Find An English Tutoring Job and Gain Qualifications You Can Use

Find An English Tutoring Job and Gain Qualifications You Can UseA good English tutor job is one of the many types of tutoring jobs available to those who are looking for a way to make their lives easier. These tutors can be found on the Internet, in school districts, or even in our local area. And in today's economy, they are an easy to find job. The world of tutoring is big and diverse, and not all of the students who take a break from school or work can make this happen.This is where an English tutoring job comes in handy. If you want to live in a location where English is the main language spoken by the population, you need to be able to communicate in English. With so many different languages spoken in the United States, we don't always have the ability to communicate with those who do not speak English.English tutoring allows you to get the knowledge you need to get that job, and it will get you ahead in life. It also helps you get that job by helping you learn how to work aroun d other skills, like listening and speaking, and what to say when you are not speaking in English. There are a lot of different ways you can find an English tutoring job.The first thing you need to do is find a company that uses a certified teacher. This is one thing you will need to look at when you are getting a job in this field. You have to make sure the teaching methods used are going to help you learn more about communication. You will also want to find a school district that uses teachers who are certified. Another thing you will want to look at is whether or not the schools have good test scores.Many times this can be found out by checking out other test scores. All of these factors are used when getting an English tutoring job. What you have to realize is that the overall cost is going to be higher than for someone else that is able to pick up a lesson on their own.Since there are so many different things that go into being an English tutor, the price of each lesson should be important to you. You will have to find a teacher that is able to teach you what they want to teach you in the class. Sometimes, because it is a self taught person, they won't know how to go about things. When you find the right teachers, they will be able to teach you the lesson so you can pass it on to your student.You will need to look at English tutoring jobs that are available locally, and outside of the United States. Since there are so many people with different levels of English, you will need to know which type of job will best suit you. You will need to be prepared to spend time doing research in order to find the perfect one for you.

Ready to Start Reading 3 Tips for Choosing Easy Target-language Books

Ready to Start Reading 3 Tips for Choosing Easy Target-language Books Ready to Start Reading? 3 Tips for Choosing Easy Target-language Books Reading in your target language is one of the most fulfilling things about learning it.There’s nothing in this world like reading a page of your target language and understanding it.Not to mention the benefits of carrying around a foreign language book  and impressing your friends!But getting started with native materials can seem like a Herculean task at first. What if you don’t know all the words yet? What if you cant understand what the writing is trying to convey?Then theres the question of what you should read.  Novels are so long, and the classics seem way out of reach. Even picture books can be tougher than they seem at first glance.Don’t let any of this stop you! If youre a fast-progressing beginner, an average intermediate learner or an advanced learner whos ready for a reading review, I’m here to help you ease your way into reading native-level material. Tear yourself away from the safe mooring of learners’ materials and textbooks, because we’re about to dive in to the deep end of native-level material.Well, maybe we’ll keep a floating device around. Ready to Start Reading? 3 Tips for Choosing Easy Target-language Books1. Take Advantage of Readers with Simultaneous TranslationsWhy Use Readers?Readers occupy the area between beginner-level textbooks and true native materials.This one’s for the folks out there who havent yet laid eyes upon a native-level text. (That said, some readers use non-native learners’ textsâ€"make sure you pick one up that has native material!)They provide the structure you crave, along with glossaries, vocabulary sections and sometimes even grammar notes. And some readers are graded so that you can really pinpoint where you want to go. Sure, the texts are mostly classics, but all of that support makes them totally accessible.Simultaneous translationsâ€"where one page is in your target language and the opposite page is written in your native languageâ€"though, really seal the deal. Simultaneous translations ar e the literary equivalent of having a friend guide you along. They allow the easiest transition into reading native material. Even the rawest of beginners can match up a sentence from one side of a page to a sentence on the other!Where to Find Readers?Never fearâ€"readers for major languages are easily found on the websites of  most major booksellers and on Amazon. They’re common learning tools, and you’ll likely be able to choose from many.Penguin has awesome parallel text readers in French, Spanish, German, Chinese  and Japanese.Also for Japanese, I’ve personally used Breaking into Japanese Literature,  which is of excellent quality, and the online store White Rabbit Japan has lots of options for graded readers, bilingual texts and level-specific reading material in general.There are several e-readers by Routledge and others available on VitalSource for rental (at a cheaper price than what it would normally cost to buy the book), so this is a great option if youre already us ing VitalSource for other language learning e-books or if the idea of learning primarily with digital texts sounds appealing. They have readers (and other books) for Greek, Chinese, Hindi, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Japanese, Russian and more.The publisher Dover also has a variety of readers for these languages, so get hunting!How to Make the Most of ReadersTry to Crack the CodeTake advantage of those simultaneous translations! As stated above, they’re awesome for piecing together a half-learned language. Find a word or phrase that you know and match it up to the translation. Start with short sentences and move on from there. Try to match up the other words with their translations as well as you can, and double-check with the book’s glossary or your dictionary. Think of it like cracking a code!Add the Language to SRS FlashcardsAt the same time, keep in mind that the simultaneous translations are indeed translations, which  means that they arent perfect glossaries o r word-for-word literal translations. So, they’re not the best things to include in your SRS flashcards. Rather, use any vocabulary lists or glossaries included in the reader to SRS all the new words you’re using.In addition to using readers, you can also take advantage of the selected reading material, SRS and flashcards on the web version of MosaLingua, which is available for Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. You can read e-books in the MosaLingua library, for example, easily look up words and phrases you dont understand and then make them into flashcards to review later.Set a Specific Time to Read Each DayWhen youre first starting to wade into the world of native-level text, exposure is absolutely key. Sure, that block of text is scary at first. That’s absolutely why you need to commit to some reading time in every study sessionsâ€"five to ten minutes of looking at native text. Emphasis is on the word looking. You don’t have to understand, you don’t have to look anything up, but make sure youre taking in some of those words. Make sure you’re getting used to reading in your target language!Break  the RulesAnd finally, books don’t have to be read in the order in which theyre printed, especially if youre using them as learning tools. Khatzumoto from All Japanese All The Time spells this out brilliantly in this series of postsâ€"we don’t have to read in order because books serve us, not the other way around.Skip around!Flip the page!Skim through the whole tome until you find a sentence you understand!It’s totally fine, and much better for your studies than you getting bored and frustrated by sticking to a passage thats too difficult.2. Read Stuff You Already KnowWhy Read Stuff You’ve Already Read?If you’re an English speaker (which I’m guessing you are), then congratulations, English books are the most frequently translated in the world. That means, if you have a favorite book in English, chances are you can find it in the language of your choice. These are great for intermediate and upper-intermediate learners, but beginners can totally take a stab at reading them, too!Reading books you already know well gives you that valuable context.Context allows you to decode a new language without you having to look up every word in a dictionaryâ€"which isn’t all that much fun for anyone. Personally, I love using Harry Potter and Roald Dahl’s children’s books for this. All of these I’ve read about a million times in total, so I know what’s going to happen very intimately. It’s like a simultaneous translationâ€"but in your head!This allows me to pick up a translated Harry Potter book and dive right into the first chapterâ€"I already know what it’s going to say. I find words I know in the language and I guess at the meaning of the surrounding words.Guessing? Don’t be so alarmed. It’s not so bad to guessâ€"if you’re wrong, your studies and exposure to native media will correct it. And it keeps you actively reading!Where to Find Translated Books?Native-level books can be harder to track down if you don’t live in a  country where the target language is spoken, but there’s still hope!Amazon third-party sellers are greatâ€"just search the translated title of the book youre looking for. Keep an eye out when you’re in used bookstoresâ€"I’ve found Japanese and German Harry Potter books in Pittsburgh, Hebrew and Hungarian books in Boston and Korean books in rural Pennsylvania.You can purchase Kindle/e-book translations on Amazon in languages like Spanish, French  and German.Finally, for languages that have a presence in your country, you might have luck finding books in online stores that sell within your country, like YesAsia for Japanese and Chinese.How to Make the Most of Translations!First off, I would recommend using  children’s or young adult literature you know wellâ€"these work best for beginner and intermediate learners just starting to read native material. T hese books have easier language and easier content, and that allows you to focus on learning and practicing the language. That being said, always go for what you like. Mainstream fiction novels are often pretty close in reading level to young adult books. And if classics are what you love, go for it!When you have your book, dive in and start reading. Like with readers, feel free to skip around, skip hard paragraphs, go straight for the dialogue. Find what you recognize and read from there. You could even start with chapter titles or the table of contents! Description tends to have harder vocab, and dialogue tends to have simpler, more colloquial languageâ€"keep that in mind while you’re skipping around.Next up, don’t always use a dictionary. Refrain from trying to look everything up! Relaxâ€"you’ll definitely pick things up from context. Kató Lomb, the famous Hungarian polyglot, learned her languages primarily through novels, and she advocated for using dictionaries only spar ingly, when absolutely necessary. If you can guess, then guess!To remember all of this new information, SRS choice sentences when you have time. Don’t make SRS the sole goal of readingâ€"skimming and looking up words should be a separate activity in and of itself. SRS is an active mode of learning that you can fit in when you’re sitting down to study. When you do start with SRS, simply choose sentences where there are one or two words you don’t know. Plug in the L2 sentence on the front of the card, and the definitions of the vocab on the back. And there you go! Easy!3. Devour Comics and Picture BooksWhy Read Comics and Picture Books?Like with reading translations, the visuals here provide you with context, and that context speeds up learning! If you can’t get a translation of a book you know and love, getting your context through visuals is the next best thing, even if youre working with  a new book that you know nothing about.It’s best to find either comics or picture bo oks aimed at young readers. Comics will probably be easier to understand, since they’re aimed at younger readers. Picture books can actually be harder. Why? Because they’re often written for parents to read to their kids!Where to Find Comics and Picture Books?This will pretty much be the same as for translations. While Amazon is pretty good for Spanish if youre buying from the US, your best bet is to hunt them down through online stores that sell L2 books in the language you want; here are some examples for French, Spanish, German, Japanese  and Chinese.If youre just starting out in your target language and feel that you could use more support, Language Lizard, a site that specializes in bilingual childrens products,  offers bilingual picture books in over 40 languages. They have all of your major world languages like French, Spanish, Chinese, etc., as well as others you might not expect, like Haitian-Creole and Scottish Gaelic.How to Make the Most of Comics and Picture Books!Th ese are especially great for browsing. Embrace your inner child and look at the pictures. Pick out words you know like with anything else you read, and guess at the meaningsâ€"but this time, do so by using the pictures. Try to notice repeating words and see if you can associate them with the illustrations. Make it a game and have fun with it!Again, don’t be glued to your dictionaryâ€"especially with comics, the pictures tell half the story. Words you figure out on your own with context will stick with you longer, and that only means more proficiency for you in the long run. Be honestâ€"how often do you remember the scores of words you mechanically look up in dictionaries? Make it memorable by puzzling it out, just like a kid does when theyre learning their first language.So, youre all set to develop your own personal, target-language library.Get out there and hunt down some reading material for your shelves!Even with native-level materials, there are always ways to ease yourself i nto reading works by native speakers and for native speakers. This way, you’ll be able to read anything in no time at all!

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Class sizes on the rise in most secondary schools - Tutor Hunt Blog

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Donald Trump Americas President That Desperately Needs to Be Impeached

Donald Trump America's President That Desperately Needs to Be Impeached Image via IndiaToday.com When is Donald Trump going to get impeached? That is a question that millions of Americans have asked on numerous occasions since Trump has been in office. His campaign slogan was “Make America Great Again” but in my opinion, he has done the complete opposite. Trump has shown on a plethora of occasions that he is 100 percent against people who don’t look, act, nor think as he does. How many more times is Trump going to be allowed to spew hatred and division of Americans in his speeches before Congress decides it’s time to vote him out? Since being in office, he has created more problems than he has solved any. His primary focuses have all been geared towards abolishing every legislation former President Barack Obama put in place. Trump has unequivocally proven he should not be the leader of the free world. He tremendously lacks the necessary intelligence to run our great nation. We could literally be on the brink of war at any given moment because of his idiocrasy towards North Korea. He uses his Twitter daily to slander people and to talk about how “unfairly” he’s been treated by the media which also shows he has a great deal of “free time” on his hands than any prior president of the United States has ever had. It’s completely mind-blowing when you think of all things that Trump has done to regress America instead of progress America. From his failed Muslim travel ban, his failed forced attempt to end Obamacare that would have left over 20 million people without health insurance (Congress is still trying to “revise” Obamacare for the “better”), his defending of the white supremacist march that took place in Charlottesville, VA, and just recently, his calling NFL players that take the knee during the National Anthem “sons of bitches.” Anyone who tries to justify the antics and the actions of Donald Trump is indeed part of the problem, not part of the solution. Supporters of him are basically saying that it is okay to openly be a racist, it is okay to publicly degrade and berate other ethnicities outside of your own, it is okay to want division amongst others who you deem “less” than yourself, and it is okay to act and speak like a fool because the saying knowledge is power is just a cliche. Donald Trump must be impeached if America does indeed want to be great. He is not for all people; he is against all people that aren’t white and that he feels doesn’t “deserve” to even be in America. He is a constant threat to everything America is and everything that makes America beautiful. If you ask me, he is America’s biggest clown and he must go!   Image via Pixabay.com

Get a Job Teaching in China With a Chinese Tutor

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An Overview of the UC Davis Chemistry Major

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