Brief Analysis of English Major Students’ Intonation Errors and Countermeasures Abstract: This paper analyses the discourse of 90 English major prostgraduate students from Xuzhou Normal University‚ and points out the problems about their English intonation‚ proposes to strengthen the awareness of the importance of students’ intonation‚ to improve their intonation situation with some teaching methods. Keywords: discourse analysis English major intonation Chapter One Introduction Intonation
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RELIABILITY‚ VALIDITY AND REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE IN RESEARCH John and Webb (2002‚ p.148) distinguishes between validity and reliability‚ arguing that the first one is the extent to which a research is capable of measuring what it is supposed to be measuring and the second one is the extent to which a research delivers consistent results. Validity and reliability measurement instruments are free of bias and random error. Haynes and Heiby (2004‚ p.47) propose some questions addressing sampling adequacy
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D2: Make justified recommendations for improving the validity of the marketing research used to contribute to the market development on a selected organisation’s marketing plans The organisation I have chosen to look at is Nike. The market research methods that they use are; street surveys‚ questionnaires and focus groups. When gathering market research‚ it is important to make sure that the data you get is valid‚ meaning it is trustworthy and reliable. By ensuring that the information is valid
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MGM230-0903B-04_P2-IP Tiffany Aliano Colorado Technical University . Abstract The following article will address the basics of what makes a contract valid. In addition‚ this paper will include an example of a contract as well as which sections make it a valid contract. Then‚ a contract made between my husband and me‚ to demonstrate a simple contract. This paper will also go into the factors that make a verbal contract lawful. MGM230-0903B-04_P2-IP Many factors make up a valid contract
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exploits of historical and legendary heroes. It tells of a Muslim hero who seeks death at the hands of non-Muslims. The folk narratives‚ i.e. epics and folk tales are varied‚ exotic and magical. They explain how the world was created‚ how certain animals possess certain characteristics‚ why some places have waterfalls‚ volcanoes‚ mountains‚ flora or fauna and‚ in the case of legends‚ an explanation of the origins of things. Fables are about animals and these teach moral lessons. Our
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1. The significance of lower than normal hematocrit is anemia. This can be caused by vitamin deficiency‚ loss of blood‚ bone marrow problems‚ or abnormal hematocrit. The effect of bacterial infection would cause not a decrease in hematocrit (420Allen) 2. Leukocytes are produced or stored in many locations in the body including: the thymus‚ spleen‚ and bone marrow. The two kinds of lymphocytes are B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes. Lymphocytes start out in the bone marrow and either stay there to
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Quinn declares that in order to make it easier for everyone to understand that scientists should convey what is tentative and what is not‚ rather than using “believe.” Quinn’s ideas of tentativeness relates to conspiracy theories as the validity of them are continuously questioned‚ and expressing how stable evidence is can prevent misconceptions to the validity of an argument. Quinn explains how it is better to use be cautious about the words that are used to address the public. There are certain
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1. Understand that any adult could be a child molester. There is no one physical characteristic‚ profession‚ or personality type that all child molesters share. Child molesters can be any sex or race‚ and their religious affiliations‚ occupations and hobbies are as diverse as anyone else’s. A child molester may appear to be charming‚ loving‚ and completely good-natured while harboring predatory thoughts that he or she is adept at hiding. That means you should never dismiss the idea that someone
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The validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in relation to developing countries. The proper use of the environment has become a controversial topic in economics. In both of James Beecher’s lectures during the module‚ he outlined a critique of mainstrem economics currently governing all our policies‚ and presented several key thinkers in environmental economics. The huge potential for economic growth through the exploitation of the environment has been undeniable. Vital resources
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Also‚ putting an expertise into a machine happens in many ways. So‚ the researchers find a way on constructing an expert system on Philippine land law using different techniques. In giving solution to the stated problem of the researchers‚ this study implements techniques such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) with sub-processes of Tokenizing‚ Part-of-Speech Tagging‚ and Parsing for input abstraction and validation‚ as well as Natural Language Generation (NLG) for the construction of answer/s
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