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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Taking the science path

Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 20/04/2010

» Once again, MSD Thailand (MSD), in collaboration with Kenan Institute Asia, the Office of the Basic Education Commission, and the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, organised the "MSD In-Step Fun Science Camp" (Fun Science Camp) at Rajaprajanugroh 35 School in Takua Pa district in the southern province of Phangnga.

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Unplugged in Gadget Mad LA

Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/04/2010

» America has gone iPad crazy. I know. I'm here witnessing it first-hand. No clever observances about Thai life this week. It's hard to write a breezy column about the nuances and idiosyncrasies of Thai life when the country is descending into anarchy and mob rule.

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A gem of a story: Part II

Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/04/2010

» This is part two of an exciting story which started last week on this very page. Normally I have no time for readers who miss a week of this column, but if for some unfathomable reason you did, here is a brief synopsis:

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Tutorial Schools

Mylife, Arisara Tanapakit, Published on 08/04/2010

» A necessity or a luxury?