Amhal & ELT

Kaoutar Lakhr :   Rooted Everyday MedStory Winner ( Group 14 – 18 ) Another indication of the unprecedented impact of MLP on Moroccan students Kaoutar and her father happily receiving the first prize  1. Talents Need Support                 I’ve been teaching English in Moroccan high schools since 2007. 12 years of day-to-day instruction and interaction with different types of students from different parts of Morocco and my close everyday observation has confirmed to me more than ever before that our Moroccan students are bestowed with true talent and exceptional intelligence . My guests and visitors from both England and the US have also genuinely stated the same thing when they visited some of my classes. However, unluckily these smart poor students are not given the slightest opportunities to further improve their skills, enhance their creativity and broaden their imagination. The proof is whenever they are appropr...

Introduction            The results of the Arab Reading Index, released during the Knowledge Summit in December 2016 in Dubai, revealed that, on average, the Arab citizen reads around 17 books and 35 hours per year. For Northeast Africa, Egypt led the pack with 89% (64 hours and 27 books per individual per year), followed by Sudan with 43% (33 hours and 14 books), and Libya with 23% (18 hours and 10 books). Morocco, meanwhile, led the Maghreb region countries with a score of 87% (57 hours and 27 books), followed by Tunisia with 70% (47 hours and 22 books), and Algeria with 51% (36 hours and 17 books).   https://www.prnewswire.com . Yet , despite the aforementioned reassuring results, I can personally state that people including students and teachers do not read. In this article, I would like to shudder the gloomy black attitude of some people who   work day and night to persuade us that it is useless to try to make Moroccans take up the ...