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      <title>Correcting English language students' errors</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So why do lots of teachers not do it? I guess it took me years to master this technique. An old colleague convinced me that every error a student made should be corrected there and then. How many times have I heard "but it might upset them, stop the flow etc....."]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>70 different ways to learn English</title>
      <description><![CDATA[70 is a lot and it is true there are many different ways of learning English. Here are a few ideas to get you going;]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Paid work placements</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the years of being in this business students of 18+ have been looking for working UK. Finally, we have managed to get two courses together. One will be a hospitality course and the other a tour guide for our summer centres. Basically ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>English teachers and interactive whiteboards</title>
      <description><![CDATA[We had the whiteboards installed a few weeks back, and now the real work of teaching the teachers to use them well has begun.&nbsp; Every week for 30 minutes there will be a short session to help everyone. These boards are powerful and need to get ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>English Student Pictures etc</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One of our previous teachers, Ian, thought of a great idea which was to take a picture of the students. The students then have to think of a word, sentence or phrase in English and then write in black ink on an A3 piece of paper. This has ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Learning English pronunciation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Learning pronunciation is a very important part of improving any language including English. You could know the grammar, lots of words etc, but if you have poor pronunication then that won't help. Teachers should help you regularly ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>How do students find our language school?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It has always amazed me how students find and choose our school. It can be a recommendation from a student who studied at the school years ago, can be random agents, regular agents, a friend of a friend, through a host family, a friend of a student at the school. Getting agents has been oddly for me the most difficult bit; I find it hard to get agents on ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Madness</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So from one extreme to the other. From having few students and classrooms available to a completely full school. We have groups of Germans and Algerians in. We are at bursting point.  The Algerians are having a rough settling in period ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>A bit about my triathlon training</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I joined a local tri club at the turn of the year. They are called Zoom tri club. They do activities nearly every day but I get to about 3 a week. I do the running on Tuesday and Thursday where we normally run at least 10ks. I have only ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The Algerians are coming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So after an on off Algerian group, they finally appear to be coming. A deposit has been paid, a list of 47 students has been received so game on. A great way to start Easter. Now we have to create a timetable to fit everyone in. Should be a]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>From one extreme to another</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After a very busy later Autumn we had the inevitable quiet winter period which is always quite moral sapping. But then over one weekend we get groups in which will continue for the next six weeks. Also, the infamous Algerian group ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Visit to Czech Republic</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Well first visit to Czech Republic and really wasn't sure what to expect. Went to Brno, which is second biggest city. Same weather as Bournemouth. Loads of trams, less traffic, and a quiet place. Anyway, got to see three great agents and learnt a lot from]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Meetings, update and more</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So what is new? Advising our new academic manager on the best ways to attack a multi centre department. The best way of recruiting teachers more efficiently and how best to channel your energy. For some people they just spend too much time on the wrong thing and waste hours.... The joy I think of managing a multi centre is simply you cannot be]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Brand new</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So the carpet is down and what a difference it makes! Cosier, cleaner, and certainly more professional. Some photos to follow shortly. While this has been going on we have been transforming the kitchen into the new staff room for teachers while remaining the place still to make a cuppa! Steve, our decorator is doing a great job. Newly painted,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Interactive Whiteboards</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After getting the go ahead for interactive whiteboards I have been in touch with several companies about buying one. I must admit and to their credit they haven't given me the hard sell. Both Karyn and myself went to Wallisdown for a demonstration from a nice lady called Alica. I had them in my previous school and loved them, and had forgotten how much. Karyn likes the idea too and could see straighaway how it could be used in class. What we don't ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>News at Europa School of English</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So the works have begun at school. The decoration of the new teachers' staff room has started. The decorator came in over the weekend to start and I hope to finish next weekend. The new carpet is scheduled for next week. Both Karyn and]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Language School Development</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Well after getting costs in for work that needs to be done I have now got a budget to work with. With this we can get work that is absolutely necessary such as new carpet throughout matching what we already have. This will be done in 10 days' time and will take about 2 - 3 days. We have ordered the new school furntiture - bright colours for tables and chairs. Certainly improve the character of the school.  We had some chairs that we were going to throug]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>EFL Marketing Conference London 2013</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I attended the ELF marketing conference in London on 1 Feb 2013. Up at 6am, and got train at 7.24. Arrived dead on time for conference.  The first speaker was the guy who built the Harry Ramsden brand. We had to do this daft Japanese judo move as an ice breaker…. For the most part I couldn’t quite see how his marketing could help a]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ISI part two</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After cancelling meeting for one reason or another on both sides I managed to get hold of my old colleague, Jenny, from my days at Cavendish on Skype. Odd expereince as the video on both sides didn't work so it was like talking to a black hole.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Back to front desk</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Karyn has never had a day off sick since she has been here at Europa so it was a surprise to hear she wasn't coming in today so she must be really ill. We wish her well. This ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Magic whiteboards</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Never really taken in by random emails trying to sell me stuff that I don't want or need. However got one this morning from a company which sells magic whiteboards. Basically it is nothing to do with technology which still does have great advantages. It comes in a box similar to kitchen foil at home. You tear off a strip the size you need and you can ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.europa-school.co.uk/newsreader/items/magic-whiteboards.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ISI</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After initially deciding not to go through with the expensive ISI inspection we changed our mind in the Autumn of last year, paid the admin fee and through ourselves into the preparation of the documentation again. Getting ready for the British Council inspection appear at first glance seems easier as they tell you exactly what they want to see and sample. However,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Improvements to the language school</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Just met a sales rep for smart boards at the school. She told me about short projector which has less of a shadow than a longer one, and less glare when the teacher turns rounds to look at the class. Then she spoke of one where the board can be a normal board or interactive. Why spend more money on that when we have dry boards anyway. Some]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Great new course - paid job placement scheme</title>
      <description><![CDATA[After much delay because of late Italian groups and Christmas etc etc, we are now able to offer paid work placements for European Union students. I went to a meeting last week with an experienced hotelier who was able to confirm]]></description>
      <link>http://www.europa-school.co.uk/newsreader/items/great-new-course-paid-job-placement-scheme.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Back after holidays</title>
      <description><![CDATA[So after a few weeks of running, cycling and swimming it is back to work.... I am getting Karyn to tighten up on all the academic side of things ready for 2013 and the ISI inspection in Spring sometime. She is off to London next week for a briefing. Everything about the ISI is expensive, the inspection fees, the briefing. It had better be worth it! I have a lot of agen]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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