Active Engagement in Learning!

❝Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.❞
‒Chinese Proverb

I like this proverb because as teachers we are giving our students the greatest treasures by teaching them and learning from what we teach. Knowledge is given mutually in this process which help create great civilizations. 

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Richard Steele 

Exercise  is important to the body but how our mind exercises is reading. I like this quote because students and even adults need to exercise mind and body. 

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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

Augustine of Hippo

 

 





 

 

The quote above was shared with a fellow traveler on a flight home to Guam in the middle of a conversation.  The young man was on his way to visit his parents who were stationed on island.  My first impression of traveler was that he came from a literate home.  I was impressed that he was literate but not because he was reading a book.  I was impressed with the knowledge that Matthew shared about the education system in Middle-East, in Greece and other parts of the world that he's traveled to. Matthew made a point when he compared about traveling and reading.  That was when he quoted Augustine about the world and travel.  

 

I, too, believe that a person that travels gains the knowledge and experience that you can not get from just a book.  On the flip side, you may not need to travel to also gain some knowledge and experience about places, people and cultures.  You can read all that in a book. 

 

Reading and writing are an essential part of a child's learning experience.  For ESL students, they carry a vast amount of experience from their homes and languages into a classroom that other native English speakers may benefit from.  Through this course,  I hope to learn the development of reading and writing programs in children who are bilingual and the language acquisition for ESL children.