...Peterson’s MASTER TOEFL VOCABULARY 00_TOEFL Vocab FM,i-x 1 8/9/06, 10:13 About Peterson’s, A Nelnet Company Peterson’s (www.petersons.com) is a leading provider of education information and advice, with books and online resources focusing on education search, test preparation, and financial aid. Its Web site offers searchable databases and interactive tools for contacting educational institutions, online practice tests and instruction, and planning tools for securing financial aid. Peterson’s serves 110 million education consumers annually. For more information, contact Peterson’s, A Nelnet Company, 2000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; 800338-3282; or find us on the World Wide Web at: www.petersons.com/about Portions of this book were previously published in Reading and Vocabulary Workbook for the TOEFL Exam and Ultimate Word Success. © 2006 by Elizabeth Davy and Karen Davy TOEFL is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS). This book is not endorsed or approved by ETS. Editor: Wallie Walker Hammond; Manufacturing Manager: Ray Golaszewski ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage and retrieval systems—without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-7689-2328-5 ISBN-10: 0-7689-2328-X Printed in...
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...MODULE A2003 ENGLISH FOR TECHNICAL PURPOSES 2 INTRODUCTION and GUIDE CURRICULUM GRID | TOPIC |UNIT |TIME ALLOCATED | |Application for Industrial Attachment |1 |4 weeks (8 hours) | |Processes and Procedures |2 |4 weeks (8 hours) | |Instructions |3 |3 weeks (6 hours) | |Description of Object |4 |3 weeks (6 hours) | UNIT 1 : APPLICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT 1. Letter of Application for Attachment for Industrial Training 2. Confirmation by Telephone for Industrial Attachment 3. Thank You Letters UNIT 2 : PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES UNIT 3 : INSTRUCTIONS UNIT 4 : DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT Introduction This module is designed for second semester students taking technical courses at the polytechnic. The learning materials provided in the module will help you improve your language proficiency to handle communication situations as well in English. The module is designed for 30 contact hours. This includes assessments and class activities. General...
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...Chapter 1 The Problem and its Background Introduction According to Maraya (2013), excellent academic performance is an ultimate goal of study for every student because it provides the half way of success in the future. Students need to know how they can earn the achievement in academic performance. As being students, the perception on study habits is necessary. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to find out students’ perception on their study habits and to evaluate whether study habits of Grade 5 and Grade 6 students in SMA has positive relationship with their academic performance in Learning English. Measures of study behaviors, also called study skills, strategies, or techniques, can serve as diagnostic tools to help instructors identify students in need of additional help and can also provide a better awareness of a student’s strengths and weaknesses and, correspondingly, ways to optimize his or her learning. Study behaviors can be broadly defined as behaviors functioning to acquire, organize, synthesize, evaluate, remember, and use information (Crede & Kuncel, 2008; Gettinger & Seibert, 2002). Such behaviors include time management; goal setting; selecting what, how, and where to study; taking good notes; reading; and self-testing. Researchers have divided the many specific study behaviors into four main categories: repetition-based (e.g., flashcards), cognitive-based (e.g., studying with a friend), procedural (e.g., time management), and metacognitive...
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...My advice for Makayla Makayla’s story happens to me sometimes. I understand the feeling of staring at a new process or test and not being able to translate it into what I am familiar with. I would recommend that she tap into her precision when this starts. It will help her become hungry for answers and open to moving out of the frozen state to a mind that can think past the isolated agenda or task. I would recommend that she write down questions that lead her to feeling stuck. She should be able to do this well because she will be using her sequence by putting a list together in order. Then she can tackle the questions or concerns she wrote down one by one. This in turn will let her open to a new idea as a potential solution because she will have lead herself to the understanding and will trust it more. My advice for John My suggestion for John would be to focus on the big picture by using his confluence and technical patterns as he revises a first draft or finishes typing up an email or letter. This can help him simplify his main points and make easy for anyone to read and get the message. I would suggest that he use his sequence to make edits. This is a use first pattern for him as well. Once he pulls out his main idea and explanations with confluence and technical reasoning, he can condense it while writing the revision in a logical and clean format that sequence is naturally keen to. My advice for Paul I find myself in Paul’s shoes in a lot of situations. ...
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...B. How can ELL teachers assist schools or districts to design ELL instructional programs As a result of the Lau v. Nichols decision, English Language Learners are entitled to receive equal access or opportunity for education, which their local school districts must provide. Furthermore, English Language Learners currently represent the fastest growing segment of students in our public schools. During the period between the U.S. National Censuses of 1990 and 2000, data shows an increase of over 50% in the number of children, ages five through seventeen, speaking other languages. According to an article by Brown University regarding ELL policy, the general population of school-age children grew by 12% since 1990, but the ELL student population...
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...文勇的新托福精选阅读（原黄金29篇）真题[2010年4月3日 5.8版本] 俺常常收到同学们的邮件，要我推荐各种各样阅读材料,问我iBT的复习资料中 Barron, Longman, Delta等等哪个更好。我其实很无奈---因为尽管这些机构很大牌,但大牌丝毫都不意味着文章“质量高”(比如你可以想想三鹿奶粉)---说这些机构的文章质量不高,并不是说文字写得不好,而是说这些文章的句子结构, 论述方式, 出题思路与ETS的并不一致(有时候甚至大相径庭)：用这样的材料训练，实在是 事倍功半。 于是，我们实在应该去找找由ETS出的iBT文章来做：（我们能够找到的|由ETS编纂的标准iBT文章有） 1. OG[1]之中的13篇文章[2]；（其中3篇为第三版OG之中的文章） 2. 13次（套）TPO[3]之中的3*13=39篇文章[4]； 3. 早期[5]报名之时ETS赠送的3篇在线测试题 4. ETS官方给出的模考软件之中抽出的1篇文章； 于是这个文档在我的一时兴起之下，出现了： OG拿在手上，可以一个个字的敲成电子版；TPO的所有考试都是在自己的计算机进行，于是可以一边花钱参加考试,一边截图与录像---再利用截下来的图片，逐个的敲下来；早期的ETS赠送的3篇在线测试题，我也恰好有电子版本；官方的模考软件稍微用点功夫，就能将文章提取并复制出来。虽然工作有些繁杂，但总算完成了所有文章的敲打工作。再花了些时间，把这53篇文章都做了答案，附在文章的后面。（由于TPO之中有3篇文章与OG中完全重复,于是减去3篇,只剩下53篇。）同时我还更正了OG上几个明显的错误（详见文后附录）当然，我还做出了方便大家理解文章的参考译文，附在文章的后面。 在这53篇由ETS出的文章没有做完之前，我们实在不应该花时间在任何其他的题目之上。我有时候甚至会对着我的弟兄们高呼：“没有把这53篇做３遍，你好意思上考场么？你好意思花钱在任何一本垃圾书上面么？[6]” 另外，如果你正在准备iBT-SAT-GRE的作文部分或者写留学文书，也应该仔细的琢磨一下这些文章：经过ETS打磨的文章，无一不是精妙绝伦，极具模仿价值。常常有同学拜托我帮她（他）写PS，也说起自己的句子怎么看都像是小学生写的（尽管用上了GRE里面的单词），于是会随口问我“勇哥，您的写作能力是怎么训练出来的。”我说，“看呗，看呗：托福文章看多了，写作能力自然就提高了。” “这ETS的这些文章真的那么好？”。每当听到这个问题，我都会装做赵本山的样子来一句“谁用谁知道～～” 文勇 欢迎进行未删节的转载|且不必告诉我你转载到哪里去|都是一个战壕里面的弟兄啊… 告诉大家一个好消息，本文档中的TPO1-TPO9，以及在线测试题和官方模考题目的解析已经在市面上可以买到了！（好吧，我承认以下显然是广告部分）： 这本《托福真题详解-阅读分卷-第一册》是给弟兄们现在市面上可以获得的TPO1-TPO9阅读部分的文章解析，题目解析，中文翻译和每篇文章的必备词汇：文章解析是为了让大家养成从整体抓文章结构的感觉，题目解析是为了使大家能够在做完题之后知道正确选项为什么对，错误选项为什么错——并且因此来培养良好的做题思路，中文翻译是为了帮助大家扫除那些自以为理解对但实际理解有误的句子，在每篇文章后面配上必备词汇无非是为了节省大家的一些查单词而已。 另外，这本书还包含了一张CD（我想你可能第一次听说阅读书...
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...A STUDY ON SEMANTIC FEATURES OF PURPOSIVE ADJUNCTS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE Le Thi Bich Hanh University of Foreign Languages, The University of Danang Email: lebichhanh_dn@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Having a good guide to translate appropriately English purposive adjuncts (PAs) into Vietnamese and vice versa has become monumentally necessary. So, in this study, we would like to compare and contrast English and Vietnamese PAs in terms of their semantic features in meaningful interactional situations in the strong belief that using appropriate PAs, writers and speakers can reduce the negative meanings of their sentences and increase the acceptability of the readers and hearers in communication. In terms of theory, the study focuses on identifying the similarities and differences in the uses of adjuncts to express purposes and hence finding the cultural factors affecting those choices. In practice, the study hopes to provide some implications in language teaching and learning as well as translating. The practical information in the research can raise language users’ awareness of the subtle differences between the uses of PAs in both languages so that they can fulfill their communicative purpose in real life. Key words: purposive adjuncts; purposive subordinators; semantic features; compare; implication * Introduction Most languages in the world have particular linguistic devices for expressing purposes implicitly and explicitly. Purposive adjuncts (PAs) are some of those...
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...Course: Globalization and Cultural Studies Mr. Looi van Kessel, M.A. The English language in Turkey – A case study of linguistic imperialism English is considered to be the world’s lingua franca. It is the most extended language in all kinds of international interactions, including trade, culture, and academia. This is considered to be a factual statement and not a normative one. Certain scholars have considered the rise of English as a positive process in normative terms, while others have critiqued it as a form of imperialism. However, both sides of the argument agree on the principle that English is indeed the global language (Lin and Martin 116). The effects of English linguistic imperialism can be found in a plethora of countries, but they are mostly evident in countries that adopt official language policies to encourage the use of English in order to position themselves closer to the Western world. That is the case of Turkey which has favored English teaching and usage since the late 19th century (Doğançay-Aktuna and Kiziltepe 254-257). Furthermore, this official language policy and its consequences are most noticeable in academia, an environment where English has become an essential tool for participating in the international scientific community. This essay will discuss the case of Turkey as a country that has been directly impacted by English linguistic imperialism, resulting in a struggle between the economic benefits of expanding English usage, and the existence of a...
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...Practice AP Language Essay Prompt Wilson's purpose in his two passages, "the people first critic stereotypes the environmentalist", and "the environmentalist stereotypes the people first critics", is to illustrate and show the immaturity displayed in the way the environmentalists gives their debates in regards to the others opinions and positions. The first thing he does in each of the passages is he gives their opinions of each other in a way that is very informal and stereotypical. And throughout these two writings, he continues to argue that the environmentalists are really more concerned with each other and they are with the natural environment that they "play" to save and preserve. The rhetorical strategy known as assertion is the starting point of an argument that can be supported with specific details. This is the strategy that Wilson used in his passages to satirize the language of two groups that hold opposing attitudes about environmentalism. In his writing, he questions the true motives of conservationists by pointing out that as they pass more laws and regulations on pollution and the endangered species of nature, they seem to be more for their own interests, instead of those of the environment. From this, Wilson draws the conclusion that by constantly passing new laws and regulations regarding the environment, conservationists are hiding their selfish interests by using their actions as a cover-up. Wilson's emphasis on the false motives of conservationists leads...
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...2012年1月7日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文：柱状图，四个国家（中国、美国、俄罗斯、澳大利亚）在工业、农业、家庭消耗水的百分比情况 in 2001 大作文: 发展中国家应该邀请外国大公司来建厂做生意还是应该闭关锁国保护本土公司？ 2012年1月14日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文是个table below 讲六个地方和全球60以后的人的比例in 2000和2050 大作文是说employers有social skill能在工作中成功呢还是有good qualification的employers能成功 2012年2月4日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文 柱图，制造两种不同质地的杯子所耗的material 比较； 大作文:Some people think that young people should follow traditions of their society, and others think young people should be free to behave as individuals. 2012年2月18日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文：柱状图 七个region的男女文学能力rates和世界平均水平对比 大作文：是有人认为科技让生活变得complex，解决方式就是不使用科技从让生活变简单你的看法～ 2012年2月25日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文：task1是柱状图 对比一个国家男女一年内take trips的人数和原因 大作文：Full-time university students need to spend a lot of time studying, but it is essential to involve other activities. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 2012年3月10日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文：表格图，介绍六个国家里手机和电脑在每千人手中的拥有量。今天两道都是老题，难度不大。 大作文In the future, there will be a higher proportion of older people than younger people in many countries, what's the advantage and disadvantage? 2012年3月17日雅思写作真题回忆 小作文：柱状图 The bar chart shows the average working hours of full-time workers and part-time workers in three countries and in Europe. 共有两幅柱状图，第一幅图对应full-time workers, 第二图对应part-time workers.每一幅图都有4组柱，分别对应三个国家：Greece, Netherlands, the UK，以及欧洲的平均值。每一组有2根柱，分别对应men和women. 大作文：News media are important in modern society. Why are they so important? Are their influences generally positive or negative? 新闻媒体在当代社会中很重要。它们为什么这么重要?它们的影响通常是积极的还是消极的? 2012年4月14日雅思写作真题回忆 ...
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...宫东风老师 2012年考研英语复习B计划 5月1日——5月31日 (本月复习重点：夯实词汇，认知语法) |五月寄语： | |[pic] | |你一定听过这样的说法：你得到的就是你想到的。我爷爷常说：“如果你一直盯着一棵树看，树都会走路。”我们看在眼里的就是我们想要的东西。心理学家告诉我们，我们的自我意象比 | |任何东西都更能控制我们的人生。我们自认为怎样，实际上就会怎样。如果你认为自己不会成功，那你就不会成功。如果你想不到，那你也就做不到。你的意象限制了你的人生。如果你 | |想改变人生，就必须改变自己的意象。 | |1976年，阿诺·施瓦辛格在接受一个报社记者访问的时候还只是小有名气。记者问施瓦辛格：“你从健美这一行退下来，下一步准备做什么？”施瓦辛格平静而自信地回答：“我将成为好莱 | |坞的一流演员。”听了施瓦辛格的计划，记者在震惊之余感到非常可笑。在当时，人们很难想象这位肌肉发达的健美运动员会成为好莱坞一流的影星，因为他不是职业演员，而且奥地利的| |口音很重，英语很差。 | |于是，记者又问他打算怎样实现梦想，施瓦辛格答道：“我会按照自己的理想，先创造一个意象，然后，假设自己已经成为了那个人，开始像理想中的那个人一样生活。”乍听起来是不是 | |单纯得像孩子话？但事实证明他这样做确实成功了！施瓦辛格真的成了好莱坞收入第一的电影明星！记住：如果你想得到，你就能做得到！ | |我认识一位很成功的商人，他穿的T恤上印着这样一句话：“不要只是追逐你的梦想，要紧追不舍，征服它！”人生只有一次，为什么不尽可能地好好精彩绽放呢？那样你就会为自己看到的| |和得到的感到心满意足。好好想想吧！ | |5月1日 (星期日) ...
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...at home and abroad. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: ❑ To reinforce the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing; ❑ To develop the skills of students in the use of idiomatic English and the capability of expressing ideas and thoughts in English; ❑ To develop and reinforce communicative interaction; ❑ To introduce the understanding of western philosophy and ideas and their influence on literature; ❑ To introduce classical literature, the Greek myths, the Bible and other writings which have influenced English literary works; ❑ To introduce and refine the understanding of American literature with emphasis on some selected literary works; ❑ To increase the appreciation of Bangla literature and culture among students and to develop their ability to relate experiences from English and American literature to Bangla literary works; ❑ To deepen students’ awareness of the universal concerns that are the basis of literary works; ❑ To stimulate a greater appreciation of language as an aesthetic medium and of the artistic principles that shape literary works; ❑ To appreciate literature as an expression of human values within an historical and social context. ❑ To understand the fundamentals of information communication technology and be able to use it for greater understanding of English language and literature. CURRICULUM STRUCTURE: Total requirements of credits...
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...Personal Statement I am drawn to study English Literature and Creative writing because I am passionate about and committed to reading and writing. I feel that a structured programme of study is imperative for me to achieve my long-term goal of establishing a successful and varied career as a writer. I know that the path I have chosen will often be difficult to walk but I have already taken a step toward its end by starting an Access course. Throughout my short time on the Access course I have gained confidence in my speaking skills. For example, during a recent discussion on gender and relationships in a graded English discussion I raised a point that the teacher had not thought of and was praised for doing so - this taught me that by pushing myself beyond my comfort zone by sharing my ideas and opinions I will be able to achieve my goals. I know that with the skills taught on the Access course I will be able to achieve my goal of studying and completing a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. The Access course has taught me the importance of self-reflection and criticism through keeping a reflective log which documents my progress, obstacles and goals. I have learnt that I am able to be objective when analysing my own work and performance; this skill has helped me to realise that in order to improve my work I have to be critical of myself and be able to accept criticism from others, I feel that this skill will prepare me for the competitive world of writing...
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...When we dip into the rich variety of novels, poems, and plays which constitute English Literature we are reading works which have lasted for generations, or centuries, and they have lasted because they are good. These works say something worth saying, and say it with artistry strong enough to survive while lesser works drop into obscurity. Literature is part of our cultural heritage which is freely available to everyone, and which can enrich our lives in all kinds of ways. Once we have broken the barriers that make studying literature seem daunting, we find that literary works can be entertaining, beautiful, funny, or tragic. They can convey profundity of thought, richness of emotion, and insight into character. They take us beyond our limited experience of life to show us the lives of other people at other times. They stir us intellectually and emotionally, and deepen our understanding of our history, our society, and our own individual lives. In great writing from the past we find the England of our ancestors, and we not only see the country and the people as they were, but we also soak up the climate of the times through the language itself, its vocabulary, grammar, and tone. We would only have to consider the writing of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Boswell, Dickens, and Samuel Beckett side by side to see how the way writers use language embodies the cultural atmosphere of their time. Literature can also give us glimpses of much earlier ages. Glimpses of Celtic Ireland in...
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...HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE "And as I lay and lined and looked on the waters slombred into a sleeping, it swayed so murye"- From The vision on Pier’s Plowman by William Langland The wit remains too: in his last poem, written when he was dying, he bargains with God about forgiving his sins, punning in the last lines on his name: "And, having done that, Thou hast done:/I fear no more. – JOHN Donne "the proper study of mankind is man", -Alexander Pope Dryden did for English poetry what Augustus had done for the city of Rome—"he found it brick and left it marble." – Dr Johnson "the contemporary l.iterature of France was characterised by lucidity, vivacity, and—by reason of theclose attention given to form—correctness, elegance, and finish...It was moreover a literature inwhich intellect was in the ascendant and the critical faculty always in control." – by W.H. Hudson in “An Outline History of English literature” "It is almost exclusively a "town"poetry, made out of the interests of 'society' in the great centres of culture. The humbler aspects of life are neglected in it, and it shows no real love of nature, landscape, ortountry things and people." – W.H.Hudson wrote about Neo classical poetry Romanticism described by Pater, “the addition of strangeness to beauty” By Watt Dunton, “therenaissance of wonder” By Goethe, “Romanticism is disease, Classicism is health.” “Human...
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