The Joy of Reading‚ or‚ What Reading Really Means to Me When I was first asked to make this short speech‚ I was struck by the title “What Reading Means to Me.” My knee-jerk reaction was “What doesn’t reading mean to me?” As a professional librarian‚ I thought of all of our standard platitudes: “Reading is Life.” “Reading is Fundamental.” “There is no such thing as too many books.” I might easily have gone on and on along this vein‚ until I remembered that‚ for me
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Reading theories Of the two approaches mentioned in reading research and literature‚ the bottom-up approach focuses on language elements such as grammar‚ vocabulary and cohesion‚ while the top-down approach includes a focus on background knowledge about content and organization‚ generally referred to as content and formal schemata respectively. A combination of these two approaches is generally known as the Interactive Model of Reading. The pedagogy in this study was based on the Schema Interactive
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Title: Extensive Reading Assistance to Struggling Readers Program II. Background and Rationale The Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP) is a national program that addresses the thrust of the Department of Education (DepEd) to make every child a reader at his/her grade level. It is designed to equip elementary pupils with strategic reading and writing skills to make them independent young readers and writers. ECARP is implemented through the following components: Reading Recovery (RR)‚ Philippine
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feelings to show them you understand. So‚ empathy is not something we have‚ but something we do. Empathy is a skill and an attitude and not a feeling (sympathy is a feeling). It is about being able and willing to understand another person from their own point of view‚ without your own thoughts‚ feelings‚ opinions and judgements getting in the way of this understanding. This can be difficult if you have a strong reaction to someone‚ or if you disagree with what they are saying‚ or if you have had a similar
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Stages of an interview Interviews require the use of skills – for example‚ careful listening‚ noting nonverbal cues‚ monitoring the progress of what a client is saying while participating and taking notes‚ and require careful planning and preparation. A counselling interview (taken from ICCS Diploma of Counselling Participants’ manual) is structured by a number of phases in the session. They are: * Phase 1- Arrival (5 mins) * Phase 2- Connecting (10 mins) * Phase 3- Exploring the client’s
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Mastering a Skill We live in a society where we constantly find ourselves frantically racing against the world to catch up to it. We as human beings have so many simple skills that we execute everyday and most of these seem like they are second nature to us; since they are part of a daily routine‚ we often overlook these skills and take it simply as part of life. There are‚ however‚ certain skills that only a limited of number of people have – one of these skills is one that most people do not have
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Study Skills What is the definition of study skills? Well‚ study skills are strategies and methods of purposeful learning‚ usually centered around reading and writing; but effective study skills are essential for students to acquire good grades in school (Keeley). You started learning effective study skills in pre-school‚ when you were supposedly studying for quizzes and math tests‚ so you can make good grades. As those days went on‚ and you got older‚ you start to learn more different ways
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Studying the pH of Strong Acid‚ Weak Acid‚ Salt‚ and Buffer Solutions The purpose of the current experiment was to determine the pH of various hydrochloric acid and acetic acid solutions‚ to determine the pH of various salt solutions‚ to prepare a buffer solution‚ and determine the effects of adding a strong acid and strong base to the buffer solution versus adding a strong acid and strong base to water. The measured pHs for the hydrochloric acid solutions were 1.6‚ 2.2‚ 2.9‚ and 3.8. The measured
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Writing Skills Improving your writing skills Make an effort to write regularly Read regularly and as widely as possible. Expand your vocabulary Look for different approaches to writing. Different structures or styles‚ a variety of tones and rhythms Take notice of the small‚ funny‚ interesting things that happen around you Re-read what you write to see if you have expressed yourself clearly Be open to criticism and feedback The style of writing will depend on the purpose of your writing.
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Communication‚ June 2008 The Importance of Soft Skills: Education beyond academic knowledge Bernd Schulz Polytechnic of Namibia Abstract This paper makes a survey of the importance of soft skills in students’ lives both at college and after college. It discusses how soft skills complement hard skills‚ which are the technical requirements of a job the student is trained to do. The paper exhorts educators to take special responsibility regarding soft skills‚ because during students’ university time‚ educators
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