Reading a storyline can sometimes be difficult for young learners as there are many characters to follow and often times they are daunted by unfamiliar vocabulary. As a result, having to think about the answers for both literal and inferential questions can be cognitively challenging if one finds it hard to understand the story. InContinue reading “How comics bring a story to life and build confidence in young learners”
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Learning English the Fun Way
Want to add new words to your vocabulary and improve the way you write ? I will be sharing two new vocabulary words and useful grammar knowledge. Example sentence You can form the sentence with the words silhouette and dappled. Mrs Richardson had noticed their silhouettes 👥 in the dappled moonlight that was shining intoContinue reading “Learning English the Fun Way”
Feeling fantastic
It is good to receive words from appreciative client’s regarding my decision to become a teacher. I was initially feeling all stressed up over my decision to become a teacher straight after University. Glad that decision paid off many years down the road. Wrote a Linkedin post to share the fruit of my labour.
Pivoting during the pandemic
After three weeks of Phase 2 Heightened Alert, I just saw the news at 6 p.m. today and realized that I have to carry on with online lessons till 21 June. I was already mentally prepared to pivot since May 20 when I started my first online Zoom class. Having gone through last year’s extensionContinue reading “Pivoting during the pandemic”
Reflections of Online Learning
Zoom Learning for young learners I have conducted 20 Zoom sessions so far on the Zoom with my new Acer laptop and it is quite a big change getting used to home based working. First, I needed to purchase a new Acer laptop with the sole purpose of the camera so that I can useContinue reading “Reflections of Online Learning”
Zoom lessons
Singapore started the heightened alert with the suspension of face to face lessons with my students from Wednesday May 19 to June 13. To continue with the business, we have to go online. I had the experience of skyping my students last year during the first ever suspension of lessons during the circuit breaker. PastContinue reading “Zoom lessons”