Grammar describes the native speaker’s competence in his/her language. Grammars can be descriptive or prescriptive. Is the former more useful than the latter? Explain your answer by discussing the merits of the two approaches in your capacity as a speaker or teacher of English. To me as a speaker of the English language‚ both descriptive and prescriptive grammars are useful. Descriptive grammar generally advises us not to be overly concerned with matters of correctness; language they say‚ is
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1. | Question : | (TCO 2) Barry owns a 30% interest in a partnership that earned $300‚000 this year. He also owns 30% of the stock in a C corporation that earned $300‚000 during the year. The partnership did not make any distributions‚ and the corporation did not pay any dividends. How much income must Barry report from these businesses? | | | Student Answer: | | $0 income from the partnership and $0 income from the corporation | | | | $0 income from the partnership and $90‚000 income
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I believe that grammar should be taught both explicitly and implicitly with a mixture of techniques. Sometimes‚ grammar issues arise in class and I deal with them at the moment of speaking while other times I explicitly teach my students’ grammar in order to practice the rule. I find that this method is best for my students. For instance‚ a critical incident that happened in class recently was that I was teaching the story "A Summer’s Reading". In this story‚ there is the theme of respect and the
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how important grammar is. There are so many abbreviations and so much slang nowadays‚ it is impossible to know what people mean. I can’t even count how many times I have had to call someone to ask them what they were talking about in a text message because they didn’t use correct punctuation and grammar. I never did pay attention that much to grammar or punctuation either when I was in elementary and middle school. However‚ ever since I have gotten to high school‚ I have become a grammar Nazi. Which
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The Grammar Translation Method The Grammar translation method‚ or classical method started when people wanted to read literature written in the target language. Its focus was on grammatical rules‚ the memorization of vocabulary and of various declensions and conjugations‚ translations of texts‚ doing written exercises. Rules of grammar‚ not the language itself‚ are all important. Verb declensions are set out tables‚ vocabulary lists to be learned‚ leading to translation from mother tongue into
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Groupon: A comprehensive Strategy TM583 – Course Project By Jesse Marcano Cory Shenault Clifton Leonard Table of Contents Introduction 2 Section 1 - Strategy 3 Section 2 – Core Competencies 6 Section 3 – Industry Dynamics 10 Section 4 – Technology Sourcing and Internal Innovation 13 Section 5 – Product Development Strategy 16 Section 6 – Strategy to Protect Innovations 17 Conclusion 20 Bibliography 20 Introduction Groupon did not invent the daily deal website; however
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finished by the time we arrive. (Future perfect tense) 1 Describe how you would drill the past tense (or another grammar point) with a repetition drill‚ a yes-no question drill and a substitution drill. 2 Explain how you would teach the difference between active and passive verbs (or another grammar point) using Guided Discovery. 3 Determine what the most likely grammar point will be in each of the following and summarize or define it. A. I would go if I had the time. B. What have you
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Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Abstinence-Only Effectiveness of Comprehensive Sex Education Programs vs. Abstinence-Only Programs By A. Marie Butler February 2011 University of Phoenix‚ Axia College University Composition and communication II Abstract Sex education is an important tool to students and youth today so they can make crucial life decisions. Educational Institutions should implement special programs to support knowledge regarding safe sex practices along
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Second Language Professor: DR. MERLITA Q. SANTOS Lecture Series No. _____ I. WHAT IS THE LECTURE ALL ABOUT? The lecture is about the historical and grammar-based approaches to teaching English as a second language. Historical approaches included are sink or swim and ESL Pull-out while grammar-based approaches includes grammar-translation‚ audiolingualism and situational language teaching. Also included is the definition of important terms like approach‚ method‚ strategy‚ and technique
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Cracking the Technical Interview by Gayle Laakmann‚ CareerCup.com 150 Technical Interview Questions and Solutions‚ written by experts. PLUS: » » » Behind the scenes look at Google Microsoft‚ Amazon and Yahoo interviews. Interview War Stories: the view from the other side. Advice on how to approach 24 types of interview questions. Copyright Information Copyright 2009 by Gayle Laakmann All rights reserved exclusively for XU-bp75mklu3ja@checkout.google.com www.careercup.com
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