I believe that the most common problem of students is not bullying, cheating or drug abuse. Those three are insidious, but procrastination may be the most prevalent. Derived from the Latin roots pro (forward) and crastinus (tomorrow), procrastination has been in the Oxford English Dictionary since the mid-1500s. Procrastination is so widespread in schools that the novelist Eliyahu Goldratt dubbed it “student syndrome” in his book “Critical Chain.” Students who suffer from this syndrome delay doing
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Editors: Thao Lê and Quynh Lê URL: www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/tle/JOURNAL/ ISSN 1327-774X Investigating Reading Habits and Preferences of Student Teachers at Foreign Language Departments Muhlise Coşgun Ögeyik & Esin Akyay Trakya University Faculty of Education Edirne, Turkey Abstract This study investigates reading habits and general views on reading of the students attending teacher training departments. Since reading is one of the principal skills while teaching and learning a second or foreign language
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classification might include financial reporting (annual and interim reporting, regulatory filings) and ad hoc disclosure (press releases, analyst meetings, etc). Any classification is arbitrary, and potentially useful depending on its purpose. 3. Factors contributing to the internationalization
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Discussions of English Grammar and Writing of Low-Intermediate EFL Students Thanawan Suthiwartnarueput (noiloveshome@gmail.com) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Punchalee Wasanasomsithi (punchalee.w@chula.ac.th) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Abstract The present study explored the effects of using Facebook as a medium for grammar and writing discussions of low-intermediate EFL students. The data were collected from the students’ utterances asking for explana-tions about English grammar and
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Subject: Advanced Teaching Methodology Instructor: Dr. Nguyen Thu Huong Student: Nguyen Le Ba Tong Class: TESOL 13B REFLECTION PAPER That ‘teaching is simply the process of transferring knowledge from teachers to students’ is what I used to think. However, since I started studying Advanced Teaching Methodology, my point of view has changed dramatically. The course has provided me with valuable knowledge which not only broadens my horizons but also help me develops my own professional competence
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Curriculum (RBEC) where the emphasis is on the fairness of the strategic approach focused on the cognitive development of the learner in the major subjects. With the emerging challenge to compete with the standards set by the countries globally. Our government has taken the initiative to implement changes in our educational system to make the students competitive enough to meet the said standards. This gives way to the birth of the K to 12 Curriculum in the Philippines. The implementation of the
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Career Preference Among BHRM Students March 2013 Career Preference Among BHRM Students Chapter 1 Introduction to the study This chapter is composed of five parts: (1) Background and Theoretical Framework, (2) Statement of the Problem and the Hypothesis, (3) Significance of the Study, (4) Definition of Terms, and (5) Delimitation of the Study Part One, Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study, presents the reasons for choosing of the problem and the theoretical
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the questionnaires; the researchers’ subjects for their voluntary participation in their experimental procedure and for their willingness to take challenges to them and consequences. The researchers would like also to thank their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cuisia and Mr. and Mrs. Yacap, for giving financial contribution to their study. Abstract This research paper is entitled, "The effects of social networking sites to the academic excellence of the students in SAGIS". The researchers had decided
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adolescents Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Social rejection happens when one individual is purposely excluded from social situations. This rejection can be performed by either an individual or group of people, and it can be active or passive in nature. Since 1990’s, when a whole slew of school shooting began to occur across the United States, there have been numerous studies, centred around social rejection. These studies have shown that this type of rejection
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and Price Fairness on Student Satisfaction Dr. Nguyen Minh Tuan School of Business, International University Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Abstract Higher education institutions in Vietnam have put much effort to attract students to enroll in programs using English as a means of teaching because these programs have newly been introduced in Vietnam and tuition fees are usually about five/six times higher than those in Vietnamese. Hence, student satisfaction plays a
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