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Dear Scott, Thanks for your advisement. When it was the first time to carry out the matched game and the planned circumstance, my friend, Irene, told me to set a central thought: game is not a game, and it is part of the teaching. In other words, game should not be separated from the course. Most im...

I have had the experience of giving the prize to Edward--taking some food he likes. In that time, I considered that prize may help Edward progress in his studies; however, my thought made a big mistake and Edward's learning way was out of my control. I did not communicate with Edward's mother in adv...

I agree with Lisapopcorn's point of view. Children in Taiwan do not have the kind of circumstance to learn English naturally. For this reason, KK phonetic symbols may be possible to apply English teaching in the elemantary school.

Dear Scott,
In your essay, you bring out the idea to imitate the teachers' speaking and their intonation. Now my friend has one question: if A teacher uses English tone, but B teacher speaks with American tone; in that case, how should to overcome the difference between English tone and American tone?

Dear Heaven: You observe the bilingual education in Taiwan carefully. I have another point to share with you. The practice of the bilingual education whether it will success lies in the children's will. After all, children is those who to learn. There is no denying that children may early touch the ...

When I first time learned English, my teacher taught me the 26 letters of alphabet and the phonetic alphabet. I followed the teacher's pronunciation and observed carefully her shape of the mouth, such as short vowels, consonant, and a long vowel. Therefore, it occurred to me that the first impressio...

It would rather for giving the students’ edification to learn than for giving students some reason to learn. On account of the thought, game would be the best guidance material. I have been a tutor and worried about the learning disorder of my eleven-year-old student. English learning didn’t touch o...