From Painting to story

His name is David and his age is six years old. He eyes colour is blue. David is sad and crying because his parents were killed in a car accident and has got afraid by is with another family .

LEARNING YOUR WAY

IT'S MONDAY AGAIN, and Jake is fidgeting in his seat. It's hard for him to sit in his lessons and concentrate for hours at a time, and his marks show it. His teachers are disappointed in him. They think he's lazy and unwilling to make an effort. Jake is convinced that he hasn't got what it takes to succed.

What Jake doesn't know is that there are schools made just for students like him. One of them is Fayette County High School in the US, where the approach to education is based on the theories of Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner. According to Dr Gardner, ordinary schools evaluate students only on their verbal and logical / mathematical intelligence - how good they are with words an numbers. Dr Gardne, regards this a mistake, because there are six other kinds of intelligence that are just as important. Take Jake, for example. He's got bodily / kinesthetic intelligence. He needs to learn by moving around and being energetic. He's great at using his hands and loves building things. Give him something to build with an instruction manual and you can bet he'll work out what that maual says.

At Fayette, teachers are trained to help students recognise their dominant intelligence and develop them as a tool for learning other subjects.

"Things are looking up for me now that I'm studying her," says Janet, a 16-year-old student. I'm using my musical intelligence to memorise maths rules by setting them to rap. And my teacher plays background music during lessons - this really helps me concentrate."

In the classrooms, desks are arranged in pairs or circles, and artwork covers the halls. "Finally, a school where it's OK to sit in a group and exchange ideas with friends"! exclaims Martin, who has a high level of interpersonal intelligence. "I'm so pleased that I'm learning here this year."

Gardner's theory is catching on more and more in classrooms, as educators begin to realise that students are not all the same. This will give students like Jake - who don't stand a chance in an ordinary school - the opportunity to live up to their full potential.

HOW YOU LEARN ENGLISH BETTER!

Positive:

1.  Reading the books.
2. Use the dictionary.
3. Practise English in my house.
4. Going Abroad.
5. Speaking to a native speaker.
6. Watching TV.

Negative:

1. Working individual.
2. No listening
3. No using the languages.
4. No doing homework.
5. Studying for long.
6. Sitting at the back.