willing to let technology and those who wield it enter our lives. The Circle by Dave Eggers is a poignant warning of the possible dangers of technology and power gone rampant. The novel concerns an extremely influential internet search corporation known as The Circle whose de facto monopoly on internet searches and online advertising has granted them tremendous wealth and power over governments‚ companies and public opinion . Dave Eggers clearly broadcasts throughout the novel his mistrust of intrusive
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Everything about The Circle seems great… in theory. The Circle by Dave Eggers has a lot of good ideas‚ but it seems to be mainly in theory. The SeeChange camera’s should help eliminate crime‚ and force people to be good. By using them‚ people that are not able to go out and experience what others do‚ can. And they can also help with every day to day tasks‚ like monitoring waves‚ or weather where you plan to go. Although it’s allegedly used for good things‚ it’s currently being used as a real time
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Born on January 9‚ 1967‚ David John “Dave Matthews”‚ is a South African-American lyricist‚ actor and musician. He is popularly known as a guitarist‚ songwriter and lead vocalist for his band‚ the Dave Matthews Band. Dave was born in Johannesburg‚ South Africa and grown up in South Africa and the United States. He was the third of four children of Valerie and John Matthews. When he was two‚ his family migrated to Yorktown Heights in Westchester Country‚ New York. Before his father’s death in 1977
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Reflection My first encounter with Carlos was through the tutoring sessions. He seems fairly proficient when it came to speaking. During the first tutorial session I asked the group I was working with if they would be interested. Carlos was enthusiastic about participating. So much so‚ I asked the group to think about it. Looking back I think I was slightly overwhelmed by the response. The following week‚ Carlos was again at tutoring. Since he was still very interested in taking part in the study
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CELTA assignment 1: LRST 1. TEXT AND RATIONALE: The text I am selecting is a description of a clown who works in a circus‚ and a description of his everyday life. I chose this text for the following reasons: -INTEREST: Recent research has indicated that how interesting a text is will affect students’ cognitive performance. This kind of "interestingness‚" or text-based interest‚ was the focus of the study […] a content analysis performed on the recall protocols showed that the interest-evoking
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CELTA – Pre-course Task Section 1: Learners and Teachers‚ and the Teaching and Learning Context Task 1 1. Lessons in groups‚ multilingual groups‚ open groups‚ full time or part-time courses‚ learners with little or no previous formal education‚ mixed or similar ability groups‚ mixed gender groups‚ large or smaller classes‚ day or evening classes‚ teachers with English-speaking or non English-speaking background. 2. In any of the aforementioned in the pre-course task sheet contexts.
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Summary of Meeting/Goals established (14/02/14) Opening in Dubai‚ check out for Yogurtland (US) Find fitness bloggers (Proyo) and local based bloggers Fuel Campaign Colin Nell Body Power Expo 2014 Man vs. Yogland competition Find new retailing opportunities/supply chains ex. Schools‚ Spas etc. Nike‚ H&M‚ Hollister‚ Magazine as potential collaborations. WWF Polar Bear Increase awareness regarding “Creation of the Month” [in-store and online] Opening in Dubai – Competing with Yogurtland:
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Assignment: Focus on Learning Student: xxxxxxxxxxx – Nationality: Nepalese Background xxxx has been in England for about 4 months. She followed her husband to the UK with her children. Her husband is doing a PhD. at Oxford University and has a couple of years further study before he finishes. xxxxx is currently working at Primark as a shop assistant. She learnt some basic English while at school‚ however much of this was listening‚ reading and writing based and the opportunity to speak
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Assignment 1 / Language focus The car’s going to crash Form describe the form: Be going to Affirmative: Subject + be + going to + bare infinitive Interrogative: Be + subject + going to + bare infinitive ? Negative: Subject + be + not + going to + bare infinitive Short form response: Yes‚ subject + be + going to + bare infinitive No‚ subject + be + not + going to + bare infinitive Phonology : /gəʊɪŋ/ Anticipated Problems
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Assignment 1 : FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Learner Profile Juan Carlos is a 50 year old native Colombian student‚ currently residing in Switzerland. He has an intermediate level of English. He works as an Information Technology (IT) engineer and has acquired the necessary English vocabulary to function effectively within this sector. He would like to improve his everyday English fluency in order to interact more effectively with the Lausanne immigrant community‚ which uses English as the primary language
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