How can I speak well in English?
How can I speak well in English?
On Language — Geeta Padmanabhan
Reader Sunandan wants to know.
Now Sunandan, that’s a dicey question. We all have our unique capabilities and being able to speak well, speak efficiently (if not sensibly) is one of them. Who is a good speaker? One
1 who thinks clearly. That is, thought A followed logically by thought B and so on.
The IGCSE education: how can it help your child?
originally published on rediff at
http://www.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=//getahead/2005/jan/31igcse.htm
Rohit Tikmany | January 31, 2005 | 14:36 IST
Today, parents have a plethora of educational boards from which to choose, to enroll their child/ren. It is not just the SSC (Secondary School Certificate) or ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education).
Read MoreTeaching Our Children To Write, Read, and Spell (Part1)
Teaching Our Children To Write, Read, and Spell – A Developmental Approach by Susan R. Johnson MD
Part I
The Proprioceptive System
There is a widely-held belief that if we just start teaching children to write, read, and spell in preschool, they will become better writers, readers, and spellers by the time they reach the first and second grades. This is, however, not true. The truth is that children only should be taught to write, read, and spell when their neurological pathways for writing, reading, and spelling have fully formed. There are many neuropsychologists, developmental specialists, occupational therapists and teachers who are concerned that our current trend in this country of pushing “academics” in preschool and kindergarden will result in even greater increases in the number of children, particularly boys, diagnosed with attentional problems and visual processing types of learning disabilities.
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