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Hi Jack
Task based language learning is where the teacher gives a little bit of language in the beginning (ie vocabulary), and then assigns students a task to complete.
I can't find any available IT task based lesson plans, so I think I need to create some materials. That's why I wrote this post.
Some topics I'm a little familiar with are MVC frameworks, testing and TDD, agile project management, and interpreted programming languages. I could push things a bit and talk about UX and git versioning.
What kind of learning tasks would you be interested in?
Koan
0 votedOctober 23, 20160Thanks for the input.
Deborah, I'm happy to talk to your friend.
No EnglishGeek, I don't want to build another iTalki. There are already a bunch of those and iTalki has a 9 year head start.
Kristian, thanks for sharing your story.
Does anyone else have any problems with technical English?
0 votedOctober 21, 20160Hi Jenny
I'm Canadian. Our public school system is pretty good by world standards, but is actually pretty bad if you really want to learn anything.
The primary role of public education is teaching people compliance. (ie. sit down and be quiet).
As a teacher, compliance is about the only thing you can teach in large class rooms. Large class rooms are terrible for both teaching and learning, but they are great at cost reduction because they are so cheap.
Good luck with your continuing education.
Koan
0 votedOctober 21, 20160a little bit of science A Little Bit of Science
According to the data about the structure of the free enzyme and its complexes (?) with DNA, in the enzyme-substrate complex,.The DNA is bent by at 70° in the place of the damaged nucleotide position.
Amino acid residues are built in the formed DNA cavity. The structural data suggest that DNA binds in a channel of the enzyme, having a single positively charged His-270 residue, which forms a hydrogen bond with the 5′-phosphate group of the damaged nucleotide.0 votedOctober 21, 20160- Are you an IT professional? What kind of communication problems do you have?
Hi
My name is Koan. I used to be a web developer and now I am working on iTalki as a teacher. I'm interested in helping developers and other technology professionals improve their communication ability in English.
What's your job title?
What kind of problems do you have when you speak English?
What are some topics that you would like to discuss?
I'm getting some ideas together to start a series of task based language classes.
Thank you
Koan
October 20, 2016122 Cake (drabble)
Tomorrow is your birthday and it will be the first year that I'm not making your birthday cake. I didn't tell anyone about our little celebrations and I won't,; they won't understand it. Probably because for them it doesn't make sense to celebrate something to with someone who is no longer here,. (ROS) But you are still by my side and you will always be there. They won't understand that the party is not only to you, is to it is for me and to for everyone who miss you. It's when and where we let ourselves talk about you using only the present forms...; we are not yet able to say things that had happened when you really could eat your birthday cake.
Tomorrow is your birthday and even if i'm not coming: Happy Birthday to you.0 votedOctober 17, 20163This is my diary about spending a day off in my area in Malawi.
17th (month?)
Today is a national holiday. It is called mother's day. Mother's Day. In Japan, we also have mother's day. Mother's Day. (new idea = new paragraph)I studied English this morning and I made some examination questions for my students. I went out this afternoon but I had a flat tire so I had my bicycle repaired.
It was too hot today. I drank four bottles of Coke. I prefer Coke to Fanta.I spent time doing nothing this afternoon at the restaurant.
Notes: - good work!
0 votedOctober 17, 20160I agree with Jack. Most of the teaching done is by people who don't speak English, so they teach it as an academic subject. Learning in China involves a lot of tests and no communication.
Its funny. I had some students from Mongolia while I was there who hadn't learned any English in school. They learned far faster than the local students who had years of experience. I think the Chinese education system is a huge barrier to learning and will actually make you worse at learning in the future.
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