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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

10 reasons to go to college

Life is full of options and choices. The choices we make shape our future. As we stand at the cross roads after high school we must have the right vision to make the decision to go to college.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Nonnative-English-Speaking Teachers in the English Teaching Profession

In the field of English language teaching (ELT), a growing number of teachers are not native speakers of English. Some learned English as children; others learned it as adults. 

Monday, December 22, 2008

3 Ways to Improve Your Vocabulary

Building up your vocabulary is arguably the most important part of a language learning process. If you don't have a base vocabulary to work with, you can't study grammar, you have absolutely no use for spelling or pronunciation exercises and writing or reading is definitely out of the question.

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Studying a Foreign Language Online

Studying a (new) foreign language is a time consuming process and with the fast paced lives we're living in today, time is not a commodity we can often spare. A lot more popular in the past, local language centers are losing more and more students due to the sheer waste of time it takes to go to and come from the actual center as well as the preset hours in which the courses take place.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Learn Spanish at Home with the Latest Technologies

Using the latest technology or with the help of the internet, you can learn Spanish at home quickly, successfully, inexpensively and at the pace of your choice. 

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Why Learn a Foreign Language

For most people, this question is easily answerable, but there's always that slightly smaller mass of guys and girls speaking an important international language that wonder why they need to learn another one, when they can easily handle themselves about with the help of their mother tongue. 

Monday, December 1, 2008

Developing Homework Policies

Recent reports on excellence in education recommend that teachers increase the amount of homework they assign and that school administrators establish demanding homework requirements.


  

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Helping Students with Homework

Teachers assign homework for a variety of reasons: to help students review, apply, and integrate what has been learned in class; to help them prepare for the next class session; to extend student exploration of topics more fully than class time permits; or to help students gain skills in self-directed learning and using resources such as libraries and reference materials. 


Thursday, November 27, 2008

Supporting Paraeducators

Increasingly, paraeducators, also known as paraprofessionals, are providing instructional and learner support to students with disabilities under the supervision of licensed teachers, a major shift from 40 years ago when paraeducators had primarily clerical responsibilities. 

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Elementary Education Training

If the field of teaching is intriguing to you, then elementary education training is an appropriate place to start. Students who plan to teach in elementary or secondary schools should become familiar with individual state requirements to determine which elementary education program will be the best fit.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Why We Need Education

Education is like food and shelter. It is considered basic to one's life. While food is for health and shelter for the body, education is for the mind.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Picking Right Educational Video Games for Your Children

Video games are among the most popular toys used by children today. Children of all ages spend a lot of time engrossed in the latest action-packed video console or computer game. 

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Choosing Educational Software For Children

In recent years, computers have become an integral part of everyday life. Now, more people own computers than ever before, and the numbers continue to rise. As a result, children are learning how to use computers in school at a much earlier age than ever before.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Choosing the Right Educational Video Games for Your Children

Video games are among the most popular toys today. Children of all ages spend a lot of time engrossed in the latest action-packed video console or computer game. For this reason, it is important to choose video games that are educational, rather than those that contain violence or other content not suitable for children.

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Developing Homework Policies

Homework is the out-of-class tasks that a student is assigned as an extension of classroom work. Three types are commonly assigned in the United States: practice, preparation, and extension (LaConte 1981).

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Helping Students with Homework in Science and Math

Teachers assign homework for a variety of reasons: to help students review, apply, and integrate what has been learned in class.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

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