Education

18 ways to enhance your language skills

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– Tips for teachers –

You are probably aware that learning a language can be achieved easily id you are determined to learn it. With the available resources in the libraries, schools, and online courses it is only an excuse to postpone the learning of a foreign language that can improve your skills, help you find a better job or boost your self-confidence.

Here are 18 strategies that are offered for enhancing language skills and managing language challenges.
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10 Ways to make teaching English in Japan easier

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Looking for teaching jobs in Japan? Here are the top ten effective tips on how to go about looking for the jobs and the best way to cope with different challenges.

1. Let your CV speak for you

Since you won’t be making a physical appearance you should make sure your CV represents you and your abilities fully, in other words, your CV should communicate why you are the best for job. Make sure your CV is updated including a resume with an attached passport size photograph.
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How to choose educational software for children?

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With the increased usage of IT gadgets and computers, we must admit that they have become an integral part of everyday life. More people own computers than ever before with the numbers continue to rise, better access to computers is being enabled and more people are becoming aware of the benefits of their usage in education purposes. As a result of all these facts, children are learning how to use computers in school at a much earlier age than ever before. There is no doubt that there is a wide array of educational software available for children of all ages. This provides the parents, with many options when choosing educational software for the children.

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7 steps in selecting continuing education

Adults strive their education to be relevant to their needs. What they are learning must be further used at their work, increase their values or increase other responsibilities.

When they see the relevancy in the learning, adults want to create goals for their education. The desire to see the path that leads from the beginning to the end of a course, or even a whole curriculum is essential.

Each step of this path has to make its value evident: why is it important, how it will help them personally, or work, and further on – how it will help improve their life.
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Distance learning must be monitored

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Academics from around the world have gathered in Dubai on 13 November 2012, to address the challenges of the online education, or e-learning.

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University (HBMeU), H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the International Council for Open and Distance Education Standing Conference of Presidents 2012 (ICDE SCOP 2012), a first-of-its-kind gathering in the Arab region was attended by 150 presidents of open and distance learning universities from around the world.
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3 Big advantages to earning RN degree via Internet

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If you’re an emergency medical responder, you probably love the fact that you can make a direct – and big – impact in the lives of people every single day. However, many of these busy professionals only work part time, or even volunteer their hard work.

One way that you can take your propensity for helping others in a medical capacity to a full time level is to go from a paramedic to RN online. There are degrees available from companies like Capella Education Company and The College Network that can help you use the knowledge and schooling you already have to transition to a new role.
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1.4 billion students on Earth

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According to the recent Microsoft survey there are 1.4 billion students on planet Earth out of which 1.23 billion go in pre-k to high school and 170 million attend higher education.

On a global level there are 65.2 million educators – 9.2 million in higher education and 56  million in pre-k to high school.

For having a better overview what the figure of 1.4 billion students means, let me remind you that the world population is around 7.1 billion people.

Here is the Microsoft latest overview of the world statistics:

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5 online education advantages

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A larger number of people is being involved in logging into massive open online courses (MOOCs) and following courses of their interest for free from the top universities worldwide. This is just one way of the distance learning manner of reshaping the way institutions offer learning services.

Michael B. Horn, Co-founder and Executive Director of Innosight Institute, specializes in disruption of online education and on November 8, 2012 has had his presentation at Educause 2012 conference in Denver. The Education Dive audience was able to hear his talk about the changes that are currently underway in the new models in higher education. Horn did not stop at higher ed and he also address how MOOCs will influence high schools.
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