Tuesday, May 08, 2007

teachspeak

an intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way. --charles bukowski

with this in mind, i submit for your enjoyment, my teacher-treasure words/phrases and their translations into english (btw, these were all new to me!) :
  • bibliotherapy
translation: teaching social skills through literacy
  • numeracy
translation: like "literacy" but with numbers, get it?
  • dyads
translation: pairs

and my current favorite:
  • transgenerational literacy transfer
translation: parents reading to their kids


that was fun. in the spirit of the aforementioned bukowski quote, this should be an on-going feature here at YDNFTF.


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