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Past Translation Courses

Nov ’15
26

Reading stories aloud

This workshop covers all areas of reading aloud either to children or to adults, including vocal tone, clarity, pausing, emphasis, rhythm and shaping a spoken piece. Details
Jun ’15
30

Reading stories aloud

This workshop covers all areas of reading aloud either to children or to adults, including vocal tone, clarity, pausing, emphasis, rhythm and shaping a spoken piece. Details
Mar ’15
7

Intensive and extensive reading

How do you as a teacher or adult instruct students/children to read with guidance and read independently? Learn more through this workshop. Details
Oct ’14
18

Dialogic Reading

If you are a teacher or a parent, learn techniques to have a dialogue with your children while reading a book so that your children can be more motivated learners. Details
Aug ’14
1

Reading Stories Aloud

Learn to obtain and hold the attention of the audience you are reading to.Improve your vocal tone, clarity, pausing, emphasis and rhythm through the practical exercises conducted in this workshop. Details
Jun ’14
23

Dialogic Reading

Dialogic reading is more than reading aloud by adults to children. It highlights and emphasises the discussion that takes place between children and adults, as well as among children during reading. Details
Sep ’13
14

Cooperative Learning Techniques for Classroom Teaching

Through cooperative learning, students learn how they can as a member of a group or team use their knowledge and skills to ensure their group’s success, thereby ensuring their own success in any task or subject. Students work cooperatively together to maximise their own and each other’s learning. Details
Jul ’13
26

Reading Stories Aloud

This workshop covers all areas of reading aloud either to children or to adults, including vocal tone, clarity, pausing, emphasis, rhythm and shaping a spoken piece. Details
Jan ’13
21

The Internet as a Tool in Education – Essential Digital Literacy and Citizenship Skills for Educator

The Internet not only offers great opportunities for education, learning, socialising and networking, but it is also transforming how we do all these things. Services like Twitter, Facebook, gaming, BlackBerry Messenger increase our ability to stay permanently connected to our online networks. These new developments can also present challenges in terms of eSecurity, managing our privacy, identity, boundaries, personal data as well as issues like addiction. Details
Jul ’12
19

Reading Aloud (to Children)

The workshop aims to help parents and other adults learn why and how to read aloud to children of all ages. By reading aloud to children, we can help to improve children’s reading skills, build their knowledge and increase their love for reading. At the same time, we forge bonds with the children. Details
Nov ’10
13

Literacy Instruction for Delayed Readers

This workshop introduces participants to the Pause, Praise and Prompt (PPP) Approach to reading instruction. Research has shown that the use of PPP Approach is capable of bringing about increased gains in reading proficiency of students not reading at age appropriate levels. However, an important prerequisite for success of the Approach is that it is implemented effectively. Details