INSTRUMENT FOR SCORING SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING SKILLS James Dean Brown Florida State University Kathleen M. Bailey Monterey Institute of International Studies This paper first reviews recent research on evaluating second language learners’ writing skills. It then discusses research on a categorical instrument for evaluating compositions written by upper intermediate university ESL students. The form of the instrument used in this study included five equally weighted criteria for scoring: ( I ) Organization
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COL FELIPE B BEJAR JR MNSA RC #47 My Personality Profile I am 47 years old and born on January 05. I am happily married with two children both living on their own with their respective husbands. My ambition since child was to become a teacher which was influenced by my high regards to my mentors looking at them as having so much knowledge and wisdom to impart to their students. The childhood ambition was derailed due to financial considerations
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PC Hardware Computer repair companies specialize in troubleshooting‚ servicing and repairing a wide variety of hardware and software-related personal computerissues and computer network problems. Issues that typically require computer repair include failed hardware components‚ software bugs‚ driver incompatibilities‚ spyware and malware problems‚ network connectivity problems‚ operating system upgrades‚ and complete computer overhauls. When faced with the need for computer repair‚ options include
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Amnesia: a partial loss of memory. Restart by Gordon Korman is about a boy named Chase Ambrose who fell off his roof and got amnesia. Before all this‚ Chase was Hiwassee’s biggest bully and was determined to make everyone’s life miserable with Bear and Aaron. Restart is chock-full of memorable moments‚ has an important theme and its rating is off the charts. To begin with‚ Restart had great themes embedded into the writing. I think that one of these important lessons is that you should always try
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These biases initially start out as harmless categories. In Gordon Allport’s book “The Nature of Prejudice‚” he argues that “the human mind must think with the aid of categories…. Once formed‚ categories are the basis for normal prejudgment” (31). Our brain’s use of categories has a powerful affect on our behavior
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Intro: The title of my book is Tunnels‚ and it is by Gordon Williams. What happens in Tunnels is‚ his dad goes missing and so his son will‚ he goes to find him but discovers something extraordinary. My character is Will. I picked Will because he’s the main character and once you think you know his life and all of its basics‚ it all changes from the tunnel. Body: Will has many character traits the least important trait that Will has is active I chose this trait for Will because he is not like any
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I first met Alex Pekker a few years back while in high school. He was a teacher at my school. I didn’t get to know him until I went out for the bowling and tennis team and he turned out to be the coach for both teams. I looked up to him and enjoyed playing on his teams. So I decided to interview him so I could learn more about his childhood and how he grew up. Alex Pekker told me his earliest childhood memory was when he was in daycare. He told me it was snack time and they had bagels and cream
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and for most‚ I’d like to thank God‚ who made everything possible and within my reach‚ for giving us strength every day‚ for the guidance and good health‚ for the graces and blessings that help us to perform our task as part of our OJT. To Him‚ I offer and give back everything He has given me and the outcomes of what He has given me. To my family – my parents who supported me every step of the way‚ most especially financially‚ I wouldn’t be here right now if it weren’t for
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Media Journal The parent-child relationship affects us more profoundly than any other relationship of our lives. It is the foundation of all of our relationships and the source of our earliest understanding about love‚ intimacy‚ trust and security. This relationship can start to build one’s self esteem and self-assurance or it can scar us for life. For this assignment‚ I chose to analyze parts of two well-known movies as well as a tragedy currently being presented in the media. I believe that
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING This chapter includes the Introduction‚ Statement of the Problem‚ Assumptions and Hypotheses‚ Significant of the Study‚ Definition of Terms‚ Scope and Delimitation of the Study and Conceptual Framework. Introduction Legislative Act No. 3909 passed by the Philippine Legislative on November 20‚ 1931 created an Office under the Department of Commerce and Communications to handle aviation matters‚ particularly
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