DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED Approach it as a hobby. A pastime. A challenge. If you are in an exam-prep mode, step on it and attack it with everything you’ve got: time, effort, motivation, more time and more effort. We understand that your Federal C-Level exam needs to go well; your job interview is important. However,
Someone once said that everything is perception – and perception is everything. For a year now, our lives have changed, in many ways. Some of us have just moved to a home office, saving time and money, looking for investments and spending more time with family.. Some are struggling with lost jobs in the service
NOTHING COMPARES 2 USinead O’Connor (1990)It’s been seven hours and fifteen daysSince u took your love awayI go out every night and sleep all daySince you took your love awaySince you’ve been gone I can do whatever I wantI can see whomever I chooseI can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurantBut nothingI said nothing can
Here is my argument in favor of learning a new language: every person around the world has done it! At some point, in some way, from conversations with parents and friends, following songs or TV shows, children form their vocabulary and start learning their mother tongue – naturally, gradually, step by step, year after year.
One of my students came to class excited today. He told me how he’d scored 100% on his English grammar test! Well, that made my day. (That, and the red wine and the good company at our little office party later on.) But seriously. He stopped using me as a dictionary a few months
At a certain age, we get discouraged by science, claiming that younger people learn easier and faster. They also act cooler and look superior to us. We’ve been conditioned to believe that youth is the time for studying and any other activity involving memory, focus and acquiring new skills. But how about life experience? How
Bonjour! Nous organisons une semaine d’activités en anglais pour les enfants lors de la relâche scolaire * du lundi au vendredi, *3-4 heures par jour, en après-midi. Au programme : enseignement, lecture, film, jeux et autres activités LE TOUT EN ANGLAIS ECLUSIVEMENT. Les inscriptions débutent le 3 février, et se poursuivront jusqu’au 21 février inclusivement.
L’ENSEIGNEMENT des langues, comme plusieurs autres domaines de la vie privée ou professionnelle, requiert des compétences essentielles, dont la courtoisie, la tolérance et le respect des autres. Chez HORIZONS, nous tâchons de nous adapter au mieux à l’horaire de nos étudiants. Il leur est ainsi possible, par exemple, de changer de groupe si les rencontres ont
Some time in the recent past, I got to attend a workshop on managing expectations. It was a revelation. Since then, I’ve come to the realization that in reality, our entire lives are one big, long, exhausting exercise in expectation management. We approach every single thing, every day, with certain expectations – without necessarily knowing or
At Horizons, we believe that broadening our horizons makes us more tolerant, more knowledgeable and more confident in our everyday interactions.
