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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Aayush Shah 8-C The Giver(Speech) FREEDOM OF THOUGHT… FREEDOM OF SPEECH… FREEDOM OF ACTION… All these necessities for the mental freedom of a human being were manipulated in the society in the book ‘the Giver’. Lowry narrates The Giver in third person using a limited omniscient viewpoint in which only Jonas’ thoughts and feelings are revealed. Through Jonas’ eyes‚ his community appears to be a utopia — a perfect place — that is self-contained and isolated from Elsewhere‚ every other place
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Special Occasion Speech-The Speech of Introduction Name ______________________ Class Time ____________________ I. Introduction A. Acknowledge the Audience & Occasion: Good Morning foreign exchange students of Auburn University. I would like to welcome all of you to Auburn University’s first annual Foreign Exchange Student seminar B. Attention Getter: Our speaker for today is smart‚ dedicated‚ and multi-talented young lady. C. Thesis/Preview:
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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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Samantha Webster CMST 2060 Informative Speech INTRODUCTION I. So‚ what did Jay-Z call his girlfriend before they got married? FEYONCÉ A. For those of you who laughed at my super corny joke‚ first off thank you‚ and secondly‚ I want to ask‚ how are you feeling after that laugh? B. Well if you feel any better its because I‚ being the wonderful classmate that I am just gave you a dose of the best medicine you can get‚ LAUGHTER! II. Laughter is a very powerful antidote for things such as
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Beto Arellano Comm 3 Informative Speech Plan Title: Hip-hop Abs Specific Speech Purpose: To inform my Comm. 3 audience on how to achieve abs with the hip-hop abs program Statement: There are three steps for a basic hip hop abs workout. Introduction I. Attention Step: The abdomen‚ sometimes called the belly‚ stomach‚ or tummy‚ is the part of the body between the chest and pelvis. The benefits of having strong abdominal muscles include helping a person breathe better and better posture
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Speech #4 How many of you consider fitness and important part of your life? What fitness activity do you enjoy? Good afternoon fellow toastmasters and guests‚ today for my speech I would like to talk to you about what is fitness for me and why do I consider it an important part of any person’s life. Let me start by saying that for me fitness is not an activity that you have to do because you are overweight and you want to look good. I grew up with this misconception‚ In my country‚ every
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on eight parts of speech: the verb‚ the noun‚ the pronoun‚ the adjective‚ the adverb‚ the preposition‚ the conjunction‚ and the interjection. Each part of speech explains not what the word is‚ but how the word is used. In fact‚ the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next. The next few examples show how a word ’s part of speech can change from one sentence to the next‚ and following them is a series of sections on the individual parts of speech‚ followed by an exercise
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Preciado‚ Pamela Professor Speech 101 October 6‚ 2014 Outline I. Intro a. What do Sheryl Crow‚ Olivia Newton John‚ Dame Maggie Smith‚ and my mother all have in common? They were all diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their life. b. Today‚ I’m going to talk to you about breast cancer information and awareness. c. There is a large amount of men and women who are diagnosed with breast cancer every day‚ but they usually don’t know how it forms and the different ways it is treated. Breast
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when you are chased by a hungry dog. When you try hard to UNLEARN your bad habits‚ you focus too much on the BAD than focusing on the GOOD. For example‚ when delivering a speech‚ the more you focus on getting rid of nervousness‚ the more nervous you become. Instead‚ you should focus on how you would feel if you deliver the speech successfully. Quit Smoking Resolution One of the prominent New Year resolutions is to QUIT smoking. Zig Ziglar‚ the powerful motivational speaker was a “three-pack-a-day”
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