A critical look at the Communicative Approach (1) Michael Swan This (the first of two articles) examines some of the more theoretical ideas underlying the ‘Communicative Approach‘. These include the belief that we should teach ‘use’ as well as ‘meaning; and some attitudes regarding the teaching of ‘skills’ and ‘strategies’. A second article will deal with more pedagogical aspects of the approach‚ especially the idea of a ‘semantic syllabus’ and the question of ‘authenticity’ in materials and methodology
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Mechanisms of Multicolored Striped Toothpaste Aree Witoelar Toothpastes often use two or more colors to form stripes. While not providing hygienic benefits‚ it has interesting appearance for the customer [1]. Here we investigate and discover two different mechanisms to achieve consistency of the color ratios. Two sample tubes of toothpaste are chosen randomly from the market‚ and labeled as A and P (Figure 1). The samples are cut across the toothpaste compartment (Figure 2). (not shown). The
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Review of Related Literature Though the researchers are already knowledgeable about the “AsPin”‚ more research will be conducted for the benefit of this study. Information will be gathered from magazine articles‚ books‚ journals and internet facts. As we all know dogs are man’s best friend‚ and the researchers wants to show their being patriotic as they chose an “AsPin”‚ they want also to show other researchers that “AsPin” dog are also trainable. “AsPins” are highly adaptable‚ intelligent‚ and
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LAB 13 CONFIGURING SECURITY SETTINGS This lab contains the following exercises and activities: Exercise 13.1 Installing Internet Information Server Exercise 13.2 Testing IIS Connectivity Exercise 13.3 Allowing a Program through the Firewall Exercise 13.4 Creating Windows Firewall Rules SCENARIO You are a Windows 7 technical specialist for Contoso‚ Ltd.‚ a company with workstations in a variety of different environments. You have been assigned the task of building a test
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Gabriel Moussa Ms. Perkins Multicultural Literature January 24 2013 Life Essay It was a normal day in Georgia‚ hot weather and humidity that would stick to you like glue. I was driving home from school ready to run to my room and shut the door. Earlier that day I received one of my tests that I thought I had done great on‚ I hadn’t. I had studied the previous night for about four hours and really thought my test was going to turn out great. Later that day my father called me down‚ thinking
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INTRODUCTION India has experienced fast-paced growth over the last decade. Though the growth has primarily come from the services sector‚ manufacturing and exports have also risen reasonably. Logistics as a function is being increasingly outsourced by manufacturers. However‚ the Indian logistics sector in many ways still lags behind the global standards of performance. This is evident from the fact that we are ranked as low as 46th among 155 countries in the World Bank International Logistics Performance
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Health and Social Care in the Community 13(2)‚ 155–163 Multi-agency working in services for disabled children: what impact does it have Blackwell Publishing‚ Ltd. on professionals? David Abbott LLB Hons‚ M.Phil‚ M Soc Sc‚ Ruth Townsley BA Hons‚ PhD and Debby Watson BA Hons‚ MSc‚ CQSW Norah Fry Research Centre‚ University of Bristol‚ UK Correspondence David Abbott Norah Fry Research Centre University of Bristol 3 Priory Road‚ Bristol‚ BS8 1TX E-mail: d.abbott@bristol.ac.uk Abstract
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Assignment Cover Sheet ------------------------------------------------- | Faculty: | BUSINESS | | Course: | BABS | Stage/year: | Year 3 | Subject: | Strategic Human resources management | Study Mode: | Full time | YES | | Part-time | | | Lecturer Name: | Colman Boyd | Assignment Title: | Critically discuss the three main theories | No. of pages: | | | Disk included? | Yes | | | No | X | | Additional Information: | | | | | | Date due: | 26/03/2010 |
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Running head: MSE and Dementia Multi-Sensory Environments and Dementia: Abstract This paper addresses the concern for the wellbeing of patients with dementia and the struggle to find a new or alternative and effective treatment. The topic‚ Multi-sensory environments and dementia‚ was selected for the challenge it presented‚ and the conviction that the writer has for the rights of geriatric psychiatric patients. Along with personal conviction‚ this topic was chosen because of the intrigue
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Leadership Approach Paper – Organizations depend on the management and leadership skills of individuals in order to be successful. Leaders do not have to be managers but are equally important. Leaders are individuals who possess traits‚ behavior and abilities to influence others to accomplish tasks and other needed objectives for the company. Leadership is defined as “the ability of an individual to influence‚ motivate‚ and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the
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