System‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 3‚ pp. 377-384‚1989 Printed in Great Britain 0346-251X/89 $3.00 + 0.00 0 1990 Pergamon Press plc IMPROVING SPEAKING FLUENCY PAUL NATION English Language Institute‚ Victoria University of Wellington‚ New Zealand This paper examines the improvement of learners of English during the performance of a speaking activity which involves repeating the same unrehearsed talk. Improvements in fluency‚ grammatical accuracy‚ and control of the content showed that during the short
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likely be the viewpoint of many foster children who have spent years in the system‚ and who have‚ in many cases‚ given up on being happy. Growing up in foster care can drastically change someone’s perspective on the world‚ and I know for a fact that it greatly scarred mine. You always hear about horror stories of younglings bouncing from foster home to foster home and never finding their “forever family”. That was never my case. From the moment I was placed into foster
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Have you ever been taken by (defects) foster care. Well‚ foster care is a temporarily arrangement in which adults provide for the child or children whose birth parents are unable to care for them. To determine whether Phony boy Curtis goes to foster care or stays with his brothers will have to acquires him of staying out of jail‚ correcting his bad habits‚ and having a stable environment. One way that Phony boy Curtis goes to foster care is that he will have to stay out of jail. There will not
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Stephen was born into a famous family in Lawrenceville‚ Pennsylvania. Stephen Foster had many siblings and out of all of them‚ he was the youngest.As he matured‚ he applied to 3 colleges after being accepted to Allegheny College in 1840. Six years later he went to work with his brother as a bookkeeper in Cincinnati. In July 22‚ 1850 Stephen married Jane Denny McDowell. They had a daughter named Marion. Later on he had no inspiration to write songs‚ until the civil war has started creating him to
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It is also what society see on the exterior and by the media. Text 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GORBc5--Ok Time period: 1:02-2:15 In the first text‚ is a news report made which was based on homeless people being unwanted in New York City’s Penn Station. A station that is surround by many attractions. In the interview the report show a large amount of disinterest and ignorance. This is shown
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The Importance of the Foster Care System According to childwelfare.gov (2012)‚ there are about 400‚000 children in foster homes at any given time. The foster care system in the United States is a critical placement system for children in difficult family situations. Unfortunately‚ it has a bad reputation and the potential to damage the children involved further. Foster care‚ a type of out-of-home placement‚ is a government program created to be a “temporary injunction to
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that shit off." I heard James Kennedy‚ my foster father‚ yell. I quickly stopped my alarm and got up to walk downstairs. While walking down the stairs i slipped and fell straight on my ass bone. "Why can’t you even walk down the stairs correctly." My foster father muttered while walking to the kitchen. I finally gathered myself together and walked into the kitchen. My foster father sat at the table reading the newspaper. "Look at this mexican f*g." My foster father said pointing to a photo of a man
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Advertising has fierce critics as well as staunch advocates. Critics claim that advertisement is propaganda‚ while advocates counter that advertising fosters free trade and promotes prosperity. I believe advertising has both positive and negative effects. The United States as a country reflects how advertising affects us. While in some cases‚ yes‚ advertisement is great‚ there are some cases where it has destroyed lives. The promotion of cigarettes is a prime example of bad advertisement. “It promoted
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4. Former Countrywide employee and whistleblower Eileen Foster legally challenged her termination from Countrywide/Bank of America in 2008 and the Department of Labor ruled in her favor. As a government investigator for this case‚ offer objective observations to either support or criticize the Department of Labor’s decision in this case. The first impression when reading into the Eileen Foster case was that she was not wrongfully dismissed because it appeared that her actions were slightly overboard
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The book‚ Ellen Foster‚ revolves around a young girl’s unstable life and her ability to fight through obstacles and to find people who truly care for her. As a young child‚ Ellen was damaged by her father especially because he treated her with extreme disrespect. After her mother’s death‚ Ellen did not really have any family left as her family members continued to pass away. However‚ Ellen learned to tend to adult responsibilities at a very young age. Specifically Starletta and her family‚ Julia
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