by Englist | Mar 5, 2025 | Academic Writing, Elementary, Englist blog
Parental concerns Last semester, a few parents decided to remove their kids from class about halfway through the term. The parents argued their children were doing too much work during class time — specifically drafting their writing tasks as well as redrafting them...
by Englist | Feb 14, 2023 | Academic Writing, Elementary
In the past 20 years, education in English has transformed in East Asia, and Taiwan is no exception. The number of programs has exploded and the spectrum of styles and methods range from the ABCs to graduate-level literature and rhetorical analysis. Twenty years ago,...
by Englist | Jan 18, 2023 | Academic Writing, Elementary, Englist blog
Englist’s mission is to prepare students for a future in English-language academic and career settings. This can be a difficult bridge to cross. Most students who enter international programs or attend university overseas are shocked to find that grammar and...
by Englist | Nov 19, 2022 | Academic Writing, College Applications, Englist blog
In quality language arts and social studies classes, students are tasked with learning about and critically engaging issues of social justice as a means of teaching participatory democratic citizenship. Topics introduced can include race, socioeconomic class, gender,...
by Englist | Mar 15, 2022 | Academic Writing, College Applications, Englist blog
When students hear this question, they usually think something like, “boring homework that I have to do because my teacher said so.” In the most superficial sense, this is sort of true, but that’s only part of the picture. If students feel writing is simply a vehicle...
by Englist | Nov 15, 2021 | Academic Writing, Englist blog
By Teacher Adam I first read To Kill a Mockingbird in 9th grade for English class. I liked it, but I know I didn’t really get it. I also remember much of my class not getting it. I have read TKAM probably nine times now, both in my role as a teacher and on my own....
