NEW PART-TIME TEACHERS

From 27 June to 4 August 2011 Miss Siti Wastunnahari, Miss Ramadhani Nurwyunawati and Miss Sri Rejeki, together with Miss Anike dan Mr Dwinanto teach English at United Tractors School Jakarta. They give a special and intensive English language training to the second year students of UT School. 

Meanwhile the classes that they leave in Bogor are handled by some part-time teachers. The new teachers are Miss Poppy, Miss Nouy and Mrs Febby. 

Management and staff at INDEPENDENT English Course Bogor welcome the three part-time teachers and wish them all the best.

PART-TIME TEACHERS URGENTLY NEEDED

INDEPENDENT English Course Bogor urgently needs some part-time teachers and teacher's assistants to handle classes in Bogor and Jakarta. Due to UT School 23-day English training programme that will start on Monday 27 June, some INDEPENDENT teachers will have to teach in Jakarta until 4 August 2011.


The part-time teachers that we are looking for will handle the classes left temporarily by their teachers, and we expect to assign the new part-time teachers to handle other classes after the UT School English training programme ends. INDEPENDENT plans to open branches and have cooperations with some other investors or institutions that want to open English courses in Kota Bogor and its surrounding.


The requirements to be INDEPENDENT part-time teachers and teacher's assistants:

• Possessing diploma in English
• Graduating from universities or at least being in semester 5 in their study
• Being able to teach and having good communication skills in English 
• Willing to work in a team
• Living in Bogor

Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

NEW UT SCHOOL'S ENGLISH TRAINING (BATCHES V & VI)

United Tractors (UT) School Jakarta, in cooperation with INDEPENDENT English Course Bogor, is going to conduct a one-month English language training for its second year students in batches 5 and 6. 

Mr Bustamamsyah, Academic Director of UT School Jakarta, explained that the training for Batch 5 would start on 27 June 2011 and will last until 4 August 2011. After that, Batch 6 would have to join the training from 3 October to 11 November 2011.  

INDEPENDENT English Course Bogor is choosen again to organise the training as it has got experiences in conducting the English training programmes since July 2009.

Increase Your English Vocabulary: 5 Places to Find New Words

Executive summary about How to Improve Vocabulary by Kelly Tracy

Growing your English vocabulary is key to improving all of your language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Different students prefer different techniques, and a combination of techniques is best. 

Record the new words you encounter every day, both the ones you read and the ones you hear. 

Learn word roots, beginnings, and endings. Many English words share parts with the same meaning, especially words with Greek or Latin origins. For example, "hydro" means "water" and is found in many English words like dehydrate, hydroelectric, and hydraulics. Studying a list of English word roots, beginnings, and endings will unlock a huge amount of vocabulary.

Study word lists that have been designed by experts to give you a good core vocabulary. For beginning to low-intermediate student, try the 2000-word General Service List. High-intermediate and advanced students should already be familiar with these words and move on to the 570 word families of the Academic Word list, selected by their frequency in academic texts.

Learn vocabulary by theme. Are you interested in baseball? You can use the same easy method to discover vocabulary lists for topics from economics to coffee.

Study word families. For example, if you learn the verb negotiate, it's easy to add the noun negotiation and the adjective negotiable and nonnegotiable. A good English dictionary lists other parts of speech for many words.

Advantages and Disadvantages of an Online English Dictionary

There are various reliable internet tools such as online English dictionaries, programs for grammar checking, and other processing tools. Besides the convenience, online dictionaries instantly eliminate the limitations of printed reference materials. Online English dictionaries are auto-updated; in fact this is the main advantage of online dictionaries over printed ones. An online dictionary is updated easily. It means that every new word or terminology can be added in the database of online dictionary. 

One of the best qualities of such dictionaries is the translation feature, e.g. an online dictionary can translate an English word into Italian and vice versa. One of the drawbacks of these online dictionaries, however, is the dependability of the source. An online dictionary is a great tool of information, especially if we know how to distinguish a good online dictionary from a bad one. Also many of us view online dictionary as supplements to print dictionaries and not a replacement. We often forget that the dictionary gives the meaning of the word.

Helping You Improve Your English Vocabulary

Executive summary about How to Improve Your Vocabulary by Mike Selvon

Learners of the English language are taught to put words into the proper context as much as possible. Then look the words up. Read and listen to challenging material like the English language news so that you will be exposed to many new words. Once you have learned the new word, practice using it. 

Using new words frequently will help you to learn to speak English fluently. Write words down as a regular part of your English lessons. You should say the word aloud to activate your auditory memory and relate the word to words you already know. For example, the word "gargantuan," which means very large, has a similar meaning to the words gigantic, huge and large.

Playing word games are a simple and fun way to practice and improve your English vocabulary. Also, try out the Franklin Electronic Dictionary that features built-in word games. There are also a number of free games available online, so make game playing a part of your English lessons.

Even if English is not your native tongue, learning the language will allow you access to a new world of information. It is the language of technology, especially high technology like computer sciences, genetics and medicine. There are countless resources available to help you learn and master the English vocabulary, so embrace the language and open up a whole new world to yourself.

Other Tips on How to Improve Your English Vocabulary Use

 1. Article
You first need to choose a suitable article, letter, report etc. Be sure to choose an article that suits your level of English.

2. As above choose a paragraph that suits your level, don't make the mistake of choosing something too hard. Don't choose something too easy either.

3. Paraphrase
Next you have to paraphrase the paragraph. To do this I would suggest you have an English - English dictionary and a Thesaurus available to help you. 

4. Sentences
Now make your own sentences with the new words. 

5. Practice
In the final stage you practice using your new words.