SCENARIO I have been appointed as a manager of Finance 4 U and the first assignment that I need to undertake along with other managerial activities is to prepare a detailed Personal Development Plan. The plan will include strategy of developing a plan, goals and objectives, milestones, timescales and resources needed. Hopefully the PDP that […]
Richard Gargiulo defines culture as “the attitudes, values, belief systems, norms, and traditions shared by a particular group of people who collectively form their heritage. (2006)” This means that a group’s culture is made up of a variety of factors. A learner’s culture will affect the way they perceive the world around them. A student’s […]
Learning is the “process that results in a relatively enduring change in a person or persons” (Alexander et al, 2009: 186). According to Winn, 1990, learning is a dynamic process whereby the students’ knowledge and skills are different when compared before to after learning. Since ‘teaching’ is the promotion of learning, our knowledge of learning […]
Any man who comes here … must adopt the language which is now the native tongue of our people…. It would not be merely a misfortune, but a crime to perpetuate differences of language in this country (Theodore Roosevelt). Bilingual education has been a controversial topic in the U.S for many years now, and many […]
Born and raised in Mexico, I spent the first 18 years of my life being educated in Mexican schools. I can’t complain, my parents always tried to give me the best education possible getting me into the best schools they could find. I only went to private schools, so teachers were never really a problem […]
The Joule thief is a voltage booster which takes it energy from an almost dead battery and can produce output, while the other circuits consider the battery, to be drained. And an earth battery, as the name says, is a kind of battery which takes it energy from the soil or sea, with the help […]
A single strain gauge having a resistance of 500Ω, gauge factor of 2 and a temperature coefficient of 1 Ã- 10-5 per °C at room temperature is mounted on the beam and connected in the arm AB of the bridge shown in figure Q4 for measuring a strain in cantilaver beam. The other three arms […]
CHAPTER 2 The blowpipe sometimes also called a blowgun or blow tube has a long but not necessarily well documented history [6]. A blowpipe is a primitive weapon that has its origins in ancient history. The weapon is constructed out of a narrow, hollow lightweight tube. By blowing air into one end of the blowpipe, […]
Eighteen years ago I studied English as a Foreign Language at school. Since I finished school many ESL teaching approaches have appeared. One approach that appeals to me is Task Based Language Approach. I found it particularly interesting because it has many elements or principles that contrast with my ESL education. Therefore, In this essay […]
This task comes under the prescribed Part 1 – Language and Cultural context. The topic I have chosen is – Cyclic nature of language. This topic is related to the Part 1 of English as it deals with change of the English Language which influences all the cultures throughout the world since the beginning of […]
