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Japan-run language school that saw stock surge 1,093% last year eyes expansion

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A Japan-run language school that saw its stock soar almost 12-fold last year is planning to expand into new business areas as its chief executive officer tries to keep the rally alive.

RareJob Inc., a Tokyo-based online English conversation school, or eikaiwa, that uses teachers in the Philippines, will focus on areas including leadership training and job placement, said Gaku Nakamura, the company’s founder and chief executive officer, in an interview. Nakamura said one of his goals was to boost the company’s market value to ¥100 billion ($922 million) from its current level of about ¥25 billion.

Learn more about this topic by reading on JapanTimes.

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Kathrine and Simon teach in Thailand: “Like running your own company”

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Physical contact, meat balls, parent-teacher relationship and hours spent in the class room. These are merely some of the differences between teaching in Denmark and in Thailand. Read about two young teachers’ road from Northern Denmark to Bangkok and their change in teaching lifestyle.

Learn more about this topic by reading on ScandAsia.

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Study Explores: English Language Training Market Will Generate Massive Revenue in Coming Years

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A latest study released by Advance Market Analytics on Global English Language Training Market covering key business segments and wide scope geographies to get deep dive analysed market data. The study is a perfect balance bridging both qualitative and quantitative information of English Language Training market. The study provides historical data (i.e. Volume** & Value) from 2014 to 2018 and forecasted till 2026*. Some are the key & emerging players that are part of coverage and have being profiled are Linguatronics (United States), Rosetta Stone (United States), Sanako (Finland), SANS (United States), Edusoft (Israel), OKpanda (United States), Sanoma (Finland), Voxy (United States), Atlas language school (Ireland) and Berlitz (United States). Learn more about this topic by reading on OpenPR.

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Practice of English Language Teaching

PDF #110 – Jeremy Harmer – The Practice of English Language Teaching, 4th

Practice of English Language Teaching

The highly acclaimed Practice of English Language Teaching is the essential guide for teachers of English in a wide range of contexts. The fifth edition has been revised to reflect new developments in language teaching. It explains current pedagogy to teachers who want to access the most relevant ELT practices and incorporate them into their lessons.

The Practice of English Language Teaching is the essential guide for teachers of English. It explains current pedagogy to teachers who want to access the more relevant ELT practices and incorporate them into their lessons. The fifth edition has been revised to reflect the latest development in language teaching.

English language classrooms have changed greatly since the first edition of this book was published, more than thirty years ago. Advances in the technology available to teachers and students, both inside and outside the classroom, have brought about some of the most noticeable of these changes.
However, the fundamental questions of how best to teach and learn a language remain the same. This book is informed by past theory and practice and by books and articles written by teachers and researchers in recent years. It examines current issues such as the lingua franca core, teaching unplugged and the rise of digital testing and marking, amongst many others and provides a snapshot of the state of English language teaching today.

The Practice of English Language Teaching includes:
• English as a world language
• Theories of language and language learning
• Learner characteristics which influence teacher decisions
• Guidance on managing learning
• Teaching language systems (grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation)
• Teaching language skills (speaking , writing, listening and reading)
• Practical teaching ideas
• The role of technology (old and new) in the classroom
• Assessment for language learning in the digital age

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Is this the most powerful word in the English language?

Is this the most powerful word in the English language?

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The most commonly-used word in English might only have three letters – but it packs a punch. ‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It isn’t descriptive, evocative or inspiring. Technically, it’s meaningless. And yet this bland and innocuous-seeming word could be one of the most potent in the English language. Learn more about this topic by reading on BBC.

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Dual language program in Hammond to help make students bilingual, biliterate, bicultural

Dual language program in Hammond to help make students bilingual, biliterate, bicultural

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Students gathered on the floor of Alejandra Morales’ kindergarten classroom, loudly repeating after her as she stood in front of them reading a sentence in Spanish.

“Nadar” they all said together as they moved their arms out in front of them to mimic the action swimming — the movement assisting them in the memorization of the word. Learn more about this topic by reading on ChicagoTribune.

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The Elbert Files: Use and misuse of words

The Elbert Files: Use and misuse of words

Late in life, I find I’ve become a language snob. People who know my history will find that hard to believe. I’m the guy who flunked freshman English and who once wrote that a piece of stolen jewelry was a “neckless.”

If it hadn’t been for spell-check, my career in newspapers would have ended long ago. I’m not the kind of language enforcer who gets upset when someone ends a sentence with a preposition, which almost everyone does nowadays. Learn more about this topic by reading on BusinessRecord.

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New Year, new language

New Year, new language

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If you’re looking for a showstopping New Year’s resolution, toss those gym shoes aside and pick up a new language in 2020. Being multilingual doesn’t just help your memory(link is external), make you more competitive in the job market, and help you impress at the dinner table. It can also help you connect with the people around you. Speaking to someone in their own language is a beautiful way to forge a new relationship; it can help to put people at ease and make them feel understood and respected. Learn more about this topic by reading on QueensJournal.