11 Aug 11 Online Education – Some Useful Tips to Teach Young Kids Through the Internet
Internet has indeed made life way easier with its blissful presence, making learning and personal development easier and convenient. While it is easy for the learner to grab a power-packed lesson, sitting in front of the computer, it may not be easier for the teacher to deliver lessons on the web. What takes to it be a good online teacher is the topic of discussion here. Here are some useful tips.
Do not bombard with information and suffocate the young minds
Do not forget the medium, it is digital in nature not a physical form; here the recipient has much lesser span of attention and retention level. So do not bombard with information and lessons at a go, stretched for hours. An ideal lesson should not necessarily be more than 20 minutes long at a stretch. If the lesson is too long, you can break it into follow up modules and deliver in the next session. This way learners will pay more attention towards your lectures, will be more interested in it and also wait for the follow up sessions.
Make yourself available and approachable throughout
Internet as a medium is challenged by the fact that it lacks physical contact, proximity and its benefits. Don’t let it come between your relationships with your students. If you make yourself available just for the lessons of 20 minutes and disappear for a whole week, unless you are really famous, there are chances students may forget you or choose someone else over you who are more approachable. So do not commit this mistake. Stay in touch with the students, as much as you would have done in classroom situation. Make yourself approachable and available for any information, clarifications or help by sharing personal contact information like your business telephone number, email address and the like. It will help them to feel confidence and faith in you.
Engage them
It’s important to engage your students. You may throw questions and ask them to mail you the replies or ask for feedback. You may start a thread in a forum or any blog, asking your students to participate actively and comment. Or motivate them to make some interesting video on the topic and upload, while others can put their opinions.
Gear up, let the online lesson be really interesting.
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18 Jun 11 Tips for Job Interview Preparation
If it’s your first job interview and you are worrying where to start the preparation from, you are not an exception. Worry about job interview, performance, questions is quite natural among the beginners. But don’t let this fear take a toll on you and spoil your performance. Confidence will come with the right guidance. Here are few tips for the job interview preparation. Before going for the interview follow these tips.
Flawless CV
Always remember if you are not confident about your CV, it will reflect in your attitude, personality, body language in front of the interviewer. So work on your CV first, make it crispy yet all inclusive. Don’t put false information in your CV. A good CV will silently talk about you. Follow formal CV format.
Know your subject
Don’t forget at the end of the day its knowledge of your subject that matters the most. Study your subject, know what all can be asked in interview. Know about the current industry practice. If you score well in questions asked you have higher chance of getting through the job.
Obvious questions
There are some stereotyped obvious questions frequently asked in interview like – ‘Tell us something about yourself’, ‘what are your strengths and weaknesses?’, ‘Where do you see yourself after five years from now?’ etc. Prepare answers of these probable questions in advance. You may practice answering these questions in front of a mirror. It will not only help you to answer, but also answer with perfect attitude, body language and confidence. This practice will boost your confidence and also help in lowering fear of speaking in front of the interviewer.
Read about the company
Before going for an interview read about the company. Go to its website, read about the company, its achievements, work done, clients, history. Interviewer may ask you if you know enough about them. So knowledge is important.
Wear the perfect attire
Wearing perfect attire to interview is very important. Wear formal clothes of pastel shades. Too bright colors are to be avoided. Don’t wear distracting earrings, necklaces and other accessories. Shoes should be formal, neat. Wearing formal clothes will not only make you appear like a professional, it will also boost your confidence.
Start preparing today for your dream job.
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01 Jan 11 Tips for Good Command over a Language
Even if you know very few languages, there’s nothing to be embarrassed of, rather flaunt your language skill by making your command over those languages extremely strong. Know the language inside out, how to speak, read and write it flawlessly. Master the language. How to do it? Here are few simple tips for you.
Read as much as you can
You can write or speak well, only when you read enough. Initially don’t be choosy, just read everything of the same language. If you wish to master Spanish language, don’t read anything apart from Spanish. Read all Spanish famous as well as well not so famous novels, magazines, articles. Some readings may frustrate you, but unless you read bad ones you won’t realize worth of the good writings. Read voraciously, underline words or phrases which you don’t understand. Find out meanings of the same.
Audio aid is a must
Often just reading doesn’t help; you may simply fail to understand your preferred language, supposedly French; when some French people are conversing among themselves. Therefore start listening to French speaking, whether on television, or audio tutorials and speeches, or movies and plays. It will help you to grasp the language better and will also sharpen your spoken skill.
Don’t hesitate to speak
Often we hesitate to speak when we are not very confident about the language. Don’t do it. Even if you go wrong, just start conversing. Initially you may talk to yourself in front of mirror; it will sharpen your confidence to speak in public. If not on stage, start conversing in small group. Observe others. If you fall short of words or go wrong, ask others to rectify you. It’s a learning process and very helpful.
Literature, movie, music and culture
To know any language well, you need to get into the depth of that culture – its heritage, music, literature, movies. If Chinese language inspires you; know the Chinese culture, how it evolved, read all famous novels, watch all kinds of Chinese movies, and listen to their music. Soon you will get a hold of the language.
Consult dictionary
Your vocabulary skill will develop only when you read enough, come across new words, and learn their meanings. Carry a handy dictionary always. It will soon fetch you good command over the language.
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