Alexandra Smit Focus on the Learner The students attending the pre-intermediate English language course at International House are mostly Italian1. The age range is quite varied (early twenties to late sixties) and they are all very highly motivated and passionate about learning the language2. Most of the students come from a strong cultural background and have a scholastic knowledge of English‚ having learnt the language at school as part of the compulsory curriculum. Those who don’t‚ have at least
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Change is the alteration of a physical‚ spiritual or emotional state over a period of time. These changes are evident in the three texts studied and will be discussed during this essay. Ad-VERSE-ity - a verse novella - was the first core text studied composed by students from Collingwood Alternative School in collaboration with published poet Amelia Walker. The second text studied was a reflective short story written by Hannah Roberts‚ which deals with the narrator remembering her childhood experiences
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prospective and proactive (Cathon‚ 2000). ‘Retrospective’ in a sense that organizations respond to agents that are only currently present in their situation‚ similar to a passive treatment of issues where nothing has been done unless an agent for change is perceived as threatening. And ’reactive’ in a sense that organizations react to stimulus and not anticipating them in the first place –the reason why most organizations thrive only for a short duration‚ and not a lifetime‚ according to economists
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Retired lieutenant general‚ senator from 2005-2014‚ soldier‚ advocator and humanitarian. Founder of The Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative. Served in staff‚ training‚ and command positions through North America‚ Europe‚ and Africa‚ rising in rank from Army Cadet in 1960 to Lieutenant General in 1998. Funds specific projects for children affected by the civil war and genocide in 1994. Dallaire started an altruistic organization‚ which is particularly designed for unfortunate young people to
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Silo Busting: How to Execute on the Promise of Customer Focus by Lance A. Bettencourt and Anthony W. Ulwick In 2001‚ under price pressure from the government and managed health care organizations‚ GE Medical Systems (now GE Healthcare) created a unit‚ Performance Solutions‚ to sell consulting services packaged with imaging equipment as integrated solutions. These solutions‚ priced at a premium‚ were intended to enhance productivity by‚ for instance‚ reducing patient backlogs. At the time‚ lots
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“Change involves a choice to alter one’s view of others and their world” Change is inevitable‚ it can not just simply be ceased however as individuals‚ we are given the choice on what we make of it and how we allow it to alter our view of others and the world around us. The choice made on how the world is seen and how its occupants are as well can have a significant impact on someone’s life and shape the type of person that this individual becomes. As evident in the following texts‚ Enter Without
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Assignment 2 – Focus on the Learner Background: For the purpose of this assignment‚ I interviewed Cedrick a 23 year old French student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the intermediate class. Cedrick was born in Lubumbashi. He got his Matric in 2008 and attended university for 2 years before and he ’s learning English so that he can continue his studies in South Africa. “The reason I ’m learning English is that I am a french speaker and I wand to study in a english country‚” he writes
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objectives‚ please see Appendix A. 1. Primary Qualitative Research 1.1 Methodology The qualitative research for this project included both focus group and in-depth interviews. All participants were females since that is the demographic towards which Rocco is catered and included both some of its existing and potential consumers. Each focus group and set of interviews was divided according to four different age segments: those under 20 years old‚ those in their twenties‚ those in their thirties
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Digital Divide: Focus on the United States Student Name INF 103 Computer Literacy Ernesto Messavussu March 18‚ 2013 Digital Divide: Focus on the Unites States The digital divide is the fact that some people have easy access to computers and all the benefits that they provide‚ while many other people are cut off from them because of poverty or living in underdeveloped countries or rural areas without Internet access (Bowles‚ 2010). This paper will focus on the availability
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Assignment 1: Focus on the Learner Note: The student’s name has been changed for the purpose of this example assignment 1. Background For this assignment‚ I interviewed Suzie‚ a Japanese lady in the Upper-Intermediate English class. Suzie moved to Australia for her husband’s work and has been living here for about one year. Back in Japan‚ she worked in an office but is not currently working here. She would like to improve her English so she can make new friends here and more fully integrate into
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