Requirements For Teaching Young Learners

by Monique Barb - Teachers need to work with their pupils individually and in groups developing relationships. They need to plan a range of activities for a given time period, and flexible enough to move on to the next exercise when they see their pupils getting bored. Teachers should be able to choose an appropriate topic and derive from it a set of learning tasks which pursue subject...

Teaching English To Young Learners is Both a Difficult and Enjoyable Experience

by Monique Barb - Teaching English to young learners is both a difficult and enjoyable experience. It is difficult for you as a teacher, because you always have to find new and interesting methods and approaches in order to stir the learners’ interest; but in the same time it is enjoyable because you are given the chance of becoming child again, of seeing the world through a child’s eyes, when...

The Role of Informal Interaction in Teaching English to Young Learners

by Monique Barb - By informal interaction is meant the exchange of ideas, using spoken English, between teacher and learners and among the learners themselves. BilIows (1961) was one of the first language teachers to stress the fact that a language has no life in itself. 'It must live,’ he wrote,’in the mouth of the teacher in relation to the activity and situation of the classroom. It is a...

Healthy Food Is Not Young People's Favorite

by Monique Barb - We like to eat hamburgers, cheeseburgers or hot-dogs. In a word, we prefer the "junk" food over a healthy meal. The modern society promotes, among other things, the fast-foods. As we are in a hurry most of the time, we eat in a hurry almost every day even though we know it is not healthy. Young people are keen on new products on the market. When we see a well designed...

The Young Will Always Admire and Contest the Old

by Herminne Tonita - Young generations have always found something to argue about: they aren't pleased with school, with their parents, or with the rules imposed by the community they live in. They always consider the rules they have to obbey to be too strict, and they don't want to understand that discipline and taking responsability for your actions means a better development of your...

There are both advantages and disadvantages for young people who live with their families

by Cristina Nuta - How many times haven't we heard teenagers complaining about the fact that they'd have liked to live alone. How come? Well, this is because they say that they want to be independent and do whatever they wish to at ever moment. But are there only disadvantages for young people who live with their families? To answer this question we should first mention some of the...

Media Has the Greatest Impact on the Young Generation

by Cristina Nuta - Media has the greatest impact on the young generation more that the family or the school has. The means of media which influence the young generation are television, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines, books, broadcasting and text publishers. All these manipulate teenagers in what concerns culture, politics, social life, religion, fashion, education and other...

Young People Nowadays Refuse to Eat Healthy Food

by Cristina Nuta - Unfortunately, many young people nowadays refuse to eat healthy food from several reasons but the majority says they don't like it. They prefer going to a fast-food and have a hamburger or two, a pizza and a can of coke. Boys use to do this frequently. Most of them are away from home all day long and they have no time to go home and have a soup prepared by their mother....

Young People vs Old People

by Diana-Mara Anghelina - From the beginning of mankind, there have been numerous historical events that deserve both our admiration and the public dispute. The political leaders may not always have taken the right decision in a given situation, as humans generally act as their reason dictates them. Therefore, depending on their personality and intellectual capacities, the great leaders of the...

Is it preferable for the betterment of Romanian society that young people study abroad

by Cristina Nuta - Romanians have demonstrated their capacities in different Olympiads, several competitions in mathematics, informatics that have occurred abroad. Romanian people were appreciated and there have been many companies abroad which offered well-prepared Romanians the opportunity to work in big companies in several foreign countries. Working there they demonstrated their capacities...

Why do the majority of young couples choose not to get married

by Herminne Tonita - Why do the majority of young couples choose not to get married? Why are they afraid of? Are marriages out-dated in the 21st century or is it that people want to feel more independent? Do marriages make us feel trapped in "golden" cages? All these questions trouble us each day and we come to wonder if it is worth paying the price. When you are involved in a long term...

Romanians Leaving Their Country

by Herminne Tonita - More and more Romanians, and especially the young generations, choose to leave our country and go to work in other European countries or in the USA or Canada. Even if they know they will have to work hardly they don't really care about the sacrifices they have to make as they are satisfied with the money they get. Students who graduate the University with ten work as...

Have young people forgotten their manners?

by Cristina Nuta - One comment that is frequently overheard nowadays is that young people lack the manners that their parents' generation expects them to have. Although it is true that there is a difference in the generations, I do not believe that it is fair to say that today’s youths have bad manners. In the first place, the fact that young people do not always shake hands merely...

It Is Too Early To Be Sexy

by Herminne Tonita - Obsessed with their looks and their weight, they spend entire hours in front of the mirror. They want to know everything about fashion and make up, even if they are not more than 8 years old. What is the solution? A recent study shows that 90% of the girls with the age between 4 and 8 are already wearing make up or perfume, they wear short skirts and pants which are not...