Journal of Language and Communication‚ June 2008 The Importance of Soft Skills: Education beyond academic knowledge Bernd Schulz Polytechnic of Namibia Abstract This paper makes a survey of the importance of soft skills in students’ lives both at college and after college. It discusses how soft skills complement hard skills‚ which are the technical requirements of a job the student is trained to do. The paper exhorts educators to take special responsibility regarding soft skills‚ because during
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English Language Teaching June‚ 2008 An Action Research Plan for Developing and Implementing The Students’ Listening Comprehension Skills Chunpin Luo The School of Foreign Languages‚ Yunnan Nationalities University No.134‚ Yieryi Dajie‚ Kunming 650031‚ China Tel: 86-871-643-5063 Abstract This is a proposal for an action research plan designed to find out how to improve students’ listening comprehension skills‚ enhance their performance and help to promote better learning. This plan is focused on
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MANAGEMENT SKILL Managing people Micromanaging is the surest way to kill an employee’s enthusiasm. To succeed‚ employees need to know that they’re trusted and their work is valued. Micromanaging tells the employee just the opposite‚ and constant checks are as annoying as a fussy elementary-school teacher telling you to print your name and the date in the upper right-hand corner of every assignment. Pointing out every little mistake especially things that are a mistake only in my eyes will quickly
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Reading Reading is the receptive skill in the written mode. It can develop independently of listening and speaking skills‚ but often develops along with them‚ especially in societies with a highly-developed literary tradition. Reading can help build vocabulary that helps listening comprehension at the later stages‚ particularly. Micro-skills involved in reading. The reader has to: • decipher the script. In an alphabetic system or a syllabary‚ this means establishing a relationship between
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Communication Skills Aims This resource has been compiled to give a general introduction to effective communication for practice educators. The key components of the communication process will be discussed. The basic skills required for effective communication will be explored in the next few sections‚ and some specific contexts for communication‚ including giving presentations and feedback meetings‚ will be examined. Learning Objectives On completion of this resource‚ you should
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Review of Related Literature Classification of Wastes A. Solid Waste B. Liquid Waste C. Sludge D. Hazardous Waste I. Waste Management A. Waste Management in Developed Nations 1. Solid Waste A) Landfills B) Recycling C) Incineration 2. Liquid Waste A) Management Plans B) Waste Water Treatment Facilities C) Injection Wells 3. Hazardous Waste A) Landfill B) Incineration B. Waste Management in Developing Nations 1. Solid Waste A) Landfills B) Recycling C)
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Songs to Improve Language Listening Comprehension Skills Are you students sometimes bored in spite of your best efforts? Are you looking for some new and different techniques? Could you use a learning activity that would really wake them up? Would you like to get and keep the students’ interest? Even have them helping you? Then try this classroom-tested technique by using student-selected songs to teach listening comprehension. Almost everyone loves music. It is a part of our language and life from
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This chapter presents various related literature that explain the research topic which is about personality; extroversion and introversion affecting second language proficiency. The purpose of this chapter is to review the concepts and researches that are related to the research topic and to identify the deficiencies in these researches. This also places the current study into the context of the previous researches. In this chapter‚ the researchers will present the concepts and researches including
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SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEWING SKILLS WHAT IS AN INTERVIEW? An interview is a conversation between an employer and a candidate for both parties to learn more about each other for the purpose of filling a position within a company or organization. You and the interviewer each have a need: you want a job and the interviewer wants to find the right person to fill the job. If you receive an interview‚ chances are you have already been “prescreened” and meet all or most of the requirements the employer is looking
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four written tasks‚ if they want to? Yes. Students may write as many tasks as they wish. However‚ teachers have some say in how many tasks they will give first draft feedback for‚ above the required minimum; it is not reasonable for students to submit many extra tasks and expect repeated feedback. Nor is it acceptable for students to repeatedly submit ”extra” tasks that are in fact slightly altered versions of the same material. Teachers should approach the creation of written tasks as an exercise
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