**** attended English classes in Iran for one year before coming to England. She describes the classes as large‚ with 30 or more students‚ and that the focus was on grammar rules‚ reading and writing. Dolati and Seliman (2011)1 have highlighted that this focus accounts for a general weakness of spoken English amongst Iranians. **** feels that the focus on reading and writing was necessary due to the difficulty of changing from Arabic to Latin script and also changing the direction of the text to left
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Focus on the learner 1. The learner’s background 1.1. The learner (will be also referred to as “the student”) comes from Paris‚ France. He is a twenty-five year old male and he came to Australia two weeks ago. Back in France the learner worked as a children’s educator‚ and his current aspirations are to learn English well enough to find a job in education sector in Australia. 1.2. The student learned English at school‚ where the approach was teacher-centered with a lot of grammar and few opportunities
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Focus Questions: Petrobras/Pecom Broader questions The broader questions below do not need to be formally addressed in the document you will be required to turn in. They are here to help you think of your decision. 1 – Why did Petrobras cross list? How are ADRs created? What are the sponsonrship levels for ADRs and the differences between them? 2 – Regarding the Pecom deal‚ if you were a member of the board of directors of Petrobras‚ what would your concerns be? Specific questions: These questions
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Freshman Focus was definitely something that I did not get to experience during my high school career‚ and it has shaped me to become a more knowledgeable person‚ in a sense. I got the opportunity to really learn about a particular subject and craft an oral argument for individuals from the educated community. It seems to me that many of my peers who partook in doing these presentations really felt anxious about it‚ especially the night before. However‚ with that being said‚ many of these individuals
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Focus of the Final Paper You’ve just been hired onto ABC Company as the corporate controller. ABC Company is a manufacturing firm that specializes in making cedar roofing and siding shingles. The company currently has annual sales of around $1.2 million‚ a 25% increase from the previous year. The company has an aggressive growth target of reaching $3 million annual sales within the next 3 years. The CEO has been trying to find additional products that can leverage the current ABC employee skillset
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Michelle Gualpa Ms. Parker English 10 June 5‚ 2012 Imagination Out of Focus When I was really‚ really small‚ I was very imaginative. I thought the world was limitless. I could very well convince myself that a purple polka-dotted elephant could go to the moon on a flying building or that a bird could realistically deliver babies to awaiting parents. Then‚ when I turned seven‚ I found out that most of the kids in my class believed in Santa Claus. I didn’t know who this man was‚ and was very surprised
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Introduction Tribal Health Initiative is a public charitable trust located in the Sittilingi valley in Dharmapuri district‚ Tamil Nadu. It works for the welfare of the local community who are predominantly Malavasi tribals. The Tribal Health Initiative was started in 1993 by Dr. Regi George and Dr. LalithaRegi. It started with a small Out Patient Unit in a thatched hut. Three years later‚ mostly due to the support of friends and a few grants‚ they had built a ten bedded hospital with a rudimentary
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The GE Energy Management Initiative (A) By taking the position as Raj Bhatt‚ Business Development manager of GE Canada‚ I am comfortable and confident that energy efficiency is an attractive industry and business opportunity. What makes Raj Bhatt believe that the Energy Efficiency projects will be successful in Canada is that the project helps not only the ESCo‚ which conducts the performance-based contracting‚ but also the customers‚ who are more aware of the benefits of Energy Efficiency project
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LEARNING TEAM _ Starbucks’ 2013 Initiatives FIN 370 9/15/2013 Introduction: It is important to understand the relationship between strategic and financial planning when preparing for the future of a company and forecasting the success. Starbucks has developed two strategic initiatives for 2013 to help grow the company and increases success. Starbucks decided to try to expand the drive thru chains and develop a home brewing system. In developing this strategic plan‚ Starbucks
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structure based on sharing of individual experiences regarding an innovative service that one might have opposed. The discussion began with factors that affect one’s purchase decision and then moved onto sharing of experiences. The moderator tried to focus the discussion on the pertinent issues like reasons for opposition and media chosen for opposition. The moderator acted as a guide for the discussion without participating directly in it. Group compositions: 5 boys and 2 girls Duration of FGD :
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