IELTS WRITING - LINKING

Linking words and expressions help the reader follow our ideas and arguments. They are the glue that hold a piece of academic writing together and they show the relationship between ideas you present in your argument. Here are some common lingking words and expressions. How many do you know? Source : http://www.ieltswithfriends.com/1/post/2014/01/ielts-writing.html...

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DNA Structure

Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8dk5iS1f0&list=PL0CCC6A59B92B2A...

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Teaching Math with Technology

By :Larissa Shatalova Teaching with Technology The technology available today has made a wealth of knowledge available to all of us, which offers great potential for style of learning and teaching. The effective use of any technology requires thoughtful consideration and planning. Teaching and learning benefits depend on when, where, how, and why we use it This preview presents fragments of several sections. You may see one entire section later during 1 hr session. Our presentation is about a unique and innovative approach based on...

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3 Tips for Sounding like a Native Speaker

"That'll be 66 cents please." "Sikysi... what?" Having a hard time understanding native speed English? This lesson will give you some tips on how to sound like a native speaker as well as how to understand what you hear by breaking down expressions into their individual word and sounds. Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZJ1Q3GS...

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Gesture Around the World

A video created for Yangpyoeng English Village in South Korea to give a visual of different gestures around the world. Educators around the world are welcome to use this video. Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa_GCK-C...

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Smart Learning with Smart Technology

Ahmad Faizuddin, Selangor, Malaysia | Education | Technology | Opinion  Indonesia is one of the world’s largest consumers of technological gadgets. When a new “smart” product is launched, Indonesians are most likely the first in line to get their hands on it. Despite the high price, many have high-tech televisions, smart gadgets and other advanced devices.  Everything today is “smart”. Smart phones, for instance, have surely increased the smartness in our daily life.  Likewise, in the field of education, smart...

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Orangutans Go To School

Severianus Endi, The Jakarta Post, Ketapang, West Kalimantan | Environment  JP/Severianus Endi Nine orangutans, all under two-and-a-half years in age, can be seen playfully hanging from trees and ropes. Nearby, Ahmad Ridho sat on a plank between the branches, looking after them. The 25-year-old politics and social sciences graduate was training his “students” at the Orangutan Rehabilitation Center’s school, run by the Indonesian...

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Indonesian Teachers Need More Training

Niken Prathivi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Education  School teachers take a competence test online at SMA Negeri 68 state high school in Central Jakarta last year. The government conducted the test to find the skills profile of teachers. (JP/P. J. Leo) Teachers reveal that the real problem in Indonesian education is the poor quality of the country’s teachers. This is because teachers, mainly those in elementary schools, rarely participate...

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Oxford Chooses 'Omnishambles' as Word of the Year

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press, London, UK | Education  Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles." Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word — defined as "a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations" — its top term of 2012. Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the...

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Start Sex Education Early at Home and at School

Sudirman Nasir, Makassar | Education | Opinion Despite our shock at the recent report of sexual abuse against a kindergarten student allegedly perpetrated by outsourced cleaning staff at the Jakarta International School (JIS) in South Jakarta, the case could unfortunately be merely the tip of the iceberg, as there could be many other such unreported incidents across the country. This reveals the urgent need for safer environments and more supportive schools, including by initiating sex education at school and at home — where children spend most...

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