UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY OF LANGUAGE What makes listening difficult? Factors affecting second language listening comprehension Amber Bloomfield‚ PhD Sarah C. Wayland‚ PhD Purpose—To establish what is currently known about factors that affect foreign language listening comprehension‚ with a focus on characteristics of the listener‚ passage‚ and testing conditions. Elizabeth Rhoades‚ MA Allison Blodgett‚ PhD Conclusions—Research on second language (L2) listening
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THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH An Acceptance speech is written to providean expression of gratitude for some form of award. An award is a symbol signifying approval or distinction or an honor or reward which has been given on the basis of merit‚ for excellence in a specific field. Courtesy requires that sometimes an acceptance speech is necessary in response to such an honor. Easier said than done! You will need to sound grateful but not condescending‚ modest but not retiring and humble and not arrogant
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Job Description: A speech pathologist is someone who treats individuals who suffer from speech problems. Usually these communication problems occur from accidents such as‚ cleft palate‚ delayed development‚ mental retardation‚ hearing loss‚ emotional problems‚ cerebral palsy‚ brain injury‚ or stroke. Speech pathologists are also called “speech therapists. Speech therapists work with adults as well as children to improve their language skills and academic performance. Speech pathologists’ work
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researched it: very interesting subject for us all. Through my inter com class‚ I was asked to choose an organization & work with them; that is how I first learned about them. Introduced it to my group. Chose it = we thought that their organization & the way they help people are very effective and touching at the same time... Let me explain to you what is poverty. Acc to American dictionary‚ poverty = state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions/money. We are sure that you all know
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First Amendment states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (Siegel 3) But what is Freedom of Speech? It is our ability to say what we want‚ when we want and to whom we want? But there are even restrictions on what we want to say for example a person cannot yell
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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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Datasheet Date: 6-Aug-12 Model #: 1180 Product’s Page: www.sunrom.com/p-762.html Speech Recognition System based on HM2007 The speech recognition system is a completely assembled and easy to use programmable speech recognition circuit. Programmable‚ in the sense that you train the words (or vocal utterances) you want the circuit to recognize. This board allows you to experiment with many facets of speech recognition technology. It has 8 bit data out which can be interfaced with any microcontroller
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On the school’s stage I was hosting a school event. I was asked to give a short speech about children’s first experience in a palace away from their mothers love. I wrote the speech with my own words and emotions‚ I felt that I left an impact on the audience when I saw their tears of joy and sadness. Since that day I realized the significant power of writing. Using my pen‚ I turned my thoughts into letters‚ words‚ sentences. I was not a professional writer since I was a 12-year old. As a child I
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Speech analysis The speech made by Manal- Al Sharif called “A Saudi woman who dared to drive” is presented in a TED conference (Technology‚ Environment‚ and Design) which is a global set of conferences. They offer live streaming of the talks and address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture. The speech was filmed sometime within June 2013. Manal- Al Sharif is a woman from Saudi Arabia who advocates for women’s right to drive‚ male guardianship annulment‚
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Speech to Inform Speech to inform is an important part of a communication. As a public Speaker we serve as interpreters of information and are called on to assemble‚ package and present information to other human being to turn information into knowledge. Types of informative Speeches a.)Explanation or Lectures A speech of explanation doesn’t just offer a dictionary definition. Rather‚ explanations define concepts or processes in ways that make them relevant to the listeners. Lectures
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