characteristics of the listener‚ passage‚ and testing conditions. Elizabeth Rhoades‚ MA Allison Blodgett‚ PhD Conclusions—Research on second language (L2) listening comprehension strongly supports the importance of a number of factors‚ for example‚ a listener’s working memory capacity and the number of ideas in a passage. Much of the research‚ however‚ reports weak or inconclusive results‚ leaving many factors and complex interactions among factors unresolved and in need of further investigation
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It was just a day like any other. Students go to school‚ adults go to work‚ but that was not the case for Michael.He was found dead at 11.39 a.m at the hostel of the University of Georgia with a blade in hand and a note that said‚ “I couldn’t take it. They were so mean to me online. All those comments‚ hate messages… Is it my fault that I happen to find members of the same sex attractive? I don’t belong to this world anymore. I’m sorry.” Michael Connolly was the top student of his cohort. He was
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United States The First Amendment does not permit the distribution of pamphlets that seeks to obstruct the lawful draft (Walker 2013‚ 200). This was not speech offering one’s opinion‚ but an unlawful act of obstructing the preparations of military action of our country (Walker 2013‚ 200). Opinion of the Court Justice Oliver Holmes concluded that the First Amendment in this situation does not protect Schenck. "The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances
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Corruption Greetings and good-after noon to all of you. My speech today will address the topiccorruption and especially political corruption. Everything in this era revolves around the decisionsmade by powerful people in society‚ particularly governmental people and politicians and many of them resort to misuse power for personal gains such as money‚ luxuries or even more power. Thismeans that corruption could make you gain a lot but it also means that you deprive certain people of a lot. This is
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Demonstration Speech Outline Topic-Mexican Micheladas General Purpose-To Inform Thesis: Today‚ I am going to show you a few steps in making a Michelada: the history‚ ingredients and mixing process. A. First of all‚ before I get started‚ I’m going to give you some information about its History • For example‚ who discovered it‚ according to http://blog.ritzyperiwinkle.com/?p=12 the drink was discovered by El General by General Don Augusto Michel. • Furthermore‚ the traditional and original
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The freedoms that the United States prides itself on came at a cost‚ and it continues to require a sacrifice from those members of the military and their families to protect the country. A controversy regarding the freedom of speech that has been covered recently by the media is the protests that the Westboro Baptist Church performs outside of military funerals. According to Fama (2012)‚ “The church links the deaths of service members to America’s acceptance of gays and has a webpage full of press
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Cognitive = Confusion of words/mumbling‚ lack of memory with speech. Causes of CA + Lack of preparation. + Prior negative experience/trauma. + Fear of being the center of attention. + Concerned about being judged. + High stakes. + Different than the audience. + Degree of unpredictability. + Self-fulfilling prophecy. + Excessive self focus. you need to make sure you show great eye contact and enthusiasm. Generic Speech Structures. +Chronological sequence + Spatial sequence +
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freedom of speech ever justified? : Annotated Bibliography Cooray‚ Mark. Importance of freedom of speech and expression. (1997) http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cooray/rights/chap6.htm Freedom of speech is important because without it we wouldn’t be able to open freely and speak to the government about our opinions and the government wouldn’t have the opportunity to respond to our critiques .Freedom of speech is the single most important political right of citizens‚ without free speech no political
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Japan. The country had been divided on putting ourselves in the war in Europe and Asia‚ because “it was not our concern”. Yet‚ after President Roosevelt’s‚ the country immediately changed their minds‚ and were all for justice for us Americans. The speech was convincing because of strong emotional appeals‚ extraordinary organization‚ and the establishment of character. President Roosevelt begins persuading with powerful emotional appeals. He starts by says that the United States was "suddenly and
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DEAN’S LIST AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY Speech by Y. Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Wira Ir. Dr. Mohammad Noor Bin Hj. Salleh Greetings. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ It is‚ it is said‚ easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is standing up and taking action. Today we are celebrating
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