January 19th, 2010
Category: World literacy
Tags: at, best, best countries in the world, best country in the world, Country, greatest country in the world, highest literacy rate, literacy rate, Sweden, sweden best country, the world richest countries i n 156 vedios, World
I was surprised when looking at many statistics to find that Sweden is the best at practically everything. (except military capability).They have the highest quality of life in the world, lowest crime rate, highest literacy rate, one of the longest life spans, lowest infant mortality, and its rated #1 in the world on the democracy index (US is #17). There are so many other things too where Sweden is in the top 5. Why is Sweden so much better than other countries?
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December 24th, 2009
Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: 2008, Americans, at, Bibliography, health literacy, indicators, Literacy, Older, Reading, Sweden, Wellbeing
Way back in March, 2008, Science Daily (sciencedaily.com) published details from a report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, called “Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being”, which they termed a unique, comprehensive look at aging in the United States.
The key indicators they presented are pretty interesting: Population, Income, Health Status, Health Risks and Behaviors, Health Care, Housing, Use of Time and Health Literacy.
Health literacy is the key concern for seniors, because as the report stated: “the average level of health literacy–the extent to which people can obtain, process and understand basic health information and services–was lower than…
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December 8th, 2009
Category: Illiteracy ARTICLES
Tags: at, Education, functional illiteracy, General, History, Illiteracy, islam, Literacy, Sweden, teacher, Teachers, teaching, teaching qualifications, Training, web
A Concise History of Education of Teachers, of Teacher Training and Teaching
(ptint version of author’s site www.geocities.com/histedu
Western history of teacher training, education history, teaching theories, education of teachers, modern history od education, began in early 18th century Germany: teaching seminaries educating teachers were the first formal teacher training in Western history of education and teaching.
(History of education had 2nd century-BC Greek Spartan free public education, Athenian Academy until age 18 and higher Academy and Lyceum; Roman private formal schooling in tiers; China’s 1st century-BC administrator examinations; 1st century Jewish informal Cul’ Tura general education; Islam’s 9th century universities [madrasahs]; 16th century…
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December 7th, 2009
Category: Children Literacy
Tags: amount of people the were spanked that are in jail, at, Becoming, believe, Children, criminals, Drop, From, Literacy, literacy rate, Outs, Parents, prevent, Some, spank, spanking, spanking children, Sweden, Their, web
I’ve read many answers here where parents have claimed to spank their children to keep them out of jail, when ironically the majority of people in prison were spanked as children. They often cite that spanking will help prevent their kids from being drop-outs, getting pregnant as a teenager and doing drugs, but the states where the drop-out, teen pregnancy, and crime rates are amongst the highest are the ones in the South like Louisiana and Arkansas where corporal punishment is more common. In comparison, countries like Sweden where spanking is illegal have very low crime rates, and a very…
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November 7th, 2009
Category: ESL Articles
Tags: at, english only, Families, Gift, Language, language learning, Learning, Programs, Pronunciation, Reading, second language, Sweden, the brain, Today
We are all fairly savvy to the fact that we live in an increasingly global society in which our neighbor is from Ecuador, our colleague is from France and the person who teaches our child is from Sweden! We realize as adults how difficult it is to learn a new language after our youth, but we keep reading that it is the perfect time for our own children to begin the language learning!
Time & Newsweek ran feature articles years ago about the window of opportunity for second language learning being somewhere between birth and ten years old. It is…
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November 1st, 2009
Category: Articles
Tags: at, costa rica, English, english as a second language, english language, FarReaching, foreign language, Influence, Korea, Language, Mexico, Panama, Pronunciation, second language, Sweden, web
As globalization takes hold of our collective society, the English language is quickly becoming the universal language for many reasons. For one, business across borders as well as over the internet, whether it is conducted by small companies or multi-national corporations is largely conducted in English. Global politics and diplomacy are largely conducted in English as well. In fact, English is the world’s second largest native language, the official language in 70 countries, and English-speaking nations are responsible for about 40 percent of the world’s total Gross National Product. Part of this can be attributed to the USA’s status as…
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October 27th, 2009
Category: ESL Articles
Tags: Article, article writing, at, English, Language, possible, Second, second language, Spelling, successful, Sweden, Writing
Many people, including me, don’t have English as a their mother tongue. Maybe you are one of us? Or maybe you have English as your mother tongue, but your not feeling confident about writing articles.
How is it possible for you to be successful in article writing when your competing with so many others with English as their mother tongue? This article will help you to develop confidence and progress in this area.
In article marketing and writing articles the experts often say; “- Submit one article a day. Don´t spend much time on the article. Limit the time to 30-60 minutes…
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Why does eastern europe have higher literacy rates than the rest of the world? Besides maybe Norway, and Sweden? And for those who are going to check on wikipedia that list is as wrong as you can get. Check other sources.