2011/10/07 11:57 AM Page 115 6 Independent learning CATHERINE EARL As Chapter 5 has shown‚ student success at university is pegged on a rapid adjustment to the university environment and culture which‚ unlike school‚ involves a new style of learning. Independent learning is an umbrella term covering all aspects of university learning from undertaking individual reading and research‚ attending lectures and tutorials to accepting responsibility for a workload. Independent learning was described‚ in
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Singapore’s casino. Casinos from around the world are graded differently. The first casino in Singapore was built at the Marina Bay Sands. People described the Casino as the building with a boat on top. It is huge and very famous and one of the top casino in Asia‚ one of the most expensive building in the world. Besides the casino‚ people can enjoy other facilities located near the casino like‚ the Singapore Flyers‚ boat ride by the river‚ world-class shows in theaters. There are many shops‚ which sells
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Running Head: The Recruitment and Retention of Singapore’s Social Workers. The Social Worker in Singapore’s Voluntary Welfare Organisations Diploma in Organisational Psychology – Organisational Development Abstract In recent months‚ the Social Service sector has received much limelight. Much attention is on this sector because our government has realized that with the falling birth rates and a rapidly ageing population‚ there is a growing social need to reach
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THE FALL OF SINGAPORE SPEECH The Battle of Singapore was fought in South-East Asia during World War II‚ when the Japanese Army was severely underrated. Nobody could have predicted the outcome of the battle that commenced on the 31st of January 1941 and lasted til the 15th of February in 1942. Singapore was a great strategic naval base for the Allied Forces‚ and they anticipated an attack. The British had the numbers‚ but it seems as though the Japanese had the luck. Let me start by telling
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loyalty to Britain and the Empire. However‚ for Australia‚ war brought the distinct possibility of breaking such formalities between countries‚ and in the Pacific no battle would test Australia’s relationship with Britain more than Singapore. The Allied defeat at Singapore in 1942 changed the relations between Australia and Britain to a substantial extent‚ in an era when Britain’s imperialistic rule of Australia was still present. The repercussions of the result of this battle signified an historic
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Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and attracts millions of tourists each year.[1] Its cultural attraction can be attributed to its cultural diversity that reflects its colonial history and Chinese‚ Malay‚ Indian and Arab ethnicities. It is also environmentally friendly‚ and maintains natural and heritage conservation programs. As English is the dominant one of its four official languages‚ it is generally easier for tourists to understand when speaking to the local population of the country
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Statutory Rape A’ram Christopher Criminal Law Professor James Barney Statutory Rape Introduction Statutory rape is usually defined by the state law concerned. However‚ statutory rape is distinguished from other forms of rape in that the victim must necessarily be below the age of consent and that lack of consent is not a requisite to the crime on the common understanding that a person below a certain age lacks the capability to give an informed consent. Prior to the development of modern
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humans provide each other with the many resources they need from food to clothing to entertainment. Singapore‚ as a state-city with over 5 million residents is one such example. Globalization’s powerful effect has affected the country in many ways‚ both good and bad‚ and has transformed the once small isolated island into an economic powerhouse. The way that globalization has most affected Singapore is through the development of free trade. By connecting the world together‚ globalization created
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1.0 Introduction The presence and use of borrowed words and discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE) have been widely studied by linguists (e.g. Lim‚ 2007; & Deterding‚ 2007). It is also widely accepted‚ both amongst scholarly literature and within the general population‚ that CSE (its lexicon/syntax/etc.) is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based and that Tamil has only had minimal influences (Leimgruber‚ 2009). However‚ little thought has been given‚ by the general population
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Hi‚ my name is Jayvin and I’m from Malaysia. As a foreigner‚ I think that Singapore‚ an island country which made up of 63 islands is a clean and quiet place to visit. Although Singapore is a small country but there’s a lot of fun and interesting places such as Universal Studio Singapore‚ Garden by the Bay‚ Night Safari‚ Singapore Flyer and so on that we can pay a visit to. Well‚ I’ll talk about the 150-year old Singapore Botanic Gardens which is well known as a star visitor attraction for the sophisticated
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