In one class, 47-year-old Rebecca Nyankiir Deng is studying with her 17-year-old daughter. Deng has been illiterate for most of her life. So, her daughter is helping her learn to read and write English. "My mother has now learned a lot of English words, such as greetings. And, tha...
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I remember calling my family on the phone about one minute before my next class was going to start. I had to whisper because the professor was already walking up to the mic. My parents and siblings were really excited for sure, because they’d already read parts of the book many times!
Fifth-grade students should participate in peer workshops in which they edit and critique one another's work. Identifying common errors in the writing of others can help them learn to identify errors in their own work. The Common Core State Standards Initiative notes that with guidance from adul...
My latest thought is to work on improving my craft, and to this end, I signed up for James Patterson’s Masterclass on writing. I’m partway through the course and have found it interesting, but so far, nothing earth-shattering beyond the fact he makes a hundred million a year, and ...
Adults of all nationalities (国籍) are welcome to take our English classes.Our classes meet every day,Monday to Friday from 1pm to 3pm.Our classes are free because we are running a teacher training center and our teachers need students for teaching practice.Classes will cover gramm...
From Laggard to world class: Reforming maths and science education in South Africa’s schools (2004) Branch, M. (2000). Rare and endangered baleen whales. Retrieved 24 January, 2006 from...View more references Cited by (32) Using the research article as a model for teaching laboratory repor...
I heard dozens of heart-wrenching stories of adults who felt betrayed that a fundamental part of their family history was kept from them. At the same time, some parents talked about their motivations for keeping a family secret, which were often born out of exceptionally difficult circumstances....
Tara Lazar’s Storystorm has been, by far, the best source I know for teaching the brain that skill. You know that feeling at the end of a class, when the lecturer asks “Are there any questions?”—and your brain suddenly goes blank? Storystorm changes that. It sounds impossible, ...
Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle This course is more than just suggesting that you ‘cheer up’ and ‘look on the bright side.’ akinbostanci/E+ via Getty Images John Sommers-Flanagan, University of...