... because ofthe unawareness of articulatory features of these consonants, their lack of consciousness of being standard , the negative interference ofthe mother tongue and insufficient drill and ... (usually) the tongue tip with the alveolar ridge Palatal: the tongue body andthe hard palate Velar: the tongue body andthe soft palate Uvular: between the back ofthe tongue andthe uvula ... phonetics, one ofthe three main branches of phonetics, is the study ofthe organs of speech and their use in producing speech sounds The term “organs of speech” refers to those parts ofthe human...
... mistakes with not only the six consonants but also the clusters of vowels, the pitch, intonation andthe aspects of connected speech However, due to the scope ofthe study, the other problems would be ... “What are the main causes of those mistakes?” This research question ofthe thesis is concerned with the causes of these mistakes andthe writer had two chances to understand clearly about these ... “Introduction” includes the reasons of choosing the thesis, the aims, the objectives, the scope, research questions andthe organization ofthe study 1.1 Rationale English, the most popular foreign...
... Most of them don’t usually use activities in the lessons due to the lack of knowledge of teaching methods and students’ ability when they use activities in the class 2.2 The Subjects ofthe Study ... is mainly the result ofthe process of reading, collecting, studying, and generalizing the documents from many authentic sources about the literature review ofthe study 1.1 Review of previous ... interaction and performance It helps students determine the type ofthe talk with certain criteria and purposes Andthe last is the social and cultural rules and norms such as turntaking, rate of speech,...
... that the view of listening has changed from the mastery of discrete skills in the 1970s to new theoretical models of comprehension from the field of cognitive psychology in the 80s and 90s Then the ... but the same format The efficacy ofthe strategies andthe Volume Number November 2009 28 Accents Asia effects of strategy training were examined through the data of class-discussion andthe ... Handout for ‘Conversation implicature’ Conducting the series of strategy trainings to my students, I used their L1, Japanese, for the explanation ofthe form and purpose ofthe strategies, and...
... contributions PD carried out the proof of convergence ofthe theorems and realization of numerical examples JZ carried out the check ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ...
... is a long and narrow country extending along the eastern edge ofthe Indochina Peninsula, facing the Gulf of Tonkin andthe South China Sea The coastline is over 3,000 km long andthe land borders ... have, the higher the total risk of illness and thus the household prefers health insurance based on community rating The more elderly the households have, the higher the total risk of illness and ... Introduction The focus of this study is the vicious circle of poverty and ill-health The case is injuries and their consequences but it could have been any lasting and severe disease Poverty and health...
... increased the SAPK/JNK (p46 and p54), particularly the level ofthe p46 isoforms Diacerein and rhein, however, had no effect on the activation level of either kinase Figure Effect of diacerein and ... from these studies support the beneficial effect of rhein on both the subchondral bone andthe cartilage The mechanisms by which these drugs exert their effect occur through the downregulation of ... diacerein and rhein could act at two different levels, by limiting the extent ofthe type I collagen degradation as well as the resorptive activity ofthe subchondral bone The role of cathepsin K in the...
... describes the methodology ofthe thesis Specifically, the data for this research was collected in the forms of survey questionnaires andThe participants ofthe survey questionnaires were teachers and ... the COFI has achieved many positive results, the prestigious of center was confirmed and evaluated in high training quality andthe quality of teaching staff On the basis of material : The COFI ... one ofthe difficulties by 12% ofthe teachers and 13% ofthe students The number of teachers and students which accounts for 12% and 12% respectively complains that it is so hard to express themselves...
... mistakes with not only the six consonants but also the clusters of vowels, the pitch, intonation andthe aspects of connected speech However, due to the scope ofthe study, the other problems would be ... “What are the main causes of those mistakes?” This research question ofthe thesis is concerned with the causes of these mistakes andthe writer had two chances to understand clearly about these ... between upper teeth andthe lower teeth Moreover, blowing the air out was not an easy task for them 8 With the sounds / ʃ, ʒ, /, they said they often made it as the sound /s/ and /z/.They found it...
... Ministry of Transport and Public Works Delft, The Netherlands 41 Reijnen, R., R Foppen, C ter Braak, and J Thissen (1995), The effects of car traffic on breeding bird populations in Woodland Ill ... Reduction of density in relation to the proximity of main roads, Journal of Applied Ecology 32:187202 42 Reijnen, R., R Foppen and H Meeuwsen (1996), The effects of car traffic on the density of breeding ... Department of Transportation, Tallahassee 38 Forman, R T T., and L E Alexander (1998), Roads and their major ecological effects Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29: 207-231 39 Lenore Fahrig and...
... depth of 15 meters beneath the sea surface While the buoy size varies, manufacturers try to keep a drag area ratio - defined as the ratio ofthe drag area ofthe drogue over the drag ofthe non-drogue ... the length ofthe tow: The fate of plastic particles that become dense enough to sink below the sea surface is unknown, and we are unaware of any studies of seafloor microplastics offshore of ... which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) andthe U.S Army Corps of Engineers are responsible; and to promote related researches, under the supervision ofthe EPA andthe National Oceanic and...
... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red ... knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red meat consumption...
... leg, andthe other leg is bent at the knee, andthe calf is horizontal to the ground His sink is a miracle of detritus There were a couple of cans of Edge Gel shaving cream with the tops off both ... ran There were thousands of entries Then the other notebook told the date he played someone a tennis match, the name ofthe someone, andthe set scores Hugo’s a tennis pro Then there were coin wrappers ... shaving cream with the tops off both of them andthe top ofthe cans were rusty There was a box of Qtips There were used safety razors There were stacks and stacks of old pari-mutuel tickets that...
... extraction ofthe 2-AP high concentration materials like Pandan leaf (Phan Phuoc Hien, 2011) Based on the two methods we studied for extraction and quantitative analysis of 2-AP in the pandan leaf and ... collidine as internal standard Duration of extraction was 30 minutes from apparition ofthe first drop of water in the bottom ofthe condensed tube Volatile compound extracts were then concentrated ... rate of 1.9 ml/min at 250C The injection was performed in splitless mode first (5 for SPME and for SDE), then in split mode to the end ofthe cycle (38.5 for SPME and 70 for SDE) After warming the...
... nature andthe content ofthe listening text itself If one of these is forgotten, the whole process of activity can be failed She especially emphasizes on the importance ofthe nature ofthe listening ... complicatedly The topic andthe content ofthe listening text plus the students' interest decide the success ofthe while-listening activities Students may get bored if they have to the same kind of work ... words and their spoken forms As students listen, they usually apply the skills, the same uses in listening in their mother tongue, predict what they will hear and try to match them with the things...
... 16 The intersection of lean management and Six Sigma The performance of a business is determined by the complex interactions of people, materials, equipment, and resources in the context ofthe ... level is the standardized process variation (see Figure 2), OFD quality is the NCPPM if the process shifts a full 1.5 sigma units, andthe probabilities in the table provide the proportion of final ... proportion ofthe time A company that is producing to stock will gain from reduced lead times by decreasing the horizon of their forecasts and by replenishing stocks more often, thereby increasing the...
... andthe Stock Market 152 152 The Theory of Rational Expectations Formal Statement ofthe Theory 154 Rationale Behind the Theory 154 155 Implications of rhe Theory The Ef icient Market Hypothesis: ... Questions andProblems Web Ref erences I 41 14 • 144 CHAPTER The Stock Market, the Theory of Rational Expectations, andthe Efficient Market Hypothesis 147 Computing the Price of Common Stock 147 The ... at the Fed? 32 Why the Chairman ofthe Board of Governors Really Runs the Show 330 How Independent is the Fedl Inside the Fed 32 325 Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System Inside the...