Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety

Pronunciation Learning Strategies and Language Anxiety
Author: Magdalena Szyszka
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2016-12-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319506420

This book presents theoretical considerations and the results of empirical research on pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by pre-service trainee teachers majoring in English as a foreign language who experienced different levels of language anxiety (LA). The theoretical part focuses on the concepts of pronunciation learning, pronunciation-learning strategies and language anxiety and includes an overview of recent empirical research dealing with various related issues. The empirical section of the book presents the findings of a research project that investigated the interplay between PLS and LA, in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Based on the findings, the author proposes two profiles of anxious and non-anxious EFL trainee teachers who support their pronunciation learning with an array of pronunciation learning strategies and tactics.

Pop Music and Easy Listening

Pop Music and Easy Listening
Author: Stan Hawkins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 135155378X

What defines pop music? Why do we consider some styles as easier listening than others? Arranged in three parts: Aesthetics and Authenticity - Groove, Sampling and Industry - Subjectivity, Ethnicity and Politics, this collection of essays by a group of international scholars deals with these questions in diverse ways. This volume prepares the reader for the debates around pop's intricate historical, aesthetic and cultural roots. The intellectual perspectives on offer present the interdisciplinary aspects of studying music and, spanning more than twenty-five years, these essays form a snapshot of some of the authorial voices that have shaped the specific subject matter of pop criticism within the broader field of popular music studies. A common thread running through these essays is the topic of interpretation and its relation to conceptions of musicality, subjectivity and aesthetics. The principle aim of this collection is to demonstrate that pop music needs to be evaluated on its own terms within the cultural contexts that make it meaningful.

Chaos in the Computer Room

Chaos in the Computer Room
Author: P.A. Fenning
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2022-08-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1698712642

It's 1973 and Amy's marriage is disintegrating so she returns to work getting a part-time typing job at a local firm. Rumours circulate that the company is to become computerised. Amy is trained up for the position of computer operator and is involved with setting up the new system with the inevitable teething problems causing chaos. She's eventually promoted to computer supervisor with an assistant. She joins her in-laws and friends including Dave and Penny, who have a baby, for a camping trip to Brighton. Dave doesn't realise he isn't the father. The identity of the true father is discovered at Brighton. After her divorce Amy meets Phil and falls in love. They get engaged but problems arise and she finishes with Phil. She then contacts her old boyfriend, Ralph which turns out to be a mistake. Her young son and his little friend have a near disaster when they become adrift far out at sea in a small inflatable boat. Tragedy is averted when they are rescued. Amy adopts several animals including a collie dog who sadly gets killed. It is now 1977 and wanting a fresh start she decides to move.

Bred of Heaven

Bred of Heaven
Author: Jasper Rees
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-08-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847654223

Jasper Rees has always wanted to be Welsh. But despite Welsh grandparents (and a Welsh surname) he is an Englishman: by birth, upbringing and temperament. In this singular, hilarious love letter to a glorious country so often misunderstood, Rees sets out to achieve his goal of becoming a Welshman by learning to sing, play, work, worship, think - and above all, speak - like one. On the way he meets monks, tenors and politicians, and tries his hand at rugby and lambing - all the while weaving together his personal story with Wales's rich history. Culminating in a nail-biting test of Rees's Welsh-speaking skill at the National Eisteddfod, this exuberant journey of self-discovery celebrates the importance of national identity, and the joy of belonging.

The Complete Computer Trainer

The Complete Computer Trainer
Author: Paul Clothier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1996
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Written by a renowned trainer and columnist for IT Training magazine, this book shows the veteran and novice alike how to train students to learn on their own rather than rely on someone else to supply the answers. Engaging and succinct, it is sure to change the way trainers think.

DON'T DIE BEFORE YOU DIE

DON'T DIE BEFORE YOU DIE
Author: Binu Varghese
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2024-02-21
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

After reading this book, you will understand how people can fight back from desperate and critical situations that they face suddenly. A confused medical fraternity told him that “he will not live for more than three to six months.”. That was told 3 years ago. From a soaring Global Corporate Leader, crashlanding to a rare illness and picking up the stick to walk up and down the Organizational stairs. He continues to create an inclusive organizational culture. For some, there is a clear correlation between the success of an organization and the diversity it needs to embrace. For others, the struggles, the feeling of “I am alone “, “ I can’t do it”, will be trampled and crushed- to rise and shine again.

MAT 23 years Topic-wise Solved Papers (1997-2019) 8th Edition

MAT 23 years Topic-wise Solved Papers (1997-2019) 8th Edition
Author: Disha Experts
Publisher: Disha Publications
Total Pages: 777
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 9389187559

MAT 20 years Topic-wise Solved Papers (1997-2016) consists of detailed solutions of the past 20 years of MAT question papers distributed in 55 topics. The book is divided into 5 sections MATHEMATICAL SKILLS, LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION, DATA ANALYSIS AND SUFFICIENCY, INTELLIGENCE AND CRITICAL REASONING and INDIAN AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. These 5 sections are further divided into 55 chapters. The book is also helpful for other exams like CMAT, NMAT, ATMA, IRMA, SNAP, Bank PO, Bank Clerk, SSC, Railways, etc. To summarise, the book is aimed to serve as one stop solution for all major Competitive Exams. The book contains 5800+ Milestone problems for the major Competitive Exams. The book is fully solved and provides detailed explanation to each and every question. The layout of the book is so simple that a student can prepare/ revise a topic and then solve the previous year questions of that topic from this book.

Sororate

Sororate
Author: K.R. Smith
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 670
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0646579118

Claws come out in a Werewolf marriage; B Sabre is called the Last Circulator and the first female Lokoti Werewolf, whereas Declan Sabre is the last European Werewolf. These two love to fight just as much as they love to make love. In between, the two also like to travel the world. This results in meeting other supernatural beings, like Asian Werewolves, North American Werewolves, European Vampires, South American Vampires, Wiccans, Voodoo and even humans psychic'd up on Yaje. However, B and Declan still butt heads over a problem some couples face... B can't conceive. Whereas he's relieved not to create more of his kind; she's sensitive over her condition. But just as Circulators are ever-changing as the universe, is her condition permanent?

Literacy

Literacy
Author: David Wray
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780415277129

This four-volume collection reprints key debates about exactly what it means to be literate and how literacy can best be taught. Rather than centering on the emotional reaction of mass media debates, this set focuses on research findings into processes and pedagogy. The themes covered include Literacy : its nature and its teaching, Reading - processes and teaching, Writing - processes and teaching and New Literacies - the impact of technologies.

Boys and Foreign Language Learning

Boys and Foreign Language Learning
Author: J. Carr
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2005-11-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0230501656

The authors examine the continuing poor relationship between boys and the study of foreign languages. Framed by discussion of gender socialization, gendered curriculum practices and cultural narratives about boys and schooling, the core of the book is constructed by boys themselves.