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Thank you! Larry Latham and Sally Olsen, you all made me realize that language is a magic itself, which is so powerful and embeds with numerous surprises, say, likes the sorting cap in Harry Potter . The certain magic you had already equipped, but the most important is how you use it and develop. I ...

If I dedicate to be an outstand English teacher, what kind of skills does an English teacher better equip with? For example, they may know psychology or specific skills. Otherwise, as a non-native speaker and deficient in teaching experieces, I find no merit for me to be a good English teacher. One ...

Actually, I come from Taiwan, where the English departments focus primarily on literature training. From Odyssey to The Metamorphosis, we are quite familiar with those western literature. However, those can be misinterpreted as nonsense because they are good for nothing in our society. Your boss nev...

Hi! Everyone! I get profoundly confused about what I can do after studying in only one language. Now I am majored in English which is quite desirable in education sector; unfortunately, I am not native speaker and won’t involve in education later after I graduate, even though being an English teache...

I just involved in how to prevent students from losing the unity in their writing. Apart from grammar mistakes, I quite often see how incoherence many English learners think when they write. It is hard to pull them back because they cannot jump out of their own language usage. What can I do to chang...

The initiative games and activities are both vital for language acquisition. I think that it is important for those who teach languages should also know some psychology and foster their own charisma. These qualities are especially work for young learners. The resentment toward the introctor may make...

Indeed, it's effictive to immerse in the whole English enironment to correct the pronounciation. We say the basic element to speak authentic English would be the pronounciation. But for those who can articulate well do really good at speaking English? It is supposed to include intonation. :wink: How...

I just involved in how to prevent students from using the cliché in their wring. The examples such as “as a matter of fact” or “First…Second…Third” generally found in their paragraphs. Irritatingly, it looks like a formula that they picked up in cram school because almost all of them repeat the same...