Fremdsprachenkurse – Kursmethodik


Wir haben uns immer gefragt, was die beste Methode ist, eine Fremdsprache zu lernen. Nehmen wir als Beispiel die englische Sprache und versuchen wir zu definieren, worin die Lernmethodik besteht, die im Rahmen von Englischkursen angewendet wird. Im Allgemeinen wird in Englischkursen großer Wert auf die fünf grundlegenden Fähigkeiten beim Erlernen einer Fremdsprache gelegt, nämlich: das Verfassen eines schriftlichen Textes, das Verstehen der gesprochenen sowie geschriebenen Sprache, die Fähigkeit zur mündlichen Ausdrucksweise und die Interaktion im Rahmen eines Gesprächs.

Jeder Fremdsprachenkurs muss den Schwerpunkt auf Interaktivität legen. 

Die Interaktivität der Kurse ergibt sich in der Regel aus den Kommunikationsaktivitäten, die praxisnah, zugänglich, leicht verständlich und vor allem bei allen Teilnehmern sehr beliebt sind. Ein Kurs, der auf der Interaktion zwischen Trainer und Teilnehmer basiert, stellt einen wichtigen Schritt auf dem Weg zum Wissenserwerb dar.

Zu diesen Aktivitäten gehören:

- Rollenspiele und szenische Dialoge, die Aspekte des realen Lebens widerspiegeln 
- Freie Gespräche oder Diskussionen zu einem vorgegebenen Thema 
- Fallanalysen und -simulationen (Case Studies) 
- Praktische Projekte und Beispiele 
- Übungen, die zusätzliche Recherche durch den Teilnehmer erfordern 
- Umfragen, Tests, Wettbewerbe und Brainstorming-Aktivitäten 
- Debatten sowie Arbeiten in Paaren oder Kleingruppen (Pairwork oder Groupwork) 
- Medienanwendungen und/oder Filmvorführungen und Video-Präsentationen

Englischkurse für Manager werden in Partnerschaft mit Pilgrims durchgeführt – einer der führenden Bildungseinrichtungen zur Verbesserung der englischen Sprachkenntnisse. Die Kurse finden im Pilgrims Training Centre in Canterbury, UK, statt. Die Stadt, von der UNESCO zum historischen Denkmal erklärt, bietet Touristen die Möglichkeit, einen Einblick in die Traditionen der mittelalterlichen Pilger zu gewinnen.  

Teilnehmer des Kurses können in ihrer Freizeit berühmte mittelalterliche Burgen, die sechs Museen der Stadt oder die weltberühmte Kathedrale aus dem Mittelalter besichtigen. Um die im Kurs erworbenen Englischkenntnisse weiter zu vertiefen, empfiehlt Pilgrims eine Unterbringung in einer lokalen Gastfamilie. Die Kosten für eine Woche Unterkunft inklusive Frühstück, Abendessen und täglichem Transport zum Konferenzzentrum betragen 330 Pfund. Wussten Sie, dass ca. 89 % der Schüler in den EU-Mitgliedstaaten Englisch als Fremdsprache lernen? Damit liegt Englisch mit großem Abstand vor Französisch, das mit 32 % an zweiter Stelle steht!

New Everything


Flip side being new town, new house, new schools, new schedules, new everything. Same family. I kept them. I am still diligently working on getting stuff up all over the house, so posts are coming! In the meantime, I've re-opened the shop, packed full with brand new stuff (gotta keep it fresh). Here's a peek of what's in stock currently! Go on over and check them out here. Well, off to pack lunches for these school girls now!

Incredible Garage


How about that garage? What do you like the most: the view, the idea or the car! :)

Outdoor Patio


Looking for some inspiration for your pattio? Memorable spaces are created when many beautiful little things are working together!



Black and White Bedroom


Some people likes simple rooms. This is a simple black and white bedroom platform bed!

Wood Paneling


Wood paneling has returned on pattern with a blast, and this sample of how to keep up a contemporary look against a board background is both smooth and fun, with sudden sprinkles of splendid conflicting shade, and modern intelligent furniture at fascinating points to the room.



Classy modular Living room


How about this simple light for this part of the living room! I think this is enough, do you?

Classy modular living room

Geheimnisvolle Lichter


Es leuchtet und lockt in Hildesheim? Das machte mich neugierig... Laut Zeitungsbericht wurden geheimnisvolle Lichter am Nachthimmel beobachtet und das wollte ich mir auch ansehen. Da es in den letzten Tagen sehr nebelig war, verschob ich meine Entdeckungstour immer wieder. Aber heute abend war freie Sicht! Auf dem Weg durch die dunklen Gassen der Altstadt suchte ich nach Lichtern am Himmel, doch sah ich nichts. Unterwegs traf ich Menschen und fragte, ob sie etwas beobachtet hatten. Tatsächlich, einer berichtete von einer Licht-Erscheinung am Museum. Also nichts wie hin, an den geheimnisvollen Ort. Dort angekommen, sah ich wieder nichts! Oder doch? Da, da war doch was? Nur einen ganz kurzen Augenblich leuchtete es auf. Ich hatte keine Erklärung für die Erscheinung. Und als ich schon dachte, ich hätte mir das vielleicht doch nur alles eingebildet, hörte ich ein Summen und Brummen... 

Das immer näher kam und es landeten zwei Flugobjekte mit seltsamen Passagieren. Eine ganze Weile konnte ich sie unbemerkt beobachten. Das war ein Geplapper und Gewusel. Doch dann hatten sie mich bemerkt, sie wurden ganz ganz still. Einer von ihnen trat hervor und erklärte mit traurigem Blick, dass sie sich auf dem Weg zur galaktischen Vollversammlung durch den dichten Nebel verflogen hätten. Schon seit Tagen würden sie im Kreis fliegen, ob ich ihnen wohl den Weg zum Sirius erklären könnte. Oh ja, das konnte ich, einfach immer Richtung Süden, genau auf den hellen Stern im Orion zu, da ist der Sirius! So nahm die Geschichte hoffentlich ein glückliches Ende für die Außerirdischen und ich habe ein unvergessliches Abenteuer erlebt. Gern hätte ich sie zu mir nach Hause eingeladen und mehr über ihr Leben auf ihrem Planeten erfahren.

Shower Enclosures


Everyone has their own ideas about the perfect bathroom, but how about this steam shower enclosure!? Wat do you think...

Shower enclosures

How to Blast off a Health and Wellness home Business


Trivita is the closest thing in a home business you will find to having a real brick and mortar business. Is currently operating in the USA and Canada. The study of otherwise healthy older people found that those who woke frequently during the night were twice as likely to die during follow-up as those without sleep problems. Some people take up to 800 mgs of Ibuprofen under the care of a health care provider to reduce joint inflammation. What most people found not realize is the side effects from prolonged use of such high dose can cause even additional serious health problems. The potential of betalains Harnessing the effectiveness of betalains, a rare class of antioxidants found in the Nopal cactus, Nopalea delivers trusted health benefits. No matter what you work at in life, there is no amount of wealth that will ever buy back your health and a healthy person is a ever more successful person in any internet business opportunity. 

Weightshapes.com health experience: Artificial sweeteners are not a healthy substitute for sugar and often cause people to eathextra food and gain weight. Fact: The long-term health effects of a high-protein / low-carbohydrate diet are unknown. The company provides wellness consultants for you to achieve and live a healthier lifestyle and encourages you to focus on your wellness and your life purpose. The health industry is one of the growth industries. Being paid for work with Trivita is good, but for business owners it’s just as important that the source of the money is ethical and legitimate. Being a wellness affiliate marketing business owanner is unlike any other internet business opportunity you have ever seen. This is doing something right, as they have sold millions of B-12 and they work at get alot of re-orders, via a vision to increase the lives of people by helping them reach their full potential through a wellness home business.

Vintage Bedroom


How about this vintage bedroom!? What more can I say... I simply adore it!

Book Review: Black is for Beginnings


Blue Is For Nightmares, Book 5 - by Laurie Faria Stolarz. Title: Black is for Beginnings. Author: Laurie Faria Stolarz. Genre: Young Adult Graphic Novel. Paperback: 168 pages. Publisher: Flux (September 1, 2009). Description: Prophetic nightmares. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be. All she really wants to do is work things out with Jacob and figure out what to do with the rest of her life. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. Black is for Beginnings reveals the never-before-seen backstory, and what lies ahead for the young, spellcasting lovers. It's happening again... My Review: I read Blue is for Nightmares back when I was, um, younger. Wasn't a huge fan. At all. I just didn't enjoy the vibes coming off the book. I wasn't interested in reading more. So why did I read this? I don't know. After I left the library with it I was questioning my sanity. The majority... okay, okay, all of the book was annoying. Trying to be hip. And down with the kids. The romance and angst were irritating. The big annoyance was the main character: Stacey. She was extremely insecure. 

Insecurity, like feistiness, if done wrong, can make you hate a character. From my experience. Insecurity can become a chronic whining and moaning. Feistiness is often another, nicer, word for extreme bitchiness. Of course, this insecurity was enhanced by the fact that this is a graphic novel. Every unsure glance. Every drawn brow. Every constipated expression. For heaven's sake her face on the cover is exactly what I am talking about. Anyway, the book is all about Stacey's insecurity, her regret and her self-absorption. Nothing much besides that, of interest (key phrase here), was really happening. The ending was a killer for me. Stacey, obviously gets the dude, but she has to ask if her likes her. "Do you hate me? You do right? I bet you think I am dumb and ugly!" Omg! I was about to die. She never gains any confidence. Would have enjoyed some character growth here! Well, they're teens, one can only hope that relationship crashes and burns. Sorry I always get like this, acting like it's all real, when characters or a plot/story annoys me greatly. My rating is 1/5. Would not recommend this book. Unless you love the author and her Blue series. Or if you are an immense junkie of GNs.

I Need to Think Happy Thoughts


Or i’m not going to make it through the day. Here’s a happy thought: my daughter just had her first taste of chocolate! And what did she do? she immediately began to demand more. Smart kid. It has been brought to my attention that she was not given the chocolate, she stole it. It’s probably evidence that i’m a terrible parent that this fact fills me with a certain frisson of pride. You should see her though. Most of the time, when she finds things, her first impulse is to give it to whomever is standing nearby. It’s the cutest thing in the world. The fact that she kept the chocolate for herself is merely evidence that she’s a normal human being. Could have fooled me, I see daily signs that she’s an angel. This is a child who is loved. I want so much to give her everything that will make her strong, confident and secure. At the very least, I don’t want her to ever, for one second, have to doubt or question that she is loved, absolutely unconditionally. God willing she’s escaped her father’s brain chemistry. That being the case, I’ll do what I can.

Solar Charge Controller


Passionate about electronic or wanting to become a good electronics engineer, then you are in the right place. On electroschematics.com you will find a dedicated community  of smart and innovative people, that will help you develop your skills and improve your knowledge. You can initiate conversations regarding branches of electronics that you are interested in and we provide you valuable information and advice. You can always ask us questions if you have any difficulty in understanding our projects or our articles and we promise prompt responses. A charge controller or charge regulator is a voltage and a current regulator to keep batteries from overcharging. It regulates the voltage and current coming from solar panels going to the battery. A charge controller is usually useful.  A fully charged "12 volt’" battery is around 12.7 volts at rest, so the panel has to put out at least that much under worst case conditions. Contrary to intuition, solar panels work best at cooler temperatures. 

Roughly, a panel rated at 100 watts at room temperature will be an 83 watt panel at 110 degrees. If you use a standard controller, it will often work with high voltage panels if the maximum input voltage of the charge controller is not exceeded. However, there is going to be a lot of lost power, from 20% to 60% of what your panel is rated at. Charge controls come in all shapes, features, sizes and price ranges and in 3 general types. Circuitry that functions as a charge regulator controller may consist of several electrical components or may be encapsulated in a single microchip, an integrated circuit usually called a charge controller IC or charge control IC. We invite you to find out more about the low dropout voltage (LDO) solar charge controller that uses a simple differential amplifier and series channel MOSFET linear regulator. Voltage output is adjustable and it’s mainly intended for charging 12V lead-acid batteries. Discover specification on this page www.electroschematics.com/6899/12v-ldo-solar-charge-control/ and join the team!

Sytling Your Bookcases


My idea book on styling your bookshelves was just published over at Houzz if you want to stop by to read the whole article. Enjoy your night!

Award for Fairness and Citizen of the Month


Garden Tour, Last day of School, Award for Fairness and Citizen of the Month. May is probably my favorite month of the year, the flowers are abundant and the fruits and veggies are growing rapidly to be on time for Summer. In my garden I have Hydrangeas planted with "Big Boy" tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, butterfly daisies and wallflowers. The middle garden bed features lavender and three other flowers that I completely forgot the name of, complete with a bird bath. The first garden bed is home to allysums, stock and strawberries. Making their big debut are climbing wisteria... Anyhow, the kids will be out for Summer vacation and I'm ridiculously excited! Our Summer is packed and I wouldn't have it any other way! I wish you all a lovely weekend!

Pretty Pins, Progress


I'm making progress on my chairs. Remember the ones I shared with you here? I found a pretty neutral velvet thanks to my friend Carol. It was a bargain at $12/yard. I've got one chair done you can see my Instagram photo of it here. The other has been painted with one coat. I'm hoping to finish tomorrow! I was going to buy the rug from PB but turns out they didn't have the one I wanted in the border color I liked so back to the drawing board there. I ordered the Wuslu deal of the day yesterday. I usually go look but I've never ordered from them before. I really like the lantern and knew it would be great in so many places! Here is my favorite pin from this week. My first Houzz Tour as a Contributor will be published tomorrow. I can't wait for you to see who's beautiful home it is! I'll have the link as soon as it's live. See you soon.

Valentine Dinner Menu


Hello! I don't have a plan for my whole week today. I just need to get through a crazy busy day tomorrow. I do plan to make this yummy looking Vegetable Lasagna and Carmelita Bars for our family Valentine's  dinner tomorrow with some homemade bread. Nothing too crazy just a nice meal together. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by my to do list but I'm hopeful I'll get some things crossed off tomorrow! See you soon.

Mustard Seed Interiors


I had the pleasure of working with the super talented Marian of Miss Mustard Seed on a tour of her beautiful home for Houzz. If you get a minute to stop by and take a look I know you will enjoy her home! I want to thank Marian for taking time out of her very busy schedule to be a part of this. Marian is busy working on her first book. I wish her much continued success! Thank you for coming by, see you soon!

Chairs After & Before


Well friends my chairs are finally finished and I could not be happier! After looking at PB, Home Depot, and Lowes I found a perfect rug at Target. It matches the one on the other side of my living room really well and it was pretty reasonable. I put together a How To for Houzz on this whole project that will be published in a few weeks. So for now, here is the after. I moved some things around and decided that they would be pretty in front of the window. It's getting there, I'd love to find an ottoman that I can slip cover and maybe that pretty tufted sofa? We'll see, I'll have to save my pennies! A little improvement, don't you think? I'll let you know when the How To goes up on Houzz if you're interested in seeing the whole process. Thanks for visiting!