illusion that multitasking helps us do different things simultaneously where in fact we are sacrificing focus. Depending on what we do‚ on the less cognitive tasks multitasking can make us more creative by utilizing different cognitive functions. We cannot divide our attention to different tasks we can just shift it back and forth between tasks. Today’s technology has created a very different world where we are required to do more things in shorter time. Prefrontal cortex helps us switch and prioritize
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Assignment 2: focus on the learner 1- Background to the learner: My student is called Samir Salem Abdullah Al-Ahsani. He is an Omani student working as an employee in the Bouhelba Company. He speaks Arabic which is his mother tongue and a little English. He’s at the elementary level at Polyglot Institute. He first studied English in the Omani public schools where he didn’t learn much according to him. He felt he couldn’t respond ‚when talked to in English‚ and needs to improve his speaking
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CELTA WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2: FOCUS ON THE LEARNER Learning background Student M of French nationality who speaks French‚ became interested in English at an early age and has a high aspiration for learning English. She enjoys traveling and considers English crucial and useful in everyday life. She has been studying English irregularly in school and after that by herself and at various English language schools. She told me at school a lot of the focus was the grammar as opposed to
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Media Research What is the purpose of the focus group interview? Why is group interaction an important issue when analysing focus group data? By student - 3200230 Focus group is one of the research methods that can be used by undergraduate students in their dissertation. The aim of this essay is to explain the purpose of conducting such group as well as highlight its advantages and weaknesses. Before that is achieved‚ more general picture of what that methodology is will
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The Help - Resume The Help is set in the early 1960s in Mississippi. Aibileen is an African-American maid who cleans houses and cares for the young children of various white families. Her first job since her own 24-year-old son‚ Treelore‚ died from an accident on his job is tending the Leefolt household and caring for their toddler Mae Mobley. Minny is Aibileen’s best friend who frequently tells her employers what she thinks of them‚ resulting in having been fired from several jobs. Minny’s most
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Junior English Midterm Exam Study Guide Part I: Vocabulary (20%) You are responsible for the 51 words we covered. The exam will include a sentence completion section with a word bank‚ a sentence writing section‚ and a definition matching section. Part II: Comma Use (6%) You will be asked to correctly add commas to a paragraph of text using your understanding of the 8 comma rules. Part III: Short Story/Literary Analysis (20%) Read the attached short story and prepare to answer questions
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Question: How and when do cultural items become "glocal” 7/12/2013 First‚ I wanted to get a better grasp of the term “glocal”. I understand it is a hybrid of global and local. I wanted to get a better knowledge of what it means. After doing some research‚ I found that “Glocal” is a combination of the word of global and local. It basically means globalization that is aided by a strong concentration on local elements. A company that operates globally and differentiates itself from market to market
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Prem. Mid-shots and birds eye-view shots are the shots used to help the viewer establish this conflict. A birds-eye view shot is used in the opening scenes of the film to give the viewer a clue of the conflict between Prem and Jamal. The birds-eye view shot is of the set of “Who wants to be a millionaire‚” and also shows Jamal and Prem sitting face to face with just two monitors separating them. Seeing the stage through the scaffolding helps create the image that Jamal and Prem are enclosed and imprisoned
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Assignment 2 Research Objectives (task 1): • Where does Chevrolet currently sit in the minds of the 18-25 age group? • What are the connotations of the Chevrolet brand? • What is the potential to be a ‘cool’ and ‘must-have’ brand? Instrument 1 – Focus Group We have decided to conduct a focus group as one of our research instruments because it will collect qualitative data which is relevant for our objectives because we need to find out opinions and ideas which may be
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