Documents tagged 'Students'
Published: 27/07/2008
Many current music educators grew up in a time when being in an ensemble was solely about playing the music for the next concert. I personally cannot recall ever doing a worksheet or any real music theory work while in high school. It seemed that all I had to do to get an "A" was come to...
Published: 27/07/2008
Have you ever wondered how to use movies in your ESL classes, without just sitting your students down in front of the screen, hitting ’Play’ and sitting back to watch?
Here are a few ideas to get you started, using very short movie extracts to present and practise new language and...
Published: 27/07/2008
Have you ever wondered how to use video in your ESL classes, without just sitting your students down in front of the screen and hitting ’Play’? Here are five more activities for you to try.
1 Vocabulary in context
Choose a scene (no longer than two or three minutes) with some...
Published: 27/07/2008
Students can sometime become overwhelmed with class work and assignments which could cause great deviancies in their grades. Students should know the avenues and routes that they can take to assist in addressing problems in academics before they become horrendous.
1. If you realize at...
Published: 27/07/2008
Education in todays world is a must. No longer can the youth of today rely upon only a high school education to get them where they want to be in life. As a matter of fact, todays 4-year college degree is becoming yesterdays high school diploma. There are some specific reasons as to why...
Published: 27/07/2008
If you are thinking of studying abroad, you may be considering Florence, Italy as one of your options. Do a little research into the benefits of studying in this historic and exciting city, and you may find yourself wondering why you would study anywhere else.
There are many colleges...
Published: 27/07/2008
The primary purpose of reading is comprehension, or understanding. Unless you comprehend what you read you might as well be reading a different language.
Unfortunately, for many students school reading may actually seem like a different language. Thats okay by using various teaching...
Published: 27/07/2008
I often have teachers ask me what is the best approach to classroom management?
As a veteran teacher I have seen far too many teachers fail because of classroom management problems. (Remember, classroom management and student achievement are directly related.)
And, all too often I...
Published: 27/07/2008
What is multiculturalism in school curriculum?
Personally, I disagree with the many teachers today who are pushing the notion that in order to teach multiculturalism in school curriculum, teachers must actually move away from the traditional curriculum. Yes, we must move away from the...
Published: 27/07/2008
CITE YOUR SOURCES! The evils of plagiarism are pounded into students heads as soon as they start writing. Most students hearken to the requests of their teachers to be honest and cite their sources in a bibliography. By high school, most have learned how to write a paper using their own...
