... feel the nervousness and delight ofthe students, the fear ofthe parents, and finally, the joy of all participants after the performance The final thesis is that of Ms T who is a teacher of English ... ´doing´ in the theses of eight MELM students The theses represent the major themes and concerns of our students My particular focus is the appearance ofthe ´I´ as it emerges in the reflective ... constantly drawing attention to the importance of their persons Somewhat similar was the approach of Ms, L whose concern was the lack ofthe professional competence ofthe staff in a poor rural school...
... agency ofthe Department of Agriculture The first is the threat of fire and fuel This year, forest fires have burned more than three million hectares of land That is almost two times as much as the ... starts to accelerate in the second half of this century, as many scientists expect, the area of warm air will be much larger during the summer than it is now The impact on the jet stream will be ... SATISFACTION Over the years, the development of different theories of management and different approached to organization has affected the way we view motivation In the 19th century, the writer Federick...
... overview ofthe study in which the rationale for the research, theresearch problem, the purposes, theresearch questions, the scope ofthe study, theresearch method, the significance ofthe study, ... terms of: (1) The height ofthe bulk ofthe tongue in the mouth (2) The front/back position ofthe tongue in the mouth (3) The degree of lip-rounding (4) The length of vowels (Roach, 1998: 13-14) ... have the habit of pronounce a new-formed word according to the pronunciation ofthe root one For example, they tend to pronounce the sounds of Exhibition like the sound of Exhibit With the help of...
... the BESM, Academy of Sciences ofthe USSR, Moscow (1956) 17 D Panov, Concerning the Problem of Machine Translation of Languages Academy of Sciences ofthe USSR, Moscow (1956) 18 V H Yngve, "The ... the mathematical problems it presents are the same as in other fields, except where, as in theuseof thesaurus methods, the mathematical structure ofthe information to be coded imposes special ... occurring in other branches of communication engineering The need for code compression perhaps arises more urgently in MT, because ofthe great bulk ofthe material to be stored, but the mathematical...
... the frame number and the bracketed number represents the length ofthe feature The MFCC features were processed with the CMN technique to remove the effects of additive distortion caused by the ... provides the distribution of energy in each subband as a percentage ofthe entire spectrum The SBE is therefore related to the harmonic structure ofthe signal as well as the formant locations Therefore, ... below is the energy of each subband normalized with the combined energy ofthe spectrum The SBE gives the trend of energy distribution for a given sound, and therefore it describes the dominant...
... One ofthe aims ofthe qualitative study was to examine how the intervention fitted into the context ofthe families’ lives Sources of qualitative data included interviews with parents; the diaries ... whether they were related to the trial and whether they had used qualitative research methods For those studies that were included, we extracted information regarding the objective ofthe qualitative ... qualitative study, the methods of data collection and analysis used, and the key themes and categories identified Results Fifty-two (63%) ofthe 82 trials had no qualitative research linked to them For...
... contributed to drafting the article RM participated in the design ofthe study, led the data collection for the second and third phases ofthe study, led the analysis ofthe qualitative data, and ... method of analysis We produced a video documentary about each case We used the seven main recommendations that emerged from the advice offered in the interviews to organize much ofthe synthesis of ... contributed to drafting the article EP led the data collection for the first phase ofthe study, contributed to data collection for the other two phases, and led the analysis ofthe quantitative data...
... part of a broader suite of projects undertaken to support the work ofthe WHO Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) Both JL and AO are members ofthe ACHR JL is also President ofthe ACHR ... ACHR for the Pan American Health Organization (WHO's regional office for the Americas) The Chair ofthe WHO ACHR, a member ofthe PAHO ACHR, and several WHO staff members were members ofthe project ... guidelines, is the main strength of their outputs, while the most commonly cited weaknesses were the lack of dissemination and implementation strategies for the outputs and the lack of monitoring...
... methods,' one noted their useof a hierarchy of outcomes, and another noted their useofthe Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system (see A.F.2) The weaknesses ... examples ofsuccess or failure, noting that their role is only to report theresearch evidence, and the decision about whether and how to act on theresearch evidence is best left to others The examples ... products, the processes they use, and the perceived strengths and weaknesses in these processes Several organizations referred to the explicit useofresearch evidence as a strength ofthe processes,...
... in the form of some researchers becoming policymakers themselves, which allowed them to bring to the policymaking process their knowledge ofresearch evidence and their contacts within theresearch ... focused on topics like: 1) theuseofresearch evidence in particular policy decisions, rather than the GSUs that may have produced theresearch evidence and supported its use [5-11]; and 2) the ... members other than the director ofthe organization, an advocate ofthe organization, and at least one critic ofthe organization Sometimes the individuals we interviewed were based in other organizations...
... until these two technologies were successfully combined in the early 1960s that general field useof this type of equipment began The first commercial unit was delivered in 1964 Because ofthe ... 2% ofthe desired 96 pounds NOTE: At this time, note flow pattern of aggregate at the end ofthe conveyor belt An overflow may occur due to deformation o f the rubber divder at the bottom ofthe ... material transport The portability ofthe equipment makes it practical to bring the VMCM unit to the point of use, which can be an advantage in many applications Having the unit at the placement site...
... time (Brown, 2000) Although theuseof mother tongue was banned by the supporters ofthe Direct Method at the end ofthe nineteenth century, the positive role ofthe mother tongue has recurrently ... guess the meaning ofthe words by looking at the context where the words are located They rarely use L1 in the classroom because they are concerned that students may just rely on their L1 Nevertheless, ... list at the end ofthe book with the part of speech, but there is no definition given The same 21 course book was used with the experimental group but with the addition of translation of difficult...
... Introduction presents the rationale, theresearch questions, the method of study, theresearch procedure, the scope ofthe study, the significance ofthe study and the design ofthe study Part B: ... effectiveness ofthe strategy used by the students during theresearch process by comparing the pre-test scores to the ones taken at the end ofthe six practice reading lessons The questionnaire was a useful ... is the methodology This chapter presents the background information ofthe subjects ofthe study, the instrument used to collect the data, the procedure of data collection and the procedure of...
... activities and use them in writing lessons to solve the problem - To examine the effectiveness of these activities to decide whether they are helpful or not 1.2.2 Research questions ofthe study This ... 1, the introduction, presents the background to the study and statement ofthe problem, the aims, significance and design ofthe study It also expresses the author’s reasons for choosing the ... implemented as well as their comments and suggestions for these activities 1.4 Significance ofthe study The study highlights the importance of pre-writing stage in the process of a writing lesson...
... time (Brown, 2000) Although theuseof mother tongue was banned by the supporters ofthe Direct Method at the end ofthe nineteenth century, the positive role ofthe mother tongue has recurrently ... whether to usethe mother tongue ofthe students (L1) in the foreign language (L2) classroom or learning environments The monolingual approach suggests that the target language ought to be the ... on themarket today provide neither explicit training nor adequate theoretical information on the subject Teachers are left to work things out on their own 3 For the researcher, the question of...
... artifacts ), the study is confined to the verbal aspects ofthe act of giving bad news with theuseof politeness and hedging In addition, adjacency pairs are beyond the scope of this paper - The study ... weakeners mentioned above in the scope ofthe study because ofthe suitability to the topic ofthe thesis “Hedging before giving bad news” Weakening particles is to use adverbs as: “really, sincerely, ... significant to the study Design ofthe study The study is composed of three parts They are: Part (Introduction) presents the rationale, scope, aims, research questions, and methodology ofthe study...