Category Archives: adult learners

The COFI would actually do a better job!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: September 21, 2009

Before I start writing about my latest reflection, I want to let you know that I got a message from Seema last Friday and she got her B in oral interaction! Good for her… though she is not finished yet because, while she was under’going full time French training, her job position turned into a CBC!… [...]

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I was Right… They were Wrong!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: September 3, 2009

I had quite a busy week… besides setting up new students for online training, teaching, doing the end of the month paperwork, I did spend quite some time with Mark who had arrived in Ottawa last Saturday and flew back to Fredericton early this morning. In five days, he managed to buy a townhouse and [...]

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Yes! An easy way out… but at what cost?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: August 28, 2009

Teaching is not an easy task… there are so many factors influencing people’s learning!… Although some argue that almost anyone can teach as long as they know their subjects well, it is utterly false! Even a degree in education does not guarantee that someone will know how to teach others… on the other hand, there [...]

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