UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY OF LANGUAGE What makes listening difficult? Factors affecting second language listening comprehension Amber Bloomfield‚ PhD Sarah C. Wayland‚ PhD Purpose—To establish what is currently known about factors that affect foreign language listening comprehension‚ with a focus on characteristics of the listener‚ passage‚ and testing conditions. Elizabeth Rhoades‚ MA Allison Blodgett‚ PhD Conclusions—Research on second language (L2) listening
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1.Female Literacy a)Main observation: countries with low fertility rates have high literacy rates and vice versa. Tthe fertility rate of a country is thus inversely proportional to female literacy rate. At the literacy rate of 60%‚ fertility rate is about 7.72. At the litaracy rate of 100%‚ fertility rate is about 1.21. b)Cost of having a baby explicit short term: Birth and pre-natal expenses long term: Housing Food Education Transport Clothing Healthcare
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The unemployment rate An unemployed person is one who is able and willing to work yet is unable to find a job. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labor force‚ which includes both the unemployed and those with jobs. Measuring the number of unemployed workers actually seeking work is very difficult‚ but there exists several different methods to do so. Each method has its own biases and the different systems that make comparing unemployment
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What factors might contribute to a low or high growth rates in a country? There are three categories of factors that contribute to a low or high growth rates. These categories are the demand factor‚ the efficiency factor‚ and supply factors. Government spending or exports can lead to a higher to aggregate demand and higher economic growth. “Economic growth requires increases in total spending to realize the output gain made available by increased production capacity” (McConnell‚ 2012‚ p. 513)
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Nowadays‚ it is clear that the crime rate is increasing in our country. More and more crimes have happened for a long time. People are feeling unsecured with the crime situation and the fear of being a victim to keep increasing. The government has been taken some action to overcome these problems. However‚ it is not enough to reduce all incidences of crime. There are several steps or measures which can be taken to reduce the crime rate in Malaysia. First of all‚ it has to enact laws which impose
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Once Upon a Time by Gabriel OkaraOnce upon a time‚ son‚they used to laugh with their heartsand laugh with their eyes:but now they only laugh with their teeth‚while their ice-block-cold eyessearch behind my shadow.There was a time indeedthey used to shake hands with their hearts:but that’s gone‚ son.Now they shake hands without heartswhile their left hands searchmy empty pockets.‘Feel at home!’ ‘Come again’:they say‚ and when I comeagain and feelat home‚ once‚ twice‚there will be no thrice-for then
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Heart disease‚ strokes and high blood pressure The heart: Our heart is a vital organ; it is a super muscle which constantly pumps our blood around our body at a rate of 40 to 100 beats per minute for a lifetime. It never tires. The heart has two sides which are separated and each side has two chambers. Valves make sure blood can only flow in one direction. The right side receives de-oxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it through the pulmonary artery to the lungs‚ and the
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MLA style. 5. YOU DO NOT NEED TO ANSWER THE ONLINE QUESTIONS‚ but you should think about them as you proceed thorough the lab. Note: Lab Instructions start on the next page! Experiment 1: Habitat and Photosynthetic Rates Predict the relative photosynthetic rates of plants from a shaded rainforest floor‚ a coastal region with moderate light‚ and a sunny desert: Rainforest Prediction: ____________________________________________ Coast Prediction: ________________________________________________
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at the instant that the radius is 4 cm. The radius is decreasing at the rate of 0 .25 cm/min. What is the rate of change of the volume at this instant? FACT IDEA LEARNING ISSUE ACTION PLAN 1) Snowball is melting that at the instant. 2) The snowball radius is 4cm. 3) The radius is decreasing at the rate of 0 .25 cm/min. 1) Make equation using chain rule. Chain rule based on the information given. 1) What is the rate of change of the volume at this instant? 2) How to solve the problem?
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Interest Rates An interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by borrowers for the use of money that they borrow from a lender. Specifically‚ the interest rate is a percent of principal paid a certain amount of times per period. Small companies often borrow capital from banks to buy new assets for its business‚ and in return the lender receives interest at a predetermined interest rate for deferring the use of funds and instead lending it to the borrower. Interest rates are
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