state of Nevada has been continuously ranked in the bottom five when it comes to education. Just recently‚ reports by the Las Vegas Sun have been released that 48% of high school sophomores failed the reading comprehension component of the Nevada Proficiency Exam. While school officials claim that this is due to a new format of the exam more tailored to reading comprehension than was before‚ this is still troubling news since Nevada’s youth consistently rank lower in examinations relative to other states
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Republic of the Philippines UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES Vigan City‚ Ilocos Sur COURSE SYLLABUS Subject Code: Engl 125 Descriptive Title: English for Specific Purposes; English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Nation Pre-Requisite: Engl 121‚ Engl 122 Credit: 3 units I. Subject Description: This course is intended to develop students’ skills in the use of the English language in the context of teaching profession. Like any course in English for Specific Purposes‚ it is
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Proficiencies Of Human Resources Manager • HR Proficiency: Employee selection‚ training and compensation falls under this proficiency. It represent traditional knowledge and skills in those areas. • Business Proficiency: A Human Resource Manager has lots of duties and responsibilities. To assist top level manager for formulating strategies a HR manager should be familiar with strategic planning‚ marketing‚ finance‚ production‚ etc. Those knowledge will help top level manager to formulate new
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Shannon Nichols “Proficiency”‚ describes her own struggle in taking a proficiency test that’s given by her high school. This specific test is considered a college based test that requires a passing score to be able to graduate high school. Shannon takes the test two time her ninth-grade year and one time her twelfth-grade year. She fails the first two attempts which makes her very uneasy and disappointed. Luckily‚ she passed the twelfth-year test but the psychological damage had already been done
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The United States has become a melting pot of many ethnic cultures. The diversity of these differing cultures abounds in families‚ communities‚ private and public organizations; and benefits our society with an increased cultural awareness and engagement‚ which has decreased stereotyping and decreased discriminatory practices on the basis of being different (Wilson‚ 2014). According to Manning & Curtis (2012)‚ diversity is about all person’s being accepted and respected and being able to believe
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don’t want to practice it and some are practicing it in the most improper way in the form of the so-called “taglish”‚ a combination of Filipino and English words in one sentence. The researchers became interested with the English communication proficiency of the secondary students nowadays; those who can afford to enroll in college will be privileged to learn and be trained more with their communication skills‚ but what about those students who cannot afford to be upgraded in tertiary level? Of course
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less controversial has been the recent decision of the General Council of the bar to recommend the abolition of Latin as the requirement. This decision has given rise to conflicting reactions and lots of speculation on its implications. Language proficiency in the legal profession There are no statutory language requirement for the practice of law ‚ and the completion of a courses in Latin is no longer a requirement for the LLB degree at the Universities‚ the language is‚ however‚ very important for
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Introduction English is the universal language. The proficiency level of English major students is one of the great factors to be considered in producing high quality graduates. English proficiency pertains to the ability to speak‚ read and write in English. To be considered as truly proficient‚ you should have an advanced skill in this. English is used as the business language as well as the medium of instruction in schools and universities. It is the language used by the people all over the
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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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Reflective Essay The aim of this essay is to reflect on an incident‚ which took place in a hospital setting during the first month of my Foundation Degree Assistant Practitioner course. It will explore the importance of communication amongst the health care professionals and how a good nursing documentation is an integral part of nursing. It will also demonstrate how reflection enabled me to make sense of and learn from this experience‚ as well as identify any further learning developments needed
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