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by nicolasbrunette
Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:24 pm
Forum: Secondary School Education
Topic: Motivation
Replies: 8
Views: 11707

First of all, we got to understand that motivation relies on both the students and the teacher. Obviously, the student needs to help themselves and try to pay attention to the discussion in class. However, the teacher is responsible of the content seen in class. The teacher has to focus on subject t...
by nicolasbrunette
Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:23 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Book higher than the level of the class
Replies: 2
Views: 4006

First of all, you may have to work a little bit more than usual. I think you have to adapt the activities of the book to the level of the class. You simply have to use the content seen in this book in activities that you conceptualized. This may be hard to visualize but I’m sure that as soon that yo...
by nicolasbrunette
Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:23 pm
Forum: Texts
Topic: Texts - Digital Texts
Replies: 16
Views: 257030

We have to understand that we can’t stop the development of technologies. Regarding this, it would be a good idea for future teachers to learn what could be useful in a classroom. Digital texts are surely something we have to use. They can be interactive, transformed or adapted to the level of our s...
by nicolasbrunette
Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:20 pm
Forum: Intensive English Programs
Topic: Intensive ESL Classrooms' Benefits
Replies: 2
Views: 9068

In this case, I guess it would be appropriate for me to mention that I’m not an expert. However, I am convinced that intensive classrooms have their reason to be. For teenagers, motivation is a big issue. A students that assists a class which rhythm is too fast or too slow, will possibly lack motiva...
by nicolasbrunette
Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:19 pm
Forum: Bilingual Education
Topic: Education in Bilingual Education
Replies: 9
Views: 14188

bilingual education

I haven’t personally witness incompetence from teachers in a bilingual classroom. However, it is important for every teacher to be ready to cope with this cultural diversity. In other word, it would be preferable for every teacher to be able to communicate properly in both languages. On the other ha...