Business Organisations and Operations Assignment Task 1 Differences between types of organisations Sole trader: is the simplest way to run a business - it does not involve paying any registration fees‚ keeping records and accounts is straightforward‚ and you get to keep all the profits. However‚ you are personally liable for any debts that your business runs up‚ which make this a risky option for businesses that need a lot of investment. Partnerships: consist of two or more partners who are
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story of how they had arrived to Galesburg and what they had to leave behind in their country. ESL teacher John Prats said‚ “The past two years and a half have been tremendously exciting...Yes‚ it’s a challenge‚ but we are very happy to accept those challenges” (Ward 2). In order to integrating successfully in Galesburg‚ these African immigrants had to be able to speak English properly. Since 1986 ESL teacher‚ Karen Avalos has been teaching English at Carl Sandburg and she stated that “Last year
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constant demand for methods that successfully improve listening skills of learners. Songs can be one of the most enjoyable ways to practice and develop listening skills. Any syllabus designed for teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) to young learners (YLs) typically contains songs‚ chants‚ and rhymes (Bourke 2006). Musical expression is an essential part of the human experience‚ and children respond enthusiastically to songs and welcome them. Klein (2005) argues that
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Introduction In the Spring of the 2006/2007 school year‚ Hillary Clinton made a stop to a Miami Beach elementary school where she tool student and the press that‚ “As president‚ I will establish universal pre-kindergarten education…so that every four-year-old child in America can attend a government-funded preschool” (Miller‚ 2007‚ p. 48). Although this proclamation may seem somewhat odd given all of the challenges currently facing America’s public education system‚ the reality is that support
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negatively impact parental involvement‚ including lack of parental interest in school-related matters‚ a parent’s own sense of failure in school‚ and the lack of understanding of nontraditional families on the part of the school system (1995). The NCLB Action Brief “Parental Involvement” additionally recognizes several factors that negatively impact parental involvement‚
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One of the most controversial topics in education is the concept of standardized testing. Standardized testing has been around a long time and is used in many other ways besides in schools. Standardized testing can be used when getting a drivers license‚ or even to get a job. It first came about in 1917‚ when it was used as a mean of assessing militant recruits. During this time it was able to test young men quickly and enter them into the military based on their level of intelligence. Standardized
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Everyone has something to say about education‚ but no one can agree. Kids are required to attend school anywhere from five to eighteen years old. All states have different rules. However‚ the trend is the same. The government wants all kids to receive an education‚ and although some children do not go to school‚ they are homeschooled and still follow the same curriculum. Education is an ever-changing subject. However‚ the results from the change are not the outcome many have expected. Governmental
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happen to me in my educational career. Another influence to the development of my current literacy skills was my participation in the English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) and Gifted and Talented (GT) Programs. In kindergarten and first grade‚ I was pulled out of class an hour each day to focus more on reading and writing in English. My ESL teacher was effective in building my reading and writing skills by assigning me various challenging yet fun activities that helped me to spell‚ read‚ write‚ and
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personal narrative On Being Seventeen‚ Bright - and Unable to Read by David Raymond is a teen who has dyslexia. In the epic poems The Odyssey by Homer‚ the protagonist Odysseus‚ is gone for 20 years and can’t get home. In my personal narrative Being an ESL Student by Emily Barron is the story about the struggle of learn a new language at a young age. The story “ On Being Seventeen‚
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One of the student groups who are at a higher risk for dropping out of school are children of immigrants. In the past five years‚ the United States has experienced a rapid influx of immigrants (McWhirter‚ McWhirter‚ McWhirter‚ & McWhirter‚ 2013). One in five children come from immigrant families (Fischer‚ 2010). Many come from Latin America and Asia (McWhirter et al‚ 2013). Many of these children have a difficult time assimilating into their schools and communities. As a result‚ they tend to drop
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