Language Skills Related Tasks’ Assignment 1. Suitability of text for use with TP class ‘Does tourism ruin everything that it touches?’ – The text given to us as the assignment material‚ an article about the effects of mass tourism‚ can be responsibly chosen as a helpful‚ interesting and relevant element of a reading lesson plan for my Upper-Intermediate group. It’s not too long and consists of a reasonable amount of tricky and useful words. Ss will most likely find the author’s approach to
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sports do not only have a major economic impact in the United States‚ but also around the entire world. Currently‚ professional sports in the United States and Canada consist of what is called the Big Four; National Football League‚ Major League Baseball‚ National Basketball Association‚ and National Hockey League. These big four professional sports leagues have franchises all across the United States and Canada and bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year. Along with the Big Four‚ there
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Ciccone 1 Gian Ciccone Dr. Wirshing ENG 101 22 February 2012 Baseball and Softball People generally think baseball and softball are the same sport. Both are similar in many ways but at the same time they are very different. Both the sports involve nine players on the field. The ball field for both consists of four bases that form a square‚ also known as a diamond‚ yet both fields are different. Both have the same concept which is to hit the ball‚ get on base and run all the
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Baseball today has been consider to be known as America national sport. This game has a long history with the country and had many cultural impacts that changed the sport and also help changed the American social view. Baseball has deal with issues from sex‚ race‚ war‚ globalization‚ depression‚ and more. To understand how baseball effect the social culture in American we will be focusing around the 1940-50s. During this time period‚ Americans were having to adjust to the huge changes from World
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stomachache. There three symptoms commonly shown by people who have insomnia: difficulty falling asleep‚ no problem falling asleep but difficulty staying asleep with many awakenings‚ and waking up too early. Difficulty sleeping at night may be related with the following daytime symptoms: sleepiness‚ anxiety‚ impaired memory‚ impaired concentration‚ and irritability. There are three basic types of insomnia. The first type is called transient insomnia -- lasting for up to several nights and is
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to make a name in the baseball world and many have failed. Few have succeeded. The list goes on and on of those who have been good‚ but there’s a short list of those who have been great. And now they are being put together on one team‚ to play an imaginary game. From pitcher to outfield‚ the best players are chosen in order in their position decided by a survey. Lynn Nolan Ryan‚ Jr‚ was born on January 31‚ 1947. Nicknamed "The Ryan Express"‚ a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently
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Professor Strain July 29‚ 2013 Baseball Baseball is popular game that is played in nine innings‚ they have a beginning where they get warmed up‚ a middle where they score and celebrate‚ and an end which is slowing down until the end of the game is called. In the play Fences by August Wilson baseball is a major theme. The play is written in nine acts just like a baseball game‚ it also has high points like getting home runs‚ and it also has downs like every baseball game has. The main character Troy
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This season has been a lot different for Baltimore Orioles fans‚ where finally the Orioles are in contention to make their first ever MLB playoffs since 1997. The Orioles are playing some great baseball in September and are looking like a playoff team that can win it all. Last night the O’s played the Boston Red Sox in front of there all time greats; Frank Robinson‚ Jim Palmer‚ Eddie Murray‚ Earl Weaver and Cal Ripken who were there to commemorate Brooks Robinson a future Hall of Famer. It was an
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Written Assignment Two Skills –related tasks Word count: 1082 I acknowledge that this paper is my own work. Trainee: Mileva Genadieva Signature: Date: 18.02.2013 Receptive skills: According to J. Harmer in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching‚ “receptive skills are the ways in which people extract the meaning from the discourse they see or hear”. In the following text “Playing with your food” the main skill that is being practiced is reading
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most likely‚ a newspaper article - the vocabulary is rather advanced and the style is quite formal. Lower-intermediate students would probably find this text too complicated. 2. Receptive skill to practice: reading. Since this is a text‚ reading is the most appropriate skill to practice in this case. Sub-skills to focus on would be a) reading for gist and b) reading for specific information. Before starting the discussion about the text‚ I would show the students the picture from the article
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