by Englist | Jul 29, 2026 | Englist blog, Elementary
“One thing that ____________ can do right away to improve his reading and writing skills is read more at home.” While I was typing up my last round of student reports, I found myself writing a variation of this sentence over and over again. If you ask any...
by Englist | Jul 17, 2026 | Learning resources, Elementary, Englist blog
作者：Adam Hatch My school Englist was featured in a recent article in the Kaohsiung Times. Eryk Smith, who was nice enough to come and judge our recent speech and essay contest, wrote a piece for us about the contest and about our program overall. He had some great...
by Englist | Jul 13, 2026 | Englist blog, Learning resources, Elementary
Today with a class I was reading about the dangers of AI. As a group we read this piece from Business Insider about how AI is making us dumber (”us” being AI users as a whole) and I also shared this solid piece from Psychology Today about the effects of AI use...
by Englist | Jun 30, 2026 | Englist blog, Learning resources, Elementary
Reading =/= Comprehending Recently, the teachers at Englist read a research paper titled “Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert.” The authors of the paper give an interesting example of how necessary background knowledge is to reading...
by Englist | Jun 30, 2026 | Englist blog, Learning resources
“The wind howled like a pack of wolves chasing prey. Every single stalk of wheat in the field was bent over, kneeling like slaves. The wheat used to be golden and shining, but it had long since browned and become dull. I stood there, letting the sleet cut my face...
