When it comes to teaching we have many traditional resouces, namely text books. However, today’s teachers and students are incredibly lucky when it comes to finding timely and relevant materials for study, practice and development — via the Internet. One of my favorite resources for teaching is the website of National Public Radio in the United [...]
Even if you are familiar with Noam Chomsky, one of the leading American inteligentsia in Linguistics, chances are, you’re more familiar with his political ideas than with his ideas about Language. While Mr. or should I say, Dr. Chomsky has some very interesting theories on politics and the press, I find his ideas about language [...]
I strongly suggest that anybody and everybody reads Thomas Friedman’s new best-seller, Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How it Can Renew America. Succinctly written it lays out in clear concise terms the problem of climate change, the loss of biodiversity and how these two things relate to very real [...]
This past week, an unprecedented number of people from around the world watched as Barack Obama took the oath of office as President of the United States. However, I think ‘watched’ is quite a misnomer, or the wrong word to describe this historic event. As I discussed the Inauguration events with my Students throughout the [...]
Cocktails not to order at Business Gatherings.
“Tell me, and I will forget.
Show me, and I may remember.
Involve me, and I will understand.”
Confucius, 450 BC
Here at English Metas we not only want you to learn English. We want you to learn new information in English. So what are you interested in learning? While our company [...]
It is a discussion between two or more people that come together for
the purpose of speaking about (usually) a predetermined topic such as
business or community event planning, often in a formal setting.
It is also the best way to gather people to present or exchange
information, plan joint activities, make decisions, or carry out
actions already agreed upon.
A [...]
According to Christopher Knapper, “Educators contribute to, but cannot directly cause, adult learning.”
Who is ultimately responsible for learning? Can teachers teach students that don’t want to learn? Can students learn from teachers who don’t want to teach? For successful learning, I believe that students and teachers must not only be involved in the process, but [...]