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Planning and Serving your Student
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Just came from a great post over at Micronarratives blog that has me thinking a big “Yes.” (Quality Management for Language Schools.) I really enjoyed what Watt had to say, and as a Language school owner/director, I find myself heavily challenged in this vital area. Quality service. Everywhere inside the company. That’s what it’s all...
Communication as Successful ESL classroom
Reading through a book called “Success In English Teaching” by Paul Davies and Eric Pearse, so I’ll be posting about some of the ideas I’m encountering there. Defining Your Success as and English teacher: How do you measure success in your classroom? If your students are passing their exams, even attaining high marks - does...
Do You Learn in a Straight Line?
Language learning doesn’t happen in a straight line. It’s more like a complex web of scribbles. But if you take a peek into your language course, you’ll notice that your syllabus seems to move in a mostly straight line. It progresses, step by step, and quite seamlessly from chapter/unit 1 through to course end. Reviews...
Does your ESL class “Upgrade” your Students?
English class, from a teaching perspective, usually flows around grammar rules, vocabulary words, listening exercises and course book readings. It’s a product focused environment. The other day on my way to a class, I heard an amusing announcement for a local English school. Their catch line: Come in for your free English lesson. 9/10 people...
Story telling=Great Fluency Development Activity
So about three years ago my family moved into our brand new apartment. It was one of the most exciting moments we have had as a family. Up until that point, we had always been renting. What a cool feeling it is to have a mortgage – to know that the monthly payments you make...
What is Effective Teaching?
Inspired from a thought provoking post via elearnspace which pointed to another great post here: I’m sure I’m doing it wrong. So here’s what I’m thinking after reading these: Is there a proven link between learning objectives and actual learning? I also share the training which says that successful classes have learning objectives – you...
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