A. Learner’s profile Virginia is a 29-year old native Spanish speaker born in Madrid. She is currently studying a professional training course and works as an animal caretaker. She is one of the A2 or Elementary proficiency level students of the Celta Teacher Training Program at International house Language School. She took part of the same program two years ago‚ but she didn’t continue studying English afterwards. Virginia studied English in primary and secondary school following a traditional
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Greek Mythology Mythology was an integral part of the lives of all ancient peoples. The myths of Ancient Greece are the most familiar to us‚ for they are deeply entrenched in the consciousness of Western civilization. The myths were accounts of the lives of the deities whom the Greeks worshipped. The Greeks had many deities‚ including 12 principal ones‚ who lived on Mt. Olympus. The myths are all things to all people a rollicking good yarn‚ expressions of deep psychological insights‚ words of
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altered the historical facts by changing the story. When people told the stories‚ some told it different. The two myths I used are Romulus Remus and The Befana. Romulus & Remus is about twin brothers (sons of either Roman God Mars or Hercules and mother Rhea) who were abandoned. A female wolf nursed them and a woodpecker brought them food. Then later they were taken care of by a couple who were farmers. They soon learned the truth of where they came from and didn’t believe it. Romulus and Remus soon killed
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Employee Training and Career Development Paper Silvia Henriquez HRM/300 May 23rd 2015 Dr. Tim Lolatte Employee Training and Career Development Human capital is essential to all businesses‚ no matter how small or large the firm may be the people behind the logo have an immense impact on the success of the firm. The importance of the employees should not be diminished as their contribution is directly geared towards the growth of the company. According to Management Study Guide (2013)
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This is how to get the best result. You let the berries dry in the sun till all moisture has gone of them. Then you gather them and chop them very fine. (Halliday and Hasan‚ 1976: 17) In this example‚ the demonstrative pronoun “this” is used to refer to the whole next two sentences. It should be noted that cataphoric reference does not always contribute to cohesion as the anaphoric does. The second type of cohesive devices suggested by Halliday and Hasan is substitution. A substitution is used
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When Wertenbaker began writing "Our Country’s Good" (in 1988) convicts and prisoners were looked upon with more shame and distaste than they are today. She set the play in the 19th Century‚ and back then people were executed for stealing a biscuit! She was trying to point out the terrible flaws that occurred back then and she definitely succeeded. This‚ however‚ was not the full aim of the play. I think that the play’s aim was to show convicts in a different light. In "Our Country’s Good"‚ many of
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Dove Case notes 1. What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? How did Unilever reorganize its brand management organization to position its newly created umbrella brands for success? [10 Points] A Brand can be a name‚ symbol‚ sign etc. intended to identify your goods and service by the target audience. A brand is unique and differentiates you from your competitors. To get a brand into the customers mind needs a lot of marketing efforts. Furthermore you need to establish brand
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Bullying in the Workplace Why You Should Care On February 14th 1999‚ Silvia Braun‚ a policewoman from Bavaria/Germany did not appear in her office in Munich. Some of her colleagues found the 22-year-old woman later in her car on a service area on a highway she had shot herself with her own rifle. Braun‚ an ambitious and determined woman‚ had no money problems‚ she did not suffer from any mental illness and she was not in love with someone who did not return her feelings. What was it that
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focused on his voyage on the Beagle and‚ mostly‚ the geography of the places he visited. This was the main focus of the book‚ and had very little to do with his upcoming theory. However‚ there are small sections where he notes the relation between Rheas in the same country. “Should urge that extinct llama owned its death not to change of circumstances; reversed argument. knowing it to be a desert. Tempted to believe animals created for a definite time: -- not extinguished by changed
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another‚ that would point to the fact that there is evidence for a struggle for existence and that only those best equipped for that geographic region would be able to survive. “Survival of the fittest” would be accurate. Darwin found that the common rhea found in northern Argentina was replaced south of the Rio Negro by a smaller‚ browner species. Varieties of a species can also display geographic
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