Teaching penmanship As you prepare to become elementary school teachers, you'll be hearing a lot of disscussion about the relevance of teaching permanship, the qulity of one's handwriting. Now years ago when I was studying education in college, readi...
The History of Harvard University Started in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard. They were all started before the American Re...
Science's Lingua Franca While many rural languages are going extinct, new urban hybrid languages may help to maintain global diversity. Hundreds of new forms of English have already been spawned around the world. Some traditional languages are losing...
Web Logs Instead of passing notes in class, teens are now sharing information on their Web logs, or blogs. A study showed that one in five teens in America has a blog, and about twice as many read them. But some schools have prohibited (禁止) stude...
Encouragement and Praise-holic For years we have been told that encouraging a childs self-respect is important to his or her success in life. But child experts are now learning that too much praise can lead to the opposite effect. Praise-holic kids w...
Tips to Improve your Study Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration is their biggest problem. It seriously affects their ability to study, so do their test results. If...
Every year as examinations time approaches,the question of student examination stress raised in the press,on TV programes,and by students themselves.This problem applies particularly to year 12 students(in Australia,anyway).In many cases ,this is a o...
Passage Two Officials at the Olympic Games taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, say they have met their environmental goals. However, environmental groups say the Salt Lake Olympic Games have done pemp3anent hamp3 to the area. Protection of the envi...
Passage One When you turn on the radio, you hear an advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see o...
Conversation Two M: You should have seen the line at the housing office. It took me an hour to make my domp3itory deposit for next year. Have you made yours yet? W: No, Im not sure Im going to. M: Theres not much time left. The deadlines May 1. That...
