The Importance of Human Sources of Knowledge in the Cambridge English Exam Preparation: Different Generations, Distinct Levels of Insight

Authors

  • Claudia Morar “Lucian Blaga” High School in Cluj-Napoca Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

Informal learning, Cambridge Exams, Teenager, Resources, Human, Communication

Abstract

This paper aims at highlighting the importance of using family and friends as resources in the preparation for the English Cambridge Exams as a variety of informal learning. For a teenage student, some topics like employment, history or retirement might prove challenging and would need documentation and research. This paper suggests, as an alternative to digital or online sources of information, a return to the human sources that would be very beneficial to all participants in the act of communication.

Author Biography

  • Claudia Morar, “Lucian Blaga” High School in Cluj-Napoca

    I have been a teacher of English since 1997 and have been teaching in “Lucian Blaga” High School in Cluj-Napoca ever since. An enthusiast in working on Comenius, iEarn and eTwinning projects, I am also fond of literature and poetry, translation and linguistics. Therefore, all my papers revolve around wording and have started from some practical issue (a hurdle, an epiphany, a challenge, a trend out of control) I have encountered in class and chose to share with the teaching community.

References

Bradbury, Tom; Yates Eunice, Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) 2, National Geographic Learning, 2015

Kenny Nick, Newbrook Jacky, Cambridge English Advanced Plus 2 with Key, New edition, Pearson Education Limited, 2014

Rogers, Alan: The base of the iceberg. Informal learning and its impact on formal and non-formal learning. Opladen; Berlin; Toronto: Verlag Barbara Budrich 2014, 95 S. - (Study guides in adult education) - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-148444

UNESCO, Global Report on Adult Learning and Education, Hamburg: UILL, 2009

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Published

16-07-2024

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2018): Winter 2018

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

The Importance of Human Sources of Knowledge in the Cambridge English Exam Preparation: Different Generations, Distinct Levels of Insight. (2024). RATE Issues, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.69475/