Category Archives: adult learners

How much Paperwork is ENOUGH?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: February 20, 2009

For the past months, I have been flooded with requests for paperwork! I do understand the necessity of writing evaluation reports on my students’ progress… yet I am wondering how many of these reports are too many… Maybe public servants who are in full-time French training can be assessed every month… They get an average [...]

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PSC SLE Tests! They NEVER End!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: February 11, 2009

Is it due to the end of financial year for the Public Service of Canada? Or is it only me hallucinating?… I am under the impression that there is an orgy of SLE tests going on these days… and it seems there will not be any recess before the end of March! I have been [...]

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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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