http://youtu.be/qLd43Rvgt-0
Monday, October 6, 2014
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 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 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
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.
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
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
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