anchor.diff:  Teach English Now! Technology Enriched Teaching,tesol-technology,https://coursera.org/learn/tesol-technology,Language Learning,Arizona State University,"This course focuses on the key concepts you need in order to effectively integrate technology into your teaching, without letting it overshadow language learning. Discover current and future trends in educational technology, along with strategies for implementing these trends in the classroom and beyond. As technology is continually evolving, learn how to keep up on current technological applications through professional development networks and training opportunities."
   Teaching Tips for Tricky English Grammar,teaching-common-grammar-mistakes,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-common-grammar-mistakes,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the third course in the Teach English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. It will be useful to ESL teachers or those interested in learning to teach English language, but it is not an introduction to teaching course. You will learn about some specific problems students have learning intermediate grammar. You will learn why students have trouble with this tricky grammar and find out new ways to help students conquer it. You will also learn a variety of activities for teaching this content in a fun and interesting way. Finally, you will have opportunities to practice the skills you learn by creating sample assignments and recording short videos of your teaching demonstrations using a video camera, webcam, or smartphone. Learners wanting a grade will be required to submit short videos of their teaching skills."
   Techniques for Teaching Adjectives and Adjective Clauses,teaching-adjective-clauses,https://coursera.org/learn/teaching-adjective-clauses,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the second course in the Teach English: Intermediate Grammar specialization. In this course, you will learn how to effectively teach adjectives, adjective phrases, and adjective clauses to your students. You will learn what makes this grammar difficult for students and how to make it easier for them. You will also learn a variety of activities and methods for teaching this content in a fun and interesting way. You will have opportunities to practice the skills you learn by creating sample assignments and recording short videos of your teaching demonstrations. This course is designed for teachers or those wanting to become teachers who have a solid understanding of English grammar and want to improve their skills of teaching that grammar to others."
  +Towards language universals through lexical semantics: introduction to lexical and semantic typology,lexical-semantic-typology,https://coursera.org/learn/lexical-semantic-typology,Language Learning,Higher School of Economics,"The aim of the course is to obtain the idea of the lexicon as a complex system and to get the methodology of the typological approach to the lexicon cross-linguistically, as well as to learn about the general mechanisms of semantic shift and their typological relevance.
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  +By the end of the course the students should know the basic principles of lexical organization, the main parameters of semantic variations in lexicon, and be able to apply the basic methods of the analysis of lexical meaning to different lexical domains.
  +The course is designed for students of linguistic programs (BA, MA, PhD), as well as for teachers and researchers in the named field. 
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  +The course contains the overview of different approaches to the semantic description of lexical items and lexical systems in different languages and discusses the methodology of Moscow Lexical Typology Group (lecture 1). This methodology (“frame approach”) is illustrated with the data of the following domains: aquamotion verbs (lecture 2), verbs of falling (lecture 3), adjectives denoting oldness (lecture  4) and pain metaphors (lecture 5 and 6). The results of the analyses are visualized with specially constructed lexical semantic maps.
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   Tricky American English Pronunciation,tricky-american-english-pronunciation,https://coursera.org/learn/tricky-american-english-pronunciation,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","In this course, you’ll practice the sounds of American English that might sometimes be confusing. You'll practice both consonant and vowel sounds. You’ll also learn about the things that give English its special “music,” such as how to stress the right syllable in a word, how to make your voice go up and down in a natural-sounding melody, and how to naturally connect sounds and words. Learning these things will help you speak more clearly and make sure that others can understand what you're saying. This course is useful for English language learners who want to improve pronunciation of American English for better communication."
   Tricky English Grammar,tricky-english-grammar,https://coursera.org/learn/tricky-english-grammar,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","English is a difficult language to learn because of its many obscure grammatical rules, which are fairly easy to mess up--even for native speakers. While it’s easy for non-native speakers to get overwhelmed by confusing grammar rules, in this course, we'll provide you with tips that will help you understand the rules more easily and give you lots of practice with the tricky grammar of everyday English."
   Verb Tenses and Passives,verb-passives,https://coursera.org/learn/verb-passives,Language Learning,"University of California, Irvine","This is the first course in the Learn English: Advanced Grammar and Punctuation specialty. In this course, you will review the verb tenses that you learned in beginning English classes and learn about a few tenses you may not know very well. In all, you'll cover all 12 of the English verb tenses and passive verb forms. Most importantly, you'll learn how to blend these tenses, which is what native speakers frequently do. This course is vital to your becoming a more fluent English speaker."
  
positive.code: International Hospitality & Healthcare Services Marketing,international-hospitality-healthcare-services-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/international-hospitality-healthcare-services-marketing,Business,Yonsei University,"As the fastest-growing sectors of the current global economy, both hospitality and healthcare services sector offer tremendous growth opportunities for incumbents and entrepreneurial opportunities for new entrants. To flourish on these opportunities, one must first understand each industry's unique characteristics. This course is designed to help those who are interested in career advancement opportunities in these industries or who want to be inspired by these industries to better equip themselves with enlightened and creative management capabilities."
  International Leadership and Organizational Behavior,ilob,https://coursera.org/learn/ilob,Business,Università Bocconi,"Leaders in business and non-profit organizations increasingly work across national borders and in multi-cultural environments. You may work regularly with customers or suppliers abroad, or be part of a globally dispersed cross-functional team, or an expatriate manager on an international assignment. You may be a member of a global online community, or a development aid worker collaborating with an international network of partner organizations."
  International Marketing Entry and Execution,international-marketing-entry-execution,https://coursera.org/learn/international-marketing-entry-execution,Business,Yonsei University,"This will be part 2 of a two-series foundation courses for the Specialization: International Marketing & Cross Industry Growth. This course will dive in more deeply into consumer science investigation, B2C marketing, International Marketing Entry, Targeting, Positioning, International Product, International Promotion, International Place and International Price. The last set of classes will discuss seven new ways to innovate in International Marketing that all start with the letter ""S"" and hence will be called the 7S International Marketing Innovation."
  Interpersonal Communication for Engineering Leaders,interpersonal-communication,https://coursera.org/learn/interpersonal-communication,Business,Rice University,"This course covers communication skills that engineering leaders use every day to motivate, inspire, and support the people in their organizations. Speaking and writing are basic leadership communication skills. (We covered these topics in the Specialization course 1 and 3.) However, leaders also need to be skillful interpersonal communicators. Modern business requires communication skills that are effective across cultures, generations, and genders. Communication is also a key skill in building your personal brand. Leaders need to look, act, and speak like leaders."
  Interview Research and Preparation,interview-preparation,https://coursera.org/learn/interview-preparation,Business,"University of Maryland, College Park","This course, the first in the ""Interviewing and Resume Writing in English"" specialization, guides you to discover the interests, talents and competencies that you can use to find and do work that leverages your strengths, passions and who you are as a person, so you can start doing work that matters to you and to the world. Whether you already have a career and are looking to move forward, whether you’re looking to change careers, whether you’re starting out in the world of work, whether you’re coming back into the world of work after some time away – this course will help you see your path more clearly and will teach you how to communicate your value to an employer in a way that he or she can immediately recognize."
  Intro to International Marketing,intro-international-marketing,https://coursera.org/learn/intro-international-marketing,Business,Yonsei University,"This course brings together two key subjects, International Marketing and Cross Industry Innovation. It will provide the basic foundations of international marketing and then explain how companies can grow by going abroad or sourcing ideas/expanding into other countries or industries. This is summarized as CCCI: Cross-Country and Cross-Industry Innovation, a term and analytical platform used throughout not only this course but others in the specialization. As an introductory course, we keep the concepts short and simple in order to ease learners into the wonderful world of international marketing."
  
negative.code: This course can be taken independent of, concurrent with, or subsequent to, its companion course, Learning How to Learn.  (Mindshift is more career focused, and Learning How to Learn is more learning focused.)"
  Personal Branding,personal-branding,https://coursera.org/learn/personal-branding,Personal Development,University of Virginia,"Though the concept of personal branding isn't new, questions remain about how to create one and, more importantly, what it means to maintain and inhabit that brand."
  Personality Types at Work,personality-types-at-work,https://coursera.org/learn/personality-types-at-work,Personal Development,University of Florida,"Knowing yourself, your team, your manager, and your organization are keys to personal and business success. What were once labeled soft skills are now modern requirements in today's workplace - especially if you are trying to get in the door or are already leading a team."
  Psychodiagnostics and Psychological Assessment,psychodiagnostics,https://coursera.org/learn/psychodiagnostics,Personal Development,National Research Tomsk State University,"The course focuses on:
  • the formation of an adequate representation about the diversity of contemporary Psychodiagnostics and Assessment methods;
  • deep learning of the current world ethical standards of psychological diagnostics and assessment activity;
  • technology of test reliability determination that obtained by different Psychodiagnostics methods;
  • studying of classical and contemporary intellect diagnostic approaches, Psychodiagnostics of personality characteristics, talent potential and achievements potential of the person.
  
  The course will make it easy:
  1. To master the technology of getting “informed consent” with a client about Psychodiagnostics and assessment procedure.
  2. To assess the compliance of the proposed Psychodiagnostics programs with the final testing objectives.
  3. To understand the variety of ways to assess different characteristics of a person.
  4. To understand the possibilities of Psychodiagnostics of this or that characteristic of a person with  use of various diagnostic techniques.
  5. To be able to determine the level of reliability of the received diagnostic data.
  
  The course consists of 5 modules. Every module’s broken into 4-6 topics with some tasks and additional literature."
  Science of Training Young Athletes Part 2,science-of-training-young-athletes-part-2,https://coursera.org/learn/science-of-training-young-athletes-part-2,Personal Development,University of Florida,In this course you will learn how to design the type of training that takes advantage of the plastic nature of the athlete’s body so you mold the right phenotype for a sport. We explore ways the muscular system can be designed to generate higher force and power and the type of training needed to mold the athlete's physical capacity so it meets the energy and biochemical demands of the sport. We also examine the cost of plasticity when it is carried beyond the ability of the body to adjust itself to meet the imposed training stresses.
  "Sit Less, Get Active",get-active,https://coursera.org/learn/get-active,Personal Development,The University of Edinburgh,Physical inactivity and sedentariness are “silent killers”. Do you feel like you spend too much time sitting? Do you feel like you would like to be more active? Are you unsure about how to incorporate physical activity into your daily life? We are here to help. Join us on a journey to learn about how to sit less and become more active. Use this FREE course to learn how to monitor your own activity and set physical activity goals.
  Speaking to inform:  Discussing complex ideas with clear explanations and dynamic slides,inform-speech,https://coursera.org/learn/inform-speech,Personal Development,University of Washington,"In the professional realm, most speeches and presentations we give are informative in scope. A scientist needs to explain her recent research findings. A financial officer needs to report on quarterly earnings to his company’s board. A technology professional needs to educate a consumer about a new product. Any time you need to convey ideas or demonstrate a process, you’re dealing with informative speaking. Informative speaking is a fun puzzle. You need to think from the perspective of your audience to identify what they need to hear in order to understand the key ideas. How much does the audience already know? What are the most important elements to convey?"
  