“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail,” said the late legendary UCLA Coach John Wooden. Fast-forward to today’s competitive college admissions process and Wooden’s wisdom still holds: “Start preparing for college at grade six [age 11],” says UC San Diego Director of Admissions Mae Brown. Over the years, I have found that creating a familiar routine consisting of […]
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Instruction: Listen to the teacher carefully and begin to read the words when told to do so. The teacher will tell you to stop when the test is over. Time to complete test: 15-20 minutes A B O P E R T H [8] to see cat milk red tree big book [16] was city
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2016 Reading Challenge List Do you love to read? Too busy to read? Do you enjoy reading books that cross different topics and genres? Then have I got something for you. A reading challenge might be just the thing you need to make yourself fall in love with reading all over again. This is just a
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When it comes to preparing for standardized test like Toefl, IB, AP, reading comprehension seems to be the most difficult subject for parents and students. Subjects like Math, Spelling are usually learned using a formula or memorizing. But no exam issues a reading list, standardized test will not contain any reading familiar to its target students.
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What makes a good speech? And a good speaker? A good speech has a clear purpose. It’s engaging. The speaker knows the subject, makes it interesting, and cares about it. They want the audience to care about it too. Finally, it’s simply structured—beginning, middle, end. 1. Thinking and planning Pick your topic carefully A teacher may
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READING research How important is daily reading? According to American researchers (Nagy & Herman,1987), if your kid starts reading daily for 20 minutes from kindergarten, he/she would be exposed to 1.8 million words by the time they enter Grade 6. Reading is important to building vocabulary in reading passages and fluency. For your convenience, I have
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Summer holidays are here! Finally, kids and parents can breathe easy. No exams, homework or rushing for time to schools. The kids can sleep in late, play with their friends and enjoy the sun. Sounds too good to be true? In reality, many parents don’t see it as a break, instead they are concerned that
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