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I am sure a lot of you know what mind maps are! These are simple charts that summarize in a few concise points what our thoughts are. We use these tools to organize our mind when we need to learn something or remamber important stuff. I believe using mind maps can be highly useful with teaching Engl...

I believe using digital texts is useful in many ways. However, I agree with most of you in the sense that texts need to be in front of us on paper to be able to truly process the information adequately. When we read on the computer, it can also become quite a hastle and give headaches because the ey...

Secondary school education is a milestone in everyone's life nowadays. I believe it is quite important as this is the time where you discover a lot of things about yourself and where you often decide what you want to do later in your life. I know for many people it only really starts in CEGEP, but t...

Just like JEEPY, I also did my first practicum in an intensive English program. I began my practicum with 6th graders and after 2 weeks, I transfered to 5th grade students. I loved my experience because I was able to see the students' evolution in English. When I first saw the 5th graders, they were...

Being billingual nowadays is the strict minimum that an individual can hope to achieve if they want to be successful. Therefore, I believe having billingual education should be considered by everyone. We should not be forced to use French here in Quebec. English is the universal language and we must...