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- 5 Excellent Word Games to Help You Improve Your English
NOV19th2011 -
Last week I wrote about Scrabble and how the popular board game can significantly help improve your English skills, including word and grammar skills. Today, I wanted to let you know about a number of other games that you can try to work on improving your English. Wordipelago – A massively multi-player on-line word game. [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement
- One unusual way to improve your English
NOV13th2011 -
If you’re looking for unusual, yet effective ways to learn English online while having fun, why don’t you try playing Scrabble? Scrabble is the world’s most famous word game. Playing is simple: gathers two to four players to score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement
- Recession is no reason to cut English Training budgets
NOV5th2011 -
In a recession, training budgets are often the first to be axed. A lot of companies hold back budgets while still needing to develop staff language skills. With the ability to learn English online, companies really don’t have a good excuse to stall. When combined with a highly qualified team of teachers in a one-on-one [...]
- Posted in: Corporate English Training
- New job opportunities for teachers with online English courses
OCT27th2011 -
Teachers are finding new opportunities to work by teaching English courses over Skype to students in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Teaching online, using tools such as Skype and WebEx, is on the rise and students are tuning in computers, tablets and mobile devices. In a time when many North American businesses and educational institutions [...]
- Posted in: Teaching Online
- Looking for work? Learn English!
OCT24th2011 -
Language skills are the key to high performance in a global workplace. While the economic uncertainties are larger than ever, many organizations are scaling up their hiring activity. If you are looking to find a new job and be part of the race, learning English online can help you stick out and differentiate in yourself. [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement
- Can I learn English speaking on an iPad?
OCT21st2011 -
With over 25 million iPads sold, it was only a matter of time until students started to use the tablet to take English speaking courses. The iPad is a perfect device for learning English online. Mobile learning is a rapidly emerging as the leading form of e-learning. Gartner, the leading analyst firm, is predicting that [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, Learning English Online
- How to improve spoken English using WebEx
OCT16th2011 -
Did you know that students taking WebEx-based classes are better prepared for job interviews, academic tests and business meetings? Students located as far away as Asia and Middle East have been able to learn English from training companies such as TalktoCanada, who have worked hard to find new methods to enrich classes and provide students [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, Skype and WebEx Learning
- Why Learning English Online Matters to your career
OCT2nd2011 -
If you are working in an international business environment, your work performance is likely affected by your ability in speaking English, fluently and with ease. A recent survey shows that 42 per cent of companies are dissatisfied with school leavers’ English skills. The report polled 228 employers of whom 86% felt that languages were an important [...]
- Posted in: English Improvement, English Speaking
- How learning English online is as good as learning offline with a teacher (or better)
AUG28th2011 -
My how times have changed! Back in my early school days, I started each day by strapping on a back pack full of books and some snacks as I prepared to walk the 1-kilometre shortcut through my friends backyard that led to the bus stop . As I grew older I remember how foreign the [...]
- Posted in: Learning English Online
- Outsourcing your training to one company for better cost effectiveness
AUG26th2011 -
Let’s talk smart outsourcing for a bit. Whether you call it procurement, purchasing, outsourcing or buying services, the practice of outsourcing all boils down to one thing: seeking to achieve more with your budget dollars. Business owners that I talk to, find that the recession has tightened the leash on spending more than ever. In [...]
- Posted in: Corporate English Training
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