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Stepping stones a guided approach to writing sentences and paragraphs

Stepping stones a guided approach to writing sentences and paragraphs

... Instructors Janoubi, Sarah Littmann, Cleva Nelson, Anallely Orozco, Adam F Perez, Brian Rickenbrode, Maurice Rivera, Ekaterina Savchenkova, and Angela Vargas Other Contributors I am also grateful to a number ... PART ONE The Academic Paragraph Seeing the Big Picture WARM-UP: Making a Movie Understanding Paragraphs Paragraphs in Journalism Paragraphs in Business Writing Paragraphs in Popular Fiction and ... familiar with the features of paragraphs in academic writing Understanding Paragraphs 11 ACTIVITY Below are three examples of academic paragraphs Notice that each example is made up of one paragraph...

Ngày tải lên: 05/04/2016, 18:48

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AUDIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS GOVERNING COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM ACTIVITIES AT THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CRIME LABORATORY SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA potx

AUDIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS GOVERNING COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM ACTIVITIES AT THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CRIME LABORATORY SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA potx

... [the QAS] The annual audits shall occur every calendar year and shall be at least months and no more than 18 months apart At least once every years, an external audit shall be conducted by an audit ... Laboratory was first accredited in April 1996 by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) The Laboratory maintained its ASCLD/LAB accreditation ... in a room separate from the evidence examination, DNA extraction, and PCR setup areas We observed that the Laboratory has separate rooms for DNA examination and extraction, PCR setup, and DNA amplification...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 22:20

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What would you do if you were at the scene of a serious road accident

What would you do if you were at the scene of a serious road accident

... tai nạn Đó lý học sơ cứu dạy trường học, hoạt động trinh sát Junior Chữ thập đỏ Các lớp học Nếu người không quan tâm họ không muốn giúp đỡ, khó khăn liên quan đến cứu giúp Một tai nạn liên quan ... ích Đầu tiên đám đông phải x a để bệnh nhân có không khí lành Nếu sở hữu bệnh nhân phải bảo đảm Lưu ý số xe liên quan Nó hữu ích sau này, việc giúp đỡ bệnh nhân T a án để có quyền lợi bảo hiểm ... Một tai nạn liên quan đến việc đến t a án nhiều lần gây nhiều bất tiện, đặc biệt thời gian công việc Nhưng, ngh a vụ đạo đức người dân để giúp nạn nhân vụ tai nạn chứng thầm lặng bất lực ...

Ngày tải lên: 27/08/2016, 08:18

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Báo cáo y học: "Effects of Losartan on expression of connexins at the early stage of atherosclerosis in rabbits"

Báo cáo y học: "Effects of Losartan on expression of connexins at the early stage of atherosclerosis in rabbits"

... imaging software Statistical Analysis Data are presented as mean ± SD Data of multiple groups were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance Means between two groups were compared with a two-tailed ... dehydrogenase (GAPDH): forward: 5’-GCGCCTGGTC ACCAGGGCTGCTT-3’, reverse: 5’-TGCCGAAGTG GTCGTGGATGACCT-3’; b) Cx40-1: forward: 5’-ATGCACACTGTGCGCATGCAGGA-3’, reverse: 5’-CAGGTGGTAGAGTTCAGCCAG-3’; ... Hematoxylin/eosin staining of the iliac arteries in the normal group (panel A) , high fat diet group (panel B), and high fat diet plus losartan group (panel C) In panel A, the elastic lamina was...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

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Báo cáo y học: "Mechanical complications and reconstruction strategies at the site of hip spacer implantation"

Báo cáo y học: "Mechanical complications and reconstruction strategies at the site of hip spacer implantation"

... be avoided (Figure 1) Alterna- 275 tively, a partial (Figure 2) or normal cementation of the spacer into the femoral canal provides the advantage of rotational and axial stability [3] A normal ... is also antibiotic-loaded according to the sensitivity profile of the causative organism After infection eradication, the spacer head has been removed and a metallic head with an acetabular cup ... cementation has the disadvantage in comparison with the partial cementation that all cement debris have to be removed from the femoral canal during the later prosthesis reimplantation, and that...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53

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Designing an esp syllabus for the second-year students of library study at the national teachers training college

Designing an esp syllabus for the second-year students of library study at the national teachers training college

... usually organized as shown in the following figure: Main idea Major details Minor details a A card catalog entries are printed on card that libraries arrange alphabetically in drawers A card catalog ... has the subject of the item on the top line Figure : Organization of information Sample paragraph: A card catalog entries are printed on card that libraries arrange alphabetically in drawers A ... benefits, a syllabus gives more support to the teachers and learners in that it makes the language-learning tasks appear manageable A syllabus is an implicit statement of view on the nature of what...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:36

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Techniques for developing content reading skills for the third year students at the university of odonto and stomatology

Techniques for developing content reading skills for the third year students at the university of odonto and stomatology

... mentioned above such as an instructional expert, a manager, a counselor, a facilitator, an organizer, an evaluator, a curriculum developer (or course/syllabus designer), a material writer and even a ... this game At while-reading stage, the students were asked to read separate paragraphs of an article and give the headings for these parts in pairs And the students had chance to play the game with ... Therefore, reading comprehension is an important part in teaching and learning a foreign language in general and teaching reading in particular And it is a need to improve reading skills so that reading...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50

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An investigation into the reality of teaching and learning speaking skills to the 2nd year non-major english students at pre-intermediate level of proficiency at hanoi university of industry

An investigation into the reality of teaching and learning speaking skills to the 2nd year non-major english students at pre-intermediate level of proficiency at hanoi university of industry

... functions Chapter provides theoretical background about Communicative Language Teaching, speaking skills, three main stages of speaking and motivation in a speaking lesson Chapter investigates the ... Communicative Language Teaching : Number Voc : Vocabulary Stru : Structures v LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS Tables: Table 1: Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards speaking skill and the role of teaching ... speaking materials and appropriate time for teaching and learning English speaking 24 Table 4: Pre-speaking activities carried out by teachers and students’ responses 26 Table 5: While-speaking activities...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50

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An english-vietnamese cross-cultural study of keeping face at the first encounter

An english-vietnamese cross-cultural study of keeping face at the first encounter

... fact that appearance issues always attract woman; this can be a universal value III.2.3 Cross-cultural similarities and differences In interpersonal communication, power, age and gender are among ... to a new female friend MNPS accounts for 46.15%, twice as many as MP-NPS Example can be illustrated as follow: I like Yoga so much and I am a member of a Yoga class Thanks God I know that you are ... can hardly manage the contextual variables that can happen in the same contexts Moreover, it takes much time to transcript the tapes recorded As for role-play method, it also has one advantageous...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:54

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An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 1

An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 1

... this statement? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of tourism Using nicknames to chat on the Internet has some advantages and disadvantages Discuss with your partner about this IV Appendix ... What can we to protect the nation’s places of interest? Shopping is a waste of time and money To what extend you agree with this statement? V Appendix 3: READING PASSAGES PASSAGE 1: JOB SATISFACTION ... simply for financial reward One need, in particular, was emphasized – the social need An early study done on a coal-mining company, for instance, showed that people generally were happier and worked...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:58

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An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 2

An action research on the use of continuous feedback to improve the first year students' pronunciation at the english department, college of foreign languages, vietnam national university, hanoi part 2

... native language may cause difficulties, as well as advantages for learners Take Vietnamese learners, for example, learning English may be easier than learning Chinese, because of the fact that ... target language This approach is actually a further development of the first approach rather than to replace it because is still makes great use of authentic materials, as well as listening and ... greater chance of having a native-like accent Oyama (1976) conducted a research whose subjects were sixty male Italian-born immigrants They were tape-recorded reading aloud a short paragraph and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:58

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A study on teaching oral skills to the first year students at Hanoi University of Industry in the Communicative Approach

A study on teaching oral skills to the first year students at Hanoi University of Industry in the Communicative Approach

... communicative approach are integrated in a CLT classroom (Larsen-Freeman, 1986) Richard and Rodgers (2001) state that, "the Communicative Approach in language teaching starts from a theory of language ... communicative approach in language learning and teaching considers that the primary goal of language learning is to build up communicative competence, and to be able to use the language appropriately ... language for meaningful purposes Organizational language forms are not the central focus, but rather aspects of language that enable learner to accomplish those purposes • Fluency and accuracy are...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:01

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Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of an English Achievement Test for Third-year Non- major students at the University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh National University and some suggestions for chan

Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of an English Achievement Test for Third-year Non- major students at the University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh National University and some suggestions for chan

... We can infer from the figure that a score in a language test is indicated by communicative language ability Also, the language test is affected by factors other than communicative language ability ... of particular content areas and group characteristics such as: sex, race, and ethnic background It is also systematic  Random factors: are unsystematic factors including unpredictable and largely ... Claphan, C., Wall, D (1995) Language Test Construction and Evaluation Cambridge: Cambridge University Press American Psychological Association (1985) Standards for educational and psychological...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:05

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A STUDY ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE FINAL ACHIEVEMENT COMPUTER-BASED MCQS TEST 1 FOR THE 4TH SEMESTER NON - ENGLISH MAJORS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

A STUDY ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE FINAL ACHIEVEMENT COMPUTER-BASED MCQS TEST 1 FOR THE 4TH SEMESTER NON - ENGLISH MAJORS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

... to evaluate students results after completing these units Particularly, vocabulary and grammar section making up of 100 items are aimed at examining the amount of vocabulary and grammar that students ... identify areas of difficulty As far as computer-based MCQs tests are concerned, according to McNamara (2000) many important national and international language tests, including TOEFL, are moving ... teaching rather than on the syllabus or course book in order to establish and maintain a certain standard In addition, Mc Namara (2000) stated that test writers should draw out a test specification...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2013, 14:46

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A study on group discussion and its impacts on speaking ability of the non major students at the post elementary level in military science academy

A study on group discussion and its impacts on speaking ability of the non major students at the post elementary level in military science academy

... that teachers should arrange situations in which a balance is made between “syntactic and lexical modes of communication” on one hand, while maintaining that balance between “conservative and ambitious ... something and being able to something with that knowledge That is, learning a language as a natural human accomplishment involves not only language knowledge, knowledge about language, but also language ... Science Academy after successfully having passed the National Entrance Examination All of the students at the MSA pursue a four-year program of foreign languages There are departments in MSA namely:...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:02

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TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS a CASE STUDY

TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS a CASE STUDY

... Pronunciation is not an optional extra for the language learner, any more than grammar, vocabulary or any other aspect of language (Tench, 1981) ‘Pronunciation’ is defined as A way of speaking a word, ... A case is a unit of analysis, for example, in education research, a case is probably a learner, a teacher, a class, or a school that exists in its natural occurring environment A case study is ... observations, the researcher learnt how English was taught and learnt The researcher particularly focused on the way teachers treated teaching pronunciation 2.4.2 Curricula and Materials analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:45

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