System 30 (2002) 419–432 www.elsevier.com/locate/system Doing focus-on-form Rod Ellis*‚ Helen Basturkmen‚ Shawn Loewen Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics‚ University of Auckland‚ Private Bag 92019‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand Received 17 April 2002; received in revised form 14 June 2002; accepted 17 June 2002 Abstract ‘Focus-on-form’ refers to a particular type of form-focused instruction - the treatment of linguistic form in the context of performing a communicative task
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Schneider ONLINE FOCUS GROUPS Research paper Supervisor: Iivi Riivits-Arkonsuo Tallinn‚ 29.05.2013 Herewith we declare that this essay is based on our own work. All views‚ opinions and data from different sources by other authors are used only with a reference to the source. This document has not been submitted for any degree or examination in any other university. Table of Content Introduction 4 1. Definition 5 2. Types of online focus groups 6 3. How to conduct online focus groups 8
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STAGE 2 FOOD AND HOSPITALITY INVESTIGATION HYPOTHESIS: how have other cultures affected what we eat when we eat out? Contents Introduction- page 2 Scope of the study-page 2 Focus Question 1 Focus Question 2 Focus Question 3 Introduction What we eat nowadays is heavily affected by social context and what we eat by ourselves and when were with others‚ usually when we eat with others we head out to the town to find a restaurant or bar. But if we were to compare what it would be like going
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1. Central Focus a. Describe the central focus and the essential literacy strategy for comprehending OR composing text you will teach in the learning segment. [The central focus of the lesson segment is the comprehension of the standard ELAGSE4RL5: Explain major differences between poems‚ drama‚ and prose‚ and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g.‚ verse‚ rhythm‚ and meter) and drama (e.g.‚ casts of characters‚ settings‚ descriptions‚ dialogue‚ stage directions) when writing or speaking
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Bus 324 11/05/13 The Goal: Discussion 1 Ch. 1-16 1. Main point #1: The first main point throughout chapters 1-16 is handling a bottleneck crisis. Bottleneck is the point where the flow of data within a manufacturing process has come to a halt. It deals with the handling certain constraints that are becoming hazardous to your production. Having the bottleneck effect has a tremendous impact the flow of your data and its current flow cycle. Bottleneck decreases the productivity which
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Chapter 1: How Can Quality Questioning Transform Classrooms? Questioning to Advance Thinking‚ Learning‚ and Achievement Focus Questions How can effective questioning help transform a traditional‚ teacher-centered classroom into a student-centered‚ inquiry-oriented community of learners? What are the connections between quality questions and student learning and achievement? Why are there gaps between what we know about effective questioning and what we do in classrooms? Questioning
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terms of their overall experience with the company. Customer satisfaction serves as an important measure of quality.It is one of the major purposes of a quality management system of an an organization.Total Quality Management implies an organizational obsession with meeting or exceeding customer expectations‚so that customers are delighted. Understanding the customer’s needs and expectations is essential to winning new business and keeping the existing business.An organiztion must give its
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potential to be a ‘cool’ and ‘must-have’ brand? Instrument 1 – Focus Group We have decided to conduct a focus group as one of our research instruments because it will collect qualitative data which is relevant for our objectives because we need to find out opinions and ideas which may be difficult to group into close-ended questions. It will consist of 6 participants who are between the ages of 18 – 25 and own a car. The focus group will allow participants to share spontaneous ideas which they
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Written Assignment (Focus on Learner) Background The learner I have chosen for my focus assignment is a woman of Nepalese origin‚ she is in her early 30’s and she came to this country over 2 years ago as an economic migrant. She lives with her with family in London and is currently studying ESOL a Greenwich Community College. Educational Background The learner I have chosen has a general level of education from her native country‚ having attended nursery‚ primary and secondary schools. In
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Assignment: Focus on Learning Student: xxxxxxxxxxx – Nationality: Nepalese Background xxxx has been in England for about 4 months. She followed her husband to the UK with her children. Her husband is doing a PhD. at Oxford University and has a couple of years further study before he finishes. xxxxx is currently working at Primark as a shop assistant. She learnt some basic English while at school‚ however much of this was listening‚ reading and writing based and the opportunity to speak
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