An essay on childhood vs adulthood written by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl with new vocabulary and a podcast ideal for ESL students. Video of an essay on childhood vs adulthood Watch this video on YouTube An essay on childhood vs adulthood When we are born to this world, there are some inevitable stages to…
Adolescent 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /ˌæd.əˈles.ənt/ (adj & noun) Noun: a young person preceding adulthood, youngster, youth, minor, juvenile Adjective: of an adolescent, related to an adolescent, juvenile, teen, pubertal, teenage, young, youthful – childish, immature Adolescents tend to experience more extreme emotions, both negative and positive, than their parents even in response…
Mature 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 15 /məˈtjʊəʳ/ (adj & verb) Adjective: fully developed or ripe, matured, established – experienced, full-grown, skilled, adult Verb: to become mature, ripen, develop, flourish, grow up, mellow All people grow up and mature. They turn 20, they turn 40, and soon 60 – and then they die. So when…
Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Bliss by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air…
Araby by James Joyce Araby by James Joyce North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street,…
Puberty stages in English Puberty stages in English The word puberty is derived from the Latin pubertas , which means adulthood. Puberty is initiated by hormonal changes triggered by a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, which stimulates the pituitary gland, which in turn activates other glands as well. These changes begin about a…
Social Skills IELTS Listening Reading Practice Social Skills IELTS Listening Reading Practice Lecturer, author or publisher: The School of Life Social Skills IELTS Reading Practice Watch this video on YouTube What are social skills? It can be easy to imagine that we possess reasonable social skills because we know how to maintain conversation with strangers, and every now…
Upbringing IELTS Listening Reading Practice Upbringing IELTS Listening Reading Practice Lecturer, author or publisher: The School of Life Upbringing IELTS Reading Practice Watch this video on YouTube Reading practice about upbringing They do their homework on time. Their writing is neat. They keep their bedroom tidy. They’re often a little shy. They want to help their parents. They…
Life IELTS Listening Reading Practice Life IELTS Listening Reading Practice Lecturer, author or publisher: Facts. Life IELTS Reading Practice Watch this video on YouTube Video transcript about life Boy: I don’t know what are the questions. Man: Well, may I ask you a question, the first one? Man: What is the worst thing about being young? Boy: Well,…
Sensitive Period Hypothesis Sensitive Period Hypothesis in comparison to Critical Period Hypothesis The review can show that variation in studies and findings with regard to the age groups considered, nature of the pronunciation tests, and length and type of exposure to the second language. One conclusion drawn is that cerebral lateralization is likely to be…