Developing pragmatic competence in EFL classroom in China 1. Introduction As the world is increasingly globalized‚ the exchange of commodities and ideas across the border is proceeding at an astounding rate (Pakir‚ 1999). Consequently‚ the cross-cultural communication has become more and more important. English‚ as an international language‚ is increasingly used throughout the world. In China‚ English even is among the core subjects at school and deserves a place in the curriculum. However‚ many
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Core competencies of Microsoft: Microsoft offers competitive advantage through technology innovation by delivering the right services at the right time by strengthening IT as strategically focused and business aligned organization. Microsoft technology strategy service enables business innovation and helps the company’s competitive advantage. Microsoft’s core competencies can be divided into seven main categories which include the following: * Windows operating system * Business solutions
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Career Development International Beyond technical competence: learning to listen James T. Scarnati Article information: To cite this document: James T. Scarnati‚ (1998)‚"Beyond technical competence: learning to listen"‚ Career Development International‚ Vol. 3 Iss 2 pp. 79 - 81 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13620439810207590 Downloaded on: 20 January 2015‚ At: 12:14 (PT) References: this document contains references to 9 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight
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Community Acquired Pneumonia Core Measure Core Measure Community Acquired Pneumonia Today hospitals as businesses‚ as well as health care institutions‚ face many obstacles while caring‚ treating‚ and rehabilitating patients during their hospital stay. The community as a whole tends to follow a pattern of trends that include specific health conditions including Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)‚ Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)‚ and Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). These three conditions are
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Foundation Degree in Counselling Assignment for FCN109: Core Model of Counselling Submission Date: 20.11.14 Assignment Brief: A 3000 word essay which should demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the core model drawn from academic literature and referenced appropriately‚ using the Harvard referencing system. Your answer should include both a theoretical and practical understanding of how to apply the core model to a client who is suffering from depression or anxiety. This assignment must
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The Common Core Standards Initiative Sharen Michalec MTE/501 January 8‚ 2012 James Paga The Common Core Standards Initiative Educational reform was conceived in the1980’s when Peters and Waterman published a report and noted that focused on the social and economic state of the United States. It was also decided that more studies should be conducted on the excellence in education. It was noted that there is a poor quality of education in the public sector. This brought about a need
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The Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) assessment is divided into four major quadrants‚ self-awareness‚ self-management‚ social awareness‚ and relationship management. Of the four quadrants my lowest scores were in self- management‚ with average scores of 3.3 and 3.6. Also according to the test‚ my highest scoring category was self-awareness with scores of 4 and 5. Within each of the quadrants there are sections that further explain your personality‚ such as‚ trustworthiness‚ self-awareness‚ influence
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Common Core‚ the "essential for success in college‚ career‚ and life in today’s global economy‚" according to their website‚ corestandards.org. The thing with Common Core‚ however‚ is all this "research" that went into what is necessary for the student to know for "college readiness is‚" is absolute trash. Looking over the English Language Arts Standards‚ they claim that these standards "[stress] critical-thinking‚ problem-solving‚ and analytical skills that are required for success in college
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Global core and periphery LO: to discuss the spatial pattern of global interactions through the mapping of core areas at the focus of interaction (network hubs/nodes)‚ the peripheries and areas relatively unaffected by these interactions. Global economy – basic features * Single world market – producers to exchange rather than use. Price is determined on a global scale * 3 geographical tiers – core / semi-periphery / periphery * Temporal trends – growth then stagnation. Hegemony (indirect
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According to CommonCoreStandards.org the Common Core Standards is a “state-led effort to develop consistent‚ real-world learning goals” in an “effort to ensure all students‚ regardless of where they live‚ are graduating high school prepared for college‚ career‚ and life.” A contributing factor to the initiative of the Common Core Standards was that although each state “developed and adopted its own learning standards” there was no unification between states on what a “sufficiently educated” student
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