... Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), is currently reviewing the GCSEs and GCEs offered there The rest of this document relates to England only, though we will keep the regulators in other parts ofthe ... concerns about the reliability ofthe marks for speakingand listening because ofthe pressure on these qualifications Making assessment ofspeakingand listening a hurdle would put the assessment ... downgrading ofspeakingand listening skills They remain part ofthe current Key Stage National Curriculum The proposed changes reflect the difficulty of assessing these skills securely under the current...
... speakingand writing answers of high band scores (from band and higher) as mentioned in chapter that one ofthe criteria of IELTS writing and 28 speaking marking and assessment is coherence and ... fulfill theSpeaking test requirements The key indicators will be the amount of strain caused to the listener, the amount ofthe speech which is unintelligible andthe notice ability of L1 influence ... candidate can use andthe precision with which meanings and attitudes can be expressed The key indicators are the variety of words used, the adequacy and appropriacy ofthe words used andthe ability...
... between ideas and thus the whole message of their text is vague, unlogical and incoherent As a result, this obstacle affect their IELTS band score and limit their opportunities of further study ... and grammar to build up the theoretical background for the research The study takes the theory of discourse analysis as a base on which the most noticeable cohesive devices of IELTS writing and ... entering universities mainly in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and many other countries around the world Academic essay-writing andspeaking are two ofthe four skills which international...
... improve the situation of teaching and learning speaking English to the year non-major English students would be made The thesis consists of three main parts: the introduction, the development, andthe ... level of Proficiency at Hanoi University of Industry” is submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of Master ofArts is the result of my own work, except where otherwise ... the conclusion The introduction - gives rationale for the study and sets up the aims, scopes and methods ofthe study The develoment - which is considered as the main part ofthe study, includes...
... is the same as s, andthe hard sound the same as k The soft sound of g is the same as j, andthe hard sound is the true sound of g as heard in gone, bug, struggle Important Rule C and G are soft ... the help ofthe voice, and incapable of being prolonged The first class of sounds is called vowel sounds, the second, consonant sounds Ofthe twenty-six letters ofthe alphabet, a, e, i, o, and ... sometimes of i long, as in either and neither, pronounced with either the sound of e long or i long, the latter being the English usage; ie has the sound of i long, as in lie, andof e long,...
... to the study ofthe what andthe how of integration of teaching language and its cultural factors Due to the limit of time and scope ofthe study and other factors, this thesis cannot go further ... with the findings ofthe attitudes ofthe teachers andthe students towards the importance of culture andspeaking skill in ELT; together with cultural difficulties in the teaching and learning of ... out the attitudes ofthe teachers andthe students towards the importance ofspeaking skill in ELT in general, the attitudes ofthe informants towards speaking skill, cultural knowledge in the...
... the Faculty ofArtsand Social Sciences, Univerisiti Malaya Aim This study aimed to develop an understanding ofthe influence of gender and ethnicity on the use of ICT among the students in the ... territories ofthe British East India Company in the Southeast Asian region including Penang, Melaka, modern day Singapore, andthe islands of Dinding and Province Wellesley) andthe increased demands ... understand the complex ethnic composition ofthe country, it was important to take a brief look at the history of these three ethnic groups in the region The Malays While examining the dynamics of the...
... review of previous studies related to the research area The following chapter will display the detailed description ofthe methodology, the procedures andthe results ofthe study in the light ofthe ... Sample ofthespeaking activity: Song Appendix 5: Sample ofthe communicative game: Spot the difference Appendix 6: Sample ofthe communicative game: What is the word? Appendix 7: Sample ofthespeaking ... for their needs Question and were to find out the allocation ofthe amount of talking time between students and teachers in the class and students’ opinion of their teachers’ talking time The...
... calculated and transferred into numerical forms The data were then clearly presented in the forms of tables and charts to facilitate the synthesis, comparison and generalization ofthe data The participants’ ... both the teachers andthe students to get further opinions ofthe types of communicative speaking tasks, together with their advantages, disadvantages and suggestions However, the interview for the ... communicative speaking tasks and check their improvement of vocabulary andspeaking skill These issues also got the agreement from half of teachers In the bottom place with only 25% of teachers and 42% of...
... towards thespeaking skills lessons, the researcher asked the students about their opinions about contents ofthe topics, the activities andthe time ofthe lessons in the class 18% ofthe respondents ... unless they regard the materials they are taught as worth learning Therefore, the task ofthe teachers is to find out their students‟ goal andthe topics 48 they want to learn and build these in the ... topics, the activities andthe time ofthe lessons in the class The ratings collected in the table point out that none ofthe teachers thinks the topics are interesting and suitable More than half of...
... access to the array and, if other clients had already referenced the data ofthe array, the physical memory cache ofthe array would be directly accessible to the client with no further message ... 5.5 Fault Handling The Mach page fault handler is the hub ofthe Mach virtual memory system The kernel fault handler is called when the hardware tries to reference a page for which there no valid ... vm_allocate_with_pager) or receipt of data in an IPC message In the first case, the source ofthe data is considered trusted (either the default pager, or a data manager known to the requestor) Use ofthe data received...
... worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and retail ... 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men declined from 225 000 to 200 000, while the number of women rose ... answer: The two decades between 1975 and 1995 brought significant changes in the representation of women in Freedonia's work force, according to the graphs In 1975, for example, some 300 000 men and...
... evidence is the lack of rigour and generalisability Furthermore, the magnitude ofthe effect ofthe MET may be influenced by institution-specific administrative features and policies Buist and coworkers ... of centres Before -and- after studies lack rigour and generalisability they are In the words ofthe slogan ofthe American Society of Critical Care Medicine, we need to deliver the ‘right care, ... lack of statistical power due to the large variance in outcome incidence and wide standard deviation andthe lower-than-expected incidence ofthe outcome measures under investigation Given the...
... from 20% ofthe teachers and 14% ofthe students Types of text are chosen to be the focus of 20% ofthe teachers and 5% ofthe students The same amount ofthe students (5%) concentrate on the relating ... ideas…related to the topic ofthe text drew the attention of 40% ofthe teachers and 12.5% ofthe students This shows that words and structures are of importance in avoiding the students’ misunderstanding ... writer and even a friend, an ESP must take other parts And these other parts will vary according to the type of course and syllabus, andthe teaching/learning environment (Jordan, 1997) Therefore...
... must arrive at a profound and detailed understanding of logical arguments, the rhetorical arrangement, the pattern ofthe 14 text, the attitude and purposes ofthe writer and his linguistic means ... type of program, level, and other variables (Day and Bamford ,2002) 16 The level of global understanding required varies with the student's language proficiency, the nature ofthe texts, and other ... mentioned above is the summary ofthe general characteristics of extensive reading it provides including the issues related to the amount ofand primary purpose of reading andthe role of learners in...