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ESL Cafe's Idea Cookbook - The 10 Commandments of the Classroom - 0 views

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    In my opinion there are 10 Commandments for practitioners to follow in the classroom:
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Job hunting over 50? Nine ways to make yourself employable and marketable - 0 views

  • turn yourself into a marketable prospect 
  • when you have decades of experience under your belt it can be easy to get stuck in an employment rut.
  • sit down and understand which of the skills you’ve acquired have a value, and which may even command a premium in today’s market.
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  • have you stagnated, using well-honed skills on a repeated basis but without adding more personal value within the workplace?
  • Six tips for success at job interviews
  • Identify your marketable skills
  • Break down the elements that have enabled you to be successful. Highlight your key strengths in your current or most recent role.
  • Update your skills for the job
  • take the courses that you need to bring your skills up to speed
  • skills needed to actually perform the functions of the job
  • Keep your professional accreditations current
  • Attend industry conferences to understand what is driving your sector, and how your skills might need to be adapted to play a role in the future.
  • Are you up to date with the tools and techniques that are being used by the forward-thinking firms winning the business?
  • Be honest in your assessment and identify both your strengths and any gaps that need to be addressed.
  • Know your industry/domain
  • Be clear about if and how the sector is growing and whether your expert knowledge is in demand or could even command a premium.
  • Have an understanding of how competitors do things, as this could be used to good effect in a new role (taking into account any non-disclosure agreements, of course).
  • Build your contacts
  • Strengthen communication skills
  • In many industries there is now a need to demonstrate expertise with a strong online presence
  • How to build your personal brand online 
  • Use technology to your advantage
  • Smart use of technology has become a major part of roles at all levels of an organisation. You should be able to demonstrate that this is an area you are comfortable with and can use to advantage in your role
  • Be a cultural and team fit
  • Demonstrate your key achievements
  • Achievements are as important as skills. Having yours off pat is essential, as is being able to demonstrate how you could repeat your success.
  • Understand which skills have value
  • Look at all the elements you have broken down, and take an honest look at which are transferable to a new role and have the greatest value in today’s job market. It is these that you should be prioritising on your CV during your job search or highlighting on your LinkedIn profile.
  • a key component of your job search: whether you should be focusing on roles where the likelihood of success is based your technical skills, or if you should be targeting employers where your sector and competitor knowledge is of greater interest.
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Lack of trained English teachers the cause - 0 views

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    The shortage of trained English language teachers is one of the reasons for the students' poor grasp of the language, National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) president Hashim Adnan said yesterday. "Most of the teachers have a poor command of the language. How do you expect students to learn English when the teachers themselves do not know the basics of the language?
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Muhyiddin: English a compulsory pass subject as early as 2016 - Nation | The Star Online - 0 views

  • Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said training English teachers was under the first wave of the National Education Development Plan (2013-2025).
  • "The second wave will start in 2016 and that is when we propose to implement the pass in English ruling," he said, adding that his ministry will again solicit feedback from stakeholders first, such as Parent Teacher Associations, before implementing this.
  • Muhyiddin said the command of English amongst students had also improved since the Government began promoting the use of the language several years ago."I am told that based on the existing SPM curriculum, only 20% students fail English every year."We are confident that we will be able to reduce this figure by then," he said.
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  • "Our target is for them to bilingually proficient in Bahasa Malaysia and English," he said.
  • "Since English is widely used internationally, we have little choice but to encourage our children to be proficient.
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    "The proposal to make English a compulsory pass subject in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination could be implemented as early as 2016, Deputy Prime MInister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Friday. Students who fail English will not receive their full certificate but will have the opportunity to re-sit the paper in July the following year, soon after the SPM results are released. Muhyiddin said in preparation for this, the Education Ministry had started training 61,000 English teachers to be more proficient in the language."
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Archives | The Star Online. - 0 views

  • It does not matter if you are top of your class or have a string of degrees, that dream job will not be yours unless you can speak and write well in English.
  • 68% of the companies surveyed named communication skills as the top quality required in job applicants, followed by working experience (67%), interpersonal skills (56.2%) and passion and commitment (55.7%).
  • The MEF Salary Survey for Executives 2010
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  • MEF executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said globalisation had changed the nature of jobs, making communication skills, specifically in English, a valuable asset for today's worker.
  • He added that this was an essential criterion even for professions traditionally seen as “backroom” staff such as engineers, technical personnel and scientists. “It is especially so for those working in multinationals and bigger firms,” he said. “Today, our clients are worldwide. In factories, for instance, engineers are a different breed from the past,” said Shamsuddin. “Now, they have to be involved in various aspects of business and interact with clients.”
  • Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers President Tan Sri Mustafa Mansur said the young ones who could not communicate in English were unable to negotiate the best deals in business transactions or investments. “We need to send people out to market our products, negotiate deals or get contracts signed. If they cannot communicate well in English, we will lose out,” he said.
  • Kelly Services (M) Sdn Bhd managing director Melissa Norman concurred, noting that six in 10 graduates who attended its interviews could not communicate effectively in English.
  • Norman said it was important to master English as it was widely used among the business community, both in Malaysia and internationally.
  • Various industry and business leaders also warned that the decline in English was affecting Malaysia's global competitiveness.
  • Shamsuddin expressed concern that many local graduates today could not speak or write proper English, saying this was a reason why they faced difficulties getting jobs in the private sector.
  • Pemudah co-chair Tan Sri Yong Poh Kon pointed out that, contrary to popular belief, it was important for civil servants to have a good command of English due to a growing borderless world. “The standard of English also affects the quality of the public sector as civil servants have to interact with international citizens and the business world as well as articulate Malaysia's stand on issues to the international community. These include negotiations on important agreements such as trade agreements.”
  • Noting that the quality of English in the country had declined over the last two decades, former Human Resource Minister Tan Sri Fong Chan Onn warned that the country would lose out to its neighbours that did not teach English in schools previously. “Thailand, Indonesia and China are making efforts to improve their English through their education system,” he noted.
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    "Feedback from local and international employers shows that verbal and written communication skills in English remain the most sought-after attribute in prospective employees. According to a recent Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) survey, it is the most important trait employers look for when recruiting graduates."
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Malaysia's Education Minister calls for a third language for students, AsiaOne Education News - 0 views

  • Muhyiddin, who is Education Minister, proposed the creation of jobs for 30,000 new language teachers in national schools to facilitate teaching of a third language as an elective subject.
  • He said mastering a third language could help the Malay, Chinese and Indian students understand each other better.
  • Muhyiddin said the third language policy was already included in the schooling system. "But too few took up (the third language course)," he added.
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  • He also emphasised the need to enhance command of the Malay language to promote national unity. This, he said, was important as studies have shown that some students could not even speak the national language. "I have given a directive to improve the curriculum and quality of teachers teaching Bahasa Melayu in national schools," he added.
  • Muhyiddin also noted that 121 of the 638 resolutions presented at the Umno general assembly were related to education issues.
  • Muhyiddin announced the setting-up of Parents Teachers Association Foundation with a start-up fund of RM200mil. "We will get more government-linked companies and the private sector to contribute towards the Foundation," he added.
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Forlin et al 2013 Inclusive education for students with disability: A review of the best evidence in relation to theory and practice. (Report by Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), pdf) - 0 views

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    Forlin, C., Chambers, D., Loreman, T., Deppler, J., & Sharma, U. 2013. Inclusive education for students with disability: A review of the best evidence in relation to theory and practice. Report by Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, pp. 1-67.
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