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Language Beyond Books and Classes

by Adam McGarity Let’s get real…if you’re an eager, hardworking language student, perhaps you know this feeling: “I’ve done the exercises in the textbook, I’ve studied the grammar charts, and I’ve looked up a LOT of words…but I can’t seem to get the hang of natural conversations with native speakers.” If this sounds familiar, you…
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I Have My TESOL Certificate. Now What?

by Susan Hussey So, you’ve just completed your TESOL certificate course and you are wondering, “What now?” “Where do I go from here?” Like many TESOL program graduates, you are deciding how best to use your new training and what the best environment will be for your teaching. Perhaps you would like to work in…
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Resiliency in Academics

By Dr. Pressley Rankin What Does it Mean to Be Resilient Resiliency, from a psychological standpoint, means having the ability to recover from adverse events. In academics, students need resiliency to overcome life obstacles that get in the way of school and to survive the times when classes get hard or grades are not as…
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Adventures in Overseas Teaching: Part 1

Taking on a Short-Term Overseas Teaching Assignment By Dr. Arron Grow, School of Applied Leadership I have worked oversees, both Europe and in Asia, for many years. Some years it has been for business, some years it has been while teaching. Regardless of why I’ve traveled, the feeling has always been the same – a…
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CityU Library Reviews: “Statista Database”

Review by Theresa Gehrig, Librarian Statista database. Statista GmbH. Hamburg, Germany: Statista GmbH Statista: Data Tells a Story Students spend a good part of their days navigating visually engaging websites, social media and videos. CityU’s Statista database, statistics are colorful, bold, and contextual. Statista’s tables and charts illustrate trends and track dynamic relationships. Consider…
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Optimal Learning Through Peer-Responses to Online Discussion Boards

Written by Greg Price, Program Director for the Master of Arts in Leadership program at CityU’s School of Applied Leadership Learning in discussion boards should be enjoyed by everyone in the classroom. Getting it right, at the beginning, creates a positive culture in the classroom that can continue throughout the term. While instructors do create…
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Student Profile: Disabled Veteran Claudia Walker – EdD in Leadership

Written by Dr. Arron Grow associate professor in the School of Applied Leadership Claudia Walker is a student in CityU’s School of Applied Leadership’s Doctor of Education in Leadership program. Her emphasis is organizational leadership. She has recently taken a mentor-type position in a school district that has the lowest academic scores in the state.…









