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Growing opportunities for foreign students in Taiwan and Taiwanese going abroad.
Taiwan has a generally excellent educational system. The main challenge is to make the rest of the world aware of its quality and to enable education in Taiwan to be more easily accessible to foreigners.
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Learning a new language is challenging enough.
But for thousands of immigrants in London, the COVID-19 pandemic has made the task that much harder, forcing newcomers, teachers and service providers to reimagine teaching in an age of social distancing and online learning.
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Given their topicality, two of the emails I received last week form the basis of today’s discussion. Inter alia, the first one read: “Growing up in the English language from primary school through college, my tutors of English language taught me that the word ‘discuss’ is never followed by the preposition ‘about’. They would say for example- we will discuss that topic tomorrow and not- we will discuss about that topic tomorrow. Many a journalist in both the print and electronic media and other good speakers of English language have used ‘discuss about’ with abandon”.
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: nobody teaches English abroad for the money, right? Actually… wrong.
Although teaching English overseas will never get you on a list of world billionaires, it can come with a reasonable salary — one that even puts money in your savings account. As a teacher abroad, it’s perfectly reasonable to earn a decent salary — in top-paying countries, this can be from $2,000 to over $5,000 per month! — depending on the country and region.
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When learning a new language, you begin with the words you would normally need every day: words for meeting people, going to cafés and restaurants, asking for the way to the station. Now – in a world where a summer holiday, let alone living abroad, feels like a fading possibility – that rule seems ironic. Learn more about this topic by reading in on inews.
The English Language Proficiency program (CTE-ELP) within Texas A&M University’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) hosted a first-of-its-kind virtual symposium for professionals who provide English instruction to teaching assistants who speak English as a Second Language (ESL). Representatives from seven universities across Texas attended the half-day event via Zoom recently.
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When Boris Johnson left hospital after his bout of Covid-19, he gave heartfelt thanks to the medical professionals who looked after him. These included Jenny from New Zealand and Luis from Portugal, immigrants who are part of the vast international workforce that keeps the NHS running. This task is made easier if the doctors, nurses and workers share a language.
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After reading “Learning an L2 in a troubled world” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.
AMA published a new study on the Global English Language Training Market exclusive insights, Opportunities and revenue size estimation and growth factors. The Study is segmented by major and emerging countries having high potential and elaborates qualitative and quantitative information including market size breakdown by revenue and volume (if applicable).The study precisely caters drivers, restrains to capture changing market dynamics affected in current scenario. To reach market size forecast and growth estimation various important metrics are considered like SWOT analysis of players, all recent developments, upcoming launches, joint ventures, merger and accusations of industry relevant players. Learn more about this topic by reading in on MediciInsider.
In today’s mass markets of education, the passion for teaching and learning in the humanities has been dying away, making highly relevant the recent publication by a professor turned author Joe Gilliland, whose memoir, “A Teacher’s Tale: A Memoir,” has been recently published on Amazon that should inspire the next generation of teachers and students to continue going wherever their hearts take them.
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Training program for English teaching assistants – Teaching foreign languages should be considered in preschools and primary schools, according to Department of Education school inspectors.
In a new report on the quality of teaching practice, inspectors said pre-school teachers could be trained to integrate languages such as French, German and Polish in early learning settings.
In addition, it says re-instating modern languages to the primary school curriculum would be a timely move.
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After reading “Training program for English teaching assistants” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.