157 result(s) for learning language
Fungarian: Piroska
- 18 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
January 18 is Piroska’s nameday in the Hungarian calendar. It is one of the most beautiful sounding names in Hungarian. Its association only with Little Red Riding Hood is misleading tough. While the Grimm’s tale heroine got her name in translation because of her red hood, the name Piroska actually originates from the Latin Prisca meaning venerable, ancient and the English equivalent would be ...
Nord Anglia Education Academic Results
- 13 Jan 2017 6:00 AM
- specials
At the core of our educational offering is a range of internationally-respected curricula and qualifications, which will equip your child with a global education passport to study at schools or universities anywhere in the world.
Can Poor Hungarian PISA Results In Reading Comprehension Be Reversed By Learning English?
- 11 Jan 2017 9:00 AM
- specials
The Hungarian education system was again cast in an unfavorable light with the recent release of PISA scores; these scores showed significant decline in Hungarian students’ reading comprehension and scientific knowledge, while their math skills remained stagnant and well below average.
David Shectman, Former Director of Education, English School Budapest
- 28 Sep 2016 12:00 PM
After completing his initial training in music, David fell in love with teaching English to non-native speakers and has never looked back. Over the past decade, he has taught seemingly everyone: from young beginners in bi-lingual public schools to university students improving their academic English, David has taught it all. Above all else, he thrives when working with people, children in ...
Melinda Vaspal, Fitness Instructor
- 7 Mar 2016 11:00 AM
Wellbeing and healthy eating have always been crucial in my life. I suffered for more than ten years with PCO syndrome. Doctors told that having a baby, either naturally, or with their assistance, would be very difficult, if not impossible to me.
XpatLoop Interview: Laurent Langlais, Lifestyle Consultant
- 23 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Laurent is French born and raised, and his accent is still here to prove it. Fascinated by cities and the metaphysics from an early age, he always wanted to explore urban reality 2.0. After having worked as a computer artist creating virtual worlds, he left this creative but hectic profession to travel the world and ended up spending much time in Asia. This is where he found his true calling as a ...
Martin Coulam, Former Operations Development Director, Tesco
- 22 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
Martin joined Tesco UK in 1990, and with their first international deployments he moved to Hungary in 1996, when his first task was to open the Pólus Store in Budapest. The next year he became the New Store Opening Manager for Hungary, as Tesco’s deployment ramped up, and later became the Hypermarket Director of Budaörs store - Tesco’s biggest store anywhere in the group in 2000. In 2003 he was ...
Interview 2: Dr. Imre Deák, Former CEO Of Danubius Hotels Group
- 1 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Xpat Interview 3: Eleanor Goold, Freelance Writer
- 19 May 2015 12:00 PM
1. What would you have done differently if you knew then what you know now since your last interview?
Fungarian: Piroska
- 18 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
January 18 is Piroska’s nameday in the Hungarian calendar. It is one of the most beautiful sounding names in Hungarian. Its association only with Little Red Riding Hood is misleading tough. While the Grimm’s tale heroine got her name in translation because of her red hood, the name Piroska actually originates from the Latin Prisca meaning venerable, ancient and the English equivalent would be ...
Nord Anglia Education Academic Results
- 13 Jan 2017 6:00 AM
- specials
At the core of our educational offering is a range of internationally-respected curricula and qualifications, which will equip your child with a global education passport to study at schools or universities anywhere in the world.
Can Poor Hungarian PISA Results In Reading Comprehension Be Reversed By Learning English?
- 11 Jan 2017 9:00 AM
- specials
The Hungarian education system was again cast in an unfavorable light with the recent release of PISA scores; these scores showed significant decline in Hungarian students’ reading comprehension and scientific knowledge, while their math skills remained stagnant and well below average.
David Shectman, Former Director of Education, English School Budapest
- 28 Sep 2016 12:00 PM
After completing his initial training in music, David fell in love with teaching English to non-native speakers and has never looked back. Over the past decade, he has taught seemingly everyone: from young beginners in bi-lingual public schools to university students improving their academic English, David has taught it all. Above all else, he thrives when working with people, children in ...
Melinda Vaspal, Fitness Instructor
- 7 Mar 2016 11:00 AM
Wellbeing and healthy eating have always been crucial in my life. I suffered for more than ten years with PCO syndrome. Doctors told that having a baby, either naturally, or with their assistance, would be very difficult, if not impossible to me.
XpatLoop Interview: Laurent Langlais, Lifestyle Consultant
- 23 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Laurent is French born and raised, and his accent is still here to prove it. Fascinated by cities and the metaphysics from an early age, he always wanted to explore urban reality 2.0. After having worked as a computer artist creating virtual worlds, he left this creative but hectic profession to travel the world and ended up spending much time in Asia. This is where he found his true calling as a ...
Martin Coulam, Former Operations Development Director, Tesco
- 22 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
Martin joined Tesco UK in 1990, and with their first international deployments he moved to Hungary in 1996, when his first task was to open the Pólus Store in Budapest. The next year he became the New Store Opening Manager for Hungary, as Tesco’s deployment ramped up, and later became the Hypermarket Director of Budaörs store - Tesco’s biggest store anywhere in the group in 2000. In 2003 he was ...
Interview 2: Dr. Imre Deák, Former CEO Of Danubius Hotels Group
- 1 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Xpat Interview 3: Eleanor Goold, Freelance Writer
- 19 May 2015 12:00 PM
1. What would you have done differently if you knew then what you know now since your last interview?