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This student has come a long way since they first joined my L4 Critical Reading and Writing class. They had lots of wonderful ideas, but sometimes struggled to get everything down in clearly, sometimes jumping from one idea to another, from character to character without detailed introduction or explanation. You can see this in the first piece of writing attached; there are many characters (Voldemort, Sherlock… 看更多
If you ask a class which aspect of English they find the hardest, expect the answer “writing” along with some painful grunting. While a majority of students are actually capable of delivering decent quality writing, they still often find the task daunting because of 1) the bulkiness of the task plus the lack of input, as in school exams the writing papers are often as… 看更多
I want to take the opportunity to talk about the importance of imagination in story writing as well as more generally in the other schoolwork and tasks children often have to do. I believe that having a good imagination is a key skill for anyone to possess in modern society. With so many new challenges and opportunities facing young people today that didn’t exist previously being able to think… 看更多
A solid phonics foundation is essential to the study of the English language. i-Learner’s kindergarten courses scaffold the process of building and strengthening this foundation. Letter literacy is followed by recognizing high frequency sight words, after which kindergarten students will focus on letter sounds, consonant digraphs, and blending. This gradual bolstering of oral and reading confidence is important preparation for primary school. The phonics foundations… 看更多
It is always easy to spot young children making great improvement in concept formation and ability of expression at i-Learner, especially when they are exposed to a fun learning environment. Seeing teenagers improving their analytical skills is certainly something equally impressive, as their way of thinking has been pretty much consolidated and their course of progress is supposed to slow down as they reach the plateau… 看更多
