ARTICLE The effect of computer-assisted instruction on Saudi University students’ learning of English Nasser Saleh Al-Mansour *‚ Ra’ed Abdulgader Al-Shorman Language Instructor-Language Unit Department‚ College of Languages and Translation‚ King Saud University‚ Saudi Arabia Received 17 March 2009; accepted 9 October 2009 Available online 30 October 2011 KEYWORDS CALL; CAI; EFL learners; English language instruction Abstract This study aims at investigating the effect of computer-assisted
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Study Notes Computer Awareness Quick Revision Notes The earlier computers‚ which were massive in size‚ were based on vacuum tubes. 2. Early computing machines‚ like the ENIAC‚ were actually meant to assist the armed forces. 3. The printers in pre-1950s were punch cards. 4. An improvement on the ENIAC‚ which pioneered ’stored program’‚ was made possible with the help of the mathematician John von Neumann. 5. Before the 1950s‚ computers were mostly owned by universities and research labs
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Present and Future of Computer Technology Have you ever thought about what is Computer Literacy? I didn’t know what it was till the beginning of this class. I was unsure about computer literacy and what it would teach me. This class has taught me that it’s not just about the future of technology but how to use the current technology that we have to offer. In this paper I will be talking about Mobile Computing and were we are today. Mobile computing is a portable technology to access the internet
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Lifestyle Diseases There are many diseases that contribute immensely to the burden placed on a person‚ a family‚ a society and a country‚ and despite advances in medicine‚ the number of people with such diseases continues to increase with people dying younger. In a newspaper article dated back two years stated that in June the previous year‚ Pacific health ministers had declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis because it was revealed that the Pacific was breeding a generation of obese children
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THE EFFECTS OF HAVING A BROKEN FAMILY TO THE STUDY HABITS AND SOCIAL LIFE OF A TEENAGER An Undergraduate Term Paper Presented to De La Salle University – Dasmarinas In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Midterm Period Nacman‚ Lexi Okada‚ Taiki Padlan‚ Lyresa Penafiel‚ Eda Rancap‚ Patricia August 2013 Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background INTRODUCTION A large number of children are born each day‚ most will be successful‚ will be living a long life full
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Lifestyle Disease Lifestyle disease which may also be referred to as Non-Communicable Disease‚ has in recent times become an issue of grave concern for governments both globally and regionally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General‚ during a General Assembly Summit (first ever summit on deadly chronic illnesses) in 2011deemed in a statement "...the spread of non-communicable diseases as a socio-economic and development challenge of epidemic proportions..." . In another report from
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sedentary lifestyle is a mode of living in which a person‚ an adult or child‚ does not engage in sufficient physical activity or exercise for what is generally considered healthy living. The term is often used to describe a lifestyle among many people in highly developed countries that does not afford them opportunities for physical activity. This type of living has been heavily influenced by the propagation of passive forms of entertainment‚ such as television‚ video games‚ and computer use. Sedntary
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CAUSES OF UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE An unhealthy lifestyle is one of the major contributor to health issue which is growing at an alarming rate issue in whole world as well. People influence their own health through their unhealthy lifestyles such as unhealthy diet‚alcohol assumption and smoking and poor sleep hygiene. One of the critical causes is having an unhealthy diet.There is no doubt that the food that we eat significantly impact our health. The surge in the consumption of high fat foods
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tone‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ allusion and symbols to create a deeper understanding of the theme. “A Study of Reading Habits” is somewhat of dry title‚ but as the poem progresses‚ it starts to make more and more sense. The poem is about the progression of a mans life‚ from his childhood to his adult life. He grew up loving books because he could escape from reality. However‚ reading books became a habit to escape everyday hardships. But overtime the books started reminding him of his own life and he
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have. In an age where technology surrounds and influences humanity one must consider whether technology is changing how we think‚ feel and act. Is technology influencing humanity or is humanity influencing technology? The questions of what ultimately influences human behavior and how the causation works‚ and whether technology is the influence or is humanity the influence over technology are important questions for all of society. The Significance of Social Social technology is permeating everything
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