A CATEGORICAL INSTRUMENT FOR SCORING SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING SKILLS James Dean Brown Florida State University Kathleen M. Bailey Monterey Institute of International Studies This paper first reviews recent research on evaluating second language learners’ writing skills. It then discusses research on a categorical instrument for evaluating compositions written by upper intermediate university ESL students. The form of the instrument used in this study included five equally weighted criteria for scoring:
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1. Determine whether the lines will be perpendicular when graphed. 3x-2y=6 -2y = 6 - 3x y = 3x - 3 2 2x+3y=6 3y = 6 - 2x y = - 2x + 2 3 The two lines intercept and they are perpendicular when graphed. 2. Alice’s Restaurant has a total of 205 seats. The number of seats in the non-smoking section is 73 more than twice the number of seats in the smoking section. How many seats are in each section? x + y = 205 ; x = 2y + 73 2y + 73 + y = 205 x = 2(44) + 73 3y + 73 =
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choice questions to choose from as to their reason for not leaving. Example of this: I have not left the current relationship that I am in for one of the following reasons. Please circle all that apply 1. I am afraid to leave 2. I have nowhere to go 3. I have children involved and don’t want to leave 4. I still love this person and don’t want to leave 5. I feel that a lot of the abuse if my fault These are just some examples of the questions that may be asked. In this study it is very much my desire
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Animal adventure information system analysis report Staff Interviews ● Sophia the Sales Rep Emily We are finding that more and more customer are wanting to do business online. It would be great‚ if we would direct our customer to look at up our information on our website. But its seems many customer have a hard time finding it‚ unfortunately our website provide no trips advice and isn’t equipped to sell adventures. If customers want to buy a tour package with us‚ they currently need to order via phone using
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create a fault-tolerant system that protects against physical hard drive failure and increase hard drive performance. 2. When would we use RAID? A RAID can be accomplished with either hardware or software and is usually used with network servers. 3. Define the following types of RAID: a.) RAID 0 stripes data across all drives. b.) RAID 1 is sometimes known as disk mirroring. Disk mirroring copies a disk or partition onto a second hard drive. c.) RAID 5 is similar to striping‚ except the space
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1. “The Opportunity cost of a product is the return that can be had from the next best alternative use”. Explain this statement using production possibility curve. The opportunity cost is the cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a certain action. Put another way‚ the benefits we could have received by taking an alternative action. Opportunity Cost and the PPC The production possibilities curve illustrated above
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Introduction This case mainly deals with the varying types of operational challenges that Albatross Anchor is currently facing. The pricing is not a major issue for the organization and it is able to sell its products at a consistent market rate; however it is unable to realise its full profit potential due to the presence of a lot of operational inefficiencies. It is evident that if the firm is able to overcome all of these challenges‚ it can make the same level of profits as that of their competitors
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Introduction Question One Based on the information presented in the scenario/case study discuss Albatross Anchor’s competitiveness in relation to (please address all items in the below list and provide support for your conclusions): 1. Cost a) Cost of Production: To understand the cost of production we must first understand what two costs are valuable to company along what can make a company gain or lose profit. First we look at Variable cost which “depends on what materials and labor are
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corrected version in the space provided c) write‚ in simple terms‚ as if speaking to a learner of English‚ how you would explain the correction . 3. Approaches to Teaching and Learning Imagine you are
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Introduction The XYZ Construction Inc. located in Denver‚ Colorado is planning to expand operations in Asia. In order to be able to do expansion in Asia the XYZ Construction Inc. needs to find out more about the ethical and social issues that may affect the business‚ project managers and engineers. Moreover‚ the XYZ Construction Inc. may need to train staff or hire a staff that would fit the culture. Ethical and social issues within the global market of Asia South Asia is one of the most densely
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