Rebecca VanderMeulen :If your teen is like most, he’s an avid text-messager. In fact, 72 percent of kids between the...
Timothy D Arnold :Getting an online education is both a very thrilling proposition and a challenging one as well. It...
InterjectionsAn interjection is a word that expresses some kind of emotion. It can be used as filler. Interjections do not have a grammatical function in the sentence and are not related to the other parts of the sentence. If an interjection is omitted, the sentence still makes sense. It can stand alone. Ouch! That hurts. Well, I need a break. Wow! What a beautiful dress!When you are expressing a strong emotion, use an exclamation mark (!). A comma (,) can...
Masum Billah :The International Mother Language Institute of Bangladesh has initiated a commendable job. It has begun a survey on...
An Educationist :Things have truly surfaced that students are still unable to use English in their practical life even though they attain good grades in the public examinations in our country. So, assessment system should be changed to learn whether students are acquiring English. The outcome of the significant preparation for this assessment is the increased memorization solely of the required English materials that will be tested. Students have become proficient at remembering key test vocabulary, grammar and idioms; however,...
A Teacher :National Primary Education Week 2014 was observed in the country which started from March 09 and it was inaugurated by Prime Minister at Osmani Memorial Auditorium. She made several important announcements in her inaugural speech. One was the upgrading of the status of government primary head teachers from grade III to grade II which calls for appreciation from all concerned. Another announcement also proves extremely positive and government’s sincere effort to spread education. It is government’s target to...
Farook Ahmed :Evidently some of our intellectuals and high-brows have pathological antipathy towards Madrasha education. Usually they look upon a...
Amin Rahman :I was coming from Melbourne to Dhaka to watch some of the T20 world cup matches at Mirpur Stadium. I was flying by Malaysian Airlines. It would reach Dhaka at 10:40 pm on 20th March. It just happened that the International ELT conference organized by the Institute of Education Research (IER), which was originally scheduled in December of 2013, with the date shifted several times due to strikes and “awborodhs”; was finally taking place on 21st March, the...
Masum Billah :Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association (NELTA) invited me to attend its 19th International Conference held in Kathmandu and...
June Kronholz :My son had a new degree and a nine-month unpaid gap in his training as a Marine Corps...
Kate Walsh :For almost as long as there have been institutions dedicated to the preparation of new teachers, the endeavor...