speaking English often reduce unstressed final syllables so much that they are inaudible. For example‚ taxi sounds like tax. This game is to raise awareness of this problem. PROCEDURE 1. Give out or project PRONUNCIATION JOURNEY. 2. Point out the pair cook-cookie at the bottom of the page. Explain that if they hear cook‚ they should turn left and if they hear cookie they should turn right. Now say 1. cook‚ 2. cook‚ 3. cookie‚ 4. cook and ask students which city they have reached
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A Bias for Action Heike Bruch Sumantra Ghoshal Harvard Business School Press‚ 2004 Often managers spot a chance to do something valuable for their company‚ but for some reason‚ they cannot get started. Even if they begin the project‚ they give up when they see the first big hurdle. The inability to take purposeful action seems to be pervasive across companies. Managers tend to ignore or postpone dealing with crucial issues which require reflection‚ systematic planning‚ creative thinking‚ and above
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Tough Break: Response “Tough Break” is written by Tim Rogers (Motives for Writing‚ Pg148). The essay discusses the differences between the men and women participating in the sport of professional billiards and one woman’s quest for a championship title. Rogers touches on gender issues and stereotypes related to gender in the essay. He makes that clear by discussing the differences in behavior exhibited by male and female participants in the sport. He points out how the two genders are perceived
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What are the problems with the UK’s party system‚ and how might they be resolved? This essay will analyse the challenges and problems UK party system is facing. The essay will look into public apathy and mistrust‚ resulting in low party membership and low electoral participation. The main argument is that political parties do not have strong enough incentives to connect with voters. Proposals to resolve these problems will be changing electoral system‚ further limiting donations to the political
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In Management and Morality‚ Maclagan brings to the reader’s attention the “logical relationship between individual values and decision making and action in organizations.” Although seemingly straightforward‚ it is important to recognize the dynamics that values contribute to the workplace. Basically‚ Maclagan is stating that “values are inescapable” and essential drivers for decision making at work. These values are “associated with decision making and conduct in general.” When looking at how values
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below. Each question is worth 1 point. Who did Okonkwo defeat when he was eighteen in a wrestling match? The Dog C. Unoka The Cat of Lighting D. Amalinze the Cat What instrument did Okonkwo’s father play? A whistle C. Ogene The Flute D. Wind Chimes What did Okoye insist that Unoka break? A kola Nut
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Summer. Two months. Possibly shorter. Why. What is this? Summer is a time where everybody is happy‚ there are no worries‚ barbacues‚ you can hang out with your friends and much more! Summer should not be nearly as short as the schools make them. Us as students do so much hard work over the school year not just to have barely two months to ourselves. Some people have their reasons for Summer to be the same length of even shorter! Why would you want that to happen? I can see where they are coming from
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The Tipping Point is the “biography of an idea‚” that a good way to think of “any number of [any] mysterious changes that mark everyday life is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do.” (7) There are three basic characteristics of change — “one‚ contagiousness; two‚ the fact that little causes can have big effects; and three‚ that change happens not gradually but at one dramatic moment…” (9) “The name given to that one dramatic moment
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Guido 1 10/4/14 Comp/Lit/1 Final DraftIs It Justifiable to Break the Law? There were times in history when breaking the law was justified. I believe that if you could break the law you should. Great leaders like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr broke the law and changed the world for the better. Breaking the law is justifiable and acceptable when the law violates human rights and conscience. Certainly‚ rules are established for us to follow. However‚ we as human beings should be able to differentiate
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Take the F Ian Frazier was an American writer and humorist. He is a writer and humorist for The New Yorker. Ian Frazier was best known for his 1989 non- fiction history Great Plains. summary • Place he lives in Brooklyn • His daughter‚ a city kid • Small trip with train F • People and scenery he saw • Crab incident • Reasons why he like Brooklyn • People in Brooklyn are come from different cou ntries. • Habit of looking down all the times • His favorite place‚ Brooklyn Botanic Garden • His neighbors
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