English as a medium of instruction – a growing global phenomenon: phase 1 Interim report April 2014 Author: Julie Dearden‚ Senior Research and Development Fellow‚ English as Medium of Instruction (EMI)‚ Department of Education‚ University of Oxford www.britishcouncil.org/education/ihe Going Global 2014 1 Introduction There is a fast-moving worldwide shift from English being taught as a foreign language (EFL) to English being the medium of instruction (EMI) for academic subjects such as science
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Have you ever gone to a fast food restaurant and wondered what is really in your cheeseburger? If you knew what was in it‚ there is a good chance you would not want to eat it. The real tragedy is that the American beef industry knows this‚ so they make it difficult for the average person to learn what goes into the production of their beef. But the beef industry is not the only party that is guilty of this. The large corporations who produce our food are all doing the same thing. The morality
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“The Long Tail is only relevant to buying products and not any other aspect of the Internet.” Discuss. The Long Tail refers to the marketing strategy which involves selling a large selection of goods with relatively little quantity of each sold. The term “long tail” was popularised by Chris Anderson in his article in Wired magazine which had mentions of how this strategy was incorporated by firms such as Amazon.com. The Internet can be credited for the plausibility of the Long Tail form of marketing
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The Black Plague swept through Europe from 1346-1353 killing an estimated 25-60% of European population; making this one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. The plague caused the infected victim to have purplish-black tumors all over their body. The death of over at least 70 million people caused social‚ economic‚ and political troubles throughout Europe. Since “history is made by the living‚ not the dead‚ who are no longer historical actors‚” people started to abandon their friends
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health insurance industry 3 3. Analysis of the US health insurance market structure 7 4. Strategies oligopoly firms use 8 4.1. Collusions‚ mergers and acquisitions 8 4.2. First-mover advantage 9 4.3. Punishment strategy 10 5. Pricing strategy and recommendations 11 6. Conclusion 12 7. Appendix 13 8. Bibliography 14 Introduction The purpose of the coursework is to undertake a critical analysis and an assessment of the level of competition in the insurance industry of the country
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The central struggle in Amy Tan ’s story "Two Kinds" is a battle of wills between the narrator‚ a young Chinese American girl‚ and her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American
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Carmen Morales English 201-101 Feb 29‚ 2012 Prof. Wright Assignment: “Two Kinds” Piano “Two Kinds” By Amy Tan is about Jing Mei mother who is clear in her daughter’s goals. She want Jing Mei to be a prodigy and famous. Her mother send her to the hair solon to make her look like Shirley Temple. She also forces Jing Mei to take piano lesson and soon has a recital‚ Jing Mei was confident to play. Her mother invites their auntie Lindo because she
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Dorothy Dandridge was one of the most phenomenal performers I have ever seen! It is an honor to watch her put her talent to work. Her singing is angelic‚ her dancing is inspiring‚ and her acting is perfection in its raw form. Writing this report about her is not just a task‚ but an honor. Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born in Cleveland Ohio ’s City Hospital on November 9‚ 1922. Her mother was a hopeful actress named Ruby Dandridge. Ruby had walked out on Dorothy ’s father‚ Cyrus‚ five months previous
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much time and effort is involved in learning in a language not your own. Hence researchers‚ who have tested children who are taught in their mother tongue and those whose medium of learning is a language that is alien to them‚ have found the first group to have a better understanding of what is taught to them and better verbal skills. In fact‚ when they move on to learn a second or even a third language at a later stage after the lateralization of the brain has taken place these children do so
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fitness areas improve on your body’s ability to perform complex movements in everyday life. 2. Evaluate how to write specific‚ measureable short term steps for a specific‚ measureable long term goal: Be as clear and precise. make it measurable‚ where you can have a goal. Be specific. Have it be specific‚ measurable‚ and achievable. 3. Explore long-term benefits of physical activity: Increase chance of injury‚ heart disease‚ cancer‚ overall heart‚ strong bone 4.
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