Trae Limbach  |  Career Development  |  0 comments  |  126 views  |  Read Full

 

Academic work and research know no language barriers. Their authors, however, do. One of the biggest obstacles to larger audiences for academic writing is the language barrier. Often an author's native tongue limits the appeal of his findings or literary works. Translation services can help both independent and institutional researchers and writers get their work in front of more people.

M. G. Hines  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  296 views  |  Read Full

 

One of the factors that indicate success in ESL classrooms is the proficiency of students in oral communication. Whether the ESL class is for basic, intermediate or advanced learners, the ability of students to articulate simple to complex ideas in English can be verified, assessed, and improved using various ESL techniques.

Celia Webb  |  Pronunciation/Phonics  |  0 comments  |  117 views  |  Read Full

 

Instant or Sight words are the words a reader must recognize immediately. These words are the most commonly used words in the English language and interestingly, many of them are difficult to teach by phonics and are not easily represented by pictures. The most common sight word lists are Dolch Sight Words and Fry Instant Words. Teaching sight words is not the same as the Whole Language approach to teaching reading.

Melissa Ryland  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  114 views  |  Read Full

 

Learning an additional language can be a procedure that takes a great investment of a tremendous amount of time as well as, as students focus on learning the complicated nuances of another tongue.

David A. Eisley  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  115 views  |  Read Full

 

When we think of the brain, many of us imagine this elegant, fine tuned machine with electrical currents firing rapidly as our senses take in and process thousands of pieces of information. Not so much.

Tony Lord  |  Other  |  0 comments  |  92 views  |  Read Full

 

 Few would welcome a formal 'market' in public services, least of all a key service like yours, education. There has, of course, been a true market in independent education for very many years as individual private schools seek to attract fee-paying students. But even in publicly funded ...

Jonathan Reynold  |  E-Learning/CALL  |  0 comments  |  163 views  |  Read Full

 

More and more teachers are using social media to connect, interact, and engage with the students in real-time. Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and such similar ones provide an engaging way to learning.

Dr. Patricia Porter  |  Career Development  |  0 comments  |  162 views  |  Read Full

 

 Parents who are stressed and exhausted by helping with homework feel that way because they make their child's homework their problem rather than their child's. And it needn't be that way!

Here are three things that you can stop doing right now so that the stress and exhaustion disappears.
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Wayne Sheldrick PhD  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  156 views  |  Read Full

 

Teachers are always looking for better ways to help their students who cause problems in the class to work more effectively. They have learned from experience that punishment is only a short-term solution and often has more negative consequences than benefits. Contracting is an alternative classroom management strategy. It does have a number of advantages when it comes to the management of the behavior of one particular student in the class.

Steve J Francis  |  Other  |  0 comments  |  125 views  |  Read Full

 

For staff in schools, managing your own well-being is a must. There are several causes of stress for staff working in schools; difficult parents and colleagues, unrealistic expectations and deadlines, report cards and unacceptable student behaviour to name a few.