Diigo bookmarks (weekly)

• MWIS Newsletter - August 2015: I want to write a book...

  "TESOL Press is currently accepting responses to calls as well as unsolicited manuscripts. More information and the proposal form can be found by clicking on the Read & Publish tab on the TESOL webpage and then clicking on Information for Authors."

  tags: books guidelines manuscripts publications TESOL TESOL Press venues for publication

• 5 Useful Tips for International Students With Dependents in the U.S. - US News

  Farrell, Louis. (2015.06.23). 5 Useful Tips for International Students With Dependents in the U.S. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/international-student-counsel/2015/06/23/5-useful-tips-for-international-students-with-dependents-in-the-us

  tags: immigration dependents international students tips U.S. visas

• TOEIC: Publications

  "a broad array of guides, manuals and handbooks to meet the needs of learners, administrators and researchers"

  tags: administrators ETS examinations learners publications researchers sample tests tests TOEIC

• English as a second language in universities | The Nation

  "Not only inside the university but after graduating when it comes to career options[,] the knowledge and fluency of English can be very helpful. Every professional job needs a good usage of English. To engage in international trade activities, to develop technical skills required in modern industries and for many other opportunities in developing the personal career, need the usage of English" (¶13, 2015.08.19).

  tags: countries education English international proficiency students Sri Lanka universities

• Universities urged to help students improve English proficiency | Culture | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS

  Yang, S. M., & Lin, Lillian. (2015.06.26). 

  tags: countries education English proficiency students Taiwan universities

  • Taiwan's Consumers' Foundation has called on local universities to take responsibility for improving English-language skills among their students, in view of the fact that a certain standard of English proficiency is a prerequisite to obtaining a degree.
  • The foundation urged the country's universities to help improve their students English proficiency by offering more training so that the students would not need to spend a fortune taking English classes at cram schools.

• Rediscovering Nature’s Paradigm, Part I | Creative by Nature

  • While many of the words and concepts of systems theory are new, systems thinking is not. Systems thinking is a way of looking at the world ecologically and holistically, where one focuses on patterns, connections and processes, and how seemingly separate things form coherent wholes.

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