Quote of the Week
“Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.”
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Archive forFebruary, 2009
How to Overcome Fear and Procrastination
Please read the article in the below link:
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Overcome-Fear-and-Procrastination&id=1740373
How to Take Notes
Taking notes is important in Learning English. Taking notes helps to remember easily what English learners heard on Cds or tapes and so, it is easier to understand. Knowing about how to take notes is also useful for university classes. I think this article is very helpful and for reading it, please go to this page:
http://www.yorku.ca/rkenedy/critical_skills/student/cdc/notes_brochure.pdf
Story of the Week: Nasreddin and the Smell of the Soup
One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good smell. Then he ate the bread.
The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while.
Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner’s ear, and shook them, so that they made a jingling noise.
“What was that?” asked the restaurant owner.
“That was payment for you,” answered Nasreddin.
“What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!” protested the restaurant owner.
“The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup,” answered Nasreddin. “Now go back to your restaurant.”
Intonation and Stress: Key to Understanding and Being Understood
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Teacher Joe’s Three Steps to Success
Please go to this page: http://www.scribd.com/doc/4034859/Teacher-Joe
Happy Valentine’s Day
Everything other than love for the most beautiful God
though it be sugar- eating.
What is agony of the spirit?
To advance toward death without seizing
hold of the Water of Life.
For more information about the history of Valentine’s day, please see this page:
http://www.history.com/content/valentine/history-of-valentine-s-day
English Intonation
Intonation is important in English language because it helps to understand beyond the surface meaning. Here is an article about this topic:
How to Study Effectively
Some students are really successful and they have the same amount of time that we have. But, why are they more successful than us? I think the answer might be study methods. For reading more detailed information on how we can study better, please read this article: