By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 23, 2013 The English Department of the Ben M’sik Faculty of Letters and Humanities in Casablanca organized on Tuesday, a cultural event under the theme of “Youth, Creativity and Change.” The on-campus theater hosting the event witnessed a large attendance, ranging from numerous academic students representing varying departments and institutions, to a grou ...

By Tansaoui lekbir Morocco World News Ouedzem, Morocco, May 21, 2013 All over the world, ICT or information and communications technology has played a big role in designing educational curricula. According to ICT educators and advocates, and in the Competency or Standard Based Approach, and in the framework of ICT, pupils should be able to acquire and achieve skills in using ICT in their learning at school ...

By Mohamed Chtatou Morocco World News Rabat, May 20, 2013 Globalization and Education: It goes without saying that one of the major all-encompassing events of the last part of the second millennium was undoubtedly the advent of globalization, as a clear political expression of the triumphing capitalism and market economy theories, following the end of the Cold War and the bi-polarization of the world. The c ...

By Zaid Khartit Morocco World News Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 Some teachers use corporal punishment because they have the authority to use it in order to punish and discipline students. Some use it as an excuse to vent their anger and frustration because they are underpaid or going through some personal anguish unrelated to students and their performance in school. Corporal punishment in Moroccan schools i ...

By Toufik Alami Ech- chantoufi Morocco World News Fez, May 17, 2013 There has been a growing belief amongst language professionals that the future will be a bilingual one, in which an increasing proportion of the world population will be fluent speakers of more than one language. However, at present, English is widely regarded as having become the global language which has indeed known a rapid spread since ...

By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, May 14, 2013 The phenomenon of violence in Moroccan schools took more serious dimensions in the past few years. Press reports on sporadic bullying and verbal and physical aggressions against teachers in various schools in the country uncover a reality that jeopardizes the future of education. The elimination of such negative phenomenon entails the mobilization and ...

By Loubna Flah Morocco World News Casablanca, May 6, 2013 Language as a human artifact can be approached from manifold vintage points depending on the focal point predetermined. If we are concerned about the communicational aspect, then language represents a codified message produced by a sender intercepted by a receiver through a channel. But once language is submerged in an ampler context, then the scope ...

By Adam Ziad Morocco World News  Boca Raton, Florida, May 4, 2013 There are two types of second language (L2) classrooms: in the first type, language learning is approached as acquisition, in which a set of linguistic rules is to be learned and properly used. Usually framed by traditional grammar-based approaches, this type of classroom focuses more on linguistic form than on meaning and communicative compe ...

By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, April 27, 2013 In a video posted on YouTube following the video of the veiled school girls who alleged that they “were banned from entering school by their headmaster because of their headscarf”, the headmaster of Ibn Sinaa middle school in Tangiers said that the “girls in question haven’t been denied entry.” “These students weren’t banned from entering school, ...

By Youssef El Kaidi Morocco World News Fez, April 26, 2013 Under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, the events of the fourteenth edition of the International Festival of Children's Theatre opened on Thursday in Taza. The festival takes place from 25 to 27 April with the participation of local, national and international theater groups. The opening ceremony was attended by the mayor of the province of T ...

By Larbi Arbaoui Morocco World News Taroudant, Morocco, April 26, 2013 The use of information and communication technology (ICT) is not something new to the field of education. Educators and teachers throughout the course of history have been making use of the innovative technological inventions that emerged during their times. Radio and television have been used widely as educational tools since the 1920s ...

By Mounir Beniche Morocco World News Meknes, Morocco, April 24, 2013 MoRCE-Net (Moroccan Resource Centers of English Network) launched its first annual conference under the theme:  Creating Spaces and Opportunities for Learner Development, Creativity and Engagement. The conference was held from 16 to19 April, 2013 in a luxurious hotel in Agadir and hosted teachers and researchers in the realm of education f ...