... brainstorm further with the focus in mind. The next step is to sort out and select
the ideas you will be using.
Essay Writing:
Developing AcademicWritingSkillsin
English
Catherine ... publications or in handwritten texts generally have an
indented first line to clearly indicate where it begins (thus clearly identifying it as a
unit). In some forms of writing, for example business ... having to do additional processing. If you are not yet used to writinginEnglish
or are in general an inexperienced writer, it is better for you to place your topic
sentence at the beginning...
...
examination on three subjects including English.
This is intended to be a quantitative research study using compositions as a technique of
eliciting data for the analysis, statistical counting ...
arise when a linguistic feature in the target language is unknown in the source language. In this
case, definite article inEnglish (the target language) is a linguistic feature unknown in
Vietnamese ... to 10.77% of all errors discovered in their writing.
Table 4.2 shows that these errors take root from both inter-lingual and intra-lingual sources.
Inter-lingual source, however, is blamed for...
... Leadership appointed in the United Kingdom.
Predominantly interested in military history, Adair used his research to formulate a theory which
would also have valuable spin-offs as a training vehicle. ... (covering new techniques or applications in named companies), and if possible
should download up-to-date thinking via suitable search engines on the Internet.
ABE Diploma in Business Administration ... Employee Induction 229
10 Employee Development 233
Organisations, Individuals and Development 234
Identifying Training and Development Needs 239
The Learning Process 241
Training Methods...
... swearing in English,
for example, it does not begin to provide an explanation for anything that we see within
the corpus. Description in tandem with explanation is a powerful combination in
linguistics. ... produce an
over-arching theory, they are forcing a separation between what may be intertwined
Swearing inEnglish 4
2
‘So you recorded swearing’
Bad language in present-day English
48
Bad ... are listed in Table 2.10.
62
The figures in parentheses
Swearing inEnglish 34
2 these attitudes were established to form a discourse of power for the growing middle
classes in Britain;
3 the...
... self-determination.
COUNSELLING SKILLSIN CONTEXT
2
Using counselling skills
So why might you wish to use counselling skills? They are relevant to a wide range of set-
tings – paid and unpaid – in which ... underperforming and instead of simply writing them off or moving into more
formal procedures, a line manager might use counselling skills to try to discover any
underlying issues. Instead of ‘telling’, there ... at
in more detail later in this chapter.
Another limitation in the use of counselling skills is training and working within your level
of competence. It is not enough simply to have good intentions...
... proficient writing in
fostering the thinking process and academic success cannot be underestimated
Academic WritingSkillsin Higher Education 165
pline-related task or the process of the task, interacted ... and linguists who
advocated a more process type of writingin which learners go through prelimi-
nary writing (brainstorming and outlining), drafting the product (revising and
reformulating) ... (1994) Discourse problems in argumentative writing.
World Englishes
13 (3), 307–23.
Bacha, N.N. (2000a) Academicwritingin a multilingual context: A study of learner difficul-
ties.
InternationalJournal...
... syntax, spelling, and communicating ideas
in assessing writing and yet expand on the list in analytic writing. Writing researchers
have articulated other crafting skills influencing writing performance, ... Journal for English as a Second Language
Investigating Writing Sub -skills in Testing English as a Foreign Language: A
Structural Equation Modeling Study
Vahid Aryadoust
National Institute ...
evaluating writingin lieu of the analytic method. But their assumption was
undermined in later research on writing. Contrary to Mickan and Slater’s (2003)
study, recent investigations into the writing...
...
about.
1.2.3. Teaching writingin ESL classes
Students need to be personally involved inwritingin order to make the learning experience
of lasting value. Encouraging student participation in the exercise, ... improvements.
2.1.3. Teaching business letter writing
In business communication, letters play a very important role in establishing and maintaining
business relationships, both within a company and with ... previously in Part A of this study, the aim of this research is reviewing the current
approaches to teaching EFL writing with focus on teaching and learning business
correspondence writing; identifying...
... 1.3.1. Definition 5
1.3.2. Principles 5
1.3.3. Techniques for language teaching 6
1.4. Summary 6
Chapter 2: An Investigation into the Current Performance of English Teaching and
Learning in Junior ...
School Teachers in Quang Ngai Province 14
3.1. Techniques for teaching speaking 14
3.1.1. Introduction 14
3.1.2. Controlled speaking activities 15
3.1.3. Less controlled speaking activities ... for further study 38
References 39
Appendix 41
iii
2.6.2. Findings and discussion 9
2.6.2.1. Teachers Personal Information 9
ã Age of teachers 9
ã Teaching experience and training 9
ã Qualifications...
... presents the findings, and recommendations for the improvement of
English speaking teaching and learning at Gia Phu High School.
1. summary of the findings
According to the finding from the ...
the study thesis, namely A study on improving English Speaking skills to 10“
th
-form minority
students at Gia Phu High School in the New Set of English Textbook”.
II. Aims of the study.
The study ... English 10”
interesting, and the majority of students who were asked admit that English speaking
skills are very important to them , they are not really interested in speaking Englishin
class,...