'The' is the definite article used in english. however, the usage poses problems to the beginner. if you follow the guide given here, you will be able to overcome most of the problems.

editor's note: Below is a compilation of Articles that appeared in our Immigrant Life section which provided information to immigrants on issues commonly faced when adjusting to life in the US. The Immigrant Life section is no longer available, we reproduce them here for your convenience.

kuwait: an egyptian man has filed a complaint with the fahaheel police station accusing a female banker of stealing his money, reports al-dar daily. the complainant said when he deposited kd 2,000 in his bank account he mistakenly walked away without taking the deposit receipt.

educational testing service gathered hundreds of leading researchers, authors, teacher educators and policymakers to examine the critical issues surrounding assessment of teacher quality in 2007.

age: 34.

the ministry of education, science and technology announced yesterday that the government will introduce a state-certified english proficiency test from 2012 aimed at improving practical english skills, which is similar to other certified english-language proficiency tests such as toeic and toefl.

asean leading conglomerate scg has further upgraded its employee engagement program in the philippines through the launch of the scg employee scholarship. previously exclusive to scg thailand, this educational program’s scope was extended in the country to tap scg’s growing pool of filipino talents.

the texas-based "Parents Step Ahead" program celebrated the culmination of its third successful year promoting parental involvement in children's education with its annual gala and awards ceremony on Thursday, December 4, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dallas.

dubai - a walk through the portals of zayed university could overwhelm any newcomer to the college.

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sharjah - the ministry of higher education and scientific research is studying an alternative to the toefl (test of english as a foreign language), to evaluate students who seek admission to private colleges in the country.

gena netten is the senior marketing manager at ets, a non-profit organisation, which conducts the world-famous toefl, gre and scores of related tests was in india recently for ets' four city 'go anywhere' India Tour.

proving that old misunderstandings are not easily resolved, politico published an anachronistically bad article about climate science yesterday. the piece, by erika lovley, began by stating that:

even as the indian institutes of management (iims) are planning to go online with its common admission test (cat) by next year, speculation is rife that the institutes are considering two companies for possible outsourcing of the test.

kuwait city, nov 30: the ministries of interior, electricity and kuwait municipality have taken all the necessary steps to address the complaints of citizens against expatriate bachelors living in a residential area for families in jabriya, mp abdulaziz al-shayeji said sunday.

all star directories unveils a new resource center on their premier education website, www.alleducationschools.com; good news for those interested in teaching english as a second language.

jeddah - with a view to providing a variety of higher education courses to saudi students, the king abdulaziz and his companions foundation for talent and creativity under its 2009 programmes of mawhiba will seek cooperation from universities such as johns hopkins, oxford and cambridge.

experts from the british council hosted a chat with ga readers on november 19. for those of you who missed the chat, here's the unedited transcript:

riyadh: the king abdul aziz and his companions foundation for talent and creativity has announced the launch of a scholarship program targeting gifted and talented high school students for the 2009 mawhiba summer program.

the gmat is not the 'be all, end all' of an application.

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the ministry of information and communications on november 18 issued a special set of stamps of vietnam and singapore . this set includes two stamps featuring two typical fruits, vietnam ’s dragon fruit (vnd8,000 face value) and singapore ’s durian (vnd2,000 face value).

there are now over a thousand schools in thailand specializing in teaching the chinese language. chinese studies have flourished in thailand in recent years. cctv correspondents visited a renowned school in bangkok, to look in the status of chinese teaching there.

tufts students are used to hearing references to tufts' expansive international community -- The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's lofty reputation coupled with a 14-percent international undergraduate student body make for a geographically diverse campus.

as the trend of students applying to multiple top colleges and universities increases, the chances of admission into those institutions continues to lower dramatically for everyone. one company, imagescholar, serving the greater los angeles area has developed a formula that has its clients achieving admissions into prestigious universities at enviable rates, even in the face of such decreasing...

to help test-takers know how they fared, rediff.com in collaboration with tcyonline.com brings you the answer keys to the cat 2008.

mumbai, nov 15 : more than 2,75,000 students across the country will be appearing for the -- common admission test (popularly known as cat) for admissions to premier centres of management learning tomorrow.

if the ocean of information seemed overwhelming, the number of things i needed to arrange in order to complete a single application was ever-increasing. there had to be some way to get around this.

chennai, nov 11 : city-based online education company everonn systems india ltd is planning a franchisee model for accelerated growth of its retail segment, a top official said.

a debit to reuters for posting a 19th century headline—and getting it wrong. the topic is undergarments. specifically, hanesbrands, about which reuters had this announcement on october 29: “hanesbrands q3 profit more than halves.�

founder of first islamic english education foundation (fief), okota lagos, sheikh mohammed mansur-williams, has urged the government to improve the standard of public schools in the country, to compete favourably with private schools.

when he moved to america, jhonattan vegas brought no english, no money and no firm sense of what might happen in a year, a month or even a day. he possessed little beyond a bag of inferior golf clubs and an atomic swing as raw as stripped metal. but he carried a wish.

experts from time istitute attempt to answer the most frequently asked questions students face for cat.

01 november 2008 the commission of academic accreditation (caa) of the uae ministry of higher education and scientific research has accredited a new masters program in architecture and urban studies at ajman university of science and technology.

vietnamnet bridge – publishing group first news has agreed not to file a lawsuit against the iwep foreign language training center after iwep apologized for unintentionally using pirated copies of textbooks published by first news.

the toefl, once the only exam testing english proficiency, now has competition in the ielts.

research scholar rupak (name changed on request) had planned to tap opportunities in the us as soon as he got his ph.d in material science in january. but his post-doctoral dream has turned sour, just like the great american dream.

new york -- the test of english as a foreign language (toefl), once the only exam testing english proficiency, now is facing a challenge from the international english language testing system (ielts), the yale daily news reported tuesday.

kuwait city, oct 22: the linden us university fairs, 2008, at marina hotel, inaugurated by american ambassador to kuwait deborah jones, saw 28 universities participating in it wednesday.

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on hardball ’s pregame right now, a crowd of people—most of them, apparently, hofstra students; almost all of them, judging from their cheers and jeers, obama supporters—is gathered behind chris matthews as he chats with the chicago tribune ’s jill zuckman and the new york times ’s jeff zeleny.

virginia commonwealth university in qatar is holding an admissions reception for prospective students and their parents today at the la cigale hotel from 6.30pm.

the toefl, once the only exam testing english proficiency, now has competition in the ielts. for the second admissions cycle, yale is accepting both the test of english as a foreign language and the international english language testing system as indicators of english-language proficiency.

total announces the signature of an agreement with korea national oil corporation (knoc) to farm into onshore exploration block 70 (attaq area, shabwa governorate) in yemen with an interest of 30.875%. this agreement has been approved by the yemeni ministry of oil and minerals.

palin isn’t the only politician from the north side of the the 49th parallel having trouble in tv interviews.

qatar university’s college of engineering has launched its new master of science (ms) in computing programme. the course is scheduled to begin next fall.

the unpredictability is seen in the number of questions, the number of sections, the marking scheme, negative marking, duration of the test and most importantly in the composition of the test.

world-class training programmes in anti-money laundering, compliance and financial crime prevention will now be made available in the uae, as international compliance association (ica), the only global provider of academically recognised training programmes in these subjects, has partnered with dubai-based knowledge network (knet), a leading training and professional development provider within...

to address questions related to education in the uk, experts preeti gadok and aprajita kalra, hosted a chat with ga readers on october 10. the transcript.

experts at time address some of the common misconceptions about the maths section in cat.

today, echineselearning , one of the world's leading online Chinese language schools specializing in 1-on-1 live video instruction and supplementary education programs, announced an alliance with China.com in Beijing, China.

yuki kannoengineer, 23i miss japanese alcohol, especially asahi and ebisu beer. foreign beer doesn't taste like Japanese brands. I really don't like the flavor. it's very different. Rikako YagiTOEFL student, 19People eat too much junk food overseas. It's hard to get healthy food. japanese food is delicious and good for you. it's difficult to find nice sushi, rice and tofu abroad. Read the ...

le seul quotidien national de langue française du vietnam. Éditeur : agence vietnamienne d'Information L'institut de l'éducation internationale-Vietnam (IIE-Vietnam) organisera ce mois à Hanoi et Hô Chi Minh-Ville 4 grands salons sur les études aux États-Unis, avec la participation de nombreux établissements d'enseignement supérieur américains.

aside from knowing what the current hot jobs, top destinations and opportunities in the overseas employment market are, it is equally important to consider the following factors when looking for your own greener pasture.

to do well in the verbal ability section, there are two things you need to concentrate on -- fundas and question types.

y, ranking 17th out of 20 nations which do not speak english as their native language in the international english testing system (ielts) in 2007 and ranking fifth among five asia-pacific nations and areas, according to informed sources.

the british council's language proficiency test International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is more popular in India than the US Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

security measures including holographic strips and water marks are helping english-testing companies to nab cheats as record numbers of students sit the exams, reports jessica shepherd

kuala lumpur: schools are expected to take a stand on whether to support the continued use of english as the medium of instruction for science and mathematics.

what are newspapers selling? hired by sam zell to find innovative ways to market tribune’s newspapers, and for the moment, abrams is among the more controversial actors in the drama of american newspapers at the start of the new century.

south koreans hope one-on-one chats with foreigners will help them fix pronunciation, get rid of native accents and feel more comfortable with a foreign language

armed with the world's fastest Internet and an even stronger desire to learn English, South Koreans are using the latest Web resources to master a language that is the economic and emotional focus of their education.

educational testing service and mcgraw-hill professional announced the launch of "The Official Guide for the New TOEFL® iBT" ebook. the toefl ibt ebook offers more than 30 hours of lessons and practice activities.

by now you must have read about that piece of bad news that some 400,000 ready-to-work nurses are stuck in the philippines because they can’t enter the united states… the place of choice by majority of these nurses.

what should we really be teaching our children? that is a question that inspires passionate debate and involves a multitude of other issues. the question, like most questions of this sort, can really only be answered with reference to criteria. what is the purpose of education?

dubai: a large number of students applying to uae universities fail to meet english language proficiency requirements set down by the institutions. zayed university (zu) officials say about 80 per cent of applicants fail to meet its language requirements.

foreign trade: india-china trade scales new heights in first half new delhi, sept. 8 sino-indian bilateral trade continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the trade value in the first half of calendar year 2008 hitting the $ 29-billion mark, recording a 69 per cent jump over the corresponding period last ...

interview: ‘multi-tenancy model gaining space’ packaged software may soon go obsolete, says salesforce.com. hyderabad, sept. 8 multi-tenancy computing is expected to make inroads into india soon with large enterprises such as merrill lynch, citibank, and scores of small and medium ...

the fourth intake of the mba program offered by the school of finance and banking in partnership with maastricht school of management commenced this week.

a significant number of students in countries across asia were unable to take their toefl ibt tests saturday morning because of internet-related issues outside of educational testing service's control

when he finally passed his way into peking university, his classmates didn't understand him; he couldn't speak standard chinese.

while enaam rahman, her husband, louay eskandar, and their one-year-old daughter waited in the airport in syria for the flight that would take them to their new life in canada, they happened to meet an acquaintance who told them mississauga was the place to go.

lincoln -- has a computer malfunction played a part in scuttling the nebraska basketball team's attempts to recruit a 7-foot center from Puerto Rico?

the selection of senator joe biden to be barack obama’s running mate has revived the debate over a statement biden made to the new york observer in early 2007.

the school is enforcing a mandatory uniform policy. collared uniforms are available at gino's, Agana Shopping Center. T-shirts will be available when printing is completed. Prior year's t-shirts are still acceptable.

dubai, august 21, 2008: a number of students are being denied admission in accredited universities in the uae because they fail their english language tests. these tests include ielts (international english language testing system) and toefl (test of english as a foreign language).

educational testing service and executive english publishing corp. have launched "Business English Now," an audio program designed for intermediate to advanced learners of business english.

tutorvista, which broke new ground by offering personalised customer services through online tutoring to students in the us from india, is breaking new ground again. it has just extended its reach to the uk and korea.

hyderabad, aug 22 : union ministry of statistics and programme implementation secretary pronab sen today urged the insurers to develop high calibre techniques to assess valuation risks.

this program is established to contribute to the efforts of the ministry of education, youth and sport in the area of capacity building in higher education.

school supply list for kindergarten through third-grade is available in the main office.

seventeen years after tae ashida's line first appeared at her father's paris boutique, the japanese women's wear designer finally presented a large-scale runway show in Paris.

security measures including holographic strips and water marks are helping english-testing companies to nab cheats as record numbers of students sit the exams, reports jessica shepherd

culinary arts academy opens in amman

walden university, an accredited online institution, is offering new programs and services to increase access for international students.

regulatory bodies & rulings: idea may take rs 350-cr hit on spice equity buy dot won’t refund fee for surrender of licences.

08 august 2008 salalah -- dhofar university dhofar university has received approval from the ministry of higher education ministry of higher education to offer a master's degree in 'curriculum and instruction: teaching english language'.

in the fourth of five pieces by bbc journalists examining life in kosovo today, patrick jackson meets an albanian english teacher whose ancestors taught the values of sufism.

the scion of sheikhs teaching english to pristina

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ten university of auckland students are among the 32 top achiever doctoral scholars announced today.

×áÉÇåø 5 Úä¯ÛâªÑ 2551 13:45 É. the ma southeast asia studies program, graduate school, chulalongkorn university, is accepting applicants for the second semester of 2008. courses are conducted in english by local and foreign experts.

korean parents spare no expense for english education, sending their children to schools and institutes in korea and aboard.

galina kashko is the director of the cambridge centre, established in 2002. the centre provides languages courses in english, french, german, russian and ukrainian for all student levels.

the college of education at qatar university has established a qatar university teacher education scholarship programme that begins in the fall. the qu-funded initiative will award up to 100 scholarships to qualified non-qatari applicants, college dean hissa al-sadiq announced yesterday.

new york, ny -- (market wire) -- 07/29/08 -- under the category, "Who Knew?" comes wimba's Modern Marvels.

under the category, "Who Knew?" comes wimba's Modern Marvels. Wimba® Inc., the education technology company that helps people teach people, today announced its inaugural list of the Top 10 Unique Online Courses, which utilize Wimba's collaborative solutions.

ahmed shoja’ddin, rector of ibb university, met tim torlow, the british ambassador to yemen, at ibb university during his visit to ibb governorate on sunday 20 july.

did the company that administers the sats mess up their chance to go global?

today, american education consultants, llc (aec), announced the launching of their new website dedicated to helping students from all over the world achieve their dream of attending a college or university in the united states. aec is there to assist students from any country with finding a school that will meet their educational and financial needs. the company focuses on providing students ...

to address sat related questions, sushila panvelkar, product manager, undergraduate study abroad programme at ims hosted a chat with ga readers. the transcript.

the university of loyola at cnmi is now accepting local residents, guest workers and their families who want to pursue careers in health care. classes start on sept. 8. for school year 2008-2009.

aprajita kalra and preeti gadok, from the education uk team, british council hosted a chat on july 11 with get ahead readers. for those of you who missed the chat, here's the unedited transcript.

they come from brazil and peru, iraq and lebanon, china and korea, france and germany. some have relocated with a spouse, some arrived to work as an au pair, still others hope to make michigan their permanent home. they have little in common save for a desire to improve their english.

the kigali school of banking and finance (sfb) has started processing english test certificates after complaints about non-issuance started piling up.

abu dhabi university introduces 2 programs

by ruth campbell staff writer odessa -- angelica armendariz, student health coordinator at universidad autonoma de chihuahua, isn't just sitting around this summer. She's using her time to continue her education through university of texas of the permian basin's intensive English program.

for years, mahesh shetty aspired to shed the 'coaching class tag.' but he actually moved in the direction of making mahesh tutorials a professional, corporate entity, only after the untimely death of his close friend and accountant in 2005.

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walden university, a leader in online higher education, has launched a new center for international programs that provides stronger operational support and services for walden students and faculty living outside the united states.

manhattan review, the most time-efficient gmat training provider with a 10-year history, is proud to announce the opening of its newest course locations in downtown boston and dc this week.

esl students can now have a more interactive approach to learning the english language. a new, more interactive learning program for esl students has been created in atlanta, usa. english 1 on 1 was created to give students exactly what they need to improve their skills as english speakers - the opportunity to speak one-on-one with a personal native english-speaking teacher.

learnhub.com, an online social learning network, has announced the availability of the world's largest free SAT and GMAT question banks.

inspired by astronauts of indian origin kalpana chawla and sunita williams, a student here has secured admission to the embry-riddle aeronautical university in the us.

checking out of his hotel in shimbashi, with time to spare before a flight back to vancouver, steve kaufmann stops to read a sign in the lobby, which reads: "I have refused the entrance into a room of these other than the visitor of stay. Please give me a meeting in the lobby. Thank you." interestingly, he is more amused than upset by the translation. "You can understand what they are getting ...

to answer questions related to uk study and study visas, lai-ming sui, student team leader, visa services, british deputy high commission, chennai, hosted a chat with get ahead readers on june 23. the transcript.

international education consultant karan gupta addresses some of the queries we recieved via e-mail.

an arabic exam known as the dhad certificate, equivalent to toefl, will be introduced in private and public uae schools by september, reported gulf news. the dhad certificate will be internationally accredited and will focus on the importance of arabic language in the uae.

dubai — the national curriculum committee yesterday decided to introduce an arabic equivalent of toefl (test of english as a foreign language) in all public and private schools in the country from the next academic year.

millions of test takers around the world who are preparing to take the toefl ibt now can download sample questions from the actual test, answer questions and check their responses at no cost. ets, creator of the toefl test, launched this free service to help test takers become more familiar with the test.

w hat are "electronic resources" and why should you be excited that the library offers them? isn't it enough that you can "Google" just about anything?

dubai — in a move aimed at achieving an advanced phase of public school reforms and development, the ministry of education has amended the standards for promotion of directors and assistant directors of schools and kindergartens in the uae.

indian classrooms are now opening up to the world. when jessica pealchen, a class eight student at lotus valley international school in noida, returns after her summer break next week, she will be telling teachers and classmates of a holiday spent differently from indian schoolchildren.

canada is one of the top destinations for foreign study for indian students, says the director of the canadian education center (cec), maria mathai.

tatiana burkhart made her dress the night before specifically for the occasion. donning a horizontal white, blue and red russian flag dress, burkhart was among more than 50 hodges university students and faculty celebrating their native homelands on thursday.

ladera international school of saipan will open up its toefl ibt test center this june 29, 2008. the center has 10 computers that are already programmed for administering the toefl test through educational testing services.

many remember it as a “golden era� of cambodian education, a period of peace and stability dividing the contradictions of the colonial era from the cruel depredations of the khmer rouge.

dogus balbay doesn't arrive in the Longhorns' basketball lineup next season with some big reputation.

new oriental knows that it takes three key ingredients to realize the chinese dream: a college degree, english skills and an overseas mba or ph.d.

doha • chn institute, the consulting, research and training center under the roof of chn university qatar will offer intensive english courses for all levels in july and august. registration for july courses is open until june 29th.

gcc power grid phase 1 to be ready soon the first phase of a project to link the gcc power networks is expected to be completed and become operational during the first quarter of 2009, a spokesman for the qatar electricity and water corporation (kahramaa) yesterday said.

minutes before "James" took his ielts test in england earlier this year, he was taken to one side. "You don't look like your passport photo," the exam administrator at the university of southampton said. james - not his real name - immediately ran off.

as of the end of january of this year, 34 north korean students were studying in u.s. universities, while 68 others had already obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on June 11.

many chief executive officers (ceos) hardly find time to sit and read again after university. not because they're not interested at all, but because they're so busy with company work and always on the move on business trips.

huang qiu, a senior student at a beijing university, recently crossed one of the major hurdles for his planned study in australia later this year - the international english language testing system (ielts).

cindy carlisle, a cu regent and a 2008 candidate for the colorado senate, has an idea for legislation that could be cindy carlisle, a cu regent and a 2008 candidate for the colorado senate, has an idea for legislation that could be relevant to both bodies of elected representatives.

jadavpur university (ju) has tied up with the us-based virginia tech university to offer a dual-degree ph.d programme in engineering mechanics. the course starts in july.

educational sociologists now recognise that while providing equal access to education is possible, there can be no guarantee about the equality of the outcome which is guided by the students background, parental support and the family-home ambience, writes m a siraj.

india may soon lose its slot as the world's largest talent supplier to China. India's position as the world's largest talent supplier is under serious threat. According to leading manpower consulting firm Watson Wyatt, that slot may be taken over by China before long.

educateyourself, an on-line educational training software company, announces talktrain v 2.0, a web-based product focusing on improving conversational skills through a better awareness of idioms, colloquialisms and common american english expressions.

provisioning of intel architecture-powered laptop pcs to newly enrolled students enhances it skills proficiency.

want to get into harvard, fast? a new cram school in tokyo could be the answer for japanese teens -- if they manage to squeeze into the $28,000-a-year, intensive after-school course.

doha • qatar foundation (qf) yesterday began a two-day open house for its academic bridge program (abp) at education city. this year the abp will admit a maximum of 250 students.

kolkata: from prestigious princeton to mit, city boy rik sengupta can pick and choose where he wants to study — for free. the south pointer has bagged full scholarship seats at seven top universities in the us.

global city innovative college (gcic) and intel technology philippines recently signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) to provide new intel architecture-powered laptop pcs to newly enrolled gcic students.

if the school is not in your attendance area, request forms for out-of-district enrollment will be available on july 14 in the main office. requests will be approved based on availability of space, review of attendance (absences/tardies) and discipline histories.

a "super elite" cram school designed to prepare high school students for entry into harvard university and other top institutions around the world opened last week in tokyo with an initial enrollment of two students. route h, which stands for "the route to Harvard," can accommodate up to 15 students and charges annual tuition of ¥1.5 million to ¥3 million per student, including fees for ...

the weather remains to be the top reason why koreans flock to baguio.

doc sadler’s top basketball recruit won’t be a husker. what if there’s no 2008-09 recruiting class at all?

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dan chugg, the first secretary and the official spokesman of the british high commission in new delhi, in an exclusive phone interview talks about studying in the uk.

hcmcity — the ministry of labour, invalids and social affairs has allowed five labour export companies to send 20 vietnamese workers to the us.

capitalizing on challenging academic programs and an exceptional international faculty, the college of information technology and its prestigious international partner university are launching new innovative graduate programs that will commence in october 2008.

vietnamnet bridge – online training websites now offer various courses on public relations, information technology and all subjects for general students, not only english courses.

northern kentucky university announced the creation of a full-time intensive english program (iep) that will develop skills and confidence in using english and prepare participants to live, study or work in an english language environment.

every year as the examination season rolls around in india, there are reports of teenagers taking their own lives. many students take “the final step� because they cannot accept bad results, which can destroy their chances of getting into a top university and a well-paying job after graduation.

hammond | as a high school senior, ryan strode envisioned a career in the audio recording industry until a visit his father arranged to a recording studio in chicago provided a dose of reality.

eight years ago, i was not admitted to join the london school of economics despite what i thought was a good application having been helped by a friend, who had just returned from harvard university.

with the global nature of business today, being able to communicate in more than one language is essential for many positions. most often, the second language is english, but it could also be others.

in the ethnic melting pot that is america, there are thousands of international students who have migrated here to get a higher education.

jeddah, 11 may 2008 — custodian of the two holy mosques king abdullah will lay the foundation of the king saud university for health sciences in riyadh on tuesday, prince miteb ibn abdullah, assistant commander of the national guard for military affairs, announced yesterday.

may 26: memorial day holiday.

the educational testing service (ets), which is merely known as an institution that runs the test of english as a foreign language (toefl) here in korea, is the world`s largest english proficiency testing and measurement organization.

chinese students are making "strong progress" in mastering the communicative english skills, as educational testing service (ets) reported that the toefl (test of english as a foreign language) scores for chinese test takers increased to ma ...

doha • the academic bridge programme (abp) of qatar foundation celebrated its seventh graduation ceremony yesterday at the al majlis hall, sheraton doha.

ongoing mba, gmat, toefl and career counselling help candidates with career issues as well as orient them towards the schools and opportunities of interest at the event.

dubai: a proposal to enforce compulsory education from kindergarten to grade 12 is part of the ministry of education strategy 2008-2010, announced the minister of education.

the intensive english program at emporia state helps individuals to gain greater comprehension of the english language. the classes provided by the program help individuals to attain better english skills before entering academic classes.

denmark has recently emerged as the world's happiest country, beating out Bhutan, the long-time favorite of anthropologists everywhere.

with the addition of livemocha's 400,000th user, Livemocha becomes number one language learning site. (PRWeb Apr 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb876334.htm

bac giang — bac giang people’s court on wednesday sentenced three drug traffickers to death, gave four life in jail – and a total of 122 years in prison to another 13.

juarez - la coordinacin del rea de becas de la direccin de educacin zona norte hizo un llamado a los educadores de esta ciudad para que entreguen sus documentos de inscripcin en la beca de estudios a nivel licenciatura, maestra y doctorado en la universidad de texas en el paso (utep), ya que la fecha lmite es el 22 de abril.

students in us language schools are expected to be the first to take a new online international english language testing system test later this year.

doha • global education solution provider "ACCESS MBA" will hold its road show for the second consecutive year in doha. taking place biannually in twenty-five cities around the world, "ACCESS MBA" tour will bring together elite international business schools and high-caliber candidates.

education broker idp has paid $28.7 million to become sole owner of the company that oversees the ielts in australia.

as students plan to study abroad, many of them will apply to the top 100 universities around the world, identified recently on the popular www.topuniversities.com website. when students do apply, they will want to take ets's TOEFL® (Test of English as a Foreign Language(TM)) test, because all of these top institutions and thousands more worldwide accept this highly respected and most widely ...

les roches international school of hotel management in collaboration with glion institute of higher education, switzerland is offering bachelor's and Post Graduate programmes in Event, Sport and Entertainment Management, Sport Marketing and Administration.

| agencyfaqs! | new delhi, april 07, 2008 basically, komli is trying to monetise various indian and us sites in its network, which are serving india specific content and are regularly checked by a number of nris in the us and the uk. worldwide, 4,000 publishers subscribe to the komli ad network, out of which 30 per cent are indian sites such as zeenews.com, sulekha.com, deccanchronicle.com and ...

bandar seri begawan - the korean government is offering bruneian students a five-year academic scholarship programme, including a one-year korean language course, and a four-year undergraduate course, at selected universities in korea.

pune, india: livemocha, a web 2.0-based language learning venture, is already counting its beans as it is showing an appetite for one million registered users by the end of this year.

the toefl® test has been approved for use with the united kingdom's new immigration Points-Based System. The TOEFL test joins the TOEIC® test, which received a similar acceptance in the UK earlier this month.

ha noi — the study of english is expected to become compulsory from primary-school grade 3 to secondary-school grade 12 when the 2008-2009 academic year begins in september.

educational testing service, the u.s.-based creators of the toefl® (test of english as a foreign language(tm)) and toeic® (test of english for international communication(tm)) tests, reports that a record 6.2 million students and business people registered to take its well-known english tests in 2007.

muscat: oman's annual Gulf Higher Education Exhibition (GHEDEX) has grown steadily over the last nine years and this year too a larger number of higher education institutes are taking part.

an engineering student who was to fly to the us soon for higher studies got electrocuted when he accidentally touched a high-mast light fuse box mounted on a footpath at lic colony in mehdipatnam.

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in the literature on democratization, the rise of a large middle class is often seen as a precursor for the development of civil society and a well-functioning democracy. in east asia, the cases of taiwan and south korea have been pointed to as examples.

requirements: • university degree, bachelor’s or higher. • experience in marketing, sales promotion, or international trade including deep knowledge of either agriculture, food retail, import procedures, and/or food processing.

a new book from manhattan review, "Smart Business Talk," is one of the first books with a primary focus on the uses, techniques and subtleties of business english in addition to cultural differences.

shanghai – because of the devaluation of u.s. dollar in relation to chinese currency, the united states became the number one choice for international students from china, reported the world journal.

ets confirmed today the decision by the border and immigration agency of the united kingdom's Home Office to recognize the TOEIC® (Test of English for International Communication(TM)) test as part of its new immigration Points-Based System (PBS). The new Australian-style immigration system began in the United Kingdom February 29.

on november 17, 1996, over 300 were killed in a mid-air collision between a saudi arabian airlines flight and an air kazakh flight in charkhi-dadri.

about once every other year a student walks into steve carr's office complaining. They say their teaching assistant can't speak english. and about once every other year, carr, mccormick's associate dean of undergraduate engineering, brings the TA in for a chat, during which he usually finds himself wondering "what's the problem?" "i sympathize with students who are in a course (and are ...

students planning to study abroad can sit for the us college-level advanced placement (ap) exam on the mainland starting in may. the us college board, which also administers the sat college entrance test, has authorized seven private educational institutions on the mainland to hold the ap test.

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despite the ongoing controversy dogging korea¡¯s largest conglomerate, samsung group said yesterday it will begin recruiting entry-level workers on monday.

in light of recent events related to davao's IT industry and that of Japan's, i'd like to bring your attention to the state of Japanese-language education in Davao City.

staff reporter the first qatar international college fair ‘explore and decide your future’ opened in doha yesterday with over 60 universities from the uk, the us, australia and canada offering information about courses and providing relevant assistance to visitors.

educational testing service and english, baby!, entered into an agreement today for english, baby! to join ets's Preferred Vendor Network as the first purely online vendor in the U.S.

staff reporter the imperial college university (icu), australian national university (anu), cardiff university and pennsylvania state (penn state) universities, are among 60 universities from the uk, us, australia and qatar taking part in the first qatar international college fair which gets under way today at the four seasons hotel.

the northern marianas college says that english placement scores have risen to the point that placement is now primarily in the english reading iii and english writing iii levels.

shelby boast, 10, and her sister darcy, 5, help maria cruz garrido make tiramisu for dessert. cruz has lived with the boast family as an au pair for more than a year.

the transition from high school to a university can be difficult. but the challenge increases even more when one transitions from a different country as well. this is the case with luis rivera, a long jumper for the ua men's track and field team.

"Tyro: a beginner in learning; novice." -- from merriam-webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition A FEW MONTHS AGO, I took the Graduate Record Exam because I am applying for Ph.

santoyo is mission director of the center for japanese-filipino families (cjff), in room 32 of the japan christian center in tokyo's Nishi-Waseda area of Shinjuku. The Japan Christian Center in itself is a surprise, one of a cluster of Christian-associated buildings gathered around a courtyard just... Read the full story.

¡°even just a graduate from high school will be able to conduct a conversation in english,¡± promised president-elect lee myung-bak before his transition team presented details of a plan this month to overhaul the country¡¯s struggling public english education system.

executives working in the uae and across the middle east can now join the elite alumni of the oxford brookes university by passing a masters degree in business administration (mba) managed by the etisalat academy.

northern marianas college president dr. carmen fernandez defended yesterday the college's use of the Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL, saying this is being done to ensure that students are appropriately placed in reading and writing classes that correspond to their capabilities.

from the point of view of ets, the leading american test producer responsible for the toefl and toeic tests, the rising number of students in the us school system who don't have English as their first language, should be an opportunity.

full-time mba programs might get most of the attention. but there are plenty of options at business schools (businessweek.com, 11/1/07) for people interested in gaining leadership training, picking up additional skills, and stretching their minds.