Engagement and having fun leads to learning, very few educators will argue this. This is why we use Minecraft to build grammar/vocabulary skills to communicate more effectively outside of gaming and school. Get your students talking, writing and thinking in Minecraft and the fluency will skyrocket - yes, it can be considered a deceptive way to educate, because… Continue reading Engaging lessons for boys and girls
Author: HKKS Education
Ken, the author of these posts, has been an Educator for 20 odd years teaching in Canada as well as 13 years in Japan and a short stint in India. He has an M.Ed. in distance education and is always staying current by teaching university courses, helping instructors design their blended and online courses and taking courses. He has just received his Blackboard Certified Specialist in Digital Teaching and two other Blackboard certificates. Keep on learnin'!
TOEFL – Building critical thinking skills
Answering TOEFL writing and speaking questions require critical thinking skills. One great way to build this is to answer TOEFL style questions in your head. Always structure your response like this: 1. Introduction (15 seconds) 2. Supporting point + example 1 (20 seconds) 3. Supporting point + example 2 (20 seconds) 4. Supporting point + example 3 (20 seconds) Here… Continue reading TOEFL – Building critical thinking skills
Can YOU do it?
in 2001 I remember my adult students in Japan challenging me (for fun hopefully) to take the test that they were all struggling with, you guessed it, the TOEIC. I took them up on the challenge and luckily got 990, so they kept studying with me. now it is the TOEFL. Critical thinking skills are… Continue reading Can YOU do it?
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