Testing Oral Proficiency: Difficulties and Methods Introduction: Although testing language has traditionally taken the form of testing knowledge about language‚ the idea of testing communicative competence is becoming recognized as being of great importance in second language learning. In testing communicative competence‚ speaking and listening tasks are commonly used. Those require tasks such as the completion of an information gap and role play (Kitao & Kitao‚ 1996). As language
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1. What is Groupon and how does it work? What is Groupon’s market? What does this company do and how does it make money? Groupon is an online coupon that allows a customer who subscribes from Groupon.com to purchase or buy a definite service from a local business at a flat discount rate from 50 % to 90 %. A new Groupon is to be sent to the online subscribers each day and it has to be purchased before the specified time limit and it should have a minimum number if the buyers are decided before the
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from entering your body. C. Thesis Statements: Flossing your teeth helps prevent harmful diseases of the mouth. D. Credibility Statement: I am credible to talk about this topic because my father has been a dentist for six years and an oral surgeon for 29 years. E. Preview of Main Points: 1. First‚ I will discuss the uses of teeth. 2. Next‚ we will look at dental health and how diseases affect your general health. 3. Finally‚ we will take action and explain the
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Oral presentations have three main purposes: to inform‚ persuade or promote goodwill with the audience. In order to accomplish a successful oral presentation there are some basic best practices that should be used as guidelines when conducting public speaking. The most important aspect of an oral presentation is to engage the audience. If the audience is not interested in the speaker‚ the oral presentation will not reach the intended audience. For starters‚ the speaker should research the
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“Can Oral History be Trusted” ? The 21st Century‚ a time we live in where nearly everything is documented. Whether it be written and put into archives or posted on Facebook. Things were much different in the early stage of man up until now. The cave people documented things by writing on walls‚ but can this be trusted? Even documents that have been written down cannot be trusted so can stories or myths have been written by people in their own diaries or in letters so loved ones be trusted? Essentially
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CHALLENGES OF PRESERVING ORAL TRADITIONS AMONG BASARWA TRIBE MODISE JUDGE 201201027 THATO KGAKGE 201203471 DOREEN PHALE 201204113 ABSTRACT Basarwa are faced with huge responsibilities of preserving their Oral Traditions. This project has been written to address issues that Basarwa are facing. All the importance and challenges of Oral Traditions among Basarwa are covered in this project‚ making it a basic text for Basarwa tribe whom would want to preserve their Oral Traditions and overcome
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Wicked Angel by Taylor Caldwell is a suspenseful and intriguing magnum opus beginning from the very first page; there are no dull moments in the Saint household. Caldwell has a brilliant gift for the creation of characters‚ as all the characters were so full of life. Angelo Saint was described as the prototypical psychopath that is‚ “born without a soul”. An overindulged only child‚ Angelo has his devoted mother wrapped around his fingers while his more practical father Mark‚ looks with horrified
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Barbara Luke EDU 2240 Language Arts Developing Oral Language Summary Florida Southern College Oral language and written language are essential skills that are needed for comprehension. Comprehension is defined as an understanding of oral and written language. In order for a child to comprehend what they are reading‚ several factors must come into play. Reading and decoding the words effortlessly without errors is the main step toward comprehension. When a child is reading text‚
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Ladies and gentleman‚ First of all ‚let me share with you a few definition of communication. 1.0 Defining Communication 2.1 Carl Rogers (1952) defined communication as listening with understanding to what has been said and interpreting the message accurately as intended 2.2 Elizabeth Tierney (1998) defined it as a process which comprises the following steps-you have a message you want to deliver‚ you send it out‚ your audience received the message‚ reacts to it and the
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Thesis Statement #1 We are all called both personally‚ as individual believers‚ and ecclesially‚ as members of the Church‚ to share Jesus Christ by word and witness‚ through active commitment (Radcliffe). *We are called on by Jesus to spread his word through active commitment - God created man to name his Creation. We were created in order to serve the Lord‚ but at the same time‚ we are also made in his image - God gave humans names first (Adam‚ Eve) and then tasked them to help Him name his Creation
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