Reading in a Foreign Language ISSN 1539-0578 October 2010‚ Volume 22‚ No. 2 pp. 242–262 Repeated-reading-based instructional strategy and vocabulary acquisition: A case study of a heritage speaker of Chinese ZhaoHong Han and Cheng-ling Alice Chen Teachers College‚ Columbia University United States Abstract Repeated reading‚ a procedure involving repetition of the same text‚ has received copious attention from first language reading research providing highly converging evidence of its potency
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at the Top. Klagenfurt: Vol. 4. Discourse Analysis in Society Drava Verlag. (pp. 181-91). London: Academic Press. Wrong‚ D. H. (1979). Power: Its Forms‚ Wodak‚ R. (1987). "And where is the Bases and Uses. Oxford: Blackwell. Lebanon?" A socio—psycholinguistic Zimmermann‚ H. D. (1969). Die politische investigation of comprehension and Rede. Der Sprachgebrauch Bonner intelligibility of news. Text‚ 7(4)‚ 377— 410. Politiker. (Political Speech. Language use of Bonn ’s Politicians). Stuttgart: Wodak‚ R
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Essentials of Organizational Behavior‚ 11e (Robbins/Judge) Chapter 1 Introduction to Organizational Behavior 1) Until the late 1980s‚ business school curricula emphasized the ________ aspects of management. A) ethical B) people C) technical D) human E) global Answer: C Explanation: C) Until the late 1980s‚ business school curricula emphasized the technical aspects of management‚ focusing on economics‚ accounting‚ finance‚ and quantitative techniques. Course work in human behavior and
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INTRODUCTION Human behavior refers to the range of behaviors exhibited by humans and which are influenced by culture‚ attitudes‚ emotions‚ values‚ ethics‚ authority‚ rapport‚ hypnosis‚ persuasion‚ and genetics. The behavior of people falls within a range with some behavior being common‚ some unusual‚ some acceptable‚ and some outside acceptable limits. The behavior of humans is studied by the academic disciplines of psychology‚ socialwork‚ sociology‚ economics‚ and anthropology. Human behavior
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ISSN 1798-4769 Journal of Language Teaching and Research‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 5‚ pp. 977-988‚ September 2011 © 2011 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/jltr.2.5.977-988 A Study of Factors Affecting EFL Learners ’ English Listening Comprehension and the Strategies for Improvement Abbas Pourhossein Gilakjani School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Malaysia Email: abbas.pouhossein@yahoo.com Mohammad Reza Ahmadi School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains
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M.A. English Syllabus M.A. Part I : Introduced from June 2008 M.A. Part II : Introduced from June 2009 Total marks for each Semester Paper : 100 Division of 100 marks : 80 + 20 (Theory) (CIE) Division of CIE 20 marks = A) Oral Test ( Core Paper) : 10 marks B) Home assignments ( each Paper) : 10 marks For Each Paper‚ Units: 4 Lecture Hours: 15 for each unit Four Credits for Four Units Papers for Credit by Choice M. A. I Semester I : Indian English Literature Part I Semester II
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1. Introduction The issues of globalisation and hence immigration are ever-increasing topics in Europe. Only recently it was stated that every second student is supposed to have sufficient knowledge of at least one foreign language at the age of 15. An action plan formulated by the European Commission for the years 2004-2006 shows the importance of languages as means for integration and cultural awareness. “It is a priority for Member States to ensure that language learning in kindergarten
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Characteristics of English Language Teaching Methods: COMPARISON Adapted from Richards and Rodgers (2001) and Gültekin Boran‚ http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/web/gboran/eltmethodstogether.doc T: teacher‚ S: Student; SS: students Grammar Translation Method and Direct Method |METHOD |Grammar Translation Method |Direct Method | |Proponents/Advocates
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Todd L. Richards Department of Radiology‚ University of Washington‚ Seattle‚ WA Address Correspondence to: Todd L. Richards‚ PhD Department of Radiology‚ Box 357115 University of Washington Seattle‚ WA 98195 Phone: 206-598-6725 Fax: 206-543-3495 Email: toddr@u.washington.edu Acknowledgement: Grant No. P 50 33812 from the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) supported preparation of this article. Abstract This tutorial/review covers functional
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Introducing the History of Marketing Theory and Practice 1.1 Introduction The global popularity of marketing as a subject for study might suggest that those studying and teaching the subject know what it is that they are studying and how this study should be undertaken. But as we shall see in this chapter and others in this book‚ this has often not been the case. Marketing as a subject has proved almost impossible to pin down‚ and there is little consensus about what it means to study marketing
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