may ask….have I now learned…
