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BLOGS FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

To  make  learning  more  tailored,  more  interactive and more self-motivated the use of Web  2.0  technologies  such  as  blogs  or  podcasts  has emerged as a language learning tool. For  learning  English language, blogging is an excellent learning platform which  can  develop  the  students’  knowledge  and   their  language  performance  in  writing. It's a platform that facilitate  students to publish and distribute their work to a wider audience and also  see themselves as authors. A blog ,also known as weblog can be simply created and  often updated-- a  minimum  of  technical  knowledge and basic  access  to  the  Internet, is all, that is required.   It resembles just an online journal. Because of this, it is one amongst the simplest ways to publish student writing on the ...

Emotional Resilience—Characteristics & its Development

“The greatest glory in living lies in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela Emotional resilience refers to one’s ability to acclimatize to stressful situations or crises. It is intrinsic motivation, an inner force by which we can embrace ourselves through all the downsides of life. Emotional resilience, is also a trait, like I.Q.,  Emotional Intelligence , Social intelligence, etc. the other aspects of our persona which is present since birth but it can be developed with a little effort. Even though it varies from person to person but there are ways by which it can be strengthened.   Traits of Emotional Resilience— Resilient people are conscious of situations, their own emotional reactions and the behaviour of individuals around them. In order to deal with feelings, it is crucial to realize what is causing them and why. This awareness helps resilient people to sustain control of a situation and reflect on new ways to deal with pr...

Learning disability: strategies to deal with cognitive, intellectual disabilities

Learning disability: strategies to deal with cognitive, intellectual disabilities Classrooms mirror the diversity of the country – of languages, socio-cultural environments economic and religious backgrounds etc. They are often represented by demanding circumstances like deprived access to / lack of ample information pertaining to health, hygiene, nutrition. It is imperative to keep in mind that these situations also severely impact a child’sdevelopment which, in turn, can reflect in how a student attends to and learns in the classroom. Here are the learning needs that we need to focus on, especially those that are related to the influences and impacts on the brain. We come across several students who are not able to learn or articulate their learning. Many of the student behaviour are not a result of sensory, physical or motor impairments . To identify for many of these cognitive and intellectual impairments, a series of appropriate or standardised tests are needed which ma...