In this video you will listen to Ken Robinson talking about how the present educational system neither prepares young people for the future nor encourages creativity. Can you leave a comment about your opinion? Do you agree with Robinson? Are you doing anything in your class to avoid killing creativity? Are you stuck to academic education?
Alexa Thompson discusses the ways that learning English in an online or offline setting can benefit non-native speakers
The Internet platform has become an essential tool for learning and teaching online , as noted by English Virtual Community. In this post, Alexa Thompson discusses the ways that learning English in an online or offline setting can benefit non-native speakers. For instance, learning English can lead to outsourced jobs that big businesses make available overseas. To read more about online English school from Alexa, visit the website she maintains about English education. English as a second language teachers, English Language Learners Did you know you can get a foreign job based on your ability to speak English? Many work opportunities are available to English speakers from almost any country in the world. Thanks to the Internet and impact outsourcing, more foreign speakers of English are coming into contact with businesses from North America and Europe, making English as a Second Language courses extremely valuable for both students and native English speakers. The last three decades h...
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I've already written two posts about this video in my blog here are the links (and of course that is my opinion about the video)
http://sabridv.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/%C2%BFla-escuela-mata-la-creatividad/
http://sabridv.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/%C2%BFla-escuela-mata-la-creatividad-parte-2/
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Beside, people think that you need to be a Lawyer or a Doctor or something similar to reach a 'social status'...That´s a terrible idea.