Research into language learning strategies over the past 30 years has provided many insights into how good language learners use these strategies to facilitate their language learning process. Much of this research has indicated that the use of language learning strategies facilitates mastery of a second language. The impact of cultural background upon the choice of language learning strategies‚ has not received widespread attention from language learning strategy researchers‚ particularly in
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Three’s a Crowd: A Summary of an Analysis on “Hills Like White Elephants” The article “Moving to the girl’s side of “Hills Like White Elephants.” by Stanley Renner‚ appears in The Hemingway Review. Renner leads a solid argument that the girl may have not aborted the child. The following is a summary of his analysis. At first‚ the girl is sitting with “the American” on the side of the station that is out in the sun where the land is described as having “no shade and no trees” and is “brown
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every nation there are people who are atheists or support the religious beliefs of another religious group that can be not so big as the main one; however‚ it is also of great importance for realizing the country and people on the whole (Sen 1). In summary‚ Sen states that as every person has his/her own traits of character‚ persuasions‚ beliefs‚ and personal history‚ it is not reasonable to explain people’’s actions only from the point of view of civilizations (2). Disseminating such approach among
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March 15‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis of the film “The Accused” "I would hope that when a woman goes into a physician‚ with a rape issue‚ that that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage‚ or was it truly caused by a rape." - Idaho Senator Chuck Winder (New Republic) “Concern for rape victims is a red herring because conceptions from rape occur with approximately the same frequency as snowfall in Miami.” –Federal Judge James
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Summary and Analysis Major Themes Veracity in Storytelling Veracity in storytelling is a defining theme of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The story is distantly removed from the reader—Crayon has found the story in Diedrich Knickerbocker’s papers‚ who is dead‚ and who at the end of the story writes that he heard it from an old gentleman‚ who claimed to not have even believed half of it himself‚ ultimately getting much of the story from primary or even other secondary
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Quantification of Stylistic Traits: A Statistical Approach Summary of the Study This study attempts to identify the distinct stylistic features of the three contemporary Tamil scholars named Mahakavi Barathi (MB)‚ V. Kalsanasundaram (VK) and Subramaniya Iyer (SI) by using their literary works. These three scholars wrote articles on India’s Freedom Movement in the magazine called India. Initially‚ all the three scholars have written articles by attributing their names however‚ because of the
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Summary and Analysis of Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia” Summary As Doctor Watson made his way down Baker Street‚ he was struck with the desire to see his longtime friend Sherlock Holmes‚ a brilliant detective who resided there. He decided to act upon his desire and pay Holmes a visit. While there‚ Holmes informed Watson about a mysterious letter he had recently received stating the appearance of a man who would request his services. Soon the King of Bohemia was frantically addressing the
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Case Study#1 Summary Problems facing by Strategic Marketing Unit Two (SMU2) of Fine Food: Unfairly allocated costing system Unreliable performance evaluation standard leads to undervaluation of SMU2 and negative motivational effect on employees. Key Findings: Fine Foods allocates some period costs (including sales and marketing costs‚ media and sales promotion costs‚ and freight out cost) based on weight of product sold. SMU2 thus seems less profitable because the main product of SMU2 is Product
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PRESIDENTS Examiner 1: ……………………………………………………… Examiner 2: ……………………………………………………… Field Study Code : THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE : 60.22.15 This thesis will be presented to the Examining Committee at the University of Danang on October 30th 2010 M.A. THESIS (SUMMARY) This thesis is available found at the library of DANANG - 2010 - College of Foreign Languages‚ University of Danang. - Information Resources Center‚ University of Danang. 3 4 Chapter 1 the stylistic devices can bring in the speech. In order
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The scene shifts to Higgins’ laboratory in his home in Wimpole Street. It is eleven o’clock the next morning‚ and Higgins has been giving Pickering some demonstrations of the types of equipment that he uses in recording sounds which can then be studied at leisure in a scientific manner. As Higgins finishes his demonstration‚ Pickering admits that he is impressed‚ but he hasn’t been able to follow more than half of what Higgins has shown him. Mrs. Pearce‚ the housekeeper‚ enters to announce that there
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