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A question of agreement

Geetha Durairajan

How often have we not heard sentences like, ‘I is happy,’ or ‘Everyone have come today’? If a student or for that matter a teacher gets the subject-verb agreement wrong does it mean that he/she needs a remedial course in grammar? That he/she doesn’t know English? That he/she cannot speak the language? Well remedial courses are not the answers to every problem and a remedial course in grammar certainly won’t help in any way in improving the way one speaks the English language.

A little ingenuity and support

Neeraja Raghavan

In the concluding part of the article discussing differentiation of instruction in the classroom, teachers talk about how administrative support and the freedom to tweak teaching methods will help teach each student effectively.

The green house effect

Yasmin Jayathirtha

Global warming–a word that is so often in the news these days. While we are all aware of what global warming means do we really know why it is happening and how? Here are a couple of experiments that show, on a much smaller scale of course, how global warming happens.

Giving teacher education a fillip

Deepesh Chandrasekharan

The Teacher Education Conference organized by the British Council and English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, is reportedly the largest such conference in the country. With a focus on quality in English language teacher education, the conference this year had prominent people from the field of English language education speaking to and engaging the participants. A report of the event.

Show me the money…

Bubla Basu

Every professional can apparently discuss and even demand money but not teachers. Why this distinction? Aren’t teachers professionals like anybody else? Why then do we expect them to be selfless? Teachers too can and should talk about money for providing their expertise.

Why threats don't always work

Sharmila Govande

What is our instinctive reaction to a disobedient child? Most of us will give some kind of a punishment in the hope that the child will not make the same mistakes again. But how effective are punishments? Doesn’t it make more sense to talk to the child about the consequences of a certain behaviour and help them understand why certain things are allowed and why others not?

Why threats don’t always work

Sharmila Govande

Making sense of words that don't

Kelli Sandman-Hurley

English we say is an unpredictable language. Teaching children how to spell is quite a task for there are words with those pesky ‘o’s and ‘p’s that don’t make any sense in the way we spell certain words. But did you know that there are actually logical reasons behind every word with a weird spelling? Read this interesting article to learn how to uncover the reason behind every spelling and how you can teach that to your students.

Making sense of words that don’t

Kelli Sandman-Hurley

Understanding peace through social science

Avinash Kumar

In a strife-torn and disturbing world, understanding peace and being able to build it is very important. This is a skill that we should be passing on to our students and the social sciences are wonderfully suited to the task.

A question of agreement

A little ingenuity and support

The green house effect

Giving teacher education a fillip

Show me the money…

Why threats don't always work

Why threats don’t always work

Making sense of words that don't

Making sense of words that don’t

Understanding peace through social science

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