Second Language Acquisition
Chapter 15: Second Language Learning
Second Language Learning
A distinction is sometimes made between learning in a foreign language setting (learning a language that is not generally spoken in the surrounding community) and a second language setting (learning a language that is spoken in the surrounding community). That is, Japanese students in an English class in Japan are learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and, if those same students were in an English class in the USA, they would be
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Effective Sales Management
Meeting Objectives
- Share company and product information
- Resolve internal conflicts
- Reach consensus on decisions
- Boost team spirit
- Clarify doubts (e.g., new equipment)
- Address urgent issues
Meeting Stages
- Preparation: Evaluate necessity, consider team atmosphere, set date, time, and place, send appropriate invitations, define attendance, set objectives/agenda.
- Development: Record minutes, maintain effective meeting rules (avoid digressions, stay on topic, use appropriate language,
Effective Meeting Management: A Comprehensive Guide
Effective Meeting Management
Characteristics of a Meeting
A meeting involves group communication in a specific place and time, resulting in decisions and agreements. Meetings serve various objectives:
- Reporting on a theme
- Conveying knowledge
- Solving a problem
- Presenting new ideas, approaches, and procedures
Types of Meetings
Information Meeting
Transmits necessary information to the group. Attendees have a passive role, primarily listening and asking clarifying questions. The conductor leads the meeting
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Unit 19: Development of Writing in Primary Education
Learning Methods and Strategies. Composition of Different Written Texts. Utilizing ICT. Educational Intervention Strategies.
1. Introduction
Reading and writing are fundamental skills learned in school. However, a significant number of children struggle with these instrumental learning processes.
Yetta M. Goodman explains that even very young children constantly interact with written texts, including product labels, toys, street signs, and signs
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UNIT 19: DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING IN PRIMARY EDUCATION. LEARNING METHODS AND STRATEGIES. COMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT WRITTEN TEXTS. USE OF ICT. EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.
1. INTRODUCTION:
Reading and writing are still, even today, very specific school-based learning activities. In instrumental learning, we find a significant number of children failing.
Yetta M. Goodman explains that children, from a very young age, are constantly interacting with the meaning of written texts, including product
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Subordinate Clauses
Substantive Clauses
- That: I want to tell me soon, I loved you to have that detail with it.
- If: Hesitant in sentences of type (do not know if I will come tomorrow) or doubtfully questioning: (tell me if you come tomorrow).
- Relative pronouns and interrogative adverbs such as what, where, when, how, who, how … When S. Sust is an indirect interrogative (interrogative sentence that acts as a CD), it can take almost any pronouns as links, determiners, or adverbs: I do not know what time