...Reading Response I Tongue-Tied Throughout my reading I was not surprised to hear that children and adults alike develop feelings of anxiety when trying to express themselves in their nonnative language. I have felt this same way when trying to speak Spanish. As Kit Yuen Quan puts in in The Girl Who Wouldn’t Sing, “I get this overwhelming fear, this heart stopping panic that I won’t be able to do it… My body tenses up and I forget to breath if there is a word or sentence that I don’t know or several sentences in a paragraph containing unfamiliar words. My confidence dwindles and I start to feel the ground falling from under me… So I tune out or nod my head as if nothing is wrong” (13). This is much like what I feel in my Spanish classes, especially now that my professor speaks solely in Spanish. If I don’t understand a critical word, or a series of words, from his sentences I often become lost and tune out. When I am asked to answer a question or share my opinion I often become anxiety ridden and blank on whatever it is I would normally say. I think that I can attribute this partially to my high level of affect felt in class. I feel the need to perform well, and when I cannot do this I become nervous and/or frustrated. What I found surprising and heart breaking all at the same time was the level of shame that some of the authors speak of. As a child, or even adult, who moves into a new country and is expected to speak the native language, I think the hardest thing to deal...
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...answer the question: What were key points noted? What was observed? What innovations/trends were observed?) *There were several things that I observed while helping parents fill out paperwork at registration. To begin with- there is so much paperwork! Since our registration was elementary, middle school and high school, there was a ton of papers, three different ‘stations’ and long wait times. *I have filled out paperwork for my kids, but BGM has streamlined their paperwork a bit. I believe there are three papers to fill out. STC had several papers, and each one of those papers had an English and a Spanish version. *It was reiterated that I need to learn Spanish to help some of the parents....
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...order to become CompTIA A+ certified, you must pass two exams: the Essentials Exam (number 220-701) and the Practical Application exam (number 220-702). ← Number of questions: 100 for each exam ← The exams each consist of 100 questions and are known as "linear exams". This means that you can go backward or forward within the exam, mark items, and change answers if necessary. It differs from an "adaptive exam" in that it has more questions, and the exam does not adapt to previous answers that the examinee has given. ← Type of questions: Primarily multiple-choice ← The exams consist primarily of multiple-choice questions, but you might see an occasional matching question. CompTIA reserves the right to change the bank of questions, while still adhering to the objectives. The tests are administered on a computer within a very easy-to-use program. The majority of the time, you will simply click the letter of the corresponding correct answer. The exams can be taken in many languages including English, Spanish, German, and Japanese. The new exams (220-801 and 220-802) due out in October 2012 will include Performance Based Questions where the test taker will be asked to do a task in a simulated environment, but the 701/702 exams won’t have those types of questions added to their bank of questions. Also note that the 701/702 series of exams will be retired as of August 31, 2013, but between now and then you can choose to take either series of exams. ← Passing...
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...Simple Present Tense English Grammar Rules The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal. We use the present tense: 1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period. * I take the train to the office. * The train to Berlin leaves every hour. * John sleeps eight hours every night during the week. 2. For facts. * The President of The USA lives in The White House. * A dog has four legs. * We come from Switzerland. 3. For habits. * I get up early every day. * Carol brushes her teeth twice a day. * They travel to their country house every weekend. 4. For things that are always / generally true. * It rains a lot in winter. * The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace. * They speak English at work. Verb Conjugation & Spelling We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive (without the TO). In general, in the third person we add 'S' in the third person. Subject | Verb | The Rest of the sentence | I / you / we / they | speak / learn | English at home | he / she / it | speaks / learns | English at home | The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb: 1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person. * go – goes * catch – catches * wash – washes * kiss – kisses * fix – fixes * buzz – buzzes 2. For verbs that end in a consonant...
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...active 5 years old girl who is in kindergarten. I observed her at her home in TX. Her primary language is English and her Secondary language is Spanish. She is able to do a lot of things for her age. I watched her in her home setting through the months of October and November. She is on track for her age developmentally. Her physical development is good for her age. When I visited her we did worksheets together. She traced a giraffe with a pen she was able to hold the pen in her hand and trace the dotted lines on the paper. We also did a cut color and glue paper of a clown holding balloons. She was able to cut out the circles and color then the colors asked. She also was able to match the shapes. She drew me a picture of herself and she wrote her name on the paper next to the drawing. We went outside to play and she showed me how she could skip and stand on one leg. She was also able to button her coat by herself. Her language skills are also on track. She is a very talkative 5 years old. On one of the visits we sat down to read one of her books. We read It looked like spilt milk. She was able to tell me what the story was about since she had read the book before. She is able to speak clear long sentence. When I visited her one day at home she told me a story of how she went and visited her aunt in las cruses. When asking her mom a question about when they were going to eat she would use the future tense. Her Cognitive skills are also very good. She is able to count objects to...
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...I interviewed five people for this assignment. I found a variety of people to ask the “Who am I.” question too. I was surprised by the answers I received. The answers were exactly what the text had written. Person 1 answers to the questions indicated that she fall into the category of individualism. She is a seventeen-year-old. None of her answers were about family although she did say she was a good friend. I found this interesting. She had no problem saying that she was smart, funny, flirty, helpful, pretty, blond, good sense of style, and a good friend. She was the only one who did not mention family as part of who she was. Person 2 answers to the questions indicated that he fall into the both categories individualism and collectivism. He is a 55-year-old male; he had a hard time coming up with 10 things about himself. The most the egotistical thing he said was he was a good multitasker. His list included: a son, a dad, a store manager, a husband, a bike rider, a person who enjoys camping, a person who likes to be outside, a dog owner, and a good multitasker. I tried to get him to add...
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...1 of 10 State of Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Florida Real Estate Commission Application for Sales Associate License Form # DBPR RE 1 If you have any questions or need assistance in completing this application, please contact the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Customer Contact Center, at 850.487.1395. Note: Applicants must provide at least one physical address. For fees, instructions, and additional information, see Section VII, pages 8-10, of this application. Section I – Application Type CHECK ONE OF THE APPLICATION TYPES ▪ Sales Associate License [2501/1010] FL Resident (Complete Sections I-V) non-FL Resident (Complete All Sections) ▪ Sales Associate License (See Section VII (2) (a) (i) (b) for more information) [2501/1011] Mutual Recognition - non-FL Residents Only (Complete All Sections) If you are requesting mutual recognition, from what state are you requesting? Section II – Applicant Personal Information PERSONAL INFORMATION Social Security Number* FULL LEGAL NAME Last/Surname Birth Date (MM/DD/YYYY) First Gender Middle Suffix / / Male MAILING ADDRESS Female Street Address or P.O. Box City County (if Florida address) Country State Zip Code (+4 optional) CONTACT INFORMATION Primary Phone Number Primary E-Mail Address RESIDENCE ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT THAN MAILING ADDRESS) Street Address City County (if Florida address) State Zip Code (+4 optional) Country ADDITIONAL...
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...Beginner Tests New English Course Julia Starr Keddle 2 New Headway Beginner Test Booklet Note to the teacher This booklet contains • 14 Unit Tests which revise the corresponding units in New Headway Beginner Student’s Book. There are two versions (A and B) of each test. They cover the same material, but have been reorganized to allow easier administration of the tests in the classroom. Each test has a total score of 100. • optional free-writing exercises. • optional listening exercises using the recordings from the Student’s Book. • an Answer key for all the exercises. These tests may be photocopied freely for classroom use. They may not be adapted, printed, or sold without the permission of Oxford University Press. 1 Conversation 1 B Ben. 1 a Your Conversation 2 NAME: Test A 3 Complete the sentences. Use am, is, or are. is 1 This ________ James. 1 Complete the conversations. Circle the correct letter. A Hello, (1) ________ name’s Anna. What’s your name? 2 Hello. I ________ Sandra. 3 How ________ you? 4 My name ________ Tariq. 5 What ________ your name? 6 It ________ a photo. 4 points for each correct answer b My c You d I A Hi, Carla. (2) ________ are you? B Fine, thanks. And you? A OK, (3) ________ . 2 a Hello 3 a hello Conversation 3 A What’s (4) ________ in English? B (5) ________ ’s a book. 4 a my 5 a A Conversation 4 A Pierre, this is Yukio. Yukio, (6) ________ Pierre. B Hello, Pierre. A Hello, Yukio. 6 a this is ...
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...MGMT340 Petrie’s Electronic Case Questions Week 5 Question 1: Using the guidelines from this chapter and other sources, evaluate the usability of the page design depicted in PE Figure 8-1. Answer: Some of the words are in a different language, which is incorrect. If you want to have, different cultures able to use the page, have a setting that switches all content from English to Spanish, or whatever other languages needed. Page should not display information randomly in different languages. I like the click to act method they have. Overall, I believe the page has limited capabilities to help most users’ interactivity. Question 2: Chapter 8 encourages the design of a help system early in the design of the human interface. How would you incorporate help into the interface as shown in PE Figure 8-1? Answer: You need to think about what the user is likely to do if they do not know something when creating a help system. The help system needs to be simple as well as easy to access. Help messages should be short, to the point and easily understood. It can show the users how do to something. I would incorporate a help by explaining to guests how to look at their point’s record. That way if a user wants to know how he or she got the points the help system you design can show the most unknowledgeable computer person easy transition to the information they are looking for. Question 3: Describe how cookie crumbs could be used in this system. Are cookie crumbs...
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...active 5 years old girl who is in kindergarten. I observed her at her home in TX. Her primary language is English and her Secondary language is Spanish. She is able to do a lot of things for her age. I watched her in her home setting through the months of October and November. She is on track for her age developmentally. Her physical development is good for her age. When I visited her we did worksheets together. She traced a giraffe with a pen she was able to hold the pen in her hand and trace the dotted lines on the paper. We also did a cut color and glue paper of a clown holding balloons. She was able to cut out the circles and color then the colors asked. She also was able to match the shapes. She drew me a picture of herself and she wrote her name on the paper next to the drawing. We went outside to play and she showed me how she could skip and stand on one leg. She was also able to button her coat by herself. Her language skills are also on track. She is a very talkative 5 years old. On one of the visits we sat down to read one of her books. We read It looked like spilt milk. She was able to tell me what the story was about since she had read the book before. She is able to speak clear long sentence. When I visited her one day at home she told me a story of how she went and visited her aunt in las cruses. When asking her mom a question about when they were going to eat she would use the future tense. Her Cognitive skills are also very good. She is able to count objects to...
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...what she plans to do in the upcoming future. She replied, “ I have to apply for disability because I do not make enough income from child support and social security benefits to take care of my 4 children. I want to go back to work so bad, but I cannot stand for more than an hour, and I cannot do continuous work for more than a few hours. I am hoping disability approves so I maybe able to better support my children,” I then asked her if she could change anything what would it be? And she explained she wanted to take college seriously and get a better degree because she wouldn’t be where she is now, My fourth question, I decided to ask her something positive, and asked what she makes her happy. She said, “ I love to go to the beach, I love spending time with my children and being able to help out my children in anyway I can because they do so much for me already.” My last question was if you could teach your kids anything what would it be and she replied, “ Go to school and get a degree, or find something that can support them financially but at the same time make sure the job makes them happy and they would need to learn to manage their...
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...MBA 540 EXAM Due: Monday, April 6, at 10:00 p.m. The following exam is composed of fourteen short answer/essay questions worth 1-2 points each. Be sure to address ALL parts of each question. You may use your textbook, notebook, PowerPoint slides in Sakai, and classroom notes, but may NOT work with anyone else to complete this exam. You are not required to cite your sources. Submit your completed exam to Sakai by 10:00 p.m. on Monday, April 6. Two points will be deducted for each day that the exam is late. Points 1. Describe how Lumos Labs uses mass customization and CRM (customer relationship management) to enhance its marketing efforts? Include a definition of each term. 1.5 Customer relationship management (CRM) is a term used to define software programed with a database that works as an integrated management system focused on customers. It includes several process and tasks...
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...Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 2012 Examination Guide These materials are owned and copyrighted by the College Board. They may not be posted on the Internet or on any other public document sharing site. The materials in these files are intended for PERSONAL USE ONLY. Violations of this policy may be subject to legal action including, but not limited to, payment for each guide that is disseminated unlawfully and associated damages. V isit our website at w ww.collegeboard.org/clep f or the most up-to-date information. © 2011 The College Board. College Board, CLEP, College-Level Examination Program, SAT and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. inspiring minds is a trademark owned by the College Board. All other products and services may be trademarks of their respective owners. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. Introduction This is the only official guide to the 33 College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) exams. CLEP exams are administered on computer test centers across the country. This Guide has been written mainly for adults who are making plans to enroll in college, but it contains information of interest to others as well. College-bound high school students, current college students, military personnel, professionals seeking certification and persons of all ages who have learned or wish to learn college-level material outside the college classroom will find the Guide helpful as they strive...
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...AR California English Language Development Test (CELDT) OF C A LI FO R Released Test Questions — Updated September 2012 P r e p a r e d b y t h e California Department of Education Available on the California Department of Education CELDT Resources Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/resources.asp Copyright © 2012 by the California Department of Education (CDE). All rights reserved. This document may be copied and distributed by individuals and by California local educational agencies. This document and its contents may not be edited or altered, and must remain unchanged as published by the CDE. Any other use or reproduction of this document, in whole or in part, requires written permission from the CDE. C a l i f o r n i a E n g l i s h L a n g u a g e D e v e l o p m e n t T e s t CELDT Released Test Questions — Updated Table of Contents Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 Released Test Questions Overview ............................................................................................................................. 3 Test Components by Domain ............................................................................................... 6 Released Test Questions by Grade and Domain Kindergarten and Grade One (Reading and Writing) ......................................
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...Investment Banking Interview Questions & Answers You Need to Know A Production http://breakingintowallstreet.com http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com Copyright 2010 Capital Capable Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. Notice of Rights No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. http://breakingintowallstreet.com http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com 2 Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 Fit / Qualitative Questions ........................................................................................... 6 Analytical / Attention to Detail Questions & Suggested Answers ....................... 7 Background / Personal Questions & Suggested Answers ................................... 10 “Career Changer” Questions & Suggested Answers .......................................... 14 Commitment Questions & Suggested Answers................................................... 17 Culture Questions & Suggested Answers ............................................................ 20 “Future” Questions & Suggested Answers .......................................................... 23 Strengths / Weaknesses Questions & Suggested Answers ................................. 25 Team / Leadership Questions & Suggested Answers ......
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