Assertiveness in ELT: A Review of Literature Nur’ain Balqis Binti Haladin Faculty of Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia nurainbalqis@utm.my Noor Aireen Binti Ibrahim Language Academy Universiti Teknologi Malaysia naireen@utm.my According to Sigler‚ Burnett and Child (2008)‚ in 1940s research on assertiveness started to gain the scholarly interest. In its early popularity‚ assertiveness was mainly focused on the differences in assertiveness based on gender and race of the communicator
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Effectiveness of In-School Programs and After School programs A Review of the Literature California State University Los Angeles Criminology 301 Professor Jenny June 7‚ 2012 Abstract In recent years‚ the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) noticed the increase in the number of teens between the ages of nine to seventeen being involved with gangs in the United States. While most people would agree that gang membership is an individual choice‚ scholars believe that
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Literature Review The Literature Review represents relevant literature and theories which this research focuses on. Social media is defined as “the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value” (Jantsch‚ 2008). It is an emerging channel for marketing around the globe. In the modern days where social media is widely used‚ what needs to be communicated to the customers is‚ in a way‚ determined by them (Kietzmann‚ Hermkens‚ McCarthy‚ & Silvestre‚ 2011‚ p. 242)
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PP: 1 - 6 Available online at http://www.ijpfs.com/ Review article A Review of the Literature of Dalbergia melanoxylon Dr. Washa B. Washa Lecturer‚ Life sciences Department Mkwawa University College of Education‚ P.O. Box. Private Bag Iringa Tanzania E-mail: wbugalama@yahoo.com 0752 356 709 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Last review of the literature of D. melanoxylon (African Blackwood) or Mpingo was done
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Writing A Literature Review and Using a Synthesis Matrix My professor says I have to write a literature review‚ what do I do? Well‚ to begin‚ you have to know that when writing a literature review‚ the goal of the researcher is to determine the current state of knowledge about a particular topic by asking‚ “What do we know or not know about this issue?” In conducting this type of research‚ it is imperative to examine several different sources to determine where the knowledge overlaps and where it
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Literature Review on Childhood Obesity By: Obesity is a growing problem among U.S. children. In 1994‚ one in five children between the ages of 6 and 17 was overweight. This is double the rate of 30 years ago (National Center for Health Statistics‚ 1999). This adverse trend has potentially profound effects on children’s health‚ including their long-term health. The terms "obese" and "overweight" often are used interchangeably. Technically‚ "obesity" is the upper end of "overweight
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Paratexts play an essential role in transmedia storytelling. Jenkins has defined transmedia story as ‘unfolds across multiple media platforms‚ with each new text making a distinctive and valuable contribution to the whole’(2006: 95-96). He indicated a model‚ by which a complete story is spread evenly in between the separate transmedia elements. Thence‚ the narrative only develops through the understanding of the whole collection. Transmedia storytelling can be seen as a fundamental example of convergence
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Postpartum depression impacts the lives of 10-15% of postpartum women and typically occurs within one month of giving birth‚ despite the identification of some clear risk factors1‚2. Furthermore‚ having a baby is often viewed as a joyous event and there is a negative stigma associated with depression that occurs following the birth. Research has indicated that there are risk factors that can strongly predict postpartum depression‚ such as socioeconomic status‚ relationship status‚ and mental health
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publications‚ conferences and academic literature. There are two sides of the use of technology in hotels: “back of house” systems (property management systems‚ revenue management systems‚ internal control instruments etc.) and technology that is used directly and mainly by the consumers. The following review aims to put the current technological state‚ future trends and most pressing issues of the hotel and hospitality industry into perspective. II Literature review The newest trends in the hospitality
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ADJECTIVE SERIES Series-when two or more adjectives are used in a sentence following a pattern. The pattern: 1.The Determiner came first which as the adjective (a.an.the)or pronominal adjectives (these‚our‚several.....) 2.Numerical adjectives-follow however the ordinal number (first second...) comes first the cardinal number (one‚two) 3.The descriptive adjectives-come last when there are more than one descriptive adjective used follow this order: The order a.size b.shape c.quality
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