When You Sit At Your Desk Learning English, Do You Slouch?

Do you have good posture when you sit?

Learning English often requires long hours sitting at your desk or table studying English.

You have vocabulary to memorize, grammar rules to learn by heart, compositions to write, such as letters, emails, faxes, reports, etc.

Does your back sometimes hurt you? Are you beginning to slouch or slump? What is your posture like as you sit and study?

Dr. Wendy Schauer, D.C., R.K.C. has some great advice for people who need to sit all day. Would you like to know what it is?

Yes?

Ok. So now while you practice your English, let’s read a real English language article about how we can help our spines stay healthy. Follow these steps:

1. Click on this link Slouched Posture .
2. Read the article by Dr. Wendy Schauer, D.C., R.K.C. once.
3. Were there any vocabulary words that you didn’t know their meaning? Did you write them down?  Were you able to guess their meaning from the context of the article?
4. Look up these words in a dictionary or here’s an online dictionary:  slouch, slump, spine, posture, atrophy, wiggle, cubicle in an office,  intermittent, chiropractic Write down the meaning.
5. Now go back and read Dr. Schauer’s article again.
6. What are the 3 things that a slouched posture causes? Write the 3 causes in the comment box below.
7. What are the 5 things you can do to improve your posture? Write the 5 things in the comment box below.
8. What are you going to do right NOW to improve your posture as you sit at your computer and do this lesson?
9. Tell how good posture can help you to feel better as you learn English.

Enjoy Learning English,
Eileen