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How to create effective student testimonials, our perspective for Schools and Agents

27-November-2018 · by Verbalist

Schools & Agents’ (S&A) interview with Dejan Trpkovic of PRODIREKT, published on 27 November 2018:

The Importance of Student Testimonials – An Agent’s Perspective

In this day and age selling has become quite an aggressive business – be it the selling of tangible products as well as the selling of services. Education, is by no means an exception to this rule. Nowadays we are living in a world which uses every possible medium to spread the world about whatever it is that Company X or Business Y has to offer. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that when it boils down to making a decision about their future, students all over the world need all the reassurance they can get.

One way for students to get reassurance is through hearing about the experience of others through student testimonials. Our long-term partners at PRODIREKT and Verbalists created an interesting (and useful) discussion group on LinkedIn, which has quickly grown its membership to more than 1,300. That group, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES, which you may find and join here, recently published a discussion subject, raised by Dejan Trpkovic, Managing Director of PRODIREKT and Founder of the Verbalists Language Network, dubbed “Importance of Student Testimonials.” So we decided to contact Dejan and speak to him in a little bit more detail about his views on the importance of student testimonials from the point of view of an established education consultant: READ MORE

The real realist searching for meaning, Viktor Frankl

03-September-2016 · by Verbalist

In this video, legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message about the human search for meaning — and the most important gift we can give others. Viktor talks about the importance of being an idealist, or what he called the real realist. As he shared, “If we take a man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take a man as he should be, we make him capable of becoming what he can be.”

Frankl’s theory-known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos (“meaning”), holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.

The clip we prepared for you today is from a speech he gave in 1972. The video starts with him just beginning to share the results of a survey related to United States teenagers.

About Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl was a world-renowned psychiatrist and professor who spent three years in a Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, during World War II. During this time he lost his entire immediate family — mother, father, brother, and pregnant wife – with the exception of one sister. Among the thirty-nine books he authored was a book Man’s Search for Meaning. In this book he detailed his experience in the concentration camps, and shared his philosophy around the importance of meaning and hope. At the time of Frankl’s death in 1997, Man’s Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty four languages.

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Challenging what is considered the norm – Twelfth Night for Shakespeare Lives

12-January-2016 · by Verbalist

British musicians and lyricists collaborate in this piece inspired by ‘Twelfth Night’ for Shakespeare Lives in 2016. Featuring; Maverick Sabre, Eyez, and Mic Righteous.

“At SBTV, collaboration is so important; bringing artists together from different walks of life and challenging what is considered the norm. Shakespeare’s plays still to this day have such a cultural impact, in the language we use and in the films and entertainment we enjoy. That being said, it’s often harder for new generations to connect with all of the language. This being the case, to help bridge the gap and raise awareness to a whole new generation, we’ve brought together some of our favourite modern day poets to put a fresh spin on one of Shakespeare’s most iconic plays, Twelfth Night. Enjoy!” – Jamal Edwards

Manchester United Sports Camps and Exclusive Interview with Nemanja Vidic

12-February-2014 · by Verbalist

Nemanja Vidic announced his impending departure from Manchester United this summer but the Reds’ young defenders of Manchester United Language & Soccer Schools should, in Vida’s four remaining months, soak up as much of his experience and advice as possible.

Speaking before confirming that he will bring the curtain down on eight years at the club, Nemanja told us about his prevailing passion for his trade, talking in detail about going man-to-man with the game’s toughest strikers – and it all stands as testament to his much-loved, battle-hardened style…

Do you prepare to face specific opponents?

I don’t give any knowledge to anyone for free… no, that’s joke. I would say one thing which helped me here to adapt to English football; when I first arrived I didn’t know the players that I was facing in the next game. And in that first six months I realised that I had to see the matches and the players before I face certain players. We have a video analysis guy here, so I would ask to see the video of the matches and if I didn’t know the player I would ask to see him to get to know his ability, that is how I did it in the first two years. After that I had played against most of those players so I knew their capabilities and it was a bit easier to prepare. Now I just try to prepare physically as best as I can for matches. With most of the opponents I know what I’m going to get, but sometimes I still want to see the video of certain players.

What do you work on in training?

It’s not one thing that you practice. You always find things you need to work on. Maybe I didn’t do something well in a game, so I say to myself that I have to improve that a bit and get the right feeling. At this club we have so many games so you don’t always have much time to practice. We play every three days so sometimes rest is more important than training. When I have time I always try to do something extra, which I think is important for me.

Nemanja Vidic is the first Manchester United Captain from Southern Europe

You’re renowned for being good in the air. What are the key attributes required?

Timing is important. To judge the flight of the ball, you have to have that feeling in you which you can time when to attack the ball. Your positioning is important as well. If you put yourself in a good position maybe you don’t need to jump at all, you judge it right and the ball comes straight to your head. I think it’s something I have – I wouldn’t say I was born with it – but I love defending and I have always enjoyed defending, even from a very young age. I enjoyed it, and I am enjoying it still. That’s probably what helps me because I like defending, so I put myself in good positions; I love winning headers, I love taking the ball from opponents, and that’s helped me to improve throughout my career.

What advice would you give to a young defender?

You have to be clever. That’s the simple answer. It sounds easy, but you have to think in the game. You cannot always be quicker than your opponent. You have to be clever. You have to know what you can do and what you cannot do as well, and if you do that then you have a good chance to succeed.

Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS) is a truly international camp hosting players (8- 17 years) from more than 60 countries. It is a unique and life-enriching experience.

During two weeks, players will learn a great deal of English, improve their football skills, make new friends and grow in confidence and self-belief.

The Junior camp ensures boys of a similar age play and live together. They are looked after by 3 teams of staff: MUSS coaches, English language teachers and a 24/7 pastoral care team including qualified physiotherapists. Juniors will have fun on and off the pitch and a chance to benefit from our accelerated learning model where English is spoken all day, every day in a safe and secure environment.

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