UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY OF LANGUAGE What makes listening difficult? Factors affecting second language listening comprehension Amber Bloomfield‚ PhD Sarah C. Wayland‚ PhD Purpose—To establish what is currently known about factors that affect foreign language listening comprehension‚ with a focus on characteristics of the listener‚ passage‚ and testing conditions. Elizabeth Rhoades‚ MA Allison Blodgett‚ PhD Conclusions—Research on second language (L2) listening
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Aayush Shah 8-C The Giver(Speech) FREEDOM OF THOUGHT… FREEDOM OF SPEECH… FREEDOM OF ACTION… All these necessities for the mental freedom of a human being were manipulated in the society in the book ‘the Giver’. Lowry narrates The Giver in third person using a limited omniscient viewpoint in which only Jonas’ thoughts and feelings are revealed. Through Jonas’ eyes‚ his community appears to be a utopia — a perfect place — that is self-contained and isolated from Elsewhere‚ every other place
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Hello every one ‚ as most of youse already know my name is Anill goman and I’m here today to talk to you about an extremely serious issue that faces society today‚ racism. Racism is the discrimination of a person because of the race that they have inherited. There are many different types of racism‚ for example racism because of skin colour‚ birth place‚ religion e.c.t but they all got a couple of things in common. All kinds of racism are despicable and create a negative and sometimes dangerous emotional
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Picture this: you walk into school today. You aren’t wearing pants. You aren’t wearing a shirt. And you aren’t wearing shoes. And‚ WORST OF ALL ‚ when you walk into your first period math class‚ you have to hide in the corner so you don’t get screamed at for not having your homework done ! I know that this has happened to NEARLY every single one of us.Thank you procrastination‚ for your lovely work. .. Don’t you dare try "I forgot it at home" or "my printer wasn’t working"‚ ‘I had no electricity”
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tour round the gorgeously dressed paraders. It was a spectacular and colourful event to behold. This proceeded with the taking of oath by the school games prefect and the sports official‚ Mr. Archibong Archibong Inyang. The Principal/CEO’s opening speech came to everyone with mixed feelings. She pointed out that this day concided with the death of her late brother‚ who died on the 12th of march 2000‚ exactly 10 years ago. It was also a remarkable day as it also marked her daughter’s birthday. She
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better judgement‚ I would like to begin today with a confession. I am a chronic procrastinator. I procrastinate on almost all of my school assignments and assigned tasks in my day-to-day life. In fact‚ I even waited until the last minute to write this speech. I am here today‚ however‚ to convince you that this is not necessarily a negative thing. In fact‚ procrastination is a very common habit among students and people in general‚ and‚ for those people who do procrastinate; it often has some positive
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Beto Arellano Comm 3 Informative Speech Plan Title: Hip-hop Abs Specific Speech Purpose: To inform my Comm. 3 audience on how to achieve abs with the hip-hop abs program Statement: There are three steps for a basic hip hop abs workout. Introduction I. Attention Step: The abdomen‚ sometimes called the belly‚ stomach‚ or tummy‚ is the part of the body between the chest and pelvis. The benefits of having strong abdominal muscles include helping a person breathe better and better posture
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Graduation Speech Welcome everyone. I will like to thank everyone for coming to join the class of 2013 at our graduation and commencement ceremony. Thanks to our family‚ relatives‚ faculty‚ and professors for being here on our special day. Today is the day of entering or facing the "real world" that so many of us have been talking about for four years. In some cases it may had taken more than that but that doesn’t matter‚ what matters now is how we are going to use it to benefit us. We are here
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Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)
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Informative Speech Dining Out VS. Dining In INTRODUCTION I. Attention getter/relevance: The Price of food has TRIPLED‚ Which results in the price of fast food has double just form the past two years. II. Establish Credibility: I have gained knowledge and tips on how to save money by cooking your meals at home by doing so you can save over a 1000$ a month. III. Thesis Statement: By the end of my presentation‚ you will have the knowledge to cut the cost of food and you will think twice before
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