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Welcome to this first issue of Aiming Higher! WELCOME TO THIS first issue of Aiming Higher, from Jakarta’s most innovative English language school. We are grateful to the clients who have suggested that we publish a newsletter, and this is it! As past clients and alumni of Aim for English, you are members of an international network of successful individuals and organisations, and we want to strengthen the network and make it more useful to you. Aiming Higher will come out every few weeks; exact timing will depend on us having interesting things to pass on to you. So we can make Aiming Higher more relevant to you, we are eager to hear from more of you. Let us know what we can publish that would help you, interest you, or maybe amuse you. Just email info@Aimjakarta.com
Words in this issue
Teachers in demand
Indonesian translations of some of the trickier words in this first issue of Aiming Higher:
TWO STATISTICS SAY it all. There are more people around the world learning English as a foreign tongue than there are native speakers of English. And only a very few native speakers are trained to teach English, can do it well, and are prepared to live and work outside their home country. Even fewer non-native speakers speak good enough English to teach it to others. Which is why it is so difficult it to find good teachers in Jakarta. Where there’s a shortage the price goes up. But not just a price in terms of salary. The best teachers search out the schools where they can really enjoy their work, where they have the best-motivated students, and where they don’t have to work to a formula, but can be creative in how they teach. Now for the second statistic. Aim for English is the fastest growing English school in Jakarta. Interesting, isn’t it?
1. Grateful (adj) – Berterima kasih 2. Eager (adj) – Berhasrat 4. Amuse (v) – Menarik perhatian 5. Foreign tongue (n) – Bahasa asing 6. Shortage (n) – Kekurangan 7. Multi-national (adj) – Berbagai bangsa 8. Side-benefit (n) – Keuntungan sampingan 9. Hand-picked – Memilih sendiri 10. Fulfilling (adj) – Melaksanakan
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Aim’s New Training Projects
StuNed Scholarship recipients, including several of Aim’s students, arriving in the Netherlands for the first time. Note the blue Aim bag on the trolley! Best of luck to all of you.
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AIM'S NOW-FAMOUS CORPORATE language training programmes have gone from strength to strength in 2009. We're now the leading business English training provider in the city. We’ve done it by concentrating on having great teachers teaching great courses, with lots of service and support thrown in. In 2009 so far Aim has delivered fully tailor-made English training programmes for NGOs, multinational corporations, local companies and governmental bodies. In the last few weeks alone, Aim has welcomed World Vision, Daewoo, The Ministry of Trade of the Government of Indonesia, ASEAN, Djarum, Samudera Shipping and many more!
All our clients are unique, so a big part of our service is creating programmes that meet their needs. Our clients like the effectiveness we offer them, and the side-benefit of team-building that comes with an AIM training programme.
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Aim for Holland? IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN fact that more than 1400 graduate and post-graduate courses in the Netherlands are now taught in English. Dutch universities are among the best in the world, and there are currently thousands of Indonesians enjoying the rich cultural experience and top-quality education the Netherlands has to offer. In 2009 Aim was very proud to be chosen as the pre-departure English language preparation provider for the majority of this year's StuNed scholarship recipients. These lucky postgraduate students, hand-picked by The Netherlands Education Support Office (NESO) spent four months at Aim earlier in the year, both studying academic English and also preparing for the IELTS test. The programme was a great success, with the vast majority of our students now already studying in the Netherlands. The students all came from outside Java, and many were first-time visitors to Jakarta, so ensuring that they had a fulfilling, exciting, rewarding time in their nation's capital was also central to the success of the programme. It helped that they were all lovely people! We wish ‘Aim’s StuNeders’ the best of luck for the future. Enjoy your time in The Netherlands, and stay in touch!
More ways to connect with Aim IN AUGUST THE number of people connecting with Aim on Facebook topped 1000. Our Facebook friends, who enjoy exclusive special offers and unique content, are able to connect with our customer service team via facebook email and facebook chat. If you're not already connected, go to facebook.com/aim.jakarta Aim's all new website also now includes a full-feature online forum. You can sign up, get good free advice from the professionals, and practise your English here. Feel free to start new threads, help answer other people's questions, or connect with Aim teachers and support staff at the Forum. Just click the Forum button at the top of Aim's new homepage. As usual, you can also connect with Aim via Yahoo! Messenger, email, Skype or telephone. Visit the website for full details. Our street address is on the site, so you can even write us a letter, or drop in!
Teacher in the spotlight Meet Celyn Jones. Celyn has been teaching English for several years in various locations in South-East Asia and in the UK. He has a degree from the UK and successfully graduated from the respected Trinity College teacher training programme. Celyn’s qualifications, love of teaching and energetic teaching style mean that he is very popular with all of our students and corporate trainees. When he's not teaching, Celyn enjoys mountain biking and computing.
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1. Make lists! Write down the things you need to do today, this week, this year. 2. Prioritise. If you are managing your working time, discuss your priorities with your boss, and with anyone depending on your output. 3. When you finish a task on your list, cross it out! Use coloured ink or a highlighter. Looking at a list with lots of coloured crossings-out will make you feel better. 4. If you are faced with lots of things you need to do today, your first task should be the one you least want to do. Maybe it’s the most tedious, or the least enjoyable. When it’s done, the rest of the day will be much easier. 5. Try and find a way of avoiding interruptions, even if for only a short part of the day. You’ll be amazed at how much you can do when you don’t have to keep breaking off. 6. Keep a daily diary. If you attend a meeting, make a note of any actions you agree to take on. Or if you have a phone conversation, make a note of anything you agree to do. Put these actions into your list of tasks. That way you won’t forget them!
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