Facebook – hazardous or beneficial?

Facebook - hazardous or beneficial?
Topic: Spending too much time on Facebook is not good. Written by Aminath Nadha, Grade 10, Maaungoodhoo School. [jaccordion size=”normal” theme=”cupertino” active=”1″]    Facebook – hazardous or beneficial?:: Am I the only one thinking that Facebook is a hazardous application? Researchers believe that there is an acceleration in the growth of users of Facebook in all… ...

Building Arguments

Building Arguments
Contributed by Ahmed Nasir, English Teacher, Bileddhoo School, Maldives. Many thanks Nasir for compiling and sharing this very useful handout on building arguments for ESL articles. BUILDING ARGUMENTS – ESL ARTICLE TOPICS Spread of English + global language / removes communication barrier + the need to learn many foreign languages can be eliminated – small… ...

10 Top-notch Words for ESL Articles

10 Top-notch Words for ESL Articles
This is the second video of our series “Learn English”. In this episode, we are featuring Shamma, a 10th grader in HA Atoll Education Centre and we are focusing on formal vocabulary. We thank Shamma for being the guest student and hope you all will like the video. You can leave comments for Shamma below!… ...

Can money buy happiness?

Can money buy happiness?
Contributed by Ahmed Nasir, English Teacher, Bileddhoo School, Maldives. Topic: You can only be happy if you have a lot of money. Student’s Response: It is unequivocally true that we can acquire almost anything we desire when we have a gargantuan amount of money. However, can we buy joy or warm fuzzies using these notes… ...

7 Lessons from Ali’s Life

7 Lessons from Ali's Life
By: Babar Ahmad Whenever a great person passes away, the tremors felt by the world are in proportion to the legacy that that person left behind. In this week’s blog post I reflect on seven lessons in leadership that we can learn from the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali. Leadership is most valuable during ...

School Vocabulary

School Vocabulary
Contributed by Abdulla Shiyaz, English Teacher, Thoddoo School, Maldives. We thank Shiyaz for making a difference by sharing! Studying for exams take an exam / sit an exam = do an exam “I’m taking an exam in accountancy next week.” pass an exam = get a good enough mark to succeed “I hope I’ll pass… ...