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Teaching Vocabulary To ESL Students And EFL Learners94

Teaching Vocabulary To ESL Students And EFL Learners

Teaching vocabulary to ESL students and EFL learners can be a challenging task. Should it be done by pre-teaching vocabulary? Is an inductive or deductive approach the best way to go? this hub suggests an inductive approach as the best way to go in teaching vocabulary.

9 comments    teaching methods
Intercultural Business Communication: High Context vs. Low Context Communication91

Intercultural Business Communication: High Context vs. Low Context Communication

Intercultural communication is necessary in business today and is a skill that will become increasingly required as businesses expand globally. Understanding a culture includes respecting it’s customs, traditions and etiquette. An ideal...

0 comments    human resources business culture
Reading Comprehension and the Hyperlexic Child90

Reading Comprehension and the Hyperlexic Child

Some children start reading before they are able to hold a conversation. In a sense, they start to read before they can even talk. How is that possible? Reading can be broken down into two separate processes: (1) decoding the written symbols into...

34 comments    dyslexia theory of mind
The Problem of Cross-Cultural Communications in Multinational Organizations89

The Problem of Cross-Cultural Communications in Multinational Organizations

Abstract This hub presents a case study of a small adult education program in Southern California in order to examine the problem of cross-cultural communications in organizations with staff members from multiple cultural backgrounds. The purpose...

2 comments    power distance human orientation
Professional Ethics and Codes of Conduct87

Professional Ethics and Codes of Conduct

1. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Introduction: Members of association are required to observe proper standards of professional conduct and refrain from misconduct. Overseas members may follow the local ethics where the profession is...

9 comments    professional ethics acca audit
SOA Design Patterns: Managers, Engines, Gateways and Interfaces85

SOA Design Patterns: Managers, Engines, Gateways and Interfaces

This hub offers practical patterns for building Service Orientated Applications using service oriented programming (SO) as an approach. It demonstrates that every component can be a service while still maintaining the technical requirements that modern applications are required to exhibit and in most cases surpassing what many application frameworks offer to date.

1 comment    manager contract web services
How to Teach Vocabulary85

How to Teach Vocabulary

As an English grammar and writing teacher, the last thing I want to do to my students is to overwhelm, frustrate, or bore them with a list of words and definitions to memorize. I have found that these methods and supplemental activities for teaching...

34 comments    greek roots latin
The Fall of the Kingdom of Atlantis: Envisioning a Lost Civilization in a Upper Paleolithic Context.81

The Fall of the Kingdom of Atlantis: Envisioning a Lost Civilization in a Upper Paleolithic Context.

In this article we will expand on the premise of a lost ancient civilization, and explore whether it is possible at all to fit the possibility of a kingdom of Atlantis into our current understanding of our pre-history.

16 comments    history civilization atlantis
Human Race Evolving or in Devolution82

Human Race Evolving or in Devolution

It has been stated that for every advance, there is also forgetfulness. We have apparently come a long way from those bygone days of knuckle dragging, but if our high flown civilization were to suddenly collapse, we would lack the skills that kept the knuckle draggers alive.

0 comments    environment skills evolution
The Impact of Culture and Cultural Contexts on Global Leadership80

The Impact of Culture and Cultural Contexts on Global Leadership

This hub examines the impact of cultural contexts on global leadership and offers suggestions on how leaders of global organizations can optimize cross-cultural cooperation in the workplace.

0 comments    culture global leadership
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