Research Process - Visit to Language Show/Reading (22 Oct 2011)

Visit to Language Show
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On Saturday I went to Language Show Live at Olympia, London.
www.languageshowlive.com

There were various exhibit stands there covering most major world languages including some minority languages.

There were language tasters classes for Chinese (Mandarin), Norwegian, Arabic, Polish, Greek, French, Japanese, and Sign Language.

I visited and noted down the stands pertaining to Chinese and Korean language.

Hanban.org
Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters
From the Language show booklet:
'Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters), as a public institution affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education, is committed to providing Chinese language and cultural teaching resources and services worldwide, it goes all out in meeting the demands of foreign Chinese learners and contributing to the development of multiculturalism and the building of a harmonious world.'

Routledge Language Learning
routledge.com/languages

Multilingual Vacancies
multilingualvacancies.com

Korean Language Council (KLIC) Seoul, Korea
klic.or.kr

Dragons in Europe (Mandarin learning)
dragonsineurope.com

Teaching abroard:
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
teflexpress.co.uk

LiveABC Chinese Learning Products
(Illustrated Chinese English Dictionary)
liveabc.co.uk
ichinese.liveabc.com

HSK - Chinese Proficiency Test
YCT - Youch Chinese Test
BCT - Business Chinese Test

Hua Hsia iQChinese E-Learning (software)
iqchinese.co.uk
huahsia-chinese.org.uk

Sinolingua - China International Publishing Group
sinolingua.com

Lanacos
lanacos.com

Learning Technologies:
Audio notetaker
audionotetaker.com

Books for Reading - (borrowed items)
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CITE THEM RIGHT
Essential referencing guide
Richard Pears and Graham Shields, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010
8th Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-230-27231-6

SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
The Personal Development Planning Handbook
Stella Cottrell, 2003, 2010
2nd Edition
skills4study.com
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-230-25018-5

DISSERTATION SKILLS
for Business and Management Students
Brian White, 2000
Thomson, London
thomsonlearning.co.uk
ISBN: 0-8264-6788-1

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Thinking about next directions for research for next week:

- Need more research into technology
1.Concept Creation Tools
2.MA/MSC group as an academic community/role in iterative process
3.Think about formulating professional objectives
4.Critical understanding of debates around area of stude
5.Research strategy
6.Suitable research methodologies
7.Think creatively
8.Develop conceptual models
9.Forumulate coherent arguements
10.Develop frameworks to support arguement
11.Degree of flexibility in thinking related to new ideas and criticism
12.Quality, diversity and innovation of concept