Monthly Archives: July 2009

Jeu de définitions!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 20, 2009
I just heard from Maggie in NYC… she got her level C in oral interaction!… I can take such good news any time!… Especially at the beginning of the week… This morning, I had my last two hour session with Mark who is located in New Brunswick… In my last post, I had written that [...]
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How to relieve the tension of the SLE testing process?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 17, 2009
This week has been quite emotional for most of my trainees… some had lost sleep over the upcoming SLE tests, some could not hold back their tears any longer and some others had reached a high level of frustration… Why?… Well… for various reasons… For those who applied for a job position within the Public [...]
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Accurate vocabulary and expressions…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 14, 2009
This week has been quite tough emotionally so far… Stress level is very high among most of my students… The idea of the upcoming SLE tests is overwhelming for them! I do believe it is also a bit related to the weather we have… we are mid-July and we hardly see the sun… temperatures are [...]
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