5. Reading guide by topic 1. How to Study Becker, L. (2004) How to manage your post graduate course. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Cryer, P. (2007) The research student’s guide to success. 3rd ed., Maidenhead: Open University Press. Lee Davies, L. & Bailey, S. (2007) Developing work and study skills. London: Thomson. Rees, W.D. & Porter C. (2001) The skills of management. 5th ed., London: Thomson Learning. Seely J. (2005) The Oxford guide to effective
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primary moment, companies tried to neutralize their operators’ accent, paying them specific schools and encouraging them watching English or American television. After a while, obviously, for more remunerative return, they decided to decentralize their call centers to the Philippines. Here, they could count on a based English preparation, an already widespread English/American culture, and accent, through school and television, even whether salaries were a bit higher than Indians
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A Review On The Use of Mobile Devices In Teaching and Learning of English Abstract The purpose of this study is to present a review of modern mobile phone as an educational environment. The modern world has opened a new era with its opportunities. Modern mobile phone has become one of these opportunities in terms of its being a basic element in daily life. After enormous advances in mobile phone technology, the field of education has considered it necessary to bring modern mobiles
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What is a research paper? The research paper is a presentation in a well organized discussion of the opinions, conclusions or information derived from extensive study and investigation of the work of others. Other Names 1. Term paper – refers to a project that summarizes or demonstrates mastery of the work of a term or semester 2. Report – refers to a thorough records or description of the results of first hand experiences or reading in primary sources 3. Thesis – commonly refers to
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The English Language in Singapore and Malaysia Vincent B. Y. Ooi (ed.) TIMES ACADEMIC PRESS First published 2001 by Times Academic Press An imprint of Times Media Private Limited (A member of the Times Publishing Group) Times Centre, I New Industrial Road Singapore 536196 tel: (65) 284 8844 fax: (65) 285 4871 email: te@tpl.com.sg Online Book Store: http://www.timesone.com.sg/te Contributors Introduction Vincent B Y Ooi 1. The Voices of English-knowing Bilinguals and the Emergence of New Epicentres
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writing what was known to be correct "Standard" English. I first found this to be a great shortcoming, but I knew that one day I wanted to have a great career. At this time I had no idea what I was going to become but trough reading and writing I had a few ideas. One idea was to be a truck driver or a pharmacist, but I later discovered I liked law enforcement much better. Through the many years of school I have found it very hard to get through my English classes. I found writing to be the hardest
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Weisz Verbal Learning Paper Every person has his or her own learning preference. There are many different learning styles to choose from. Learning style is the way in which each learner begins to concentrate on, process, absorb, and retain new and difficult information (Bjork, McDaniel, Pashler, & Rohrer, 2008). Research in verbal learning follows the work of Herman Ebbinghaus who identified verbal learning methods that are still used today. In this paper, the concept of verbal learning
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Cherney English 1101 14 September 2015 Literacy Narrative As a child, I always wanted to become a doctor. “What kind of doctor” was the question I asked myself? I was about to start my senior year of high school, but still asked myself the same question. However, senior year in my Biomedical Engineering class I was told each week I had to research an article that was somehow related to the class. I had to read the research/article thoroughly, write a three to four page research paper and present
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academic and personal styles of writing t looking at the grammar of academic discourse u practising visualising text as a pre-writing step. Introduction You will already be capable of writing in English and so this course is intended to extend that skill to include the different types of written English essential for studying. In this unit, we will show you examples of both personal and formal writing and help you distinguish between them. A number of texts will be used as examples of the writing
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BYBLOS: The BBN continuous speech recognition system :- In this paper, they describe BYBLOS, the BBN continuous speech recognition system. The system, designed for large vocabulary applications, integrates acoustic, phonetic, lexical, and linguistic knowledge sources to achieve high recognition performance. The basic approach it makes is the extensive use of robust context-dependent models of phonetic coarticulation using Hidden Markov Models (HMM). It describes the components of the BYBLOS system
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