Monday, October 6, 2014

馬雲 與現代青年對話談創業

http://youtu.be/qLd43Rvgt-0

Michel Thomas teaching languages.


The Michel Thomas Method is an original method developed by Michel Thomas for teaching languages.

Thomas claimed that his students could "achieve in three days what is not achieved in two to three years at any college"[1][2] ("three days" meaning sessions as long as eight or ten hours per day, although students claimed not to experience the lessons as over-intensive, but actually "enjoyable" and "exciting"), and that the students would be conversationally proficient.[3]

Thomas was initially hired by celebrities and other public figures, such as Raquel Welch, Barbra Streisand, Emma Thompson, and Woody Allen, as well as by Grace Kelly following her engagement to Prince Rainier of Monaco to meet her need to learn French rapidly.


The method first rose to prominence in Britain following a BBC television science documentary The Language Master, in which Thomas was shown teaching French to sixth form students for five days at a further education college in London in 1997.[2] As a result of the interest generated by this documentary, UK publisher Hodder and Stoughton commissioned Thomas to produce commercial versions of his courses.[4]




http://www.michelthomas.com/michel_thomas.php


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Thomas_Method

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Thomas

Michel Thomas
Born Moniek (Moshe) Kroskof
February 3, 1914
Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died January 8, 2005 (age 90)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Linguist, language teacher


Michel Thomas (born Moniek ("Moshe") Kroskof, February 3, 1914 – January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist, language teacher, and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several different Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II. After the war, Thomas emigrated to the United States, where he developed a language-teaching system known as the Michel Thomas Method. In 2004 he was awarded the Silver Star by the U.S. Army.



Michel Thomas - The Man Behind the Method


Michel Thomas was a gifted linguist who mastered ten languages in his life-time and became famous for teaching much of Hollywood's 'A' list how to speak a foreign language. Film stars such as Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Emma Thompson and Barbara Streisand paid up to £18,000 each for face-to-face lessons. He even taught Doris Day Spanish to enable her to sing the hit song, Que Sera Sera, with confidence!
Michel Thomas teches Sofia Loren

Michel Thomas taught many famous students over his 50-year career, including Sofia Loren

Michel Thomas' remarkable life experiences fuelled his passion for teaching languages.
Michel Thomas was born Moniek Kroskof, the only son of a Jewish family who owned a textile factory in Poland in 1914. As a young boy, Michel was sent to live in Germany to escape the anti-Semitism directed at his family. Living in Vienna in 1938, when the Nazis annexed Austria, Michel was rendered stateless as a Jew.
He fled the country for France, and when the Germans invaded he joined the French Resistance.
He spent two brutal years in French concentration and slave labour camps, narrowly avoiding being sent to Auschwitz. He escaped, surviving capture, interrogation by Klaus Barbie and torture by the Gestapo.
His mastery of languages enabled him to adopt many identities. At the end of the war, he masterminded operations to uncover war criminals and infiltrate underground Nazi groups.

In 1944, Michel was nominated for the Silver Star medal for his service to the US Army's 45th Infantry Division in France. The award was finally presented to him in May 2004, sixty years later.

Michel Thomas - The Man Behind the Method


Michel Thomas was a gifted linguist who mastered ten languages in his life-time and became famous for teaching much of Hollywood's 'A' list how to speak a foreign language. Film stars such as Mel Gibson, Woody Allen, Emma Thompson and Barbara Streisand paid up to £18,000 each for face-to-face lessons. He even taught Doris Day Spanish to enable her to sing the hit song, Que Sera Sera, with confidence!
Michel Thomas teches Sofia Loren

Michel Thomas taught many famous students over his 50-year career, including Sofia Loren

Michel Thomas' remarkable life experiences fuelled his passion for teaching languages.

Michel Thomas was born Moniek Kroskof, the only son of a Jewish family who owned a textile factory in Poland in 1914. As a young boy, Michel was sent to live in Germany to escape the anti-Semitism directed at his family. Living in Vienna in 1938, when the Nazis annexed Austria, Michel was rendered stateless as a Jew.

He fled the country for France, and when the Germans invaded he joined the French Resistance.
He spent two brutal years in French concentration and slave labour camps, narrowly avoiding being sent to Auschwitz. He escaped, surviving capture, interrogation by Klaus Barbie and torture by the Gestapo.

His mastery of languages enabled him to adopt many identities. At the end of the war, he masterminded operations to uncover war criminals and infiltrate underground Nazi groups.
In 1944, Michel was nominated for the Silver Star medal for his service to the US Army's 45th Infantry Division in France. The award was finally presented to him in May 2004, sixty years later.

It was during Michel's wartime experiences, particularly his torture by the Gestapo, that he discovered his ability to block out pain and unearthed the untapped potential of the human mind. The only way he survived his wartime experiences, particularly his capture by the Gestapo, was by concentrating and placing his mind beyond the physical.

He said, "I concentrated so hard, that I stopped feeling pain. I was amazed at myself."

Fascinated by this experience, he was determined that after the war, he would devote himself to exploring this further and dedicated his life to education.

"I contemplated the untapped reserves of the human mind. The great hidden depths of the brain. I learned from it"

In 1947, he moved to Los Angeles and set up the Michel Thomas Language Centers and taught languages for over fifty years in New York, Beverly Hills and London.

Michel Thomas died of heart failure at his home in New York City on Saturday 8th January 2005. He was 90 years old.


Michel remains the world's greatest language teacher and an inspiration and mentor to learners everywhere


Wednesday, October 1, 2014

The World’s Best Universities: Times Higher Education 2014-2015 results

THE World University Rankings with Rageh Omaar. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Results 2014-2015. 

The results are published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, powered by Thomson Reuters. They are the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. 

The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students and parents to help them make study abroad decisions, as well as by academics, university leaders, industry and governments. 

The world’s top ten universities and best universities in the world are revealed by Rageh Omaar, who interviews Times Higher Education World University Rankings editor, Phil Baty.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk...

http://youtu.be/MPWacF8Noxg

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Fairview International School


Fairview International School - Johor Bahru Campus (IB World School)
Komplex Mutiara Johor Land, 
Jalan Bukit Mutiara, 
Bandar Dato' Onn, 
88100 Johor Bahru, 
Johor
Telephone: +607 358 5385
Email: enquirers@fairview.edu.my
http://www.fairview.edu.my/v3/index.php/en/



Fairview International School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World Schools, that looks beyond the intellectual development of students but also nurture their physical, social and emotional well-being.
A centre of excellence for IB education, Fairview International Schools is a pioneer of the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum in Malaysia. The school provides the full spectrum of IB programmes for students aged 3-19 years of age.
Now in its 35th year of outstanding academic performance, Fairview International Schools and her community of students, originating from over 55 countries worldwide continue to promote international mindedness, understanding and respect across all campuses.
Fairview currently has four IB World Schools authorised across Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Bahru and Subang Jaya with another one scheduled to open in Ipoh, Perak. Fairview is the only IB World School authorised to provide 10 IB programmes: IB Primary Years Programme (PYP)], IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and IB Diploma Programme (DP).
Teaching and Learning
Using the IB framework, Fairview provides ab student centred education, encouraging pupils to foster a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Social, emotional and physical education are also an integral part of the student’s tutelage. Fairview motivates pupils to become compassionate, internationally-minded lifelong learners by applying the IB Learner Profile, a set of 10 attributes which inspire and motive students to become successful global citizens for the 21stcentury
Students undertake various forms of experiential learning through local excursions and bi-annual expeditions to national and international destinations such as ASEAN nations, Taiwan and China. Community and Service is an integral part of the pupils learning at Fairview in which student-led activities and events are organised to raise funds and awareness of issues which have both local and global effects.
Fairview’s innovative approach to learning has allowed the school to offer a new programme never seen before in Malaysia. This unique ‘Mother-Tongue Programme’ offered by Fairview to PYP students incorporates the IB framework while integrating the traditions and values of the specified mother-tongue language.  Mandarin, one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, was chosen as the first language launched in this programme, in accordance with the language policy of the IB Organisation and the Malaysian Ministry of Education. The success of this new programme will see Fairview explore Malay and Korean as available mother-tongue languages in the near future.
Facilities
Fairview schools provide a great deal of security. With round the clock security personel and a wide range of CCTV's, the school puts security as a main priority. Boarding students have private access cards for the lifts. 
The schools have a range of learning facilities that include dedicated classrooms for arts, ICT and science. This coupled by the extensive and well resourced libraries at Fairview provide students the academic support structure beyond classrooms and teachers that they need.
The indoor and outdoor sporting facilities that include tennis and badminton courts and sports fields give students the chance to enjoy themselves and participate in a balance and active lifestyle outside of the classroom.




FEES RANGE

Primary: RM 15,000 - 25,000
Secondary: RM 25,000 - 35,000

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 24 students in class (Ratio 1:10)

BOARDING

 
Yes

Excelsior International School



Excelsior International School
No. 8, Jalan Purnama, Bandar Seri Alam
81100 Masai, Johor, Malaysia
Telephone: +607 3888 999 / +607 3888 800
Email: info@eis.edu.my



  
Website: http://www.eis.edu.my/

Excelsior International School (EIS) is spread over 20 acres of land area next to the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus in Bandar Seri Alam. EIS has information technology, science and multimedia laboratories, a range of sporting and recreational amenities such as an olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis courts, full-sized soccer field, running tracks, art and craft laboratories, drama and dance studios and a fully equipped auditorium. 
 
Teaching and Learning
EIS' curricula with the Singapore Ministry of Education’s curriculum, especially in mathematics and science.
The three Preschool curricula which includes Early Years, Montessori and Emergent.
The Junior school (Grades 1 - 5) uses the Cambridge International Primary Prgramme. The Middle school uses the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme for Grades 6 - 8 and the the University of Cambridge curriculum, leading to the IGCSE examinations for Grades 9 and 10.
High School (Grades 11 & 12) offers either the IB Diploma Programme or the GCE A Levels programme. The school opened its door to the first intake of students in September 2013.
Facilities 
The School is spread over 20 acres of land in Bandar Seri Alam, with a built-up area of at least 230,000 square feet, excluding the staff and students’ residences.
Security at the school is provided by round the clock 24 hours security personnel and CCTV coverage around the school. Boarding facilities at EIS provides students a unique experience of living on campus and building new freindships amongst friends.
The school has a 500 seater auditorium which serves as host to a number of functions and events at the school while the school's academic facilities includes classrooms and dedicated learning spaces for languages, science, arts and technology which are equipped with modern facilities that include Wi-Fi.
The school also boast a range of indoor and outdoor sporting facilities that include an olympic sized swimming pool, running tracks, football fields and tennis courts.

Cambridge International Curriculum

FEES RANGE

Primary: RM 15,000 - 25,000
Secondary: RM 25,000 - 35,000

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Early Years: max 20, Primary to High School: max 25

BOARDING

Yes

Austin Heights Private School & International School

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 25 students in class

Private School

FEES RANGE

Primary: Below RM 15,000
Secondary: Below RM 15,000



International School

Cambridge International Curriculum

FEES RANGE

Primary: Below RM 15,000
Secondary: RM 15,000 - 25,000


STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 24 students





 

Austin Heights Private and International Schools

Austin Heights Private School
No.2, Jalan Austin Heights 3/1
Taman Mount Austin
81100 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Telephone: +607 351 5000 / 351 3000 / 351 3003
Fax: +607 352 8373
Email: enquiry@austinheights.edu.my



  

 
 
 
Austin Heights Schools is a purpose-built integrated school on a 5-acre site within the prestigious Austin Heights Education Corridor of Johor Bahru. It combines both a Private (Local Curriculum) & International school (Cambridge Curriculum). Slight modifications were made to meet local requirements such as the Bahasa Malaysia subject.
 
Teaching and Learning
The school caters for children from the age of seven to seventeen and follows the Malaysian National Curriculum (KBSR& KBSM).

The small class sizes and teacher to student ratio not only enable teachers to monitor and assess individual needs but also to give students the chance to learn through discovery and exploration. This methodology is essential in developing a Child-Centred environment where interactive learning takes place at all levels.

Besides academic excellence, the school has an array of co-curricular activities and societies such as the drama and dance club, ICT club and the chess club. Austin Heights aims to be a private school that nurtures future leaders in the global community with good characters, personal attributes and good communicators in English, who will be able to apply their knowledge gained in today' s ever changing world. 
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Facilities
The school utilises ICT in its teaching and learning, and modern teaching methodologies. Besides that, the school is also equipped with a six lane 25m swimming pool, a visual arts studio a library with full internet connectivity, a bookshop as well as a parent's coffee lounge. Security comes in the form of a 24 hour security system along with an extensive network of CCTV's located all around the school. 

REAL Schools

R.E.A.L Schools Cahaya Campus, Johor
Lot 2361, Jalan Persiaran Sri Plentong
Bandar Baru Permas Jaya
81750 Masai, Johor
Telephone: +607 386 4468
Fax: +607 386 4471
Email: cahaya_johor@real.edu.my



  
Website: http://www.realschools.edu.my/

FEES RANGE

Primary: Below RM 15,000
Secondary: Below RM 15,000

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 25 students in class

"R.E.A.L Schools implement holistic approaches in educating students and in line with that, a variety of programmes are practiced to inculcate character building, teamwork, and communication among the students in the school. 
 Students in the school organise a variety of events to increase their real-life experiences and are guided by teachers and administrative staff. These practices have increased parents' satisfaction of the school.
 There is very strong emphasis on science in the school and science labs are well equipped to meet all educational requirements. 
 There is a full-time counsellor in the school who also provides career guidance to the students. The school also leases with some colleges for career day events."
 
 
The group has more than 28 years experience in educational services. R.E.A.L treats each student as individual, and as such is committed to ensuring that the various academic needs of the students are met in order to nurture them into happy, confident, effective, motivated and independent lifelong learners.
Selected schools have obtained the ISO certification and have won the prestigious NAPEI Education Excellence Awards (Schools category) in 2003, 2007 and 2009.
There are three campuses - Cheras, Shah Alam and Johor. Each campus houses a private school and an international school. The schools use an enhanced national curriculum for certain subjects, blending it with the Singapore curriculum.
Teaching and Learning
The primary and secondary schools under R.E.A.L School follow the national curriculum. R.E.A.L treatS each student as individual, and as such is committed to ensuring that the various academic needs of the students are met in order to nurture them into happy, confident, effective, motivated and independent lifelong learners. This is the core and essence of the R.E.A.L educational experience. 
Facilities
REAL School is exrtensively equipped with air-conditioned classrooms and labs, dedicated arts and dance facilities, a condusive and large library and resources center. All of this is aimed at fostering a creative and focused learning environment for the students.

Sekolah Sri Ara




FEES RANGE

Primary: Below RM 15,000
Secondary: RM 15,000 - 25,000

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 26 students in class

Sekolah Sri Ara is a private English medium school and an international school. Previously known as the Tun Dr Ismail School, the school maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 1:5, enabling the students to develop a unique relationship with their teachers and allowing for more individualised channels of communication, and invaluable points of reference to each child’s overall academic development.  
Teaching and Learning
The school follows the Malaysian National Curriculum. Students are prepared for public examinations including UPSR, PMR and SPM. Sri Ara also runs the British National Curriculum, and is licensed to teach for the GCSE O'Level examinations. English is the main medium of instruction throughout the school. 
Facilities
A beautiful mansion located at Jalan Straits View, Sri Ara provides a clam and serene environment in which students are able to learn and grow. With adequate facilities that range from classrooms, dedicated labs for ICT, science and music and outdoor sporting facilities, the school provides students a chance to learn and grow with their peers at their very own pace.
 
 
Sri Ara Schools
23 Jalan Straits View
Johor Bahru, Johor
80200 Malaysia
Telephone: +607 222 2089/223 0089
Fax: +607 222 6700
Telephone: +607 222 2089/223 0089
Fax: +607 222 6700
Email: sriaraschools@yahoo.com



  
Website: http://internationalschooljohor.com/

Sekolah Sri Utama

Sekolah Sri Utama, Johor Campus
16 Jalan Beringin,Melodies Garden
Johor Bahru, Johor
Telephone: +607 334 7714
Fax: +607 334 7807
Email: info@sriutama.edu.my



  
Website: http://www.sriutama.edu.my/

 

 

 

 

 

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 28 students

Seri Omega Private School



Seri Omega Private School
Lot 6974, Jalan Beringin 5,
Taman Beringin,
81400 Senai,Johor 


Telephone: +607 556 1368 / 556 3368 / 558 9368 / 558 5268
Email: seriomega@yahoo.com



  
Website: http://www.seriomega.edu.my/

FEES RANGE

Primary: Below RM 15,000
Secondary: Below RM 15,000

STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 25 students

BOARDING

Yes
 

Tenby Schools

Tenby Schools is a rapidly expanding group of international and Malaysian private schools in Malaysia. Having started in Ipoh, there are now also Tenby Schools in Penang, Setia Eco Park in Shah Alam, Miri in Sarawak and Setia Eco Gardens in Johor Bahru.
Our vision is “A United World At Peace – Through Education” and is shared by all our schools. We are dedicated to bring together students from different cultures and nationalities and educate them to become the global citizens of the future - young people with respect for one another, confidence in themselves and the determination to become outstanding achievers.
http://www.tenby.edu.my/the-group/about-us

"Tenby Schools are a member in the Council of International Schools (CIS). This private school is the only school in Malaysia with a local curriculum that has achieved this membership.
Students in both the private and international schools interact with each other freely and this has resulted in a higher English command for the students that are in local curriculum string.
Tenby Schools offer French and Mandarin languages to its students and students are required to choose to study one language at the beginning of every year.
Tenby School also provides cookery rooms for students who are interested in culinary. Additionally, it provides a medical department for its students.
The school has students from various locations and as such, the school has a list of transporters to provide safe and convenient journeys for students, and peace of mind for parents.
The final point which is worth mentioning is their competitive fees with regards to the facilities are provided. Policy makers at Tenby school believe that students should be happy about going to school and that would boost the quality of learning."
tenby
SETIA ECO GARDENS
7, Jalan Laman Setia Utama
Taman Setia Utama
81550, Johor Bahru,
Johor, Malaysia
Telephone: +607-5588812
Fax: +607-5588823
Email: ecogardens@tenby.edu.my



  
Tenby International School was founded in Ipoh in 1960 by expatriate planters, miners and soldiers who wanted to make sure their children received high quality education based on a traditional British system. The school is named after the founding principal, Mrs. Dorothy Nelson-Doig’s hometown, Tenby, a small fishing village in Wales.
Tenby has a few campuses throughout Malaysia - Ipoh, Penang, Setiea Eco Park, and Setia Eco Gardens. The Miri campus offers only the national curriculum. 
Teaching and Learning 
Tenby offers the English language as the medium of instruction with high standards of English across all aspects of the curriculum with the opportunity to study Chinese (Mandarin) and Bahasa Malaysia in addition to English. The school's modern approaches to teaching and learning emphasising the active involvement of students in their own learning with a r igorous international assessment through Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
The school also had an emphasis on education for the “whole person” developing creativity in the arts, physical fitness and sports as well as social and leadership skills with small class sizes ensuring individual attention.
 
Facilities
With campuses located across Malaysia, Tenby Schools have a high standard for the facilities they provide to students. Wheheter it be the network of classrooms and learning spaces for science and arts or the recreational facilities to provide a balance lifestyle to students,
 
Tenby aims to create a hollistic and conducive environment in which students can learn and grow at their own pace.
 

FEES RANGE

Primary: Below RM 15,000
Secondary: RM 15,000 - 25,000


STUDENT / TEACHER RATIO

Max 24 students

 

BOARDING

Yes