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What is Mastery Learning?
We understand that some students learn more quickly than others. Even within one class there is variation in student ability and work habits. To address this, we want students to keep trying tasks until they master them. But if students are stuck on one concept, they have a few options …
How to succeed on an Englist assessment
Englist assessments are unique to our own program, and it is different from other assessments your students have taken. To make sure you and your kids are prepared, here is our advice for how to succeed on an Englist assessment.
Why Englist doesn’t accept outside assessments
Here at Englist, every prospective student needs to take an assessment with one of our teachers before they can join a class. This can be a time consuming process, so parents occasionally ask if we can just accept another assessment a student has taken. However, we insist that all students take our assessment, and we don’t accept anything else. Here’s why.
Academic Writing
How to write a Simple Persuasive Essay (SPE)
At Englist, one of our goals is to train students how to write academic essays. Many of our students have never been asked to write an essay before, and those who have tried to write one before probably never learned any type of structure or concrete method for how to do so. Understanding this, we have developed a system that trains new writers. We call it the Simple Persuasive Essay, or SPE, and it is just like it sounds – an easy-to-write persuasive essay.
Elementary Fundamentals
5 books that Englist elementary students love
Elementary level books can be the most fun and lighthearted, but also pack an emotional punch that will stay with students into their adult lives. At Englist, we find the best books for this level are a combination of fun and humor, but with a dose of heavier topics and deeper meaning.
Reading is the most important thing you can do
Reading will not only help your student at Englist, but it will help students in their other classes. It improves students’ brains. Reading ensures academic success. And even more than all of that – reading ability is one of the strongest predictors of success in life.
The importance of social skills
Table of Contents What are social skills and why are they important? 1. Speaking and conversation 2. Forming and fostering relationships: peers, strangers, and different kinds of people 3. Lawyer skills: explaining, negotiating, convincing 4. Active listening:...
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