Purpose – The purpose of the present paper is to advance a testable model‚ rooted on well-established control and self-regulation theory principles‚ explaining the causal links between change-related sensemaking‚ interpretation‚ readiness and subsequent behavioural action. Design/methodology/approach – Following a review of the two motivation theories and clarification of change-related sensemaking‚ interpretation‚ and readiness concepts‚ the paper proposes a series of research propositions (illustrated
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Awareness in Reading: EFL Students’ Metacognitive Knowledge of Reading Strategies in an Acquisition-poor Environment Lawrence Jun Zhang National Institute of Education‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Although studies on L2 learning strategies are a major strand of second-language research‚ recent research interest has focussed on language learners’ metacognitive knowledge or awareness of strategies. Previous research has shed important light on the amelioration in L2 educational
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Robert Capa‚ the legendary Hungarian-born photojournalist who set the prevailing standard for war photographers‚ spoke seven languages — none very well. He didn’t need to. For over 20 of the bloodiest years of the 20th century‚ Capa let his cameras do the talking. "If your pictures aren’t good enough‚ you’re not close enough‚" he famously declared. Getting close to Capa himself could also be a tricky business‚ though the challenge was usually surmounted by soldiers‚ poker players‚ bartenders
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Part (A) SHARED READING Introduction: Shared reading is an important instructional strategy in which the teacher explicitly engages students in the reading process. The shared reading offers an approach where teachers can use authentic literacy text to enable children to develop tactic and become confident and independent readers. The pioneer of this strategy was New Zealander Don Holdway (1979). Holdway (1979) explains shared reading as “the unison situation properly controlled in a lively
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The two poems written by Robert Frost‚ "Desert Places" and "Old Man’s Winter Night‚" have the common theme of loneliness. In "Desert Places" the speaker is not walking through woods‚ he is only passing by and momentarily glancing at this field filling with snow and the trees that surround this field will soon be all that is left due to the snows continuous falling. When he sees this field with snow‚ he uses it as a device to compare it to his own life and how it will soon be all over and how when
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Reflective Journal Introduction Currently‚ I am employed as a Procurement Manager. It is a mid-level management role and the second role that I have held with Company over two years. I have also held several mid-level management roles over the past six years with other organisations. Until just recently‚ I had a career goal to progress into a more senior level management role‚ within the next one to three years‚ either within Company or with another company. Due to the downturn in the current
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Never Forgive What You Can’t Forget While I agree completely with Robert Coles‚ “Only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision”‚ I’ve been asked to state my opinion and while I am unqualified to do so‚ it would be disrespectful to Simon Wiesenthal if I declined the opportunity. As Alan L. Berger stated in his excerpt‚ Judaism has two types of sins: Beyen Adam Le-Makom (human v God) and Beyen Adam Le-Adam (human v human). The Judaism religion believes that Beyen Adam Le-Mankon is an unforgiveable
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Robert Owen (1771-1858) Robert Owen was a man ahead of his time. During his lifetime‚ he endeavored to improve the health‚ education‚ well-being and rights of the working class. This driving ambition to create a better society for all took him around the world‚ from a small mill village in Lanark shire in Scotland to New Harmony‚ Indiana in America with varied success. Although‚ he encountered much criticism and opposition in his lifetime‚ he influenced reformers who came
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Robert Frost has been described as an ordinary man with a deep respect for nature‚ talking to ordinary people. To what extent do you agree with this view? Poetry is a literary medium which often resonates with the responder on a personal level‚ through the subject matter of the poem‚ and the techniques used to portray this. Robert Frost utilises many techniques to convey his respect for nature‚ which consequently makes much of his poetry relevant to the everyday person. The poems “Stopping by Woods
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Reading has at all times and in all ages been a source of knowledge‚ of happiness‚ of pleasure and even moral courage. In today’s world with so much more to know and to learn‚ the importance of reading has increased. In the olden days if reading was not cultivated or encouraged‚ there was a substitute for it in the religious sermon and in the oral tradition. The practice of telling stories at bed time compensated to some extent for the lack of reading. Books are our best friends. They never deceive
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