1. David F. Dalton pointed out that Arabic speakers would find it difficult to distinguish between / p / and / b / ‚ Japanese speakers will not be aware of the difference between / l / and / r / and Spanish speakers will hava a trouble realising consonant clusters like [ sts ]. Topic : Teaching English Language. Subtopic : Teaching English pronunciation. Author: David F. Dalton Date : January‚ 1997. Quotation : We can predict that Arabic speakers will have difficulty distinguishing between
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from Dalhousie University in Halifax‚ Canada and MPhil from Delhi University. She taught at Miranda College‚ New Delhi for over three decades and then took a sabbatical inorder to spend more time in writing. Her first novel Difficult Daughters published in 1998 won the Commonwealth Prize for the best first book in 1999. Her other novels are A Married Woman (2003)‚ Home (2006)‚ The Immigrant (2008) and Custody (2011). She also edited Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves‚ a work that documents
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causes and effects of floods; if you choose to write a narrative essay‚ you can narrate a story related to floods; and if you choose to write a descriptive essay‚ you can focus on describing floods. Descriptive Essay: WRITING a descriptive essay is perhaps more difficult than writing a narrative essay because it makes more demands on one’s use of language. In a descriptive essay‚ you need to give a detailed description of a person‚ place‚ object‚ experience or memory. Your description must be so
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Why was Russia difficult to govern? There are many reasons why Russia was difficult to govern‚ such as the size and diversity of the country and many differences in opinions contributed to the resentment of the government which in turn made the country very difficult to govern. One reason Russia was difficult to govern was because of the size and diversity of it. As the country was so large‚ and covered almost 23 million square kilometres in 1900‚ this made it very difficult to govern as it made
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Alice Cogswell overcame many difficult challenges in her lifetime. Most deaf children were treated poorly in the 1800’s. They were thought to not be able to read or write by most of the world. Some people even believed that being deaf was a curse for bad behavior. Alice was 2 years old when her life changed forever. She was no longer able to communicate with her siblings or her father‚ luckily her father was not going to give up on her that easily. Alice was born on August 21‚ 1805 in Connecticut
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pronounced [mʊnʃi preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ( listen)) (July 31‚ 1880 – October 8‚ 1936) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent‚[1] and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.[2] Born Dhanpat Rai Srivastav‚ he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai"‚ but subsequently switched to "Premchand"‚ while he is also known as "Munshi Premchand"‚ Munshi being an honorary prefix. A
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But‚ when defiance‚ hostility and refusal to comply are a constant behavior from your child (as it is in my home) that affects the entire family‚ you’ll know it requires a more serious intervention. As I’ve learned from experience‚ parenting a difficult child can be extremely challenging. A child who resists cooperating‚ refuses to listen or throws temper tantrums to get his or her way can be nearly impossible to control if you don’t know how to address it effectively. For me‚ this was and is an
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In both ‘A Clockwork Orange’ and ‘Brighton Rock’ characters are faced with choices that develop and intensify the plot‚ making the novels both stimulating and thought provoking to read. Brighton rock’s Pinkie is aware of the choices he makes‚ though he acknowledges the difference between right and wrong he falls foul to the temptation of wrongdoing. Pinkie choses damnation over salvation‚ the decision derives from the fact Pinkie is aware of God but refuses the idea of being pure and good nonetheless
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What makes your child difficult The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself‚ & in consequence he is at war with the whole world. A difficult child is nearly always made difficult by wrong treatment. The conditioned‚ disciplined‚ repressed child lives in every corner of the world. He is docile‚ prone to obey authority‚ fearful of criticism and almost fanatical in his desire to be conventional & correct. He accepts almost he has been taught without question
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The process of a flu vaccine Have you ever gotten a flu shot before? The moment you walk in the doctor’s office and sit on the table. Just waiting for the doctor to come in makes you have even more anxiety. Then the doctor comes thru the door with the tiniest needle‚ that needle has a vaccine that will be injected into your arm to help kill off the flu virus. I’ve always wondered why we needed to get vaccines for different kinds of illnesses. I’ve also wondered what it takes to make a flu vaccine
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