New methods of teaching English, Mathematics emerge – vanguardngr.com
A new method of teaching and learning English Language and Mathematics, called Helen Doron English has come to limelight during a press conference organized by the Distinct Integrated Service Limited, Nigeria’s national franchisor.
According to the MD/CEO, Barr. Mariam Agunbiade of Distinct Integrated Service,” the concept of Helen Doron is to enable international students to speak English Language like the native speakers, stressing that Helen Doron Group which has been in operation for over 25 years is Internationally recognized and respected with franchise network in over 26 countries worldwide, especially in Europe, America and Asia.
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Breaking down the language barrier – steamboatpilot.com
Eveline Bacon’s favorite part of the day is teaching English to non-native speakers.
Through coordinating and teaching Integrated Com munity’s English as a Second Language classes — which began September 2008 — Bacon can reach people directly and see firsthand if her work changes lives for the better.
For some of her students recently, however, change has come, for good and bad, whether they like it or not.
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Finland’s successful language immersion could teach us a valuable education lesson – Inkeri Chisholm
As the world becomes globalized, language-immersion education in our public schools is increasingly important. We need to teach our students about other cultures and languages as well as model cultural sensitivity, so they can interact successfully in culturally diverse settings.
I grew up in Oregon, and my family spoke both Finnish and English in our home. I recently spent a year teaching in an English immersion school in Espoo, Finland, a high-tech town much like Beaverton.
Read the complete news item here: http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/04/my_turn_finlands_successful_la.html
English Master Hopefuls Sought at IGSE – koreatimes.co.kr
The International Graduate School of English (IGSE), specializing in educating English language experts, will recruit 50 new students for the 2009 academic year, starting April 27.
Under the plan, it will host an explanation session ? open house ? Saturday at its Library Building in Gangdong-gu, Seoul. During the event, the school will introduce its curriculum and programs and its faculty and alumni will field questions from applicants.
Read the complete news item here: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/04/113_42473.html
Aviation English training set to boom – chinadaily.com.cn
China may become the next battlefield for aviation English training organizations, a top executive from an international language teaching school said on Wednesday.
“The aviation English training market potential is massive in China given the country’s fast growing commercial aviation market,” said Finian Connolly, CEO of Edgewater College. Founded over 15 years ago in Ireland, Edgewater College specializes in aviation English language teaching.
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Extra language risks losingchildren – guardianweekly.co.uk
Many south-east Asian countries have introduced English as the medium of instruction in their state school systems, but the effectiveness and success of these projects is being challenged. Andy Kirkpatrick argues that younger children can struggle in classes where a foreign language and not their mother tongue is used for teaching. He urges the education community to think carefully about Clil’s role in primary schools as part of our special debate Clil: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching?
All good language teaching needs to be based on content that engages the learner, and in this sense Content and Language Integrated Learning (Clil) represents good practice.
There is, however, a Clil continuum. At one level, a class of upper-secondary geography students might be taught using Clil. At another, English is adopted as the medium of instruction for certain subjects across a whole primary school system. As examples of such policies in south-east Asia indicate, introducing Clil too early can have its dangers.
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