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If you love language as I do, you will find the etymology of the following words fascinating. Bankrupt The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, were the original mob bosses. They came to power through their success in commerce and banking in fifteenth-century Florence. Outside Lorenzo de Medici’s palace and every other wealthy Florentine, was a long bench where merchants sat and discussed financial business with their clients. These benches, called banco, later referred to the business themselves — what we call today “banks.” When merchants went out of business, they broke their benches to signify that they were banco rotto — literally meaning “broken bench.” Banco rotto evolved into the English word bankrupt. So if you ever see a broken bench outside your banker’s house, better get your money and run. Editor Writers are familiar with the term “kill your darlings” — the process of cutting precious words from your writing. But editors were advocating bloodshed well befor...

Each topic requires a double session of about 2+ hours. Learners are provided with passages to study and exercises to do. 1 Mind mapping How to convert a text into a mind map. Use mind mapping in every day situations. 2 Seeking the truth in the media, in logomachies, in statements 3 The secrets of non verbal communication in class with your peers 4 Memory as a way of knowing. ways of registering ways of recalling 5 Ethics into action what is ethics? Human righs Own responsibility

EXPECTATIONS How often does your teacher make you explain your answers? When you feel like giving up, how likely is it that your teacher will make you keep trying? How much does your teacher encourage you to do your best? How often does your teacher take time to make sure you understand the material? Overall, how high are your teacher's expectations of you? Not high at all Slightly high Somewhat high Quite high Extremely high How much did students in class help each other learn today? What’s the most important thing you learned today? What was your favorite part of class today? How interesting was class today? How clearly did I teach things in class today? What’s the biggest thing I could have done better today? What’s the biggest thing I could do better tomorrow to help you learn? What’s the biggest thing you could have done better today? What’s the biggest thing you could do better tomorrow to help yourself learn...

Students love music, and they love doing songs in class. It’s small wonder then that coursebooks are incorporating songs or offering songs on supplementary photocopiable material. However, these are rarely the songs that students want to listen to. Students are far more motivated when the songs they do in class are those which are familiar to them, or at least within a genre which they like. It’s therefore always a good idea to ask students what kind of music they like and what their favourite songs are. You can then use this information to prepare song activities which you know your students are going to enjoy. With that in mind, this time we’re looking at different song activities you can do in your class. Song Bingo This is a really great activity which works really well for getting students to actively listen for detail and specific words. Use the attached template to help you prepare the activity. Before the class, choose an appropriate song and then choose 15-20 words fr...

EXPECTATIONS Questions for B1, B2, C2 learners. Learners provide free responses for questions 1-4. It is wise to ask 2 different questions at the end of the lessom. 1 How often does your teacher in Polygnosis or ih High school make you explain your answers? 2 When you feel like giving up, how likely is it that your teacher will make you keep trying? 3 How much does your teacher encourage you to do your best? 4 How often does your teacher take time to make sure you understand the material? 5 Overall, how high are your teacher's (either in Polygnosis or in High school) expectations of you? 1Not high at all 2 Slightly high 3 Somewhat high 4 Quite high 5 Extremely high ******************************************************************************************** INCLUSION SUPPORT UNDERSTANDING IMPROVING Questions for A2, B1, B2, C2 learners. Learners provide free response...

It is absolutely significant to understand a learner’s mental acuity. This is quite helpful in case you are seeking advice, interviewing, or communicating, it helps you know the person you are working with. Expert managers and educators are excellent at guessing correctly their staff. Still, there is not a single way to determine brilliance in young adults. The five cases I am writing about are just descriptive not restrictive.Actually, reading this piece is an exercise in finding the right aspect of a person’s fluid intelligence. The intellectual humble Hiring intelligent young people in the service sectors requires quick understanding of the candidates. Actually, interviewing is tricky because candidates try to sound smart, as they ought to. Once I was in a three-person committee to select a secretary among 2o candidates. The trick ...

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  100 Ways to Rise Above Posted: 24 Apr 2017 10:11 AM PDT The rungs on a ladder present a perfect visual for negativity – each rung looks like a minus sign – stepping up the ladder enables you to rise above. Negativity is an opportunity for higher, greater thinking, exploring a bigger, better, wider, different angle, a new method or way. Negativity helps highlight a need to improve, invent and create – to overcome problems by finding solutions. Problem focus locks the problem in place – solution focus unlocks potential answers. Whenever negativity arises, you can ask yourself "How can I rise above this?" Every failure is a new beginning – a chance to progress, to move forward and upward. Most negativity is a temporary setback, which halts positive progress whether negativity is thought based or action based. Most negativity is temporary. When negativity arises a great processing method is to simply write it down or mind map it; capture the essence of the "probl...

  High IQ Puns....  Acupuncture is a jab well done.   Practice safe eating - always use condiments.   Shotgun wedding - a case of wife or death.   A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.     A hangover is the wrath of grapes.   Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.   Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.   Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.   When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.   A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.   What's the definition of a will? It's a dead give away.   Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.   In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.   She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but broke it off.   A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.   If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.   With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress. ...

  The Socratic Method Inquiry is at the heart of the Socratic seminar,  Socratic dialogue, or Socratic method, as it is most commonly called. This strategy is named after the philosopher Socrates, who used a broad form of questioning with his students. Each question that is answered predetermines the next question. Socrates used it to show his students the error of their thinking.  Since the time Socrates used inquiry to promote thinking, the Socratic method has changed somewhat through the years. Today, this method is used primarily as a process of inductive questioning, through small steps, with knowledge as the goal. In a classroom, a teacher can use a set of questions to provoke students to think about something. The questions push students to examine what they know with the result of them analyzing a topic in depth.  By using the Socratic method, learners can come to value and recognize good questions while also improving upon a thoughtful method of thinking. St...

  Flipped Learning is a pedagogical approach in  which direct instruction moves  from the group learning space to the individual learning  space, and the resulting group space is transformed  into a dynamic, interactive learning environment where  the educator guides students  as they apply concepts and  engage creatively in the  subject matter. ***************************************** Our TEACH-LEARN ENGLISH EASILY' handbook contains scores of ideas how to implement flipped approach! *****************************************         Michigan state university WHAT, WHY, AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT A FLIPPED CLASSROOM MODEL WHAT IS A FLIPPED CLASSROOM? WHY YOU SHOULD FLIP YOUR CLASSROOM? HOW TO IMPLEMENT A FLIPPED CLASSROOM? WHAT HAS RECENT RESEARCH ON FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND MEDICAL EDUCATION SUGGESTED?   WHAT IS A FLIPPED CLASSROOM? Flipped classroom is a “pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves ...