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Outlying schools in line for facelift
News, Sirikul Bunnag, Published on 22/04/2010
» The Education Ministry will kick off its "one tambon, one outstanding school" project this year with almost 2 billion baht for spending on upgrading schools in remote areas.
A higher level of communication
Mylife, Dr Penny Lorwatanapongsa, Published on 22/04/2010
» Taking care of one's self during pregnancy is not an easy task. However, taking care of a toddler in the digital era is much harder because of communication problems which are bound to occur in the family.
Studying abroad? Take a look at Malaysia
Mylife, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 22/04/2010
» When the opportunity to study abroad comes along, the majority of Thai students usually aim for the US or Europe.
Behaviour-influencing techniques
Learningpost, Published on 20/04/2010
» Prevention trumps cure. It avoids a waste of energy, time and resources. Prevention allows teachers to nurture positive working relationships with students. Students respect teachers who take the necessary steps to prevent misbehaviour rather than wait to react to it when it does surface.
Tips for secretaries
Learningpost, Thomas Tuohy, Published on 20/04/2010
» When discussing success in life, a well-known saying that is often heard is the following: "Behind every successful man is a good woman." A similar axiom may apply to today's modern office: "Behind every successful manager is a good secretary."
Climate Cool
Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 20/04/2010
» Last month, 12 teams of over 30 environmentalists completed their projects to make changes to the environment under the first Climate Cool (CC) campaign organised by the British Council (BC) in collaboration with the British Embassy in Bangkok, Youth Venture Thailand, and a day magazine.
Don't lose accuracy with loose grammar
Learningpost, Heather Vlach, Published on 20/04/2010
» The words loose and lose are often mixed up and misused in place of one another. Many people write loose when they really mean lose. Perhaps the source of confusion is related to the obvious visual resemblance, or occasionally shared verb status.
Apex land predators
Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 20/04/2010
» During my stay in Africa, seeing lions, hyenas, crocodiles and leopards brought on a wave of fear and respect for predators and their prey.
Enhancing the quality of higher education
Learningpost, Steve Graham, Published on 20/04/2010
» The Asia-Pacific Quality Network had its conference and annual general meeting in Bangkok recently, at which members discussed the advancement of quality assurance in higher education throughout Asia and the Pacific region.
Producing picture-perfect phonemes
Learningpost, Timothy Cornwall, PHD, DTM, Published on 20/04/2010
» When I learned Japanese, one phoneme, not found in English, was nearly impossible: /tsu/, produced by placing the tongue behind the teeth as with /t/ and bringing it back as when producing /s/. Easy to produce mid-word, I never perfected it word-initial, which remains embarrassing as the name of one of my friends is Tsutomu.