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Survival Korean for ESL Teachers -- Robin Tim Day, B.Sc. M.Sc. B.Ed.

Essential Classroom Commands/Words for ESL Teachers in Korea Students are motivated by fun and it is the most important ingredient in a successful class. These expressions will help a new teacher a ...

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Questions and Answers about ESL Teaching in Thailand -- Teachers Worldwide

1. Q: Who can teach in Thailand? A: Actually anyone who has a teaching degree. But let’s break it down into different educational sectors: i) International schools: Most International schools do ...

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Survival Farsi (Persian) for ESL Teachers -- Aria

Essential Classroom Commands in Farsi: 1. Beshin - Sit down! 2. Biya - Come here. 3. Be aaraami - Slowly. 4. Nakon - Don't do that! 5. Ba ajaleh - Hurry! 6. Saket baash - Be quiet! 7. Movaazeb baash ...

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Survival Arabic for ESL Teachers -- Loreto O. Bagio, BS Electronics and Communications Engineer/Notes added by Robin Day

There are many differences in vocabulary, dialect and accent in the Arabic speaking countries. Egyptian Arabic evolved after conquest and still retains many many words dating back to pre-Islamic ...

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Survival Italian for ESL Teachers -- Laura Trevisan, English Translator

Essential Classroom Commands/Words for ESL Teachers in Italy I must first explain that in the Italian language the words change when commands are directed to one person or to more than one. 1. ...

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Survival Japanese for ESL Teachers -- Loreto O. Bagio, BS Electronics/Comm Engineer. Addendum by Marty Mette of Marty Eikaiwa

By: Loreto O. Bagio, BS Electronics and Communications Engineer, bagoven20@yahoo.com.hk Essential Classroom Commands in Japanese: 1. Kekko (desu) - (It is) Good. 2. Dame (desu) - No (don't do that). ...

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Groovy Chow in Korea -- Robin Tim Day B.Sc., M.Sc. B.Ed.

Dear ESL Teacher in Korea Here are some strange and (sometimes) wonderful foods you might want to try. 1. Turtles, cats, bunnies, eels ...You can buy many live animals in the traditional markets. ...

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EFL Teacher: Roaches and a Bad Smell in my Apt. -- Robin Tim Day

These are common problems for travelling teachers, even in new apts. The causes and solutions are really simple. The bad smell is usually sewer gas. In newly developed countries sinks often drain ...

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ESL students feel very anxious when doing reading comprehension tests - Part 2 -- Nellie Deutsch

A Journal Article Critique My action research problem statement is that many of my ESL students feel very anxious when doing reading comprehension tests. As part of my literature review, I chose to ...

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Memorial to a Murdered ESL Teacher (moved to Discussions page May 3rd) -- Robin Day

Click on the link below to be re-directed.

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More on Survival Chinese -- Chunping Alex Wu

Survival Chinese for ESL Teachers Posted By: Alex Wu, B.A. B.Ed. chunpingwu2001@yahoo.com > Date: 16 April 2004 The following Essential Classroom Commands/Words for ESL Teachers in China are modified ...

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Foreign language teaching utilizing images -- Vincent Vandersluis, EFL teacher, Switzerland

An EFL case study in a Swiss French Vocational Training Centre for people suffering from various physical and/or psychological impairments Vincent Vandersluis EFL teacher, Switzerland 2003 ...

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Teaching kids in Japan is easy with the right tools. -- Craig Desorcy

Kids have the attention span of an ant! Why wouldn’t they? They have everything they could ever want given to them in a New York second. Your biggest competition in keeping their attention is their ...

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BUYING A CAR IN JAPAN -- JAY

Buying a car in Japan is possibly more complicated than anywhere else in the world, however once you understand the process, purchasing a car can be relatively straight forward and hassle free. ...

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ESL learners feel anxious when doing reading comprehension tests - Part 1 -- Nellie Deutsch

ESL learners feel anxious when doing reading comprehension tests "Anxiety is a basic human emotion consisting of fear and uncertainty" (Sarason, 1988). Anxiety has its good and bad sides. On the one ...

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Survival French for ESL Teachers -- ESL Teachers Board

1. Assieds-toi (singular informal) / Asseyez-vous (plural or singular formal) - Sit down 2. Viens ici (singular informal) / Venez ici (plural or singular formal) - Come here 3. Ne fais pas cela, ...

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How using pencils can reduce wasted time -- Nick Upton

How using pencils can reduce wasted time Most teachers probably don’t give much thought to what their students are using to write with. Pencils and pens come in many disguises these days, and usage ...

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ESL teacher in Korea pictures -- Pat

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Survival Indonesian for ESL Teachers -- Ryan Pickard, with notes from Iman Wicaksono

(Ryan's email: nafasterakhir@hotmail.com) Here is my list of words and cultural notes for Bahasa Indonesia: c = ch as in cheese a = a as in car, far u = oo as in book, or sometimes as in food r = it ...

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Survival Spanish for ESL Teachers -- Maria del Carmen Alle's Perez

1. Sientate (singular) / Sientense (plural), por favor – Sit down, please 2. Ven aqui (sing.) / Vengan aqui (pl.) – Come here 3. Despacio – Slowly 4. Basta ya! (sing.) / Dejarlo ya! (pl.) - Stop ...

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Brain-Based Learning and Emotions -- Nellie Deutsch

Neuroscience has disclosed important information about the brain and how it learns. It has uncovered "unprecedented revolution of knowledge about the human brain, including how it processes, ...

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Bird and Dog English Expressions -- Robin Day B.Sc. M.Sc. B.Ed.

I thought this would be a fun topic and hope people will help me grow the list. Write me or post additions in the Discussion section. BIRDS 1. Grouse, grousing. Stop your grousing (grumbling). This ...

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How to learn English -- Torsten Daerr

There are so many books that offer English language courses containing grammar rule explanations, vocabulary exercises, reading comprehension texts, pair work tasks and many other useful materials. ...

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Keep Your Overseas Apt. Cool. -- Robin Day B.Sc. M.Sc. B.Ed.

Most ESL/EFL teachers don't want to buy bulky appliances like an airconditioner on their 1-year contract. Here are some ideas I have used to cool my apartment as the hot weather approaches. 1. Buy ...

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DIstance Education -- TIENDREBEOGO RENEE ANASTASIE ELIANE

Distance education is teaching and learning offered to students in remote locations, including their homes. Courses may be delivered synchronously (on a set schedule similar to on-campus courses) or ...

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Technology Facade Checklist and Analysis -- Nellie Deutsch

Technology Facade Checklist and Analysis April 21, 2004 Technology is having an impact on the education system, at least technically speaking. Most learning institutions have purchased a tremendous ...

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Distance Learning Literature Review -- Nellie Deutsch

Distance Learning Literature Review Nellie Deutsch This paper will summarize two articles on distance learning and give the author's views on the benefits and obstacles of implementing ...

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Teaching English in Peace Corps -- Dennis McMahon

Teaching English in Peace Corps "I always wanted to do that," is the response Peace Corps Volunteers most often hear when they tell someone about their Peace Corps experiences. People often say this ...

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A Systems View of the EFL Class: Mapping Complexity -- Dr. Andrew Finch

A Systems View of the EFL Class: Mapping Complexity Dr. Andrew Finch Kyungpook National University Abstract Teachers have always known that the language classroom is a system; that every factor ...

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Excellent information and tips from a recruiter in Korea on how to find a good ESL job -- ESL Teachers Board

[Note: The writer of this article is a recruiter for Korea called Recruiter 45 who posted in our Discussion forum. Recruiter 45 was answering a reply of someone by the name of Hangul who was replying ...

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More Bird and Dog English Expressions -- Wilma and Jennygaorui

Complement to Robin Day's Bird and Dog English Expressions of May 18 (see link below), as posted in the Discussion Forum of this site on May 19 and 20 by Wilma and Jennygaorui: BIRDS: From Wilma ...

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Schools in Hungary -- Vadász György

Children in Hungary start school at the age of six and everybody must go to school until the age of sixteen. The first type of school is primary school, where children may stay until they are ...

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Survival Hungarian for ESL Teachers -- The English Specialist

Please wait to be redirected to http://www.eslteachersboard.com/s/ClassroomCommandsHungarian.htm

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Some Aspects of Language Teaching -- The English Specialist

Beginners It is often said there are no absolute beginners if such a widespread language as English is concerned, but the knowledge of a couple of words and short expressions does not mean a level of ...

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Teachers Respond to ESL/EFL Survey on Reading Comprehenson Tests and Anxiety: An Online Survey -- Nellie Deutsch

Survey Results I am finding out that it isn't enough to set up a survey. It is also necessary to have a good knowledge of descriptive statistics to be able to understand and describe the results of a ...

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Health Knowledge in the ESL Classroom -- Angela and DoS

There are many influences on a student, such as the media and peer pressure, that may be detrimental. ESLTeachers teaching about health topics should be positive role models because they are an ...

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Learning to trust: Trusting to learn -- Andrew Finch

Learning to trust - trusting to learn: Promotion of positive affect through language-learning materials. Andrew Finch, Ph.D. Kyungpook National University December 2002 Based on the author’s Ph.D. ...

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Action Research: Empowering the Teachers -- Andrew Finch

Action Research: Empowering the Teachers Dr. Andrew E. Finch Kyungpook National University Abstract Action research (AR) is a term used to describe the process of identifying a puzzle in the ...

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Selecting Appropriate ELT Material -- Miriam Lavi

When I first started teaching ESL in the 60's, the Israli Board of Education was using short story books ('This Wide World', 'New Horizons') as high school textbooks. Since these did not include any ...

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Teaching English as a Career -- Scott Sommers

Teaching English overseas is different from almost any other career that you're likely to become involved in. The complexities of life overseas make it an exciting choice, but they also create ...

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Getting a Job at a Taiwan University -- Scott Sommers

In Asia and Taiwan, there is a large pool of highly qualified, very experienced EFL teachers. There are also a large number of positions available, and any determined person with minimum ...

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The Resume -- Scott Sommers

I've seen a lot of resumes from people looking for work in Taiwan, and there's a big problem with most of them. They're well-written, but they fail to show how excellent a teacher the writer really ...

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20 Tips To Achieve Your Career Goals -- Thomas, exp English teacher

Article: 20 Tips To Achieve Your Career Goals By Craig Nathanson Do you ever wish you had a few more options when trying to figure out how to move towards more of what you want in your work related ...

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ESL Students Aren't Cute -- Chris D. Gray

The peculiarities of American baseball provide a springboard from which an ESL teacher can dive into numerous pools of useful English vocabulary. We take ranking words from the bases (first, second, ...

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My I.T. (Intrinsic Treasures) that would be left behind to all my chinese students -- MA.LOURDES EUFROCINA M. PALCUTO Ph.D

My I.T. (Intrinsic Treasures) that would be left behind to all my students. A legacy of the unsung heroine: Each paragraph is my day to -day- encounter with life...... dedicated to all my students: ...

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Teachers: Who Need Them? -- Andrew Finch

TEACHERS – WHO NEEDS THEM?: ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM Dr. Andrew E. Finch Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea May 2002 Abstract This purpose of this paper is to ...

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Questions to Ask in a Job Interview -- Nancy M., MA. English Prof. /recommends this article

By Kevin Donlin No doubt about it -- job interviews can be intimidating. Especially when it comes time to ask your own questions of the interviewer. Do it right and you'll set yourself apart from ...

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How do students want to learn? -- Brenda Townsend Hall

Current theories on effective learning stress the participation of the student in all aspects of the process; far from being passive receptacles into which information is poured and stored, students ...

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Issues in Teaching Vocabulary -- Brenda Townsend Hall

Over the past decade or so, the focus in English language teaching has been on the 'lexical approach'. There were three issues that led to this concentration on the lexical element in language. One ...

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Using questionnaires in the classroom -- Brenda Townsend Hall

Using Questionnaires in Language Training The communicative and humanistic approaches to language training have shown us the importance of setting up genuine dialogue between learner and trainer and ...

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Too old to compete in a waning marketplace? -- Ellis E. Seamone

SIXTY-SEVEN? That's not so old ... especially for an ESL instructor who positively adores teaching those not even half his age. In fact, speaking from a purely personal point of view, this activity ...

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Creativity in teaching English to Arab students -- A. Clement

Teaching English in the Gulf region is challenging as well as exciting. All institutions pay a lot of attention in improving the knowledge of English. Any ESL teacher faces the tough problem of ...

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Cooking Up SAC Materials - A Recipe -- James McNamara

Brief Intro to St. John’s Learning Centre At present over seven hundred Mathayom students (Junior High & High School )have timetabled access to the Centre once every two weeks, which means that since ...

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Role of grammar in ELT - Arab learners -- A. Clement

Many people say that grammar is not at all important for learning English. It may be partially true but not exactly. The Arab students struggle to cope with the language because their foundation of ...

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Role of grammar in ELT - Arab learners -- A. Clement

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Role of grammar in ELT - Arab learners -- A. Clement

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THE EROSION PROCESS IN ESL? -- Ellis E. Seamone - Veteran ESL teacher of 13+ years

Much like any field of endeavor, ESL can eventually show signs of wear and tear on a teacher's powers of concentration, enthusiasm, and delivery. The major problem, from what I have observed, is ...

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Creative Movement for Children -- Kids on the Move!

"Scientists are confirming what teachers have long suspected: Music not only touches people's souls, it also shapes growing minds. When children sing or play music they become better readers, ...

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Graded Materials - A Perspective -- Miriam Lavi

Not long ago, a (non ESL) teacher/friend noticed the term 'graded material' in an article and commented: What? Are ESL teachers expected to grade (assess) their material as well as their students? ...

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Communicate or Complicate (Public Speech) -- Clement

Carl Rogers says, "Once you achieve good communication with yourself, you can communicate more freely and effectively with others" All Great leaders are effective speakers. If a leader cannot speak ...

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Are you an extraordinary teacher? -- Clement

Be An Extraordinary Teacher! “Good teachers are those who know how little they know. Bad teachers are those who think they know more than they don't know." R. Verdi Teaching profession is not so ...

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Culture Shock -- Proper Expectations/Realizations -- Eddie Mills

My name is Eddie Mills, and I've been teaching in Hainan Province since 1993. My wife and I have enjoyed teaching in Hainan and we highly recommend any school in Hainan. At the invitation of the ...

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Dealing with Difficult Students -- Brenda Townsend Hall

Dealing with Difficult Students When teachers have to confront a difficult student, they often have more of a problem with their own feelings than with the student whose behaviour is disruptive. This ...

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Why greedy teachers who gamble and take a chance with high risk schools complain -- From our discussion forum

Most English teachers come to Korea to be able to pay their debts as far as we know. You have probably never been in S. Korea. English Teachers salaries with lower taxes here offer better conditions ...

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Over-dosing on Grammar? -- Brenda Townsend Hall

When second languages were taught by the grammar/translation method, everyone seemed fairly clear about what should be taught and in what order. Verbs in all their complexity dominated the scene and ...

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Teaching in Korea. U.S. Embassy, Seoul, information -- AL

- A Guide - Complied by American Citizen Services, U.S. Embassy, Seoul http://usembassy.state.gov/seoul/wwwh3550.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

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5 Steps to Developing a Dynamic Resume -- SL - Teacher

RESUMES, COVER LETTERS, REFERENCES and THANK YOU LETTERS The Career Center Westminster College http://www.westminster.edu/student/career/student/resumes.doc. 5 Steps to Developing a Dynamic Resume ...

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The Dragonfly Incident - (A Teacher's Nightmare!) -- Dave

This article was first posted about three weeks ago but has been slightly modified to make one or two points more clear and to enable a different e-mail address to be substituted for the original one ...

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Crazy Kind Of Love - Dating and relationships not only in China but perhaps S. Korea and Japan... -- AJL

Dating and relationships not only in China but perhaps S. Korea and Japan... First off, these countries haven't much diversity in their long cultures. Basically, one people nations with one people ...

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Top Ten List of Common Grammatical Errors -- Sue - teacher

Top Ten List of Common Grammatical Errors 10. The use of sexist language. Gibaldi states in the MLA Handbook, "Because good scholarship requires objectivity, careful writers . . . avoid language ...

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Vintage Piaget – A fine old drop that gets better with time -- Jason D. Renshaw

Theories About Young Learners and Language Learning (Part 1): Vintage Piaget – A fine old drop that gets better with time Jason D. Renshaw [Note: This article originally published September 2004 on ...

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SOME KIND OF *&%#! FUTURE! -- The Arrogant One

Yes, yes ... believe me, Folks, I am quite pleased to note all the surprising (and apparently successful) esprit de corps spread about this board of late in an attempt to bring ESL instructors ...

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Some self-evaluation and a little Hollywood ... THAT'S THE TICKET! -- The Arrogant One

As I sit here at my favorite Starbucks coffee haunt in Westwood Village (near UCLA) faking complacency, I am taking the opportunity to ponder over many facets of my (nearly) 14-year association with ...

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Teaching in the Middle East (about $4300/Month, but..) -- By gharwell1

Middle East Posted By: gharwell1, to our ESL discussion forum: http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/forum/index.pl?index=0 Been there Done that and Got the T-shirt In Response To: Yak! ...

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Teaching English in Korea -- Canuck

From: Foreign Affairs Canada INTRODUCTION The key to happy and fruitful employment as a language instructor in Korea is to be employed by a reputable school. Some Canadian citizens have come ...

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Teaching English in Taiwan -- Canuck

From: Foreign Affairs Canada INTRODUCTION Teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) are in great demand in Taiwan. With more than a thousand schools in the Taipei area alone, it is ...

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The ESL Instructor: Animal, Vegetable or B.S ARTIST? -- The Arrogant One

So ... is ESL merely the easiest way for any jackass -- you know, the "would-be's," the "has-been's," and the "never-wases" -- to enter the ESL game??? Not that I rank as God's gift to the ESL biz, ...

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The Stick to Your Own Kind Except During School Hours Syndrome -- The Arrogant One

You know ... just upstairs from my favorite Starbucks, where I sip and write for a few hours each day, a college extension ESL program is given to about 80-90 learners, mostly from Korea and Japan. ...

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Bilingualism -- OnceWritten

(In response to a post in the forum called "Love + United Effort = The True Lingua of Progress" by The Arrogant One) Perhaps the degree that we develop the ability to speak in another language ...

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What if enthusiasm were all it took ... ? -- The Arrogant One

Way back in 1952, when I was but 15 years of age, I paid a visit to the Philadelphia World Affairs Council and was struck by the multitude of projects they had going to promote universal harmony. Of ...

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5 Ways to Help a Child's Self-Esteem -- Carol Hargreaves

One in five parents are now saying that their child is being bullied at school, and as professional help becomes harder and harder to get , many parents and teachers are asking, "What can we do to ...

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Suggestions and Tips on preparing a self-introductory lesson plan to new students -- Stefan Chiarantano

Perhaps, you won’t be battling jet lag, fatigue, general anxiety or a language barrier, when you’re struggling to prepare a lesson plan on introducing yourself and your native country to your ...

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Why I use pop music in my junior high school EFL classes? -- Stefan Chiarantano

I love using music in my junior high school EFL classes. Besides providing me with another way to introduce the English language, I find it a great warm up activity. I love to sing and feel that ...

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AGE DISCRIMINATION -- The Arrogant One

Response to the following post on the Discussion Forum board: > I've been thinking about taking an ESL course and wading into the Dear Ben, The age problem DOES exist practically everywhere on this ...

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New Approaches to Learning English-as-a-Second-Language -- Daniel Robinson

Not so long ago you could take 5-10 years of English lessons and still not speak English. You could slave for hours learning English vocabulary and grammar rules and you still wouldn’t understand ...

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Let's draw our parameters -- The Arrogant One

So, Bucko … now that you're once again relaxed at a table at your favorite Starbucks facing a tall Venti café, you can again begin to think. Ah, yes, I KNOW! Has it all been WORTH it … this ESLing, I ...

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A Question of Attitude -- The Arrogant One

Attitude is a word I’ve had shoved down my throat practically all my days on this planet. First, there were my parents – I can see them now from my crib: “Attitude, young man, attitude! Eat all that ...

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DRASTIC ACTION -- The Arrogant One

You ugly black bugger! How dare you attempt to attack my two-by-four hovel! How dare you presume to share my abysmal, sleazy, parasitic paradise in the middle of nowhere! How dare you invade my ...

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A Touch of the Gypsy -- The Arrogant One

So far as I know, my ancestry sprang from Merry Olde England, but when considering my personal history, I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that my real roots originate from someplace in Eastern ...

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Feel trapped, do you? -- The Arrogant One

I simply have had it! I can't take one more day ... NO! not one more hour in that damned pesthole of a school where I've been much too long employed. Believe me, I've tried so many times to bid them ...

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More on Drawing Parameters -- The Arrogant One

Guess what, Folks? I actually had the effrontery to up and change my coffee clutch locale from Starbucks to Pete’s, just across the street! I assure you I didn’t do this merely to be my usual ...

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IS THERE A TEACHER IN THE HOUSE? -- The Arrogant One

We’ve often made mention of the fakers and the flakes in the international ESL scene, and how they’ve succeed in dodging close scrutiny while other, more legitimate personae have been forced to ...

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ESL teacher -- CrisCC, English my 1st language

You are right arrogant one. May I add also, Asian schools give emphasis only on North American accent. What? The North American accent is not all the time the proper English spoken. Some just mumbled ...

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MR. / MS. EMPLOYER: An appeal to reason -- The Arrogant One

GROWING OLD? I hate the thought of it! In fact, when I was younger, I used to kneel in prayer to a miniature Madonna in my bedroom to remain forever young. HA! A lot of #@!&*#+ good THAT did! ...

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A shy student -- Ali

While teaching, we, all ESL teachers face some problems. Of course problems are not very serious, they have solutions, and motivate us to work hard and be enthusiastic. Especially, in teaching large ...

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English from P to P -- Crystal, English Teacher

Since I found this page I couldn't let a day go by without visiting it even if I don't write anything. I found my peers here sharing teaching experience, sentiments, dreams, whatever. I am grateful. ...

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The Forums About Teaching English in Japan Need to Take A Reality Check! -- Kevin Burns

After reading what they had to say in the forums there, I almost decided to go to Korea, it is so negative. When I did ask, well what schools are good to work for?-no one answered."--A.P., USA-- ...

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How to Study English -- Kevin Burns

How to Study English "For toddlers, learning one language is no more difficult than learning another...Even if the child doesn't continue in the language, learning so young clearly stimulates brain ...

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An English School Owner`s Experience -- Kevin Burns

Kanagawa - One of our teachers, I'll call him Dick to preserve his anonymity, gave us one week notice that he was quitting. To add insult to injury, he didn't even work his last Thursday,("I have to ...

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Quest for a Better Lifestyle -- Kevin Burns

Quest for a Better Lifestyle Originally published in the Vancouver Sun Minami Ashigara Shi, Kanagawa Ken, Japan I am lucky to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. At this moment, I ...

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To teach is also to learn ... of THYSELF! -- The Arrogant One

The job of imparting knowledge is not necessarily a one-sided proposition. Take, for example, ESL – a routine that, amongst other things, instructs the instructor in not only comprehensively ...

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I Will Never, Ever Touch The English Department Director Again! -- Kevin Burns

From Japan Living: http://www.eikaiwa1.com/jp.html Nagoya, Japan From almost the first day of working at St. Mary College I was warned, "Don't ever touch Craig." Even Craig himself had warned me. ...

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What do they want? -- Bam

Much has been said and debated about Asian schools, attitudes to, and goals in teaching esl. It can't be denied that many,particularly private schools primarily focus on profit,and making loads of ...

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Why No Working Holiday Visa for Americans? -- Kevin Burns

Why no working holiday visa for Americans?Home by Kevin Burns "U.S. citizens planning to work in Japan should never enter Japan using a tourist visa or the visa waiver, even if they have been advised ...

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Class Acts, Bimbos, & Arrogant Gaijin -- Kevin Burns

The How & How Not of Landing a Plum Teaching Position in Japan by Kevin Burns Japan:JL Never make the mistake of thinking that your Emails and phone calls to schools are not important, because they ...

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To accept or not to accept retirement (defeat?) -- The Arrogant One

When you’ve reached past 65 and you have most of your marbles and physical health left, life can often be a terrible drag. Case in point: I’ve always lived a very active life – in the rôles of ...

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A NEVER-CEASING PRODUCTIVITY -- The Arrogant One

Here I sit each day, before my giant-sized drip coffee, contemplating on what I should do to justify my existence on this planet. At age 67½, I have been forced into a state of quasi-retirement ...

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We ARE studying English, AREN'T WE? -- The Arrogant One

You know, as I sit here each morning with my beloved large Café Sumatra, I'm really beginning to take increased notice of the foreign languages on either side of me – in this case, mostly Korean and ...

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In Defence of Teaching English in Japan -- Kevin Burns

In Defence of English Teaching in Japan "Best job in the whole world."--Kyushu Kiwi, Japan Today Forum Damnit! Eikaiwa schools employ teachers with no teaching experience! So what. Some of the best ...

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Results of Japan Living`s Poll on Teaching English in Japan -- Kevin Burns

What`s your opinion about working for English schools here? What is or was your experience working for English schools in Japan? Responses Positive 33.33% Mostly Positive 28.57% Average 14.29% Below ...

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LEARNING AND TEACHING ENGLISH WITHOUT A TEXTBOOK -- Ma. Graciela González Cristo

Learning and teaching English without a textbook: An action research study By Ma. Graciela Gonzalez Cristo Abstract An effective and efficient teaching without a textbook of English as a foreign ...

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Ahem ... While we're on the subject of "bias," Mr. Employer ... -- The Arrogant One

Aging seems a normal enough undertaking, albeit the way some younger folks react, it’s like the kiss of death–- especially when it comes to employing older individuals in their predominately youthful ...

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A Question of Inspiration -- The Arrogant One

For many writers, the question of atmosphere is paramount to the cause of creativity – an absolute must in providing the necessary inspiration. For me it has usually been found in a coffee house. In ...

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Survival Bangla (Bangladesh) for ESL Teachers -- "Rana" Mohamed Khosrul & Robin Day

Essential classroom commands for ESL teachers in Bangladesh. Bangla is the 3rd largest language in the world, just larger than Spanish, and is spoken in the Bengal area of India as well. In Arab ...

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How to get a teaching job in Taiwan or China -- Brian

Applying for Teaching Work April 24, 2005 The first thing to do is to research the background of any employer offering a teaching position. You are quite possibly going to be applying for positions ...

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Role of stories in ELT -- Clement

Being an English teacher for Arab students compels me to alter the traditional methodologies of ELT. I find this to be more challenging and interesting. In our institution we offer 200 hours of ...

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“Laowai’ thinking of coming to work as an ESL teacher in China -- Dos

The second in a short series for “Laowai’ thinking of coming to work as an ESL teacher in China. I post under the name ‘Dos’ on the eslteachersboard site. I have been in China for more than three ...

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“Laowai’ thinking of coming to work as an ESL teacher in China -- Dos

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JUST A THOUGHT -- The Arrogant One

Having been in the ESL game back here in the States for a while now, I have ventured to impress upon my students the necessity of practicing English following their 3 to 3½-hour sessions at the ...

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JubileeCelebrationsandEducationServices -- Mary-Lynn Schlifer

Recently I formed a company to combine my 15 years of conducting flight workshops(kitemaking,bugs,birds,planes,womenin aviation)with the many years I have had in teaching students in class and in a ...

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GROUSE ... GROUSE ... GROUSE!!! -- The Arrogant One

I realize that we here in the United States consider ourselves at the top rung of the educational ladder, if only for the fact that so many foreign language students are breaking their necks to come ...

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Keep 'em laughing while they're learning! -- The Arrogant One

There's been somewhat of a controversy on eslteachersboard.com regarding the value of a teacher’s generating humor in an ESL classroom as a tool to assist in the learning process. I, as one, have ...

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Survival Turkish for ESL Teachers -- Robin Day and Hussain Eser

Survival Turkish for ESL Teachers Posted by Robin Tim Day B.Sc. M.Sc. B.Ed. cowboy4444@hotmail.com These key expressions were collected thanks to Hussain Eser, a Turkish barber working in Kuwait. He ...

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Why do Indian studnts learn English? -- DR.Naveen k. Mehta & Tarunkumar Patel

why Do Indian students need English In India, we have many regional languages & dialects but Hindi still holds a strong status. In the most parts of India people speak Hindi & if not due to certain ...

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Smearing an Entire Industry: Let`s Japan! -- Kevin Burns

Smearing an Entire Industry Let`s Japan! The Site Dedicated to Debunking Eikaiwa "Let's Japan was not created to smear an entire industry. On the contrary, right on the front page of our site it ...

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General Advice When Posting Complaints -- Dave

I read these reviews [on the School and Recruiter Reviews board] frequently and I often see complaints made that are legitimate and relevant but have reduced impact because they are subjective. I ...

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The Many Faces of Multiculturalism -- Stephen K. Ainsah-Mensah

In this day and age, it is very common to see people from different cultural heritages living together in a single bounded territory. Since they live together, they happen to engage, collectively - ...

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How Kids Learn To Cooperate In Video Games -- Marc Prensky

A Guide for Parents and Teachers -- A great many parents are concerned that the electronic games their kids play are teaching the kids “negative” messages such as aggression, violence, and isolation ...

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Digital Natives and Immigrants -- Marc Prensky

Perhaps the least understood and least appreciated notion among those who design and deliver education today is the fact that our students have changed radically. A really big discontinuity has taken ...

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Twitch Speed: Reaching Younger Workers Who Think Differently -- Marc Prensky

Every parent, educator, and manager knows that "Nintendo children"--those born after 1970 and raised on video and computer games, Walkmans, the Internet, etc.--are different. Unfortunately, the Gen-X ...

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What Kids Learn That’s POSITIVE from Playing Video Games -- Marc Prensky

“Our family engages in "mindless" video games from time to time ... but it's treated like "junk food"…. It really has no "nutritional" value for our minds.” – Ben Armstrong 1 Like the observer above, ...

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Internet Tutorials are the Teachers of the Future -- Jesse S. Somer

I know some people don’t even believe that the Internet or World Wide Web exists. They think that it is an abstract concept and that if asked to show it to someone they would fail miserably. Well, ...

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The ADD Child: Challenging Parents, Teachers and Friends -- Jeanne Bauer

The ADD child exhibits a series of behaviors that are common in most children. Most children misbehave, act silly and day dream. So what, then, is the difference? The child with Attention Deficit ...

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Mindfulness and Teaching: Lessons From Dynamic English -- Maya Talisman Frost

Back in 1983, I was hired to teach English in rural northern Japan. I had no experience teaching, and didn't speak a work of Japanese. No matter—I had the requisite four-year college degree and a ...

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Six Facts You Should Know To Empower Your Teaching -- Emmanuel SEGUI

As parents and teachers, we need to enhance our abilities to create a relationship of trust with the students or the children we interact with. The task sometimes seems hard and we often feel ...

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Three Steps You Need To Know To Improve Your Learning -- Emmanuel SEGUI

"I'm a failure" "I'll never make it." That's the kind of affirmation we hear people say. To overcome this feeling of worthlessness you need to make 3 little steps that will help you discover the ...

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Everything I Needed to Know About Article Writing I Learned from My English Teacher -- Glenn Beach

By now you probably understand how important writing for trade publications is to establishing credibility in the home business world. On to the first hurdle: how do you get past that HUGE writers' ...

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Spelling Power -- Kathleen Brack

It can make you or break you. The spell checker on your computer is great, but it doesn’t always pick up sound-a-likes. Their, there, they’re for instance. How important is it? For the majority of ...

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Leadership Tips For Students -- Colin Ong TS

Today’s youth are living with an explosion of technological advances especially in the area of the internet, mobile applications and multi-player gaming. This increases the need for proper ...

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Developing Your School Brand -- Colin Ong TS

A school brand can start off as an intangible positive image that attracts the public to enrol their children there. An example is the perceived high teaching standards or an impressive list of ...

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In Spellchecker We Trust... Right? -- Jan Kovarik

This article could have easily been titled "We Don't Need a Proofreader...right?" Businesses today are transforming printed text into computer-based documents and, well, all you have to do is run the ...

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How To Check the Spelling of Names Used as References in a Research Paper -- Jan Kovarik

Whether you are doing a term paper for high school or you are working on your doctoral thesis, you will be creating a list of references (or bibliography) of the resource materials and other ...

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Writing Effectively: A Two-Part Guide, Part 2 -- Jan Kovarik

In Part 1, I gave you some ideas on how to write your text. When your text is finished, you will need to review it in order to spot the flaws, correct the errors, and put a final coat of polish on ...

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Writing Effectively: A Two-Part Guide, Part 1 -- Jan Kovarik

Everything we do involves communication—written, verbal, and nonverbal. Today, due to the Internet and the World Wide Web, written communication is emerging as the primary format. Writing effectively ...

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Some Sticky Grammar Situations or How to Avoid Some Ugly Mistakes! -- Jan Kovarik

With the advent of electronic word-processing and spellchecker programs, many people just presume that simply by running spellchecker all of their grammar errors will be caught and corrected. This is ...

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If You'd Like To Know Why Reading Matters -- Barbara Freedman-De Vito

Here Are Some of the Reasons Why Reading Is So Important for Children Why Do We Tell Children to Read ? We're always telling children that books and reading are good for them, but have we ever really ...

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From Children's Stories to Study Skills: Help Your Children Succeed in School -- Barbara Freedman-De Vito

Introduction As a parent who wants the best for your children, there are undoubtedly many things that you already do every day to help your children succeed in school. The purpose of this article is ...

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Child Education -- Brigette Meier

The initial state of happiness about an own child is often overcome with annoyance after even a short period of time. Children quickly grow an own personality, and it's the most vital task of the ...

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How To Make Studying Fun---and Effective! -- Jan K. The Proofer

or You Are Never Too Old (or too young) To Use Flashcards Schools are now working hard to re-introduce the lost art of "studying." From grade school on up, studying is the lesson that is never ...

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School Lunches the Frugal Way! -- Cyndi Roberts

It seems that school starts earlier every year. So it's time to start thinking about what to put in those school lunches every morning. My children always wanted to bring their own lunches because ...

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Be an Effective Communicator -- Charlotte Burton

Humans are not the only species to have some form of communication. Yet we do have the most complex forms of communication extant. Hundreds of differing spoken languages and dialects, several visual ...

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Resume Writing - Get That Job -- Martin Smith

Looking for a new job, whether it is with a new company or a promotion within your own organisation, requires time and effort. To make your job search more effective you need to take five fundamental ...

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A New Language Means New Thoughts -- Steve Gillman

Hablas Español? Do you speak any other languages? Maybe you've considered how good it would feel to be able to speak to people in another language, but did you know it also expands the range of your ...

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Dealing with Difficult People -- Alan Fairweather

1. Don't get Hooked !!! When people behave towards you in a manner that makes you feel angry, frustrated or annoyed - this is known as a Hook. We can even become "Hooked" by the way people look, how ...

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How You Can Double, Triple, or Even Quadruple Your Reading Speed! -- Royane Real

Are you drowning in a sea of unread papers? Do you feel frustrated because you cannot keep up with your reading assignments? You may have wondered if you should take a speed-reading course. Or can ...

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Real Solutions For Combatting Extreme Shyness -- Royane Real

Most people experience some degree of shyness from time to time, depending on the situation. In fact, only about 7% of the population claims that they never feel shy. For the rest of us, shyness can ...

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How to Develop a Big Vocabulary -- Royane Real

If you want to be a great communicator, do you need to have a great vocabulary? You might be surprised to learn that a really big vocabulary is not necessary in order to express yourself clearly and ...

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How to Improve Your Study Habits -- Royane Real

If you’re a student attending classes, you have probably experienced many moments when it was hard to make yourself settle down and study, even when an important exam was coming up. If you’re like ...

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Top Nine Characteristics of Great Speakers -- Paul Evans

By: Paul Evans 1. Solid Content. Even a person lacking charismatic gifts can develop solid content. Always share something the audience finds valuable to their lives. 2. Humorous. It's hard to hate ...

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16 Tips to Prevent Passport Problems -- William Manor

Carelessness is the number one reason for a passport application being rejected or delayed or for a passport being lost, stolen, or damaged. What steps are necessary to prevent these things from ...

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The Lost Art of Hand Writing -- Ieuan Dolby

For a couple of years now I have used a computer for everything from writing articles, to communicate, to playing games and to printing addresses onto envelopes. My laptop is never far away, it is ...

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Eight Ways To Write Better Instantly -- Rix Quinn

Is it possible to improve your writing instantly? The answer, happily, is “yes.” While researching a book on famous speeches and essays, I found eight easily correctable mistakes writers often make. ...

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Spoken and Written English -- Samir K. Dash

The English of speech tends to be different from the English of writing some fairly obvious ways. For instance: We have time to plan our message in writing, but that is not possible while using the ...

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Standards of English -- Samir K. Dash

From the history of English language it is clear that good English has the tendency to vary from time to time, from area to area and from one social group to another. And these variations can be ...

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Notion of Correctness in Speech -- Samir K. Dash

There is an old story about a girl, who asked her grand pa whether he keeps his long beard over or under the blanket while sleeping. Until then the grand pa never thought of this , but from that ...

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Symbolism -- Samir K. Dash

I Symbolism can have an extremely wide meaning. It can be used to describe any mode of expression to refer to something indirectly through the medium of another. But this doesn’t mean that a mere ...

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The Change in Communication: the Cyber effect -- Samir K. Dash

The growing technology has become both a challenge and solution in the field of communication through language. I say this because, recent developments in the field of IT and telecom has brought a ...

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COMMITMENT: Teaching Children the Lessons of a Lifetime -- Jeffrey M. Miller

It's been said, time and again, that for a child to learn what is most important, he must be shown the lessons through example, not through words. And, if we are to nurture certain traits within our ...

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Use of Special Words/Phrases in Spoken English -- Samir K. Dash

Responses to statements -- In most speech sessions we use some special response words, though they are not demanded by the speaker of the statements to which these are made. These type of responses ...

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Confident Writing -- Jenna Glatzer

You know how, when you’re watching a speaker, you can tell if he or she is nervous? There are those tell-tale signs: trembling hands and voice, lack of eye contact, perspiration, twitches, lots of ...

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Accredited Online Universities - Getting Good Grades -- Katie Robbins

Taking distance education courses requires more motivation and self discipline than traditional college classes. Being able to work at your own pace can result in you falling behind on your work, if ...

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Homeschooling with Literature -- Lorraine Curry

Literature School Even some elite colleges employ literature-based learning. Their tools are the Great Books; their principal technique, discussion. The Literature School is not only a successful ...

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The (Online) B-School Advantage -- Alexa Apallas

In a tight job market, job seekers need to find ways of making themselves attractive to employers. And in this "jobless economic recovery" where more and more jobs are being shipped overseas (many ...

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Distance Learning Degree Program - How to Study -- Katie Robbins

The format of distance learning courses is different than what most students have experienced. The teaching style is more student directed and you will have to become accustomed to these differences. ...

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Accredited Life Experience Degrees - Accelerate your Progress Online -- Katie Robbins

Chances are you are pursuing an online degree to reap benefits in the workplace. For this reason, you may be interested in accelerating your progress to get your degree faster. This article will ...

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Apostrophe Usage Made Simple -- Michael LaRocca

APOSTROPHE USAGE MADE SIMPLE Copyright 2005, Michael LaRocca According to one of my previous articles, whenever a Southerner says "Y'all watch this," get out of the way because those are probably the ...

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Comma Usage Made Simple -- Michael LaRocca

COMMA USAGE MADE SIMPLE Copyright 2005, Michael LaRocca Don't they drive you nuts? You can visit all the rules of style you want, and you can read all the books and articles you want. You'll still be ...

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Writer School? -- Michael LaRocca

WRITER SCHOOL? Copyright 2004, Michael LaRocca Here's something from my mailbag. "Dear Michael, do you need to do good in school if you want to be a writer? I stink at school and all my friends laugh ...

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Learning How To Write -- Michael LaRocca

LEARNING HOW TO WRITE Copyright 2004, Michael LaRocca As a student of Spanish, my goal was to think in Spanish. Skip the word-by-word translation so I'd have the necessary speed to speak and listen. ...

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Voice in Narrative and Dialogue -- Michael LaRocca

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Do authors need a website? -- Aneeta Sundararaj

What are these opportunities? Here are just seven of them: 1. An online presence shows that you take your work very seriously and are prepared to market to the world! 2. One of the most useful things ...

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How to Build a Website -- Maricon Williams

Many businesses and companies are finding it hard to build their own websites. Nevertheless, it should not be daunting as they envision it to be. In fact, it's easy. You just need your basic ...

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Starting a Website - A 12 Step Guide -- Aaron Turpen of Aaronz WebWorkz

This guide will show you the steps you should go through before, during, and after your website project. This is by no means a complete account, as I will try to be as industry-nonspecific as ...

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How to trade currency. -- Eric Newman

We all know when you go on a trip to another country; you need to take some travelers checks and some cash in the currency of that country. This can be advantageous because one country’s currency is ...

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10 Reasons to Appreciate Teachers -- Susan Dunn

For National Teacher Appreciation Week, and every other week of the year, here are ten reasons why I appreciate certain teachers I had. If you appreciate a teacher, let him or her know! 1. Mr. ...

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Dreading the Writing Assignment? Outlines to the Rescue -- Christine Taylor

Dreading the Writing Assignment? Outlines to the Rescue By Christine Taylor Writing technical articles is a challenge. There you sit, surrounded by reams of research, notes and interviews. Where do ...

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Is an Online Business Degree Right for You? -- Joyce Jackson

Deciding if an online business degree is right for you is an easy task. With the wide selection of programs, flexibility and personalized formatting, an online business degree is a great choice for ...

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Why we Read a book? -- Aarti Narang

Why reading is important? Reading is a way where one travels to get the information on subjects. There are others tools who can provide them the knowledge but why you do reading. Why writers write a ...

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Is Home Schooling on the Internet the New Wave of Education? -- Matt Degree

Do you have children in school - or are you planning for it soon? Have you asked yourself if public schools are really doing all they can to improve your child and educate him or her for the real ...

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Writer School? -- Michael LaRocca

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Freelance Writing: A Career From Anywhere -- Gary McLaren

An island in the Mediterranean. A beach in Africa. The east coast of New Zealand. What do all these locations have in common? A recent call for assistance from freelance writers elicited replies from ...

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How to Safeguard Payments as an International Writer -- Brenda Townsend Hall

Freelance writers operate on a basis of trust. Whether accepting commissions or sending off unsolicited material to likely buyers, they probably concentrate far more on the quality of their output ...

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Cross Cultural Negotiation -- Neil Payne

Cross cultural negotiation is one of many specialized areas within the wider field of cross cultural communications. By taking cross cultural negotiation training, negotiators and sales personnel ...

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Language in International Business -- Brenda Townsend Hall

The way that we use language reflects cultural preferences for some types of communicative behaviour while discouraging others. Culture will affect, for example, the extent to which we speak loudly ...

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Check Your English Grammar With This Easy Technique -- Heris Yunora

As an International language, English has been used widely in online world. Whether you use it to write a sales letter, a follow up, ads headline, an article, and so on, you need to use it correctly. ...

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That Cute Li'l Ol' Apostrophe -- Sharon Jacobsen

Have you ever had a student write to tell you they've achieved Grade A's at exams? I have, and one of them was a grade A in English! The apostrophe seems to be the most misunderstood punctuation mark ...

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Another Way to Show Your Expertise: Write a Book! -- Dorothy Zjawin

Maybe you should write a book! This is not as difficult as it sounds. You're already an expert in a field by virtue of your work experience and/or academic credentials. And even more important, you ...

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Starting a Freelance Writing Career (or How I Sifted Through the Muck and Found My Way) -- Michele Acosta

So, the decision is final. I am a writer. Actually, I have always been a person who writes, but I have never applied the term to myself in a professional sense. Having pushed aside my financial fears ...

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Five Common Errors to Correct Before Submitting a Letter or Report -- Dorothy Zjawin

First impressions count in writing too! So it is always a good idea to carefully check documents such as letter, reports, and proposals before submitting them. Below are five of the most common ...

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Learning a Foreign Language: the Ventriloquists' Lesson -- Gabrielle Guichard

The main feature you have to master, in order to call yourself a ventriloquist, is to speak without moving your lips. It is not that difficult. There is a trick, of course. The sounds M, B and P make ...

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Learning a Foreign Language: Learn from the Blind -- Gabrielle Guichard

In a previous article, you read that to establih your own lists was the best way to learn vocabulary as fast as possible. Let's study what an effective list looks like. Among prejudices about ...

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Uncommon Facts / Rules of English Language -- Syed Feroz Zainvi

English is an international language. It has so many grammar rules and each rule with many exceptions. Usually, we write English without paying much attention to these rules and exceptions. But, its ...

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Can You Understand English? -- Bill Knell

There is a lot of talk about making English the official language of the USA. That would stop the need to spend so much money printing out things like drivers license, tax, voter registration and ...

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Learning a Foreign Language: Why Should you Learn Words You Never Use in Your Mother Tongue? -- Gabrielle Guichard

Imagine a child sitting in front of a desk, his head in his hands, and mumbling various lists of words over and over. Does this child remind you of your own experience? If yes, I bet that "list of ...

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Learning a Foreign Language: the Psychological Factor -- Gabrielle Guichard

When it comes about learning a foreign language, many people wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary. But this question never occurs about their mother tongue. And yet, it was a ...

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Bridging the Language Gap Using Bilingual Picture Books -- Dawn Jeffers

There are more than 39 million Hispanics live in the United States making it the fifth largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world. It is estimated that within five years, only Mexico will have more ...

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Teaching Reading to English Language Learners -- Deborah Chitester

There is an increasing amount of English language learners represented in our schools for whom a unique approach to developing literacy is necessary. The development of literacy by English language ...

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What's In A Word? More Than You Realize -- Maria Boomhower

What’s in a word? Apparently more than we might want. For others, the ability to express yourself in the most meaningful way. I have written articles before on how bizarre the English language can be ...

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What Does an Interpreter Do? -- Neil Payne

Many people get confused as to the difference between an interpreter and a translator. There is a common tendency to think translators interpreter, or that interpreters translate. In fact, the two ...

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Second Language Competence Beneficial but often Misunderstood -- Deborah Chitester

Second language learning has associated with it many types of benefits. Among them include: social, economic, intellectual and linguistic. Children who engage in second language learning typically ...

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English Has Come A Long, Long Way... -- David Leonhardt

I often wonder what would happen if Shakespeare were to be transported in a time machine to our world today. What would he think? How would he react? Yes, Willie would probably tell me "thou hast too ...

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English Language Sputtering Online Like an Old Ford! -- Jorge M Vega

Sad, but true. Just about everywhere you look online, the English language is suffering a fate worse than death. The problem, in reality, is so widespread that it has begun to affect all aspects of ...

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Teaching -- Robert Baird

TEACHING: - Einstein said "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." We are great believers in the freeing nature of knowledge. But education seems to segment and ...

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Understanding the Adult Student -- Andrew Schwartz

Before Malcolm Knowles coined the word “andragogy” to describe the principles of helping adults learn, some popular wisdom on the matter had already accumulated. Learning gets “harder” as you get ...

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Build Your Own Preschool Curriculum -- Mary Joyce

Putting together your own preschool curriculum can be accomplished in a variety of ways. In the broad sense there is the option of purchasing a homeschool preschool program from one of the many ...

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How to Teach a Person Something -- Rix Quinn

It’s much harder to teach somebody today than it was 20 years ago. Why? (1) Radio and TV, the internet, newspapers and magazines all send us information. (2) So, we’ve got less time to absorb more ...

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Homeschool Lesson Plans -- Mary Joyce

Homeschool families have an abundance of homeschool lesson plans and programs to choose from. As a homeschooling parent, whether you want a tightly knitted curriculum package or prefer to be able to ...

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Educating the Adult in You -- Andrew Schwartz

Sure, adults are more independent than children, but that doesn’t mean you can leave them alone in the classroom. For the most part, children are open to new ideas and people, enthusiastic, and ...

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SAT Test Preperation; Prep Options -- Richard Amburn

It’s time to take the SAT’s. How should you prepare? The only sure thing is that you need to prep. It’s been proven those students who prep for the SAT’s do better then the students who don’t. There ...

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SAT Test Preperation; Prep Options -- Richard Amburn

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Need Help Paying Back Student Loans? -- Michael Carter

Many college students and graduates are looking for a solution for their student loan debt. While borrowers may be having difficulty paying back student loans, there is help. Solutions for paying ...

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Is Pursuing A Degree Online Really For You? Who Should And Who Should Not? -- Rose M

Article Word Count: 422 [View Summary] Comments (0) Stanford University’s Online Lessons Learned Stanford University’s Center for Professional Development has recently completed a survey of those ...

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Education - Let The Learning Begin! -- Tara Cicconni

You've probably heard it since you were little, 'get a good education and you'll go far in life.' Maybe you used to wonder how truthful your relatives were when they said those words to you. Maybe ...

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Showing Appreciation to Teachers -- Steve Campanella

Teaching is arguably one of the least appreciated professions. Year after year, teachers are responsible for educating and guiding our youth to grow and prosper; however, they continue to be ...

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Get a New Life Overseas -- Rhiannon Williamson

How to find the courage and commitment to make your new life abroad a reality... Are you fed up with your mundane day-to-day working life? Does the thought of getting out of bed in the morning when ...

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10 Effective Ways to Remember Names -- Scott Ginsberg

Sigmund Freud says “a person’s name is the single context of human memory most apt to be forgotten.” Feelings of embarrassment and social ineptitude are conveyed through this forgetfulness, and ...

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How to Teach to a Diverse Classroom of Students -- Tina O'Block

Each year teachers are faced with the daunting task of teaching to a classroom of 20-30 individual students, each with their own learning styles, interests, and abilities. Providing optimal learning ...

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How To Use Technology to Better Prepare Students for the Workforce -- Tina O'Block

Technology is becoming more and more prevalent in our everyday lives as well as the workforce. Recent studies predict that by the year 2010 almost every job in the American workplace will require ...

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Just What Is A Learning Disability? -- Sandy Gauvin

A learning disability is defined as a permanent problem that affects a person with average to above average intelligence, in the way that he/she receives, stores, and processes information. There are ...

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Help for Improving Test Scores -- Wayne Perkins

Are you ready pass your examinations this school year? Or do you freeze up when taking tests? Here are five great tips that will help you achieve higher test scores and reduce the stress associated ...

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Integrate Fun and Learning with PC Games -- Steve Hall

Children are always up for a good game. Well, who isn't? Pretend that you are back in school. For the rest of the class period you have two choices as to how you can spend your time. Option #1 is to ...

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How to Recognize Diploma Mills -- Matt Norman

Making the decision to continue your education online is an important one. It is vital, however, that you do your research to make get the most out of your education. Here are some tips to help get ...

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30 Secrets Of A Good Computer Lesson -- Terry Freedman

1. The lesson forms part of a unit which forms part of a scheme of work. 2. There is a good starter activity, one that gets the pupils settled down an in the right frame of mind to do the work you've ...

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Using, Choosing, and Using an educational consultant -- Terry Freedman

Introduction -- The aim of this document is to provide advice and guidance in choosing a consultant in the field of education. You may be the headteacher or principal of a school or college, an ...

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11 Ways To Be A Good Role Model When Teaching Educational Technology -- Terry Freedman

It's often said that pupils learn the most from what their teachers do, rather than what they say. Here are eleven good practices you need to adopt if you want your kids to lean good habits rather ...

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Phonics -- Mary Joyce

Phonics is essentially the relationship between words, how they are spelled and the various sounds that combinations of letters make. From a teaching perspective, it is important to teach your child ...

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Distance Education while Living Abroad -- David Westbrook

I first discovered distance education in 1998 while my wife and I were living in the eastern African country of Uganda. After several years away from school, I had decided that it was time to go back ...

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Top Ten Helpful Hints to First Year Teachers -- Barbara Snyder

1. Become familiar with the school site and district office facilities and resources. Your school site and the district office media center can be valuable resources to tap into. Most school site ...

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Copywriting 101: The Exclamation Point, Friend Or Foe? -- Ann Zuccardy

My name is Ann and I'm a grammar geek. There, it's out and I'm relieved. Does this mean my writing is perfect and consistently conforms to grammar rules? Heck, no. It does mean that I spend hours ...

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Quotations As Expressions In Life -- Brenda Wilson

Quotations are expressions, usually in the spoken form or in literature, which are referenced to by others. Usually, quotations are written within quotation marks, as a verbum dicendi, to indicate ...

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How To Deal With A Difficult Boss -- Tristan Loo

Most people at some point in their lives have to deal with a difficult boss. Difficult supervisors vary in personality from being a little pushy or rude, all the way to being downright abusive. Many ...

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Second Language Competence Beneficial but often Misunderstood -- Deborah Chitester

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How to Master Communication Even if you failed High School Grammar -- Maria Boomhower

Does the thought of knowing your verbs from your adjective scare you? Can the word syntax send you running for cover? Or perhaps putting two words together in front of a crowd sends your body into ...

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The Power of Punctuation -- Marg McAlister

Punctuation, when used creatively, is powerful. Note, however, that when I say 'when used creatively', I don't mean that you can make up the rules. I am not saying that you can write sentences that ...

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Working on the Internet: Role of Proofreading and Copy editing OnLine -- Rumki Sen

When one is in a creative state, rarely can one also be in a detail state. Thus, mistakes in correct grammar, spelling and continuity of all details, may happen. Also, p