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5 Quick Ways To Bring Languages To Life

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Most of the fun of learning a language is the hope that you’ll one day be able to use it to communicate in another country. Having a goal in mind when learning makes the work seem more meaningful and more alive. If you’re looking for ways to help bring a language to life for your…

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4 Tips To Learn The Language of Love

Teaching and learning a language is a difficult, but exciting undertaking. Whether you’re a student or a teacher, there are certain aspects of the journey that will be fun, and some that won’t be so great. This principle rings even more true if you’re learning or teaching a language for couples that don’t speak the…

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Have You seen These Online Teaching Jobs & Tutoring Opportunities?

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When I first started teaching, I sort of slid into it. I was on the road to becoming a writer, so I started helping kids with their homework to keep myself from fulfilling the “starving artist” stereotype. It was supposed to be only a part-time job until I won the Pulitzer. Well, okay I didn’t…

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3 Teaching Skills For The 21st Century

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There many skills the educator of the future is going to need. Notably, these include technical skills such as building and maintaining a webpage, using VoiP technology, Social Media, etc. But this is only the beginning! Being technology-savvy, as important as it may seem, is not really a skill for itself. It’s simply a prerequisite…

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The Impossible Crusade of Education Technology Against The Human Spirit

A few days ago, I re-watched the classic 1965 movie “The Slender Thread” in which a woman played by Anne Bancroft tries to commit suicide and then calls a crisis center hot-line where everyone is furiously trying to pin-point her location in order to send an ambulance. Apart from the intricate story which the woman…

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How To Quit The Education Factory And Leave For The Green Fields Of Learning

Divided Attention Yesterday I had a talk with a 12 year old. He told me he’d been learning Arabic for 5 years, 5 days a week but couldn’t put together even one sentence. I was curious why. Was it so difficult? Was the teacher so bad? No, he said. It was rather that the group consisted…