Preparing for specific exams • • • • • • • • Multiple choice Short answer Essay questions Open book Laboratory exams Auditions The medical viva Practical exercises Examinations are firmly entrenched in the academic system‚ much to the chagrin of most students. Regrettably‚ just about 104 Preparing for specific exams 105 every subject you will study will conclude with some kind of assessment. Visualise this end of year scene. You see yourself approaching the gathering of anxious students
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Academic Skills Week 2 Tasks Task 1 Example of a good introduction: Over the last five years‚ higher education lecturers have experienced a significant downturn in the quality of written work produced by students. For example‚ one of the important sections of any essay‚ the introduction‚ is often poorly written‚ providing nothing more than background information‚ or not included. McDonald has identified that: ‘Academic introductions are becoming a neglected part of an assignment by many students’
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Powerful Presentation Skill Written By Asad Yaqub In almost all the business roles today‚ presentation skill has become a core competency and an inevitable prerequisite for any reasonable job. One of the popular fears among the people‚ after dogs‚ snakes heights‚ water‚ is public speaking. This category of people usually experience abnormal heartbeats‚ cold sweats‚ shivering and the worst‚ low or high blood pressures. Contrary to this‚ presentation skill can be developed and achieved through
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Many of them struggled with different languages‚ different cultures‚ different beliefs‚ and different customs. They tried to mingle in the mainstream of Canadian society as well as to keep their own characteristics. Naheed Mustafa‚ the author of “My Body is My Own Business”‚ feels that wearing hijab gives her freedom in Canada. Almas Zakiuddin‚ the author of “Rediscovering Christmas”‚ believes that anyone could be free to celebrate Christmas in Canada. Both of the two authors are well educated Muslim
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* Please complete Exercise 1 BEFORE your first lecture Paraphrasing Skills 1 – Summary Cambridge Markers’ Comments for A-level 2011: “Candidates amply demonstrated their familiarity with the requirements of an effective summary: they selected the relevant points‚ rephrased them and linked them together coherently. The word limit of 120 words was almost uniformly adhered to (though one candidate did use 232 words) and copying just the one word or phrase of the text language was hardly seen at
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Chapter 06.qxd 5/20/2006 6:23 PM Page 105 6 Constructivism: A General Theory of Communication Skill Brant R. Burleson Purdue University INTRODUCTION This chapter is about communication skills and one particular theory of these skills— constructivism. As you’ve probably discovered in your reading of this book‚ communication is a broad term that encompasses lots of different things. So‚ I will begin by presenting some examples of what I mean by “more and less skilled communication
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Skill Acquisition Skill acquisition is vital for advancing in your stages of learning‚ my skill acquisition in volleyball is affected by various different factors. Skill acquisition is the ability to learn a skill‚ factors that affect my ability to develop skills are my age and maturity‚ physical characteristics‚ personality‚ motivation and opportunities. My skill acquisition in volleyball is affected by different factors‚ and some of these factors have a negative impact. Since older people have
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to be happy. This is an idea that everybody can relate to. We are all striving for happiness and the good. Most people‚ like my belief previously‚ would think of happiness as a physical pleasure or honor and this constitutes an imperfect view of the good life. Aristotle explains that one must be taught about the virtuous life and explain it whilst promoting it. Somewhat practicing goodness. My opinion is now‚ very similar to Aristotle. Happiness cannot be placed on material things. It is a matter of
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Reflection Paper‚ Listening Skills Davenport University MGMT535 4/7/2013 When it really comes down to listening‚ individuals are so self-absorbed that they fail to effectively listen to what others have to say. Listening is not just being able to hear what was said‚ it also involves the ability to understand the information being presented by the person communicating known as the speaker. Listening can be broken down into visualizing and feeling what the other person is experiencing when
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS MODULE Prof. Dr. Hamid Rafiq Khattak hamid_khattak@hotmail.com Sara Yaqoob saroo_14@yahoo.com Rabia Basri rabia_basri2003@yahoo.com Acknowledgements I am sincerely indebted to Learning Innovation Division -National Academy of Higher Education‚ Higher Education Commission Islamabad for the opportunity of writing this module on Communication Skills. I am indebted to my colleagues at APCOMS‚ Ms. Sarah Yaqoob and Ms. Rabia Basri for their immense assistance in developing
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