Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

The ‘Language Assessment Ethics Conference’ back in my M.A.TESOL days has always been in my mind, which provided the opportunity to ponder upon ethical theory in professional fields including education. As Dr. Kunnan mentioned in the introduction session of that conference, the world has been suffering from lack of ethical principles in a variety of fields. His remarks prompted me to think of all the innocent victims from 9-11 attack in 2001 and the constant retaliation, human cloning as well as organ donation as one of the most recent issues concerned with ethics and morality. As an English educator, I agree to the fact that the development of ethical principles in education (especially in the language assessment area) has retarded compared to the speed of the proliferation. I’ve always thought that it is one thing to have a grasp of the principles of second/ foreign language learning and teaching, and another to creatively formulate specific hypotheses about language learning ...

Fill in the following puzzle using the terms given in the word banks below. Glossary for Midaged Women's and Men's Health 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

10 Simple New Year’s Resolutions to Stay Healthy in 2018 (Source from https://cspinet.org/tip/10-simple-new-year%E2%80%99s-resolutions-stay-healthy-2018 ) It has already been more than two months since our golden new year started off. How has everything been going with you and your new year resolutions, if there’s been any? Are you still keeping your promises to yourselves with no excuses or obstacles? Alright, it doesn’t matter if you have already fallen off the wagon. Every single day is a new day for you to start it all over again. This week, let’s think about going back to basics in order to stay healthy! Here are 10 tips to turn ourselves into healthier versions throughout the year of 2018 and many, many, many more years to come! What to Do in Your Kitchen 1. Cover Half Your Plate with Vegetables or Fruit Vegetables have always been viewed as your side choices? They should occupy more plate real estate than your protein or pasta, rice, or potatoes. The OmniHe...

Wanna check out some English expressions related to physical illness/ symptoms? Let us learn some expressions about unhealthy physical states, but stay in good health! J 1.    acute (adjective) an acute illness is one that becomes very bad very quickly ó chronic (adjective) medical a chronic illness or chronic pain is serious and lasts for a long time. A serious illness or pain that lasts only for a short time is described as acute 2.    noncommunicable ó catching (adjective) a disease, mood, or idea that is catching spreads quickly to other people (synonym: communicable) 3.    congenital (adjective) (=inborn) a congenital medical condition is one that a person has had since they were born ó acquired (adjective) attained/ captured 4.    bariatric (adjective) relating to the causes and treatment of obesity 5.    degenerative (adjective) a degenerative disease is one that gradually gets wo...