What have been the most important findings in SLA research on instructed/classroom second language learning in recent years? What have been their main influences on ELT? With the growth of our global village and with our seemingly permanent state of interconnectedness the need for a worldwide common tongue is paramount for many people; more often than not that common tongue is English. People have sought to learn such lingua franca for millennia‚ yet the study of how people acquire this ’second
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Good morning to the principal of SK Pekan‚ teachers and students. I am Ridhwan Hanafi‚ one of the alumni in SK Pekan. I am here to present a talk on the topic “Why Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day”‚ in conjunction with SK Pekan’s Entrepreneurship Day. The main purpose of this talk is to make you realize about the importance of taking breakfast‚ and how it affects positively on your overall health and academic performances. Before going further‚ I would like to share with you what
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Resource Is The Most Important Asset of An Organization Assets‚ defined as a ‘valuable thing’ by Oxford Dictionaries‚ are key success determinants of any organization. The perception of value in an organization‚ brand or product‚ merits customer adoption while supplementing organizational goals that could‚ in the long term‚ determine financial sustainability and success of a company. The idea that human resources‚ employees across all levels of an organization‚ as the most important asset is increasingly
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What do you consider to be the most important factor contributing to globalisation? Globalisation is the widening‚ deepening and speeding up of global interconnection‚ and growth of the Earth. It can also be described as growth on a global or worldwide scale. For example the growth of economies‚ power within a country and also down to a company in that country. There are many factors contributing to globalisation; however there are three main sections‚ split up between political‚ economic and cultural
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Amendment Essay Thomas Jefferson once claimed‚ “A democracy cannot be both ignorant and free.” This is why I believe that the first amendment is the most important amendment to the American people. It states that we have the freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ assembly and petition; meaning‚ we are allowed to voice our opinions‚ choose what religion we want to follow. As people‚ we have natural rights‚ meaning God given rights that the government cannot take away from us. These include freedom
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In 1865 a new amendment was passed‚ becoming the thirteenth amendment to The Constitution. This amendment pertained to slavery and making it illegal to own slaves. This amendment was passed by Abraham Lincoln while he was in office. The thirteenth amendment was one of three very important ones passed after the civil war. This amendment is regarded as one of the most important amendments to date. It is very easy to see how this could be a result of the Civil War‚ which was fought over slavery
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said by society that minorities‚ first generation‚ and people with low income do not stand a chance graduating high school‚ let alone get into college. Although‚ I have not faced discrimination from others‚ I have faced it from‚ at the time‚ the most important person in my life. My father. He’d start off the morning by saying‚ “Evelyn‚ sometimes it is hard to believe that you have good grades." My shoulders sag. "Come on Evelyn; do not tell me your brother is smarter than you‚" he says calmly. "Evelyn
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In this essay I will be explaining what the Royal Prerogative is and if it is the most important source of the constitution. The Royal Prerogative is traditional powers and privileges of monarchs‚ such as to make war and peace‚ and to act as the head of the executive in the country. Furthermore some more examples of the powers and privileges given were to command armies and appoint generals to fight with the monarch‚ to appoint ministers‚ to raise money to pay soldiers and to appoint judges to maintain
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3 important people in my life. There are several people in my life that have served as a source of influence. However‚ there are three people who have not only impacted a decision or two‚ but have drastically altered my way of life. These people have completely transformed my life in a positive way. Without these people‚ my life would not have the same meaning and purpose. These three important individuals are my mom‚ my dad‚ and my wife. First and foremost‚ there is my mother. She has served
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Trace the rise in importance of the figure of the Bishop of Rome (what we now call the ‘Pope’) from the first century to the papacy of Leo the Great in the mid fifth century. What factors underpinned Rome’s importance in the Church? In this essay I intend to show how the church in Rome grew in importance and how the Holy Roman See came to hold a position of pre-eminence in the early Christian Church and which still pertains today in the Catholic Church. I will first look at the evidence that
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