狄克森美語暑期新班招生中

開課日期: 6/29 ( 星期一)

上課時間:星期一,四 5:00~6:30

我們的課程:

• Little Readers (小小閱讀班) 幼稚園中~大班or (小一)
• 兒童美語班 (小一 ~ 小六 /大小兒童班)
• 美語菁英班 (學美語六年以上,聽說讀寫流利)
• 全民英檢班 (初級, 中級,中高級)
• 對英語有興趣的同學,如果想要更上層樓,歡迎插班
• 開課,歡迎試上

示範教學: 6/27(六) 上午11:00

一期24堂課歡迎試讀. 每一堂課90~120分鐘,一週兩堂課。

歡迎您帶小朋友前來試聽喔!

地址:淡水民族路50巷22號4樓
請來電報名:2808-3739

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This story is written by Ian who has done a great story about a horse. I like the picture, too!

Today’s Weather: Yesterday’s Weather by Andy

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Today’s Story is by Andy who wrote a short piece about the weather in Taiwan. With cute drawings, it’s the best!

Kenneth

This piece was written by Nikki as part of her presentation.

開課日期: 6/29 ( 星期一)
上課時間:星期一,四 5:00~6:30

我們的課程:
1. Little Readers (小小閱讀班) 幼稚園中~大班or (小一)
2. 兒童美語班 (小一 ~ 小六 /大小兒童班)
3. 美語菁英班 (學美語六年以上,聽說讀寫流利)
4. 全民英檢班 (初級, 中級,中高級)
( 對英語有興趣的同學,如果想要更上層樓,歡迎插班 )

示範教學: 6/27(六)上午11:00
地址:淡水民族路50巷22號4樓
請來電報名:2808-3739 0916232848

每逢期中或期末, 電話響起的頻率總是比平常高一些, 內容不外乎是: 老師, 我明天要考試, 今天要請假.  本來阿, 唸書準備考試是件好事, 但孩子犧牲原本上課的時間去做這件事, 那就另當別論了. 諷刺的是, 那些要請假唸書的孩子呢, 往往是需要乖乖出席每堂課, 才能達到學習效果的孩子.

為了學習18般武藝, 我小的時候可忙的了, 每天放學後都有不一樣的課要上, 芭蕾課, 鋼琴課, 畫畫課, 甚至連書法課都上了. 我的父母從來不會因為學校要考試而讓我請假, 原因很簡單– 學校的行事曆是一開學就發的, 課表也都是已經安排好的, 除非我平常很不會利用我的時間, 否則沒有理由需要為了考試這樣的原因請假不上課. 還蠻有道理的, 不是嗎?

可惜的是, 似乎很多孩子, 甚至是家長, 覺得考試是比上課還重要的一件事. 有些父母聽到孩子要求要請假可能還會覺得: 難得我的小孩要好好唸書, 准了! 殊不知如此一來, 我們等於默默地在教孩子 — 只要成績好, 學習的過程及認真出席每堂課就不是那麼重要了.

寫到這裡, 我想真正的問題已經不再是去不去上課這麼簡單而已了. 而是我們要教育孩子的是什麼? 事情總是拖到最後一刻, 然後草草了事, 每件事都做不好? 還是善用時間, 負責任地盡力把每件事做好? 肯定孩子要把書讀好的想法, 鼓勵並教導他們如何更有效率地利用時間; 一起和孩子擬定一個合理的讀書計畫或許是個不錯的方式. 好玩的是, 在學習的路途上, 往往只是小小心態的調整, 伴隨而來的卻是喜出望外的收穫呢!

Sammy: Knock, Knock.

Teacher: Who’s there?

Sammy: Miss Tree.

Teacher: Miss Tree Who?

Sammy: I don’t know, it’s a mystery.

Funny, eh!

This article was recently approved by EzineArticles, and I would like to share it with you.

Six ‘Hows’ of Choosing Good Books For Your Children to Read

Selecting a book for children to read can be quite a difficult decision. Often you will make mistakes about choosing books such as choosing books that interest you more, are too difficult for your child, don’t interest your kid. This article looks at six factors to help you choose books with more success.

How it looks

When choosing books for your students or children to read, one of the first and most important things you should consider is if the appearance of the book is attractive to children. The child will see the cover of the book first, so don’t choose something that looks boring. This will immediately lose their interest, especially for those who do not particularly enjoy reading anyway. Ideally, the book’s cover should be colorful and give some idea of what the book is about. If you can capture the child’s interest as soon as they first set eyes on the book, then half the battle is won.

How long it is

Another important factor to take into account is the length of the book. The more accomplished readers will have finished reading, when the rest of the children are still in the middle of it if the book is too short. If a book is too long, this can discourage children as soon as they see it. For children of ten and under, a book should take no longer than three to five days, and no more than eight to ten days for older children.

How many illustrations

Illustrations are very important to stimulate a child’s imagination. They provide a break between all those words, so that it doesn’t get monotonous. In fact, most children tend to look through the illustrations before they even begin reading the book. Good illustrations or photographs can capture a child’s interest, and often encourage them to want to read the book in order to understand what the interesting pictures are about. A drawing or photograph can also maintain a reader’s interest.

How big the words

Check that the font size and style of the book is suitable for young eyes. Younger children can find it difficult to focus on small type and tightly spaced sentences. For readers under the age of eight, it is easier for them if the type is larger than normal, and for those under the age of seven double-spaced sentences are best.

How it connects

Choosing a book that is part of a series can be a good idea to keep the children interested. That way, the children can get to know a character, and follow their adventures through a series of books. Reading books that are part of a series also makes a child eager to get to the next adventure, wanting to know what happens next, and can make them realize how enjoyable reading can be.

How interesting

Finally, choose an interesting subject. A good idea would be to discuss with the children what types of books they think that they might enjoy. Present some ideas to them, and then choose one that most have agreed on. You can always reserve the remaining subjects for another time.

Kenneth is a teacher with many years of experience in ESL at Dickson’s English School in Tamsui, Taiwan.

You can visit the school website at http://www.nozkidz.com/english/ to find out more about what our ESL students are doing, how important fluency is, and how much fun we’re having. For other advice and help, check out the columns at http://www.nozkidz.com/english/

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kenneth_Dickson

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I’m working on additional articles for parents and teachers, some of which can be found here.

The end of semester is approaching and students are busy studying for their finals, which is supposed to be a good thing, except that they sometimes skip classes to do their exam studying. Ironically, those students are often the ones who really need to attend every class.

Teach Kids to Manage Time

I myself had tons of classes when I was little, ballet class, English class, piano class, even calligraphy class. My schedule wasn’t any easier than students’ nowadays. I rarely missed a single lesson because of school exams. One thing that I learned from my parents is that having school exams is not a legitimate reason to be absent from class. It just highlights a poor ability of time management since the exam schedule is issued at the very beginning of every semester and the class schedule has been fixed.

Classes DO Matter

Unfortunately, it seems most students, parents as well, believe that exams trump classes. Some parents are even pleased that their kids show the motivation to study, not knowing that they are sending out the wrong message – the process of studying and the commitment of attending classes are not important compared to performing well on school exams.

Just Change That Attitude

I think the really question here is: Do we want our children to leave all the work until the last minute and do a mediocre job? Or do we teach them to use the time well and do a great job? So help them to get the idea that they want to perform well and teach them to make better use of their time. Working out a proper schedule with them will certainly help. You’ll be surprised how much they can achieve with just a simple change of attitude.

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