Engineering Apprenticeship: A Career Path in the UK

Stuart Cole’s Apprenticeship Journey

When Stuart Cole left school, he started working for a major plastics company in the UK. His apprenticeship lasts for three years and involves a combination of paid work, on-the-job training, and study at a local college.

Learning and Development

Stuart has gained valuable practical skills through on-the-job training, including teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and using new technologies. He also had day release to attend college one day a week in the first

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Types of Assessment in Education: A Comprehensive Guide

Assessment in Education

The term assessment has been widely used and has developed a variety of meanings since it was first applied to exams as the evaluation of educational performance. The term, in its present definition, includes not only the evaluation of school performance but also its comparison with the area objectives and the general objectives of the educational institution. Assessment is also a stimulus for the pupil, provides a means of communicating information to parents, constitutes

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Teacher Professional Development: A Guide to Lifelong Learning

UNIT 7: Teacher Professional Development

7.1 Introduction: Planning Your Professional Development

Lifelong learning means that learning doesn’t stop when you leave school or college. Learning can take place in formal and informal contexts, and we can learn from our peers, students, and more. Using a professional development portfolio is one way we can plan and organize our learning at this stage in our professional life.

7.2 Creating Your Development Portfolio

What is a Professional Development Portfolio?

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Fostering Young Learners’ Reading Habits: Practical Ideas for Primary School

1. Propose some practical ideas that help foster young learners’ reading habits


This essay aims at putting forward practical ideas and activities which help increase Primary School learners’ reading habits. We will first outline our approach to reading and the use of literary texts in foreign language teaching. Then, some practical suggestions on how to use reading materials will be proposed.
As stated in our curriculum, reading constitutes a key factor in the development of the basic competences.

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Experienced Export Coordinator Seeking New Opportunities

About Me – Professional Profile

I currently work at Norel, an animal nutrition company, as a Coordinator for the Export Department.

My role is varied and involves sales and service support, administration support, order processing, and liaison with manufacturing and service divisions, including direct customer support.

I follow up on sales and service opportunities to secure business, create customer quotations, manage order processing, carry out export control checks, coordinate international logistics

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Understanding Lexical Structure and Text Types in Linguistics

UNIT 6: The Structure of the Lexical Word

Lexical Components

  • Lexeme (Radical or Root): Contains the basic meaning of the word.
  • Markers (Derivative Affixes): Modify the basic meaning of the lexeme.
  • Grammatical Morpheme: Occurs in grammatical categories with formal variation.

Morphology and Lexicology

Morphology is the branch of linguistics that deals with grammatical morphemes and verb/noun inflections.

Lexicology studies the combination of lexemes and derivative morphemes.

Suffixation

Suffixation is the

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