Learn English With English Learning Kid Games

Learn English With English Learning Kid GamesFor the child who wishes to learn English, English learning kid games are the ideal platform for the purpose. With just a touch of the mouse, one can ask questions and participate in interactive lessons. Here, it is important to note that English language learning is not a boring activity but an exciting journey that can be conducted in a very short period of time.As English is the most used language among kids and adults, the fact is that kid games have had an immense rise in recent times. The reason behind the boom is clear. Kids are always interested in entertaining and there is nothing more fascinating than taking part in any sort of interactive activity. With the use of internet, kids can engage in whatever they want - for educational or for fun.Kids can choose from a huge variety of interactive game available in the market. The range of them includes games that let the kids learn English at an accelerated pace, games that teach them the fundamentals of the language, and games that help them earn points, solve puzzles, and pass tests. Of course, the thing that matters here is the quality of the game. Every player should be convinced that the game is going to be of great help to him. On the other hand, the money spent on kid games should be given due importance too.These days, it is a common practice to see interactive games on television shows. In some cases, these games are referred to as educational games. These games are available in various forms. They are available as flash games, movie games, and music games. Let us take flash games for instance. With these games, kids can experience the thrill of playing with real objects, which they can interact with.To be able to play flash games, the users must be familiar with the tools that are needed to access them. These games are fairly easy to learn but they may need a little bit of time and attention. They can also be considered educational games because they gi ve kids a good idea about the content of English. These are generally played in small groups. For example, to learn how to write, a group of children may play a game that requires them to draw letters and symbols.To be able to understand the context of the game, the players should be made aware of the rules of the game. Every game is different. The creators of a particular game may make it very simple by creating a lot of rules and do away with the complications. There are a lot of types of games that can be played. There are games that encourage children to learn the basics of the language like the movie games, songs, and animal games. Some of these games involve verbal interactions and require the participation of others to be successful.Even though it is easy to learn a language, kids are still prone to indulge in some games that involve the use of creative thinking. This is the reason why kids learn at their own pace when they play English learning kid games. Most of these games involve the interaction of several children. There are many online resources that can help a user understand about the genre of the game he is going to play.

GCSE Analysis Lord of the Flies by William Golding

GCSE Analysis Lord of the Flies by William Golding English Literature GCSE Analysis: Lord of the Flies by William Golding Overview The Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a pacific island after the aeroplane on which they are travelling crashes into the jungle.   Isolated from society and freed from adult supervision, the characters in the story quickly lose their civilised manners and begin to act with surprising violence and savagery.   Golding, who wrote the story while working as a teacher, held strong views on the nature of innocence and the power of civilisation to control ‘the beast’ of savagery within all people.   His accurate portrayal of boys, drawn from his experience, together with the startling and ultimately pessimistic exploration of human nature, have given the book worldwide recognition together with a lasting influence on thinkers, writers and film-makers.   The title is a translation of the Biblical name, Beelzebub, used for a god who expected human sacrifice. Themes Most discussions of the book centre around strongly polarised concepts that arise from the boys’ actions, for example: innocence and the loss of innocence; civilisation and savagery; and diversity and conformity.   Then there are the ‘totemic’ objects that have come to be representative of bigger ideas: the conch; piggy’s glasses; and the beast.  The resonance and power of the book is partly due to Golding’s willingness to write about events as shocking as murder, torture, bullying and hallucination and partly because of his willingness to explicitly discuss the morality with his narrative voice. Innocence When first arriving on the island, the boys are made to seem almost entirely innocent.   Despite the difference in behaviour from what we might expect from school children, due to the age of the book itself, we can observe this innocence best by contrasting it with the behaviour towards the end of the book.   Two scenes to consider would be the very first, when Ralph and Piggy meet, and the climax in Chapter 11, Castle Rock, when Piggy is murdered. At the start of the novel, the boys even dress like they are in the heart of civilised Britain: ‘The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.’ Ralph in particular is described as healthily muscled, but ‘there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.’   The word ‘devil’ only appears twice in the whole book, and although it might be light-hearted here at the start, the darkening tone means that later in Chapter 11 when we read of ‘the anonymous devils’ faces’ there is a real threat to the word. In the final scene, the naval officer presumes that the mud-plastering and the dressing-up has been ‘fun and games’, but he is surprised by the response to his question ‘Nobody killed, I hope?’   Ralph’s tears are both a response to the ‘end of innocence’ and also a proof that he has lost his own innocence: like Adam after eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he now has the ability to recognise when something will never return. Civilisation and savagery First Golding has the boys create a fair sort of system â€" an agreed leader, a symbol for democratic participation (the conch) and a shared need to draw the society together.   The ‘assembly’, which even in 1954 would have had overtones of school gatherings, is a meeting that can’t survive alongside the desire to hunt, break and kill.   The two are antithetical.   Consider the scene in Chapter 5 when the assembly is first suggested, with the scene in Chapter 11 when Jack and his gang decry the rules and ‘law and rescue’.   In one, the boys talk one at a time, punctuated by ‘murmurs’.   In the other, the boys shout at the same time, interrupted by a ‘clamor’. Some of the missing pieces of civilisation are the school uniforms which are quickly stripped off, but by the end most of the boys have also lost their long, civilised names.   Ralph unwittingly betrays his friend by calling him ‘Piggy’ and encouraging others to see him as a victim, but he is not the only one to be degraded by his name.   When a small boy is asked who he is by the naval officer, Golding writes: Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away. The long and upper-class name is merely a distant ‘incantation’ â€" something magical and never understood. But it is the tragedy of Golding’s story that civilisation is actually ineffective at combating savagery.   Samneric may be a good friend, but his support for Piggy and Ralph is weak.   When Jack is confronting them, Golding mocks his character: ‘Samneric protested out of the heart of civilization. “Oh, I say!”’ Closely related to the loss of innocence, the loss of rules is somehow even more awful, perhaps because the boys need them so desperately. Diversity and Conformity There is a strong latent discussion of the place of the individual in society within the book, usually overlooked in favour of the simpler themes outlined above.   Piggy has several traits that mark him out as different, and he is punished for his natural non-conformity by taunts and bullying throughout the story.   But when Ralph insists upon the rules in the first assembly, Jack undoubtedly reacts against it because he wants the freedom to live differently.   He loves the idea that he is free to do as he wishes, to ‘hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beatâ€"!”’   But he also needs the ideal of Ralph’s society to react against. Ironically by the end of the book, the biggest crime that Ralph and his supporters have committed, in Jack’s eyes, is to refuse to join in with the new conformity: “ What d’you mean by it, eh?” said the chief fiercely. “What d’you mean by coming with spears? What d’you mean by not joining my tribe?” Golding is observing that as the majority shifts, human morality can be entirely redefined. The Conch The conch is mentioned 180 times in the book, first as ‘interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything’.   Even after it has been destroyed by the same rock that kills Piggy, it is still mentioned five times as Ralph remembers it, now emblematic of everything ‘solemn’ and proper: There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch. The phrase associated with the shell is ‘I got the conch’.   The simplicity of this is itself a warning: the boys think that authority can be bestowed by possession of a special object.   However, the conch is meaningless without the respect for the ideal of the conch.   In some ways the boys did an amazing thing to create this symbol that is heard ‘all across the island’ â€" and far beyond the book â€" but it is a fragile thing, easily broken. Piggy’s Glasses Piggy’s glasses are also fragile, yet they control the fire and the power goes with it.   The glasses are mentioned 42 times in the book, often described as ‘flashing’ in the steady tropical sunshine.   They are a mark of Piggy’s vulnerability, an artefact of civilisation, a tool and a displacement activity (Piggy is forever cleaning them).   Key scenes to consider are the second part of Chapter Two, when the fire is first lit, the end of Chapter Four, when one of the lenses is broken when Jack hits piggy, and the moment at the end of Chapter Ten when the boys realise why Jack and his hunters made their attack. The Beast The beast is only an imaginary creature, yet the word appears 113 times in the book.   To begin with, the boys talk of a ‘beastie’ â€" the diminutive suffix implying a childish, silly bogey â€" the fear of the ‘littluns’.   However, the word ‘beastie’ doesn’t appear after Chapter Five.   Although Simon identifies that the ‘beast’ may in fact be real, but be a part of ‘darkness of man’s heart’, this thought itself is too abstract for many of the boys, and Jack diverts attention with profanity. After Jack kills a sow and makes an offering, Simon looking at the head of the pig speaks to and hears from a voice that Golding identifies as the Lord of the Flies.   And although this voice says that it intends to ‘have fun’, this moment and the seriousness with which a reader chooses to take it really decides your reading of the whole book. To write an essay response to the story it is essential that you really do hold an opinion and your own reaction.   The simplest way is to consider this scene and to ask yourself, how real is this ‘beast’ within?   Do I believe that Golding’s story is realistic, or purest fantasy? Need an extra hand with some English? Why not book private GCSE English tuition to boost your learning. You can find the right tutor for you from the Tutorfair website. More GCSE analyses: Animal Farm and Of Mice and Men

What you can learn about English from Obama and Medvedevs mistake

What you can learn about English from Obama and Medvedevs mistake Last weeks meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accidentally provided a great example of how word choice can affect the way a sentence is understood.During a conversation about nuclear weapons in South Korea, Obama and Medvedev did not realize that a microphone was still on, and had a conversation that was meant to be private, but was broadcast over television.Starting at about 43 seconds in the video below, youll see this conversation played several times. The clip below is from a U.S. comedy show called The Daily Show that makes comedy out of daily news events.Watch the video, and then read some excerpts from it below.The Daily Show with Jon StewartMon Thurs 11p / 10cThe Borscht Whispererwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor Satire BlogThe Daily Show on FacebookWhat Medvedev actually said to Obama was I transmit this information to Vladimir. First of all, he should have had the modal verb will in the sentence, as in: I will transmit this information to Vladimir.Beyond that, The Daily Shows Jon Stewart points out that Medvedevs wording makes his statement sound sinister, as if it had been said by Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers films. Or as if it should be spoken into a secret spys shoe phone, as Stewart says. The particular problem here is the word transmit.Stewart points out All hes really saying is oh, alright, Ill tell him. But the word transmit is a very technical, formal sounding word, that is typically used when we are talking about signals. Something about using this word that should only be used with radio, television, or shoe phone signals, makes the sentence sound sinister.Medvedev could have made the phrase sound less formal, and less sinister, by using a phrasal verb. For example:I will pass this information along to Vladimir. (to pass something along)I will let Vladimir know. (to let someone know)Or he could have just said: Ill tell Vladimir. I transmit this message to Vladimi r.So what can you learn from this? Well, dont get too worried. While some silly people might have actually thought that there was something evil happening, most people realize that non-native speakers of any language sometimes miss subtleties like these. Second, this is a good reason to study your phrasal verbs. In a one-on-one situation, between two equals, as in Obama and Medvedevs meeting, a phrasal verb would have created the perfect tone.Finally, in the video above, after talking about this particular sentence, Jon Stewart wonders whether all of the past problems between Russia and the U.S. could have been caused by the way Russians speak English. He then gives three example sentence pairs, with a very normal sounding sentence, and another version that has the same meaning, but sound sinister. Listen to them and see if you can understand how he changes them. Pflynn1148 In the first paragraph, you seem like an ESL student, using effect where affect is correct. LOIEnglish Thank s Pflynn1148, though I doubt that mistake makes me seem like an ESL student ??

4 Ways to Educate Your Child Using Current Events

4 Ways to Educate Your Child Using Current Events In addition to academics, it is important for students to begin developing strong soft skills during their academic career. Soft skills refer to a person's behavior and personality. These skills become habits and traits that affect how a student will interact with classmates, instructors, and future employers. Including current events in an educational program is a creative way to develop the student's communication, critical thinking, and constructive criticism skills. Here are three ways to use current events to develop these skills within your child: Listen: what are the details? Read a news story from the paper out loud. After you have finished reading it, ask your child who, what, where, and when questions pertaining to the article. Depending on the grade level, the article and questions can increase in difficulty. A child in a higher grade level should be asked questions that require more attention to detail. This exercise can improve the student's listening skills, which are imperative for effective communication. Ignoring details or failing to pay attention can cause miscommunications. Debate: why is it news? Using the same article, ask your student to explain why the article is newsworthy. This exercise can sharpen a student's critical observation skills. Reasons a story is newsworthy could include its impact on the community, a rare event, relationship to a well-known person, or historical significance. In addition to improving critical observation skills, understanding why a story is newsworthy can give your child a broader understanding of cause and effect relationships. If students disagree on why an article is newsworthy, they can practice negotiation and persuasion skills through an intellectual debate. Editing: give and receive constructive criticism. Parents can use current events to develop their child's writing and critiquing skills. Editing can improve a student's own writing skills, while developing his or her ability to give and receive constructive criticism. Begin by providing your child with an essay or article based on a current news story. When writing the sample news story, intentionally include common spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Also, include factual errors that will require the student to research the original news story. The purpose of the assignment is to let your child recognise the errors and edit them. Assign him or her the task of editing your article and providing constructive feedback. Your child's written feedback should note your mistakes and reference sources. This exercise can reinforce both writing skills and the aforementioned soft skill of constructive criticism. Speaking: use current events to inform or persuade. Current events are a perfect platform to develop a student's public speaking skills. The three types of speeches taught in public speaking courses are informational, persuasive, and special occasion.

The Internship Process From Finding One to Your First Day

The Internship Process From Finding One to Your First Day via Pixabay What do you want to do? Part of having an internship is to help you determine what career path you would like to follow. It’s very different to work in an industry than learning about it in a classroom. So, before you start applying to internships, take a few minutes, or days, to think about what exactly it is you want to do after college. It’s okay if you don’t have a definitive plan, but you should have some general direction. Once you have decided on what you might want to pursue or at least try out, you are ready to start your internship search! via Pixabay Finding an internship Now that you have an idea of what type of internship you would like to have, it’s time to find an open position! There are many ways to go about this. You can go the traditional route by applying to positions posted online. Though this way offers the most options, you are competing with hundreds, maybe thousands, of other applicants for the position. If you are looking for a position where you have a connection or personal contact, you may want to go through your internship coordinator or professors. Your internship supervisor or coordinator’s job is to have connections with companies who actively look for interns each semester. With their help and recommendation, you will have a better chance of getting an interview for the position. Rather than relying on other people’s connections, make your own at career and internship fairs. Many colleges and universities will host internship fairs at the beginning and end of the semester. Dress to impress and bring a copy of your resume to make a good impression on companies looking for interns right on campus. via Pixabay Applying for an internship Once you’ve created a list of positions and companies to apply to, it’s time to start sending your resume and cover letter. Tailor your resume to each position you are applying to. It’s important to make your relevant experience stand out on your resume rather than your most recent experience. Keep it neat, simple, and one page in length. As for your cover letter, this should also be short and sweet but also expand your resume. Go into detail about your experience and accomplishments in a few sentences. The general format of a cover letter is: •1st paragraph: Introduction: Explain who you are and what position you are applying to •2nd paragraph: Content: Elaborate on your resume, describe accomplishments and experience, talk specifically about the company youre applying to •3rd paragraph: Closing: Offer the reader your contact information and thank them for their time via Pixabay Follow up Hiring managers receive hundreds of resumes and applications every day. It’s difficult to keep track of who has applied and which candidates would be great in the position. To stand out from the crowd, make sure to follow up a week after you send in your resume. Give the office a call to check on the status or just to make them aware that you have applied. Keep being persistent and don’t stop calling until they tell you the position has been filled or until they give you an interview. via Pixabay The interview Congratulations! After calling once a week and following up, you’ve landed an interview for the internship. This is the make or break to get the position. Come dressed in business professional clothing along with copies of your resume and a list of references. Prepare some questions to ask the interviewer about the position and company at the end of the interview. Practice your answers and interview etiquette with your career center at school or with a friend. During the interview, it is important to speak clearly, slowly, and to take your time answering the interviewer’s questions. Make sure to keep eye contact with the interviewer and pay attention to what they are saying. After your interview, make sure to send them a “Thank You” email in the next 24 hours. This separates you from other interviewees and shows that you are respectable and professional. via Pixabay Your first day You aced your interview and they called to tell you the position is yours! After rearranging some classes, having the internship approved for credit, and scheduling your hours, it’s your first day in the office. Go in with a positive attitude! Don’t be nervous; everyone will make mistakes on their first day. Make sure to dress in business casual clothing, depending on the position, and to bring a pen and notebook to take notes during the day. The process The process of getting an internship is long and tedious, but with persistence and dedication, you will be sure to land one! If you take all of these necessary steps, you will have an internship in no time.

?? How to Ask Great Questions when Teaching

?? How to Ask Great Questions when Teaching How to Ask Great Questions when Teaching Questioning is at the heart of teaching and tutoring. Questions are the number one way inwhich teachers and tutors communicate with their students. Asking good questions meansraising the quality of communication between you and your students.One way to make sureyou always ask good questions is to have a set of questioning frameworks on hand. You canuse these to frame the questions you ask, helping to maintain a high standard, even whentime is against you.Bloom’s Taxonomy is an example we are all familiar with. But here are three otherframeworks you might not have come across:1) Concrete to AbstractThis method involves a gradual transition from one type of thinking to another, as opposedto a specific delineation of skills. That shift is from concrete thinking to abstract thinking.Here is an example:Concrete1) How many ducks are in the pond?2) What colour are the ducks?3) How are the ducks behaving?4) What are the relationships between the ducks?5) What might be influencing the behav iour and relationships of the ducks?6) Why might the ducks have come to be as they are?7) Is all human life mirrored in the vagaries of ducks?8) If ducks could speak, would we understand them?Abstract2) Show Me, Tell Me, Convince MeShow me: Use the phrase ‘show me’ as the command part of your question. You might ask astudent to show you what they have done, to show you how they have learnt something, orto show you what something means. The use of the word ‘show’ indicates this activityinvolves a basic level of thinking.Tell me: Using the phrase ‘tell me’ as the command part of your question means you aremaking greater demands on your students. You might ask pupils to tell you what they thinkabout something, to tell you about the structure of something, or to tell you about theorigins of something they have been studying. The use of the word ‘tell’ indicates thisactivity requires a deeper level of thinking than is the case with the word ‘show’.Convince me: Using t he phrase ‘convince me’ as the command part of your question makesgreater demands on your students. You might ask pupils to convince you that they are right,to convince you that something is the case, or to convince you that a certain course ofaction should be taken. The use of the word ‘convince’ indicates this activity requirescomplex thinking â€" beyond the level of showing and telling.When using this method, you can ask a number of questions based on each category; youdon’t have to limit yourself to one per section. You can develop the method by usingdifferent command words (explain, describe, persuade and so on).3) General to SpecificThis is where your questions begin with a general concern about some given topic or ideabefore gradually progressing to a specific element of that. Here is an example:What are your thoughts on climate change?What do we know about climate change?What effects might climate change have on the world?How might human behaviour connect to these possible effects?How might it be possible to mitigate these effects?What might a plan to alter the behaviour of people in the UK look like?What are the strengths and limitations of such a plan?To what extent do you agree that climate change can be reversed by attempting to alter thebehaviour of individuals?As the questions become more specific, so the challenge increases. Students have to giveincreasingly detailed responses, make more precise use of information and demonstrate amore developed understanding of the topic.Each of these questioning frameworks can be adapted to suit your needs, or used off theshelf â€" as in the examples above. In either case, the benefit is the same. You can beconfident in the quality of your questions as the framework takes care of this in advance. Author BioMike Gershon:To read more by Mike, visit one his websites at:www.mikegershon.com orwww.gershongrowthmindsets.com

Physics Tutor Jobs - Which Is Best For You?

Physics Tutor Jobs - Which Is Best For You?A physics tutor can prove to be the answer to your homework and problems. The career of a physics tutor is both lucrative and profitable. In fact, some physics tutors are able to make as much as six figures annually. However, if you do not choose the right job, then you can end up losing out on a good job opportunity.Degrees are available in this area of study that offer a number of entry level jobs. What you should look for are the high paying jobs. You can choose from teaching physics classes or teaching at schools.If you are just starting out, you will want to go with the first option to short list. There are also positions that require a degree in physics. Physics instructors are responsible for training young children on the basics of science. A number of these students end up becoming scientists later in life.The most popular fields of study in this area are mathematics, chemistry, biology, business and professional certification. Thes e fields will show you that you are well prepared for your future career and will be able to get good paying jobs.There are various schools that offer a teacher to student exchange. This will allow you to learn from someone who has the experience and skills that you would need. You can take the courses they give you and begin a career that can lead to salaries that can last for years.You should get a teacher's permit if you plan to teach at a school. This is a valid form of identification that allows you to get jobs with teaching positions. Many times, employers will have to hire students first before they will let you take their classes.With all the benefits that come with the career, it makes sense to get a degree in this field. If you want to advance in this field and advance with ease, it would be in your best interest to get a degree. You will find that the pay will start at ten thousand dollars for those who have taken an associate's degree.