Archive: Aug 2016

Expanding your imagination

Expanding your imagination

Expanding your imagination

Teaching writing is fun especially when the students are continually surprising you with their imagination and creativity. It is always an adventure to explore a new topic and new world through the art of writing. The story below is written by a P2 student from my Love to Write class. We used a writing prompt showing a picture of a man taking off a tree… Read More

Enjoying the last days of summer

Enjoying the last days of summer

Enjoying the last days of summer

Year after year, the summer months always seem to pass by in the blink of an eye. Over the past few months, students have enjoyed attending new courses, expanding their knowledge, improving their English, and of course, have had a lot of fun along the way. Today I am sharing some work from my Tues-Thurs Critical Reading and Writing Pre-Level 6 class. We have worked hard over the term… Read More

Love to Write and creative thinking

Love to Write and creative thinking

Love to Write and creative thinking

Out of all the summer courses that we teach at iLearner, the Love to Write creative writing course places particular emphasis on imaginative thinking. Not only does success in this course rely on a student’s strong and confident command of the English language, but a student must also think adventurously and creatively in order to create engaging and interesting pieces of writing. To a certain extent, the Love to Write course is so enjoyable to… Read More

Grammar in use

Grammar in use

Grammar in use

After several lessons of consolidating previous knowledge, my P5 students started learning the structure and application of the past perfect tense. They were so engaged in class, so they picked up the concepts very quickly. One of the students did an exceptionally good job in demonstrating her strong understanding of the new tense. Not only was she able to answer the fill-in-the-blank questions with good… Read More