Education agents will play a key role in rebuilding international enrolments post-pandemic

PRODIREKT education agents and consultants at language and higher education fairs and workshops

VERBALISTS EDUCATION news – We keep you informed on your education journey!

In the latest episode of ICF’s continuing podcast series, Craig Riggs (editor of ICEF Monitor) and Martijn van de Veen (vice-president of business development) discuss some of the trends shaping student mobility this quarter, including some important developments in China and new student loan supports for international students.

April 15, 2021February 25, 2023

In English teaching, is native speaker really better than non-native teacher?

native vs non native english teachers verbalists education and language network

Okay….here’s a question: Why does our industry still do that ridiculous thing of defining a language teacher by where they’re from? The Native Speaker Fallacy can’t still survive…can it? Does speaking a language qualify one to teach it?

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

Why Italians use dozens of words for simple instructions

“This Italian “more is more” attitude shows up throughout Italy.”

In Italy, you’ll find signs about face masks with 40 words in bureaucratic language. No smoking signs consist of 109 words of legal text, and simple toilet signs can be made up of 122 words. What reasons can we find for this in Italian society? READ MORE

December 10, 2020January 29, 2021

Fighting fake news

A while ago, I came across an interesting article published in The Guardian, entitled: Could language be the key to detecting fake news? The proliferation of deliberately misleading speeches, articles, websites and social media posts has led to many researchers trying to work out what the linguistic characteristics of fake news are. The article mentions that several researchers found that fake news may have in common the language they use – fake news articles use more words related to sex, death and anxiety, and overly emotional language is often deployed. The researchers noted that propaganda tends to use abstract generalities like “truth” and “freedom.”

But how accurate can artificial intelligence (AI) be in telling fact from fake? READ MORE

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Putting creativity at the heart of each student’s learning journey

Deep but entertaining talks by late Sir Ken Robinson, warmly recommended to all educators out there.

A legendary figure in the fields of education and creativity, Sir Ken Robinson, has recently died at the age of 70. He was the world’s best-known and most entertaining educator and his talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” was the most-watched TED talk of all times. We are sharing his TED Talks below. Sit back, enjoy and remember to share and comment, your opinion matters! READ MORE

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