March, 2014
Your Personal Brand
Neptun. Geraldina Sposa. Kolonat. Lincoln Center. Mon Cheri. AMC. Glina. Which of these brands catches your attention? When you see the logo for this brand on an advertisement, in a … Continue reading
Teaching tip 3: Correcting Errors
When and how to correct mistakes requires discretion and skill. A teacher who continually jumps in to correct will block the flow, causing students to stop talking for fear of … Continue reading
Student Attention and Care Process- Inspiring Success stories
I’d like to share some very interesting ideas I heard in a meeting with teachers working at Lincoln Centers. Irma, Moza and Anisa thought the new process (Student Attention and … Continue reading
Characteristics of adult learners
Children and adults learn for different reasons. Adults are not motivated by a good mark. On the other hand they want results that can be seen at their work, something … Continue reading
Teaching English through actions, Total Physical Response ( TPR )
Total Physical Response (TPR) is the name given to a learning strategy .The basic technique of TPR is simple. Learners act out commands given by the teacher or their fellow … Continue reading
“I’m not a Rock. I’m not an Island.”
Are you a rock-solid teacher? Are you the type of person that can go into any teaching situation–no matter how challenging–and bring about positive change on your own? Not me. … Continue reading
Teaching Tip 2: Translating
How to avoid doing it: 1. Refuse to give translations for new vocabulary yourself. Pretend/admit you don’t speak the student’s language. 2. Encourage the students to guess the meaning of … Continue reading
What is andragogy?
Adult learning is a new field of study. The pioneer of this field is Malcolm Knowles. He was convinced that adults learned in a different way than children. This was … Continue reading
Constant feedback from my children’s classes !
What works perfectly well in my children‘s classes is a monthly feedback I get from them . What I usually do is, I ask them to write down in a piece … Continue reading
Are adult students just students?
Here we are, ready to start another class. We’re feeling lucky because we have the adult students, the ones that are eager to learn. We don’t have to worry about … Continue reading