What is the Communicative Approach?
These days, teachers know students have all kinds of reasons for studying English! What do you teach when everybody wants something different?
What is the Comprehension Approach?
Comprehension Approach – 1980s At some point, language scientists noticed that… “Hey! When people understand how to use grammar and words… they feel comfortable speaking!”. Maybe we should try to teach really simple stuff until students know a few words… Sp some teachers used ONLY the new language to teach. Look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTsduRreug&t=2sThis …
What is the Affective Humanistic Approach?
Teachers focused not the feelings of students. Language learning was about building confidence and enjoying the culture.. But what did they actually study??
What is the Cognitive Approach?
Around the 1960s and 1970s, people started studying all the rules of grammar, spelling and pronunciation. But how useful is this research for people who want to learn a new language?
What is the Audio-Lingual Approach?
In WW2, some soldiers had to learn a foreign language to talk to soldiers from other countries. The Problem: They had 2-3 months to study! Here are the exercises they used to learn fast!
The BEST English Study Exercises (and when to use them)
Let’s look at some of the main English study exercises you can do and see what kind of skills they build.
What is The Reading Approach?
The Reading Approach – 1920s and 1930s In the 1920s and 1930s- American schools started making students learn a new language.. However, most students would never leave the country and most teachers could not really speak the language. There was a test created by the U.S. government… However, it only tested reading ability. So boring! …
What is the Direct Approach?
The Direct Approach – 1900s In the early 1900s, people started traveling all over the world. People needed to listen and speak to each other. Teachers in class would would point to things in class and say the name and slowly teach students like babies learn from their parents. Teachers in the direct method were very …
What is the Grammar Translation Approach?
150 years ago, language learners mainly studied books and writings from ancient history. However, schools and tests still use the study techniques they created….
The BEST English Content
Good content is like treasure.. It’s really hard to find! Also, most content is not good… and it’s often very expensive to buy and try… Most people don’t have money or time to spend on content! So, to save you time and money… I am telling you some of my favorite places to find good …
Master English! How to use English in ALL your daily life activities
There is no need to master a language you do not use. Learn a few ways to start using English every day by yourself, online and with friends.
Transportation is the backbone of the global economy
Every industry, company, product, and service in the modern age is dependent on transportation. Employees must travel to work, office supplies cannot be made in the office, factories are not built by neighborhoods, and cows can’t grow up in the back of the restaurant. Transportation is the backbone of the global economy, and for the …
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Drones took our pictures.. now they will take our jobs
Take a look around your house. Does the food in your kitchen come from your home city? Where were your clothes made? The things you own have probably travelled from more places than you will ever see in a lifetime. Sit for a few moments and consider where everything in your home came from and …
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Where are the self driving cars?
A Business Insider article from 2016 said that 10 million self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020. This obviously didn’t happen. It seems that the earlier excitement levels for this technology have dropped. One big reason for this is the death of Elain Herzberg. In March of 2018, she was hit by one of taxi company …
3D fish farming could save the oceans
3D Ocean Farms The ocean covers 70% of the Earth, but seafood only represents 2% of the food we eat. Despite how large our oceans are, and how little fish we eat, the way we currently fish is causing serious imbalances in the water. 90% of stocks of wild fish are overfished and some scientists …
Why Tesla is the biggest car company in America
As of 2020, Tesla is highest valued car company in America, ever. In fact, worldwide, it is second only to Toyota. This is very exciting information, especially since the company is only 17 years old. But if you think about it, Tesla does a lot of things to get people excited: Tesla’s Strategy In 2006, …
The Future of Food
Overview For the last 10,000 years, farming was a fairly simple process; find good land close to water, grow animals, fruits and vegetables (and stop birds and bugs from eating all the food). In the last 200 years, the Earth experienced about a 1,000% increase in population. The world now has more money and technology than …
Thorium: A safe nuclear energy?
What is Thorium? Nuclear energy is usually created with an element called uranium, but it doesn’t have to be. Thorium is an element that could produce more nuclear energy, with lower chances of nuclear power plant failure, and produce less nuclear waste. This technology was heavily researched from the 1950s to the 1970s, but the American government wanted to use …
Is lithium the new oil?
As we start using electric cars and renewable energy, how will we store the electricity?
How much solar energy do we have?
Solar on Earth The Earth gets more solar energy in one hour than the whole world used in the year 2012. Of course, humans can’t cover the whole Earth in Solar panels and use all this energy, but the idea brings an interesting question; how many solar panels do we need to power the whole …