by Adam David Broughton | | Education, Language analysis, Motivation, Practice
It’s so true. The best classroom learners generally really annoy and frustrate traditional teachers. After all, the teacher has prepared their (possibly irrelevant) material to try to put into their students’ heads, planned the class with what they’ll say and when...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education
Hi there! Here comes part 3, where we get stuck into the last and easiest problem to solve: time. Want to refresh your memory? Here’s part 1, and here’s part 2. If you haven’t read them, give them a once-over, and start on this post after. There’s one thing that...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education
Hi guys! Welcome to part 2 of The problem with English classes, where I go deep into the major obstacles that impede a learner’s progress in a classroom environment. Today, we’ll be looking at the role of the teacher, and that of the learner. If you haven’t read the...
by Adam David Broughton | | Education
I got a message from my dear friend Leticia last night. She asked me the following question: “Hi Adam! I’m wanting to improve my English. I’m thinking of going to English classes again. Do you think it’s worth it?” My answer to her question is in the next three posts...
by Adam David Broughton | | Practice
In 2007, a man named Dave Farrow broke the world memory record for the most decks of cards memorised in a single sighting. 59 decks of cards to be precise. That’s a total of 3,068 individual cards which took him 14 hours to memorise, and 9 hours to recall....
