System‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 3‚ pp. 377-384‚1989 Printed in Great Britain 0346-251X/89 $3.00 + 0.00 0 1990 Pergamon Press plc IMPROVING SPEAKING FLUENCY PAUL NATION English Language Institute‚ Victoria University of Wellington‚ New Zealand This paper examines the improvement of learners of English during the performance of a speaking activity which involves repeating the same unrehearsed talk. Improvements in fluency‚ grammatical accuracy‚ and control of the content showed that during the short
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it‚ you will achieve what you set out to do. Such is the case in becoming more skilled in communication. It is important to identify some of the communication spoilers so that we can avoid such major roadblocks in our relationships with others. It has been said that there are three types of communication spoilers; judging‚ sending solutions‚ and avoiding others concerns. There are many barriers that can fit into these categories‚ however the example of the "dirty dozen" is what is commonly known.
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When completing the Research Participation Ethics Questionnaire‚ it became more evident to me the ethical responsibility that I have as a participate‚ to be honest‚ reliable‚ and respect the researcher’s objective. My overall score from the survey was 15. However‚ for the questions relating to honesty‚ I was torn between selecting “minor ethical issues” or “major ethical issues.” Finally‚ deciding to go with “minor ethical issues‚” while selecting the major ethical issue for the question relating
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Participation trophies give kids an excuse to not give it their all 100% of the time. It has been stated‚ “We need to distinguish between an award and a reward” (Pricemen). Earning a first place trophy feels better knowing that all the hard work they put into getting there was worth it. Then not working at all and getting a trophy they didn’t work for. Participation trophies can be good if they are used properly; “It is odd and sad in the age of social media‚ that too many people criticize participation
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World Resources Institute Sustainable Enterprise Program A program of the World Resources Institute IKEA AND THE NATURAL STEP Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives For more than a decade‚ WRI’s Sustainable Enterprise Program (SEP) has harnessed the power of business to create profitable solutions to environment and development challenges. BELL‚ a project of SEP‚ is focused on working with managers and academics to make companies more competitive by approaching social and environmental challenges
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1st speaker affirmative: More than 50 years of media research attests to the significant influence of media on child and adolescent health.5 Both “old” media (television‚ movies‚ magazines) and “new” media (the Internet and social networking sites‚ video/computer games‚ cell phones) can have an impact in virtually and intellectually that concerns practitioners and parents about young people‚ including aggressive behavior‚ risky sexual behavior‚ substance use‚ and disordered eating. (1st negative
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interpersonal contact improve relations among groups that are in conflict? Introduction: University of Cape Town wants to enforce Integration of students from different “ races” through the use of the “contact hypothesis” which has an underlying idea that interpersonal contact can effectively reduce prejudice between groups like these(Allport‚ 1954). This paper argues that while it has been proven that interpersonal contact can improve relations among groups in conflicts
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“The UK is experiencing a participation crisis.” Discuss. (25 marks) Due the nation’s interest in materialism and individualism‚ we have gained a certain lack of interest in political matters and affairs – people find politics dull and many people think that it doesn’t affect them‚ this results to certain inhabitants obtaining a ’laissez-faire’ attitude toward the government. Nowadays citizens around the UK aren’t aware of political dealings; this supports the idea that today’s society has become
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Identity and Image Running head: IDENTITY AND IMAGE 1 Organisational Identity and Employer Image: Towards a Unifying Framework Filip Lievens‚ Greet Van Hoye‚ and Frederik Anseel Ghent University‚ Belgium In press British Journal of Management We would like to acknowledge Bert Schreurs‚ Lieselot Boone‚ and Kristof Cazaerck for their help in collecting the data. The views‚ opinions‚ and findings contained in this paper are solely those of the authors and should not be construed as an
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11 Simple Ways to Improve Your Memory 1. CONCENTRATE FOR EIGHT SECONDS These days we’re all about things being faster. That’s why this advice is invaluable: When you really need to remember something‚ concentrate on it for at least eight seconds. That can seem like a long time when you’re running around trying to get a million things done‚ but it is worth it. Studies have shown that eight seconds is the minimum amount of time it takes for a piece of information to go from your short-term memory
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