Awareness in Reading: EFL Students’ Metacognitive Knowledge of Reading Strategies in an Acquisition-poor Environment Lawrence Jun Zhang National Institute of Education‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Singapore Although studies on L2 learning strategies are a major strand of second-language research‚ recent research interest has focussed on language learners’ metacognitive knowledge or awareness of strategies. Previous research has shed important light on the amelioration in L2 educational
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Avoid trite expressions‚ such as "In the world today" or "For as long as man has existed." 4. End your introduction with a clear statement of your thesis. from Harris‚ J. and Moseley‚ A. (1989). "Writing Introductions." In: Contexts: Writing and Reading‚ 2nd ed.‚ 164-167. MORE ABOUT THE THREE PARTS OF THE INTRODUCTION Expository introductions have three basic parts. This is also true for introductions to five paragraph essays. Naturally‚ introductions for research articles and term papers are
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1) mammal (n) 哺乳動物 2) native (adj) 出生地的/ 土生土長的 3) native to = originally come from 來自…的 The horse is not native to America 4) since prehistoric days 自有歷史記載以前的日子 5) since… I love you since you since you were thirteen. 6) Tame (v) 制服﹐控制‚ 馴服 After a few months’ contact‚ the monkeys are tamed. 7) Neighbor (n) 鄰居 Some of the neighbours have complained about the noise from our party. 8) Neighborhood (n) 鄰近地區；社區，街坊，四鄰 You ’ re going to wake up the whole neighbourhood with that noise. 9) Know enough about
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(slow) Tomorrow we meet at eight. (fast) Simple extended sentence 1. The subject group and the predicate group consisting of more than one word form separate syntagms (extended subject group). e.g. John’s sister \entered the room. BUT John’s sister entered. Note: One-word subject can form a separate syntagm if it is emphasized. e.g. Mary is John’s sister. 2. Homogeneous predicates or other members of the sentence. e.g. John came \but he didn’t stay long. The teacher spoke of
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Reading and approaches to reading strategies. I am an ardent reader who reads for hours as a hobby. Most times while reading‚ I would subconsciously scan ‚skim‚ mind map and take notes ‚ just for the pleasure of it without really knowing that these are very important concepts in Metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. After listening to the presentation and reading through the article by Kouider Mokhtari and Carla Areichard‚I realized that metacognition provides personal insights into a person’s
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Because both my parents came from China‚ I took Chinese. But I cannot read or write Chinese and barely speak it. I love my North American citizenship. I don’t’ mind being called a "banana‚" yellow on the outside and white on the inside. I’m proud I’m a banana. After all‚ in Canada and the United States‚ native Indians are "apples" (red outside‚ white inside); blacks are "Oreo cookies" (black and white); and Chinese are "bananas." These metaphors assume‚ both rightly and wrongly‚ that the culture
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The Cracker Barrel Restaurants John Howard King’s College‚ London Discrimination against lesbians and gays is common in the workplace. Sole proprietors‚ managing partners‚ and corporate personnel officers can and often do make hiring‚ promoting‚ and firing decisions based on an individual’s real or perceived sexual orientation. Lesbian and gay job applicants are turned down and lesbian and gay employees are passed over for promotion or even fired by employers who view homosexuality
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Technique Lesson: Sentence Variety Hacker 117 - 119 When a rough draft is filled with too many same-sounding sentences‚ try to inject some variety – as long as you can do so without sacrificing clarity or ease of reading. Grammar checkers are of little help with sentence variety. It takes a human ear to know when and why sentence variety is needed. 1. Use a variety of sentence structures: • A writer should not rely too heavily on simple sentences and compound sentences‚ for the effect
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1. Introduction Attention Getter: How many of you shop online at least once a week? According to the data gathered by Statista.com June 2012‚ about 70 percent of internet users in the United States had made at least one purchase via any device during 2011. Over the last decade‚ E-Commerce has been growing faster and of course‚ such dramatic change on the ways of shopping has brought millions of profits and business opportunities. However‚ the collection of e-commerce sales tax has always been a
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Sep. 13th.2011 1. Greeting and introductions Simple: Hi‚ how are you/how are you doing? Hi‚ it is nice to meet you. Glad to know you/ glad to meet you. I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure. Long time no see. Formal: I’d like to introduce myself; my name is Mr. Cobain‚ and I’m vice president. I’m glad to make your acquaintance. The pleasure is all mine. I’ve heard a lot about you sir‚ now I finally have the change to meet you in person. Now would be a good time‚ I think‚ for some instructions
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