Top-down 1 Bottom-up 2 Where top-down and bottom-up meet 3 Problems and Solutions 3 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 8 Background Research 8 Practical Materials 8 Appendix 1 9 Introduction For years now I have taught context/gist/specific info/post activity type listening lessons‚ but my reading on authentic materials and helping students with compensatory strategies alerted me to the fact that I have been testing rather than teaching listening in the classroom. My learners‚ who are living
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You Process and Learn Information? There are “effective strategies for dealing with information overload based on over 100 years of research on learning‚ memory and‚ more recently‚ information processing”. (Rollins & Zahm‚2006) Environment information is received‚ processed and then stored by a series of processing systems. Researchers goal ’s is to determine the processes and structures that allows cognitive performance and how to improve it. These processing systems interpret information in systematic
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because they have no practical use for what they have learned. Computers‚ however‚ are now a part of our everyday lives. Therefore‚ students should be required to learn how to use computers because they will benefit in both their personal and professional life. In particular‚ learning about computers can help you to organize you finances better‚ to gather information easily‚ and to enjoy a variety of recreation activities. (103) For
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Task 2- P2 I am going to discuss the different stakeholders involved in two contrasting businesses. I am going to explore the stakeholders involved in each business and how they are affected by the company. My first organisation is Boots Alliance‚ a pharmaceutical shop on most high streets. My second organisation is Oxfam charity. Both provide goods or services to the public; however they have different stakeholders affecting their decisions. Stakeholders are anyone that affects or can affect
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Type 2 Diabetes in children and adolescents is an emerging epidemic within the last 20 years. Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and adolescents; about 151‚000 people below the age of 20 years have diabetes (CDC‚ 2009). There has been an increase in the amount of younger people‚ including teenagers that have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. According to the CDC website‚ type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents‚ although still rare‚ is being diagnosed
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United States came to be involved in the Cold War because even before World War II ended‚ there were signs of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Once the fighting was over‚ those tensions grew to create what became known as the Cold War. The Cold War was a long and dangerous rivalry between the two former allies that would cast its shadow over international affairs and American domestic life for more than four decades. The United States came to be involved in the Cold War because
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102/2008 2 PST103E/102 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 COURSE MATERIAL THE EXAMINATION 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 4 Admission to the examination Learning content for the examination The examination paper: layout‚ duration and total marks 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 11 ASSIGNMENTS THEME FOR DISCUSSION 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Introduction Outcomes-based Education (OBE) The planning of learning activities Assessing outcomes-based education 5 A FINAL WORD 3 Dear Student 1 COURSE MATERIAL PST103E/102 By now you should have received
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ways that a person can learn‚ some through a combination of multiple. There are auditory learners‚ there are visual learners‚ and lastly there are kinesthetic learners. An auditory learner is one who “has a preference for the transfer of information through listening: to the spoken word‚ of self or others‚ of sounds and noises. These people will use phrases such as ‘tell me’…” (citation 2). A visual learner is one who “has a preference for seen or observed things… These people will use phrases such
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those who are not particular about iron and other nutrients in their diet‚ as the drop in hemoglobin could be more than usual‚ leading to weakness and poor routine performance. Normal hemoglobin levels differ between males and females‚ ranging from: * 12-16 g/dL for women and * 13-18 g/dL for men A low hemoglobin level is called anemia‚ which can indicate a variety of serious medical conditions that may require immediate treatment. * More than 2 billion people worldwide are anemic.
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that doesn’t seem to have an end. The state of North Carolina is one of the most involved areas of the fracking process. “North Carolina is sitting on top of large natural gas reserves (WRAL 1).” For this reason‚ many natural gas companies come to North Carolina for business. This helps the states economy because it produces more income and creates more jobs. The only problem is that the hydraulic fracking process has a reputation of contaminating local drinking water. This causes controversy with
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