Assertiveness in ELT: A Review of Literature Nur’ain Balqis Binti Haladin Faculty of Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia nurainbalqis@utm.my Noor Aireen Binti Ibrahim Language Academy Universiti Teknologi Malaysia naireen@utm.my According to Sigler‚ Burnett and Child (2008)‚ in 1940s research on assertiveness started to gain the scholarly interest. In its early popularity‚ assertiveness was mainly focused on the differences in assertiveness based on gender and race of the communicator
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Literature Review on Childhood Obesity By: Obesity is a growing problem among U.S. children. In 1994‚ one in five children between the ages of 6 and 17 was overweight. This is double the rate of 30 years ago (National Center for Health Statistics‚ 1999). This adverse trend has potentially profound effects on children’s health‚ including their long-term health. The terms "obese" and "overweight" often are used interchangeably. Technically‚ "obesity" is the upper end of "overweight
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Postpartum depression impacts the lives of 10-15% of postpartum women and typically occurs within one month of giving birth‚ despite the identification of some clear risk factors1‚2. Furthermore‚ having a baby is often viewed as a joyous event and there is a negative stigma associated with depression that occurs following the birth. Research has indicated that there are risk factors that can strongly predict postpartum depression‚ such as socioeconomic status‚ relationship status‚ and mental health
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ADJECTIVE SERIES Series-when two or more adjectives are used in a sentence following a pattern. The pattern: 1.The Determiner came first which as the adjective (a.an.the)or pronominal adjectives (these‚our‚several.....) 2.Numerical adjectives-follow however the ordinal number (first second...) comes first the cardinal number (one‚two) 3.The descriptive adjectives-come last when there are more than one descriptive adjective used follow this order: The order a.size b.shape c.quality
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and that social processes are best to be studied when change is introduced to observe the effects of these. Furthermore‚ It makes use of a cyclical approach in order for an initial holistic understanding of a social setting. The action research literature has strongly challenged the character of positivism. It is believed that this type of research is derived from a different ontological basis; it tends to a humanistic social practice rather than a traditional natural science. Lewin started with
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monetary phenomenon also impact the overall growth there fore this paper will also determine whether‚ and how‚ GDP in Pakistan would respond to a change in money supply (M2)‚ the inflation rate and interest rate & import and export in economy. REVIEW OF LITERATURE Matthew McCartney (September 2011) “Pakistan‚ Growth‚ Dependency‚ and Crisis” In this paper there is an ongoing debate about the impact of trade‚ foreign direct investment (FDI)‚ and financial liberalization on economic growth. Its proponents
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Writing A Literature Review and Using a Synthesis Matrix My professor says I have to write a literature review‚ what do I do? Well‚ to begin‚ you have to know that when writing a literature review‚ the goal of the researcher is to determine the current state of knowledge about a particular topic by asking‚ “What do we know or not know about this issue?” In conducting this type of research‚ it is imperative to examine several different sources to determine where the knowledge overlaps and where it
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Segmentation Analysis Literature Review To match the needs of costumers‚ consumers and producers‚ not only in case of private people but of businesses or companies‚ target marketing is needed. To obtain the particular market firstly a marketer has to prepare a market research‚ after which he segments the market‚ and then targets a single segment or series of segments‚ and finally positions within the segment(s). From these processes‚ I have chosen Segmentation Analysis as the topic of this essay
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co.uk/food/jamie10a.jpg A literature review 2008-2 Statement of authorship I certify that this literature review is my own work and contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any degree or diploma in any institute‚ college or university. Moreover‚ to the best of my knowledge and belief‚ it contains no material previously published or written by another person‚ except where due reference is made in the text of the literature review. Signed: _____
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International Journal of Business and Management August‚ 2008 Projects and Their Management: A Literature Review Guru Prakash Prabhakar Bristol Business School University of the West of England Coldharbour Lane‚ Frenchay Campus Bristol- BS16 1QY‚ UK Tel: 44-117-328-3461 E-mail: guru.prabhakar@uwe.ac.uk Abstract Over the years and more importantly in the recent past projects have been used as a delivery mechanism to do business and accomplish objectives. No wonder it has become
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