The Internet TESL Journal Extensive Reading: Why? and How? Timothy Bell timothy [at] hsc.kuniv.edu.kw Kuwait University Abstract An extensive reading program was established for elementary level language learners at the British Council Language Center in Sanaa‚ Yemen. Research evidence for the use of such programs in EFL/ESL contexts is presented‚ emphasizing the benefits of this type of input for students ’ English language learning and skills development. Practical advice is then offered
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Recruitment and Retention for Long Term Employees By Patricia Gonzalez BUSI526 Abstract This paper describes what recruitment and retention are when relating them to employment. This paper describes some reasons why recruitment and retention are important to the employer and employee. Listed in this paper are many ways to recruit the right candidate and how that employer can retain that right candidate when they are hired. Key words: recruitment‚ retention‚ employer‚ employee
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Hernandez 1 Wendy Hernandez Instructor Crawley English 112 16 March 2014 Nurses and their Long Working Hours A twelve-hour shift registered nurse has problems to perform her job and being awake. After all a twelve-hour shift is a hard task to do due to the fatigue of the nurse from previous twelve-hour shifts. Twelve-hour shift nurses could potentially put in risk the lives of the patients and themselves. The lack of sleep can interfere with the provided care of the nurses towards the patients
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this paper‚ I will be explaining the possibilities that comes in having saviour children in everyday society. Saviour children saves money for the families that have the sick children‚ no harm comes to either child‚ and saviour children are morally ethical. It does cost a lot of money to treat a child with a serious inherited disorder and to have this saviour child‚ however‚ they would save quite a bit of money later down the road. There is no harm that comes to the savior children because they have
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Ethical Implications of the War in Iraq: A Consequentialist Perspective The purpose of this paper is to argue that there was no humanitarian cause for the invasion of Iraq. I agree with Ken Roth’s analysis that the war in Iraq was not for humanitarian purposes and I would subsidize my reasoning with Peter Singer’s ideas of utilitarianism and consequentialism. I will first look at Ken Roth’s analysis; secondly I will analyze Peter Singer’s argument and apply it to Ken Roth’s analysis. Finally‚
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extend school hours? As a mother of three kids‚ I appreciate every minute I spend with my kids‚ so I absolutely don’t want my kids to spend almost their entire day at school. There are many effects with long school hours on my kids such as little or no time for after school activity like sports. Long school hours causing my kids to deal with so much stress that it affected their educational performance. In addition to that‚ long school hours lead to long homework hours and less time for good night
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Motivating an organization’s employees is not amongst the easiest of tasks for a manager to accomplish. Even more challenging is motivating part-time employees whom are usually forgotten and ignored by the organization (Inman & Enz‚ 1995‚ p. 1). According to Statistics Canada‚ nearly 19% of the workforce constitutes of contingency workers who are not being utilized to their full potential (Statistics Canada‚ 2008). It is noticed that the number of contingency workers is almost one fifth of the workforce
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impress is that “There is no such thing as ideally correct English. No two British subjects speak exactly alike” Shaw was a member of a committee established by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for correcting the pronunciation of the employees‚ so that they should be a model of correct speech for the British Islands. The Chairman of the committee was the Poet Laureate‚ who was a specialist in pronunciation. The other member was Sir Robertson‚ an actor‚ famous for the beauty of his speech
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questioned raised from time to time in my class. “Teacher‚ what does it mean?”‚ “I can understand nothing from the top to the bottom?”‚ “What do they ask us to do?”‚ or even worse “I am getting fed up with reading”. As a teacher‚ how can you deal with these questions and also avoid meeting them again. Extensive reading has long become an essential part in reading and it has proven to be successful in enhancing learners’ love and interest in reading. Therefore‚ can extensive reading helps students
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organization is completing payroll. What is important for many employees is the pay they bring home at the end of the month. If their pay is late‚ then employees will start to question the financial veracity of the organization. The result is that employees will start to care less about their job and will start underperforming if they feel their job is not secure. With that said‚ organizations should strive to pay their employees in a timely fashion in order to keep their employees satisfied and their morale
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