Right Approach is the key to ‘Learn English’.

During the last few decades, English has acquired a powerful hotseat in communication throughout the world .All over the world people from different nationalities and communities communicate in English.In India, there has been a quiet ubiquitous rise in the awareness among the people for learning english, but what has been the final result out? Let’s see.

During the last so many years I have experienced as a faculty hearing many cases from my colleagues(since I am just a faculty for Mathematics) and even from my friends, that the students do want to learn English but they lack a zeal to learn it.An interesting  fact is  that many students leave within few weeks after joining the classes unable to speak the English fluently and condemning the teachers for it.

What do you think ? You want to learn English within 3 months something which contains more than 8,00,000 words and the most vast grammar.
 

The language which can be moulded to write a poetic paragraph or to command conversation with a firm tone cannot be easily put into your blood so easily.The core of the issue is that no body understands that it takes years to develop a sound reasonable mind to start speaking a new language.They try to compete with those who speak very well but they forget that they are not learning from last three months rather they have been using it from last 3 years and watching those genuine news channels unlike others who watch those idiotic soap operas , talk in local language all over the day and come to class and expect the teacher to spoon feed them or put a chip in their brain , so that they start immediately.

No body wants to push himself or herself hard to practice and learn the language.

My dear fellows it takes years to be a master of something.Ok  you can be given a good initial start by the teacher but not the brain which he or she has.I will be ultimately you who will have to memorise the words, learn the language from it’s roots, develop the creative ways to deliver the language ,develop an analytical approach to find the reasons where to use what and how, avoiding the misleading people in the market who are using wrong English sometimes.
 

Then only you will be able to put yourself on right track and lead this process of learning for the nest few years until you become a very good conversationalist.
 

That is the reality of learning a language.The more you avoid this fact , the more you are trying to deceive yourself mentally.If anybody says that you can become a master in few days or weeks or months is a deceiver in his profession or a fool but the one who simply believes such people is the biggest fool.Isn’t it ?

Think over it.

Indian Universities ' Leap Forward' to Abroad

MUMBAI — Indian universities too have been looking in the foreign to set up their own institutions and to better equip students for the demands of the global economy.

Some top Indian higher education institutes have had foreign annexes for several years but expansion plans aim to offer students a chance to broaden their horizons and give them an edge in the competitive jobs market.

Among them is the private university Amity, which is opening two new global business schools for Indian and international students in New York and San Francisco in July, adding to its existing centres in London and Singapore.

The moves come not just as part of a worldwide trend for international education but as the government in New Delhi looks to improve education standards to maintain India's economic growth in the years ahead.Nearly one in three Indians is under 14 and ministers say that 800 to 1,000 new universities are needed in the next decade to increase the number of students going into higher education from the current 12 percent to 30 percent.

Some foreign universities, many of which already have tie-ups with Indian establishments, including student exchange programmes, have expressed an interest.Foreign companies, for example, have said many Indian graduates, although academically well-qualified, often lack essential "soft skills" required for global business, in particular telephone manner or email etiquette.Amity and S.P. Jain said many of these problems can be eliminated just by mixing with students from different countries, backgrounds and cultures and through a more "all-round" education in and out of the classroom.

The elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, for example, said cultural and sporting activities are increasing on its campus and could benefit students in the long run, including in their future careers.

"I'm sure recruiters look at this," said Jaya Josha from the IIT.

Courtesy AFP

Indian version of TOEFL

New Delhi, May 11 - With the demand for English language skills increasing across the country, India has come up with its own standardised English language test on the lines of TOEFL and IELTS.
 

The English and Foreign Language University in Hyderabad has formed the All-India English Language Testing Authority that will conduct the first standardised test on May 30. "Both TOEFL and IELTS are tests needed by the US and the UK respectively for students and professionals wanting to study or work in those countries. It is not taken widely by Indians or even those wanting a proficiency certificate for the Indian market," said Vice-Chancellor Abhai Maurya.

The tests will have three levels - Class X, graduation and post-graduation - and students will be awarded proficiency certificates. "We are already in talks with the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) to conduct an English proficiency test for Class X pass-outs since they will have no board exam from this year," said Maurya.

At Rs 1,500 the test is much cheaper than its foreign counterparts, which cost around Rs 8,000 per sitting. The test will include reading and writing and subsequently test speaking and listening skills. The testing authority is also talking to University of Cambridge, which conducts various assessment tests worldwide.

Government schools have also woken up to the importance of teaching students the Queen's language. Seven states, including Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Punjab, have tied up with the British Council, India, to train their English teachers.Government sources

 

Not too Late for September Admissions

High school seniors who haven't applied to college yet need not get despaired. The National Association for College Admission Counseling has published a list of 240 colleges that are still accepting applications for fall admission for freshmen and/or transfer students.

As of May 4, 226 of these schools have space for freshmen students, and 240 have space for transfer students. Also, 239 still have at least limited financial aid available and 236 have housing available for these students. More schools will add their names to the list throughout the summer, NACAC says. Schools that fill up will also be dropped off the list, as NACAC plans to update the list frequently through August 31, when the counselors' organization plans to take the list down from its site.

Students also have hundreds of other college options for this fall. NACAC only surveys the association's 1,200 members, which include four-year, not-for-profit colleges and universities. In addition, most of the nation's 1,116 community colleges accept fall applications throughout the summer, as do many for-profit colleges, and many of the almost 1,000 four-year colleges that don't belong to NACAC.

The typical application requirements for the later deadlines include the standard application, application fee, high school transcript, ACT or SAT test scores, and, for some schools, references. Be aware that some colleges charge a late fee on top of the traditional application fee.

Georgia State ‘Gets’ International Education Grant

Georgia State University's 
Robinson College of Business gets a $1.6 million federal grant to start a Center for International Business Education and Research aimed at helping its students compete globally.Georgia State is one of three universities added to the CIBER program this year. It joins 32 other universities nationally that are receiving four-year CIBER grants from the U.S. Department of Education.

"It's really a very elite group of business schools," said Tamer Cavusgil, director of the Institute of International Business at Robinson College, who will also direct the new CIBER program.

The CIBER program was launched by the federal government in 1988 as a way to increase the competitiveness of U.S. companies, said Dr. CavusgilUnder the CIBER program, there will be research projects on how to help U.S. companies sell globally. Study abroad programs will be expanded as will support for internationally focused student organizations such as AIESEC.

Robinson is the largest business school in the South with 200 faculty and 8,000 students. It is one of a handful of universities in the U.S. that offers an international business course taught entirely inSpanish, with plans to offer a second class in French.

In addition to Georgia State, the University of Minnesota and the University of Miami were added to the CIBER program this year.The Georgia Institute of Technology was awarded a grant to continue its CIBER program, which has been in place since 1993.

Best LAW Schools Of USA

Best Law Schools Specialty Rankings in International Law

Ranked in 2010

1	New York University  New York, NY
2	Columbia University  New York, NY
3	Georgetown University  Washington, DC
4	Harvard University  Cambridge, MA
5	Yale University  New Haven, CT
6	George Washington University  Washington, DC
7.	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor  Ann Arbor, MI
8	American University (Washington)  Washington, DC
9	University of Virginia  Charlottesville, VA
10	Duke University  Durham, NC

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