ISSN 1798-4769 Journal of Language Teaching and Research‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 5‚ pp. 977-988‚ September 2011 © 2011 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/jltr.2.5.977-988 A Study of Factors Affecting EFL Learners ’ English Listening Comprehension and the Strategies for Improvement Abbas Pourhossein Gilakjani School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Malaysia Email: abbas.pouhossein@yahoo.com Mohammad Reza Ahmadi School of Educational Studies‚ Universiti Sains
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In the book‚ “Factors Affecting Food ways and Culinary Practices” from the literature entitled Organoleptic Quality:Palatibility Factors‚ Claudio‚ Joves and Ruiz (2006) stated that the receptors for sweetness are mostly at the tip of the tongue and bitterness is at the back part. Sour and salty taste buds are found at the sides of the tongue. Saltiness can be readily tasted also at the tip of the tongue. Each person has a level for taste for an instance‚ one may evaluate a dish to be too salty while
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Factors Affecting Alcohol Abuse and Addiction among Teens in the US Name University Course Tutor Date Factors Affecting Alcohol abuse and addiction Among Teens in the US Alcohol abuse and addiction has become a very rampant phenomenon among the youths in the US especially in the recent past. Many youthful individuals in the US consume alcohol‚ this being despite the fact that the minimum legal age of drinking age has been set at 21 (Shaffer‚ LaPlante‚ & Nelson‚ 2012). Alcohol abuse
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Factors affecting the choice of course of young graduates of secondary level INTRODUCTION Career choice is a complex decision for since it determines the kind of profession that they intend to pursue in life. As student try to make career choice while in secondary school‚ they face problem matching their career choices with their abilities and school performance. However‚ studies indicate that most students enter into careers that are totally different from ones they choose while in secondary
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An Assessment of the Factors Affecting the Quality of Literature in English Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools in Uganda: A case study of Entebbe Municipality‚ Wakiso District A Research Dissertation Submitted in partial fulfilment for the Award of the Bachelors Degree in Education of Uganda Martyrs University-Nkozi July 2012 DECLARATION I‚ HENRY NSUBUGA‚ do declare that this is my original work‚ save for the various works I consulted‚ whose authors I have fully
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I disagree with researchers that all behavioral differences between men and woman are socially constructed; there are also a lot of biological and genetic factors that contribute. Two biological factors that affect our gender roles are our genes and hormones. When a baby is first conceived it is genderless for the first seven weeks of development and‚ since there is no gender‚ the development for males and females during this period is identical. At seven weeks when the sperm and egg combine to
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in United States can be applied to the construction industry in Thailand‚ so as to improve the procedure used by Thai contractor. Salama et al. (2009) conducted a questionnaire survey in Dubai high-rise Building projects. They identified 23 factors for time & cost variation. Out of which‚ design changes‚ slow progress with respect to the schedule‚ fast track projects‚ the requirement are not well defined and explained for the design and scarcity of specialized subcontractor are the most common
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Amusement parks INTRODUCTION Amusement and theme parks are terms for a group of entertainment attractions and rides and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground‚ usually providing attractions meant to cater specifically to certain age groups‚ as well as some that are aimed towards all ages. Amusement parks evolved in Europe from fairs and pleasure gardens which were created for
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An investigation on the factors affecting beat frequency of a coupled pendula system. Abstract In the course of this experiment‚ I investigate how the mass of the counter-weight affects the beat frequency‚ when the system is put into the perfect superposition of the symmetric and anti-symmetric modes. I then go onto to explore different factors and other ideas involved with coupled pendula systems. Essential Theory In order to gain understanding on the workings of these phenomena‚ I will be starting
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Thorpe Park The key activities of Thorpe Park are to provide a safe but very enjoyable theme park that will attract people from all over the country. There is a retail department that consists of 8 shops and 3 barrows throughout the park as well as food outlets. Another activity that Thorpe Park offers is the Human Resources department which is responsible for providing an effective and proactive service in respect to the welfare‚ training‚ development‚ reward and recruitment of the Park’s
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