Category Archives: adult education

Freebies… or not?…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: February 7, 2009

I had something else in mind for my today’s post… yet something happened and it triggered other thoughts. Since I am not a stick in the mud, I can easily change my plans… Anyways, any ideas I have can be put on ice for a while because obviously I will write about them sooner or [...]

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The #3 Fear Factor

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: November 15, 2008

Five months ago, I had started a series on fear factors that might influence adults’ learning. Then a series of events came up and I did not write any other posts on that topic. This past week, I have been the witness of one out of several fear factors and I decided to talk about [...]

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Teaching to the Test: Beyond Teaching a Second Language!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: October 10, 2008

Alice took her oral test yesterday… Since this coming weekend is a long one (Thanksgiving), we are not expecting any news before some time next week. The long painful waiting has just begun!… Fortunately I will be in Montréal and I guess I will be busy enough not to spend my entire time thinking of her [...]

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