Understanding the School’s Organizational Structure and Educational Framework

School Organizational Structure and Educational Framework

Governing Bodies

The governing bodies are divided into two categories:

  • One-person bodies: Director, Head Teacher, and Secretary.
  • Colleges: Management Team (faculty), School Board (Director, Head Teacher, Secretary, parent representatives, student representatives, teacher representatives, and a representative of the ayuntamiento).

Coordinating Bodies

These bodies include:

  • Tutor
  • Cycle Equipment: Responsible for organizing and developing the cycle of
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Oral vs. Written Communication: Key Differences & SEO Strategies

Oral vs. Written Communication

Characteristics of Spoken Discourse

1. Tendency to Repetition

There is a tendency to repeat particular words or fragments of words. Usually, listeners automatically filter out such repetition without noticing it. Only when repetition becomes extreme do people pay attention to it.

2. Usually No Chance of Correction

Repetition of words or sentence fragments is typical of speech, made up as the speaker goes along with no opportunity to reformulate it. Speech also contains

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Speech Acts, Communication Problems, and Discourse Differences

9) Speech Acts

When you do something, you are performing an action. When you ask for something, you are also performing an action – the act of asking. This perspective provides insight into the utility of human communication: humans use communication as a tool to achieve their goals.

In his book “How to Do Things With Words,” Austin describes Conventional Speech Acts: sentence types that have conventional relationships to certain types of speech acts, such as:

  • Declarative: (assertions/statements)
  • Interrogative:
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Lexicology and Lexicography: A Comprehensive Overview

TEMA 1: Lexicology

Definition

Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that studies the vocabulary of a language. It encompasses the study of lexis, words (both simple and complex), and the lexicon.

Lexicology and Other Disciplines Within Linguistics

Lexicology and Morphology

Morphology is the study of morphemes and their arrangements in forming words.

Lexicology and Semantics

Semantics is defined as the study of meaning.

Lexicology and Etymology

Etymology is the study of the whole history of words, including

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A History of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Research

The History of English for Specific Purposes Research

Problems and Solutions

The history of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) research presents three key problems:

  1. When did ESP research begin? Following John Swales’ movement history, Episodes in ESP, we can trace its beginnings to the early 1960s.
  2. How do we account for the diverse publication landscape? While much ESP/LSP research appears in international journals, a significant portion remains unpublished, is published in other languages, or resides
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A Look at the Portuguese Language Workshop

Review Grammar for the Construction of Text

Juliana Vianna Segadas (UFRJ)
Michelli Bastos Ferreira (UFRJ)

Introduction

The Portuguese Language Workshop was inspired by the difficulty, observed in students enrolled in writing courses, to grammatically revise their own texts. It was observed that both groups required a greater understanding of the syntax of the language. In other words, these students lacked a better understanding of the organization of Portuguese and the fundamental relations arising

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