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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BUSINESS STRATEGY ALTERNATIVES & RECOMMENDATIONS: Airbus has become a leader in commercial aircraft manufacturing relying heavily on an integrated position of low-cost leadership and technology-focused differentiation. Boeing‚ their major competitor‚ has a position in the market that has consistently eroded while maintaining an integrated position of brand value differentiation and long term cost reduction through acquisition and economies of scale. In this section‚ we will discuss two main ideas:
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Assignment Title: Change Is Required For Organizational Growth Subject: Organizational Development Today‚ teams and organizations face rapid change like never before. Globalization has increased the markets and opportunities for more growth and revenue. However‚ increasingly diverse markets have a wide variety of needs and expectations that must be understood if they are to become strong customers and collaborators. Organizational change is the term used to describe
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nowadays Easterners and Westerners meet quite often. And when they do meet‚ naturally‚ they have to find an appropriate greeting. Aye‚ there’s the rub raymond mill. What’s culturally appropriate for people in one culture may be completely out of line in another culture. So the best approach is to follow the well-known maxim‚ "When in Rome‚ do as the Romans do." So what’s an appropriate salutation for Americans? Maybe you already know how to say‚ "How are you?" You might even know the customary
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2012 Tax Return and Issues Memo Prepared For: Jack Wells Issues and Questions for Jack Wells’ 2012 Tax Return As preparers for Mr. Wells’ 2012 Tax Return our team made several assumptions‚ some of which would require further input from Mr. Wells. We also ran into some opportunities for tax planning for Jack. This memo outlines those assumptions‚ questions‚ and opportunities. The following is a list of assumptions broken down by IRS Form or Schedule: Schedule C Part I For Line 1 our group
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Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general‚ or due to a specific cause) in a population‚ scaled to the size of that population‚ per unit of time. Mortality rate is typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year; thus‚ a mortality rate of 9.5 (out of 1000) in a population of 1‚000 would mean 9.5 deaths per year in that entire population‚ or 0.95% out of the total. It is distinct from morbidity rate‚ which refers to the number of individuals in poor health
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Discussion The purpose of this experiment was to determine if splitting a bean would affect its rate of respiration. Splitting a bean does not impact its rate of respiration. This is shown in the data‚ while the average rate of respiration for Whole beans is 1.35 and the rate of respiration for 1.16‚ the standard error of the mean is .15. Because the standard error of the mean is so high‚ they overlap in both of the data sets‚ which shows that the data is very similar. This is better shown in the
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Acknowledgement First of all‚ the proponents would like to thank our Almighty God for giving us the strength and knowledge in finalizing our project for our final requirement in Management Information System. We would also like to express our sincerest appreciation to the instructors‚ for their encouragement‚ insight comments and recommendations and continuous support in our project in Management Information System. Our deepest gratitude to the librarians of Teodoro M. Kalaw Memorial Library
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One view is that the literacy rate has risen from 72% to 90% in the last 30 years. According to the 2005 Functional Literacy‚ Education‚ and Mass Media Survey conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO)‚ 48.4 million or 84% of the estimated 57.6 million Filipinos who are 10 to 64 years old are said to be "functionally" literate (Source: "8 out of 10 Filipinos are functionally literate" by D. Pepito‚ TODAY newspaper‚ February 17‚ 2005). Functional literacy was found to be higher in females
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The purpose of this lab was to find my and my fellow classmates resting heart rate and record it. There were seven people in the class and we all participated in this study. There are four places to check heart rate and they are in your wrist‚ the inside of your elbow‚ the side of your neck‚ or the top of your foot. Everyone used the wrist or their radial artery. We used our middle and index fingers to gently feel for the radial artery in each others pulse. I then counted the pulse for 10 seconds
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