Archive for the 'Teaching methods' Category

Develop Your Child’s Reading Skills

As a parent you should help your child in developing  effective reading skills.
How can you contribute to developing reading skills in your child? It won’t be a difficult task if you follow the strategies mentioned below.

Choose a book that will be of interest to your child. For instance it may be a funny story or [...]

Make Your Reading More Efficient

The exam is in few days, but there are still so many things to read. It seems that the teacher has forgotten when the exam is and gave a list of books which will take a few years to get through.
Don’t panic. Everyone  has this stress and it’s normal before taking exams.
If reading books and [...]

Teaching Dyslexic Children

Dyslexia has nothing to do with “lack of intelligence.” On the contrary, dyslexic people often prove to be very talented.
Dyslexic children have difficulty in processing words and sounds while reading, pronouncing and writing. So teachers and parents must do everything to help them overcome that barrier.
I am a teacher and have a pupil, who confuses [...]

Help Your Child Become A Good Reader

Are you a parent? Do you want your child to improve his or her reading skills? Parents know their children well and can contribute to improving reading skills.
One of the simple but important tips is to read out loud to your children. Children reluctant to reading will get enthusiastic seeing their parents reading aloud. A [...]

Promote Interaction In The Classroom

Do you know what is interaction? If not, read this education blog article.
The technique that makes learners communicate with one another is called interaction. It comprises the nature of classroom pedagogy and classroom behavior.
Interaction should provide a socio-emotional classroom atmosphere. So, a good teacher should promote good conditions for learning activities, that is a good [...]

The Language Ego

Did you know about the so-called language ego? This education blog entry is devoted to this very topic.
The language ego is identified with a second language. Such an ego creates a sense of a defensiveness, fragility and raising of inhibitions.
Students that study a second language feel fragile because of the native language ego. For this reason [...]

Five Roles For The Interactive Teacher

This education blog entry is devoted to the role of a teacher.
Teachers play one of the most important roles in the course of teaching. Teachers may have different roles: that of a controller, director or a facilitator.
The name itself says that the controller controls everything in the classroom: student’s behavior or what they should talk [...]

Ways To Teach Speaking

Speech is the activity to use the language for communicative purposes in real situations. Speech is always emotionally colored. It expresses the speaker’s thoughts, feelings and attitude.
There are two forms of speaking: monologue and dialog. Any kind of speaking should be motivated and addressed to someone.
Teachers should begin teaching monologue with a sentence. Each pupil [...]