Teaching Adult ESL Learners
by Yi YangSep 23, 2008 4750 Views
This is an article about the author's experience teaching a class of immigrants to the United States of America and a description of some of the techniques the author used.
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Teaching Adults Articles
This is an article about the author's experience teaching a class of immigrants to the United States of America and a description of some of the techniques the author used.
Why I Love Teaching ESL to Preschoolers\\\' Parents
by Jane WangerskyOct 20, 2008 2321 Views
For years, I taught English to people who often ran out of class because they heard their child crying in the next room. They all had children or grandchildren under five, which meant they weren't always able to get to class, had no time for homework, and couldn't go anywhere in the afternoons. So why did I love my job?
Tips for Group Discussion
by Sudipta RoyApr 2, 2009 2730 Views
Few suggestions from Mr.Vineet Patawari - PGDM (IIM Indore), ACA, B.Com (H), founder CEO of www.fireup.co.in tells you a few effective tips on group discussion.
Adult ESL Learners: American Pop Music can Help You Become Fluent
by Katherine FaganApr 26, 2009 3166 Views
If you listen to American pop music, it can improve your vocabulary, your fluency and your understanding of the culture. And it's even better if you sing along!
Jun 9, 2009 2289 Views
Distance learning and adult education are certainly in the spotlight at the moment. As economic problems spur individuals to improve their CVs or consider a change in career, and universities begin to offer more and more distance and e-Learning courses, now seems the perfect time for adults to think about going back to school.
Character Education and the Accidental Teacher - Chapter 1
by Elizabeth L HamiltonFeb 11, 2010 2470 Views
Character education teachers are often forced against their wills to teach the subject. Like business people compelled to travel against their wills, character education teachers are sent to a foreign land far from their comfort zone. Many are sent with little or no training, and given the smallest of expense accounts.
Character Education and the Accidental Teacher - Chapter 2
by Elizabeth L HamiltonFeb 11, 2010 2010 Views
Character education assignees often become accidental teachers, forced against their wills to make business trips into high moral value country. Out of their comfort zones, and working with insignificant expense accounts, they visit as infrequently as possible, and remain only as long as they must.
Character Education and the Accidental Teacher - Chapter 3
by Elizabeth L HamiltonFeb 11, 2010 2293 Views
Character education duties often hurtle downward from administrators to crash painfully into unwilling hands. Educators who contracted to teach other courses suddenly become accidental teachers of this subject, forced to make unsought trips into character education country.
Training Project Documentation For Adult Education
by Vincent StevensonFeb 19, 2010 2053 Views
This article outlines the Scheme of Work document which is used initially to promote a learning opportunity at a local adult education college. It should identify a number of key requirements and helps funders to decide if the project is feasible or not.
Dec 14, 2010 2238 Views
We all need to learn how to influence others and manage other people’s influence. In today’s competitive world, it is critical to have influence skills. Use the following guidelines to increase the effectiveness of your influence techniques especially when you want to persuade others or learn more about their needs so you can influence them.