Friday, December 5th, 2008

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN & MEAN WHAT YOU SAY!

I really like this phrase, and once you have mastered English conversation well you can delve into the art of it. But how do you say what you mean, and mean what you say?

Say what you mean:  Sounds easy, huh?  Saying what you mean is more than choosing your words and stating them.  Words, after all, have [...]

Friday, July 11th, 2008

PYRAMID OF SKILLS

Online teaching skills
Online teachers need different skills than those normally employed by tutors trained to teach languages in a face-to-face classroom and they also require different skills compared to online teachers of other subjects. Research shows that the medium influences the form of communication and interaction. The asynchronicity of communication in written conferencing and the lack [...]

Monday, July 7th, 2008

5 QUESTIONS ABOUT LIVE ONLINE LEARNING

I found this interesting article on the Myngle blog
In all press coverage Myngle got so far, all journalists wanted to know from us if language learning can be done in an effective way if your teacher is not present in the same room. Can you learn a language through live online language instruction while your teacher [...]