reading for global competitiveness

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Enhancing Global CompetitivenessThrough Reading

Monday 28 Feb 2011 | 11:30 to 12:00 AM

BINUS University Anggrek Campus

Speaker: Mr. Jaime Alfredo Cabrera

An Opportunity to Make aPositive Impact on Your Future

Academic and Personal Success


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Prayer for Serenity

Lord grant me the serenity to

accept the things I cannot

change, the courage to change

the things I can, and the wisdom

to know the difference.(The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer

written by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930s or early 1940s.)


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Prayer for Serenity

"Tuhan berilah aku ketenanganuntuk menerima hal yangtidak dapat diubah,

keberanian untuk mengubahhal yang saya miliki, dankebijaksanaan untukmemahami perbedaan.

(The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitledprayer written by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1930sor early 1940s.)


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INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER

NAME: Jaime Cabrera

AGE: 49

NATIONALITY: Filipino CURRENT OCCUPATION(S):

Lecturer, Binus Business School JWC

Corporate proofreader, editor, Binus International

University, Jakarta

WORK EXPERIENCE: Teaching, Publishing,Mass Media, Corporate Trainings, Writing


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Enhancing GlobalCompetitiveness

Through Reading

An Opportunity to Make a

Positive Impact on Your Future



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Lets Begin With This Question:

What is the

maximum number

of books you canborrow from this

library, and for

how long can youkeep them

without penalty?


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Answer:

The maximum

number of books you

can borrow from thislibrary is ___ books

on ________.

You can keep themwithout penalty for

_____.


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What Shall We Do Today?

For one hour, we are going to have a workshop thatwill

Tell you how good you are in reading

concentration Identify your learning style, and how you can

succeed

Show how reading can improve your future

academic and personal success How you can enhance your global

competitiveness


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Test of Reading Concentration

You will now receive a test paper.

You will need a pen or pencil.

This test will determine how good

you are in reading concentration.


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Now You Know How Good

You Are in Reading

Concentration

Thank you for your enthusiastic

participation.

Let us proceed to the next part ofour workshop.


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Compare These Two Photos

COOL STUDENT BOOKISH STUDENT


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Compare These Two Photos

COOL STUDENT BOOKISH STUDENT


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For A Survey In Binus Anggrek:

Predict the AnswersCOOL BOOKISH

Which one will you prefer to marry?

Which one will you prefer to date?

Which one will you choose as seatmate in

a difficult class?

Which one will you choose to be a parent

of your children?Which one will you choose as partner to

manage your family and finances?

Which one will succeed later in life?


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For A Survey In This Room:

Predict the AnswersCOOL BOOKISH

Which one will you prefer to marry?

Which one will you prefer to date?

Which one will you choose as seatmate in

a difficult class?

Which one will you choose to be a parent

of your children?Which one will you choose as partner to

manage your family and finances?

Which one will succeed later in life?


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Image of Reading Among Students:

Compare the Answers

Why?


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Benefits of Reading

Surveys say that reading has a direct effect onliteracy development:

It improves your ability to express yourself

verbally.

It increases your listening vocabularies.

It reduces the number of language delays that

can prevent you from succeeding in school. It increases your language development for

social and business situations.


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Reading is For

People read for many reasons

Entertainment reading is meant to be fun

Information Is there something you want toknow but you cannot find someone to help

you? Example. Is there something you want

to know but asking someone about it may

have some negative effects? Example.

Self-improvement


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Global Competitiveness

With regards to global competitiveness, we areborn with strengths and weaknesses.

Global competition is governed by forces in the

fields of politics and economy. The most dominant political and economic

powers today are from native English speakingcountries where people are white.

Thus, in the field of global competitiveness,Indonesians are born with many disadvantages,by accident of birth.


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To Change The Things We Can

Remember that beautiful prayer

when we opened this session today:

Lord grant me the serenity to

accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I

can, and the wisdom to know the

difference.


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Our Strengths

Strengths Weaknesses Can we

change

this?

How

We put

our best

foot

forward.

We put on our best

clothes for special events.

We clean our house and

give the best to visitors.

Yes. We do our

best for our

selves.

We want

to be

better.

Yes. We can be

best.

We want

to

succeed.

Yes. We can be

winners.


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Our Weaknesses

Weaknesses Can we

change

this?

How

We are brown. No.

English is not our native

language.

No.

We are not fluent in

English.

Yes. We master

the Englishlanguage.


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Reading makes you look smart

Reading opens more opportunities to you

When you look smart, people trust/distrust you

When you look smart, people go to you/others for input

When you look smart, people like/dislike you

When you look smart, people assume you are

hardworking/lazy

Companies prefer employees who look dumb/smart You want to go out with someone who looks smart/dumb

?


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Reading increases your learning ability

This depends on your learning style

What is your learning style? Lets knowyour learning style: take this test.

The best way to learn is according to your

learning style


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Reading increases your ability to

concentrate

A person with good concentration ability makes

less mistakes

A person with good concentration ability scores

higher in tests

A person with good concentration abilitycompletes more projects, tasks, goals


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Reading increases your ability to survive.

Life is uncertain; we dont really know what will

happen next.

The only permanent thing in life is change. This

makes us feel insecure.

One way to feel secure is to prepare for any

possible future. How does reading help? Another way to feel secure is to predict the

future. We can predict the future by looking at

the past.


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Read for Pleasure

Where do I begin? Read your

passion. What is your passion?

That which you enjoy most.

Where can you read and enjoy

most today in Jakarta? The mall isone place.


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Hot News

Whats at the mall for readers?


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Enhancing Global CompetitivenessThrough Reading

Monday 28 Feb 2011 | 11:30 to 12:00 AM

BINUS University Anggrek Campus

Speaker: Mr. Jaime Alfredo Cabrera

An Opportunity to Make aPositive Impact on Your Future



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Thats all for today.

Thank you very much for your

kind participation.

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