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Mind Mapping - How To Use Mind Maps To Teach Difficult Grammar Points
10 January 2010If you are a language teacher, you probably already use mind maps to help your students learn vocabulary. These mind maps are sometimes referred to as “vocabulary networks” or “word maps”. One popular use of such mind maps is organising vocabulary groups, e.g. your central theme is “food” and your sub-themes are “meat”, “fruit”, […]
Learn Spanish: The Cart
3 November 2009Spanish Classes
If you successfully completed at least The Learnables and The Pimsleur Spanish courses then you are ready for the formal study of Spanishgrammar. I cannot emphasize enough that if at all possible you also complete the course work that the company Bilingual America offers as well.
I know that this is very costly. I know […]
Learn Korean: Part 2 - Social Status in Culture
11 March 2009Part 1 of this series covered the language and language families in general for the Asian languages. Part 2 will cover the social conduct that is seen throughout Asian countries.
To begin, the social structure in Asia, and especially East Asian countries, stems from Taoism and Confucianism philosophies.
Confucianism
Confucianism has played a big role […]