Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction As of today teens are fervent communicators. In the current childhood and adulthood‚ they make ways to communicate frequently with a variety of important people in their lives such as their friends and peers‚ teachers‚ coaches‚ bosses‚ a myriad of other adults and institution and most specially the parents. This paper would examine the tools teens use to communicate‚ which is more specific to mobile phones or what is most known today as smartphones
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Similarly‚ a year later Slovak conducted another study on gun violence and children. This study examine the effects that gun violence exposure have on youth mental health and how trauma is associated with gun violence exposure (Slovak‚ 2002). According to research gun statistics‚ in the United States violent injury and death from a gun affect children and adolescents in urban settings (Slovak‚ 2002). The researchers investigate violence exposure and its relationship to mental health risk and they
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Zoe Gannon and Neal Lawson THE ADVERTISING EFFECT How do we get the balance of advertising right Zoe Gannon and Neal Lawson 2 Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation for their invaluable support for this project. While the words are our own‚ we would also like to thank all those who advised us: Colin Crouch‚ Victor Anderson‚ Howard Reed‚ David Ritter‚ Willie Sullivan and Melanie Smallman. Also thanks to everyone in the Compass office who helped:
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Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/vol14num1/winkegasssydorenko.pdf February 2010‚ Volume 14‚ Number 1 pp. 65–86 THE EFFECTS OF CAPTIONING VIDEOS USED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING ACTIVITIES1 Paula Winke‚ Susan Gass‚ and Tetyana Sydorenko Michigan State University This study investigated the effects of captioning during video-based listening activities. Second- and fourth-year learners of Arabic‚ Chinese‚ Spanish‚ and Russian watched three short videos with and without captioning
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In Flannery O’Connor’s short essay‚ Total Effect and the Eighth Grade‚ she proposes that “…fiction‚ if it is going to be taught in high schools‚ should be taught as a subject and a subject with history.” (p. 137) In other words‚ fiction should be taught as a true subject rather than just a genre of writing. O’Connor supports the idea by explaining that “There is much to be enjoyed in the great British novels of the nineteenth century” (p. 138)‚ and there is no valid that teachers could not teach
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to the full moon. Maybe not so much today‚ but a long time ago‚ a lot of stuff got blamed on the moon. Although a majority of people no longer blame the big bad moon‚ some people believe that the moon has an affect on us. This is called the Lunar Effect. Actually several studies have been done to see if the moon really affects humans and animal. A study was done at the Colorado State University Veterinary Medical Center and the study showed that during the full moon more pets have come in. It showed
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Summary In the article “The Climate Crisis at the End of Our Fork” by Anna Lappé she wants to bring attention the affects that the food on your plate can have to the climate change problem. She goes through how the land‚ agriculture‚ and waste aspects of farming go into the problem. The change in agriculture is impacting the environment so much that it is now noticeable in all different areas of the world. She likes to show how every time the global climate issue is brought up everyone can only name
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Summary: “ Teacher‚ the tape is too fast!”. Extensive listening in ELT. The research is discussing about extensive listening for ineffective listeners instead of using listen strategies that places a heavy burden on teachers and students. Firstly‚ the author talks about listening problems of EFL learners. Listening is the most difficult skill for them. The reason is that they are not able to catch the sounds or the words and miss the gist or important details of the spoken text
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atmosphere has a lower temperature than the surface‚ it absorbs more energy than it emits back into space. Thus‚ energy absorbed by the surface and re-radiated back into space is captured by the atmosphere and remains there. This is known as the Greenhouse Effect‚ and there are other feedbacks that occur that exacerbate
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Ecosystem effects of fishing in the Mediterranean: An analysis of the major threats of fishing gear and practices to biodiversity and marine habitats by Sergi Tudela‚ Ph. D. for FAO Fisheries Department (EP/INT/759/GEF) Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 - Rome‚ Italy November 2000 CONTENTS Contents Foreword 1. The impact of fishing on vulnerable groups and habitats 1.1. The impact of fishing on chondrichthyans 1.2. The impact of fishing on seabirds 1.3. The impact of fishing
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