by Englist | Mar 17, 2020 | Academic Writing, Englist blog
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...
by Englist | Jan 17, 2020 | College Applications, Englist blog
Taipei is rife with “test prep” cram schools – the kind of places where students sign up for short terms and lots of sessions in the lead up to the big test. Test prep cram schools cover a range of tests – the SAT, TOEFL and TOEIC, IELTS, GEPT. All of them...
by Englist | Nov 5, 2019 | College Applications, Englist blog
The number of factors to think about when considering college are enough to give high school students (and their parents!) serious headaches. Extracurricular activities are no exception. Extracurriculars, as they are often called, are activities outside of normal...
by Englist | Jun 16, 2019 | College Applications, Englist blog
Taking tests is stressful, difficult, and the benefits of testing are questionable at best. Still, students around the world take any number of exams in their classes so their governments can assess their progress, and so they can enter higher levels of academia. For...
by Englist | Mar 27, 2019 | Elementary, Englist blog
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:...
