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Studying abroad

Studying abroad Siret Valge 12 b Nowadays more and more people choose to study abroad or consider it. Studying abroad is good opportunity for everyone but it demands a lot of work and good foreign language. Obviously there are its advantages and disadvantages. First of all, people have to do a lot of work before they can study abroad. There are even some organisations, who help people get started studying abroad. For example in Estonia there is organisation named YFU , who helps people to get started in foreign country. YFU helps people to find a host family and school, but everything else is up to them

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Letters

......... (go) on a business trip and I really miss him; it's the first time we ................... (be) apart since we ................... (get) married. 4. We ................... (sell) the house last month but we ...................( not move ) into our new house yet. The builders still ................... (not/finish) the bathroom, even though they ................. (start) work on it three months ago. TASK 9 Write a letter in groups of three or four people. You have been on holiday abroad for a week. Write a letter to your friends describing your holidays so far. Use no more than 200 words. TASK 10 Read the letter below and put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. What is being described in this letter? Dear Gemma, Remember I 1) ................ (tell) you that as part of my course I would have to spend some time on a farm? Well, I 2) .............. (arrive) here two days ago and have been learning lots of new things Yesterday I 3) ...............

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Steve Krug-Dont Make Me Think 2014

usability is about people and how they understand and use things, not abouttechnology.And while technology often changesquickly,people change veryslowly.3 3 There’sawonderfulNorwegianvideo(withsubtitles)aboutthisthatshowsamonkgettinghelpashestrugglestousethe newfangled“book.”(Searchfor“medievalhelpdesk”onYouTube.)  Or as Jakob Nielsen so aptly put it: The human brain’s capacity doesn’t change from one year to the next, so the insights from studying human behavior have a very long shelf life. What was difficult for users twenty years ago continues to be difficult today. I hope you enjoy the new edition. And don’t forget to wave in a few years when you pass me in your flying car. STEVE KRUG NOVEMBER 2013 Introduction: Read me first THROAT CLEARING AND DISCLAIMERS Ican’ttellyouanythingyoudon’talreadyknow.ButI’dliketoclarifyafew things.

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Golden Grammar rules

27. Use who, not which, for people in relative structures. The woman who lives upstairs is from Thailand. (NOT The woman which lives upstairs is from Thailand.) I don't like people who shout all the time. (NOT I don't like people which shout all the time.) 28. Use for, not during, to say `how long'. We waited for six hours. (NOT We waited during six hours.) He was ill for three weeks. (NOT He was ill during three weeks.) 29. Use to ..., not for ..., to say why you do something. I came here to study English. (NOT I came here for study English.) She telephoned me to explain the problem. (NOT She telephoned me for explain the problem.) 30. Use reflexives (myself etc) when the object is the same as the subject. I looked at myself in the mirror. (NOT I looked at me in the mirror.) Why are you talking to yourself? (NOT Why are you talking to you?) 31. Use a present tense to talk about the future after when, until, as soon as, after, before etc. I'll phone you when I arrive

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CHANGE YOUR THINKING CHANGE YOUR LIFE

to visit her as well, to test her and ask her questions about her condition. 1 ccc_tracy_1_1-17.qxd 6/23/03 2:46 PM Page 2 2 ➤ CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE ■ STARTING OVER Eventually, she went home, her memory a complete blank. Deter- mined to understand what had happened to her, she began reading medical textbooks and studying in the specialized area of amnesia and memory loss. She met and spoke with specialists in this field. Eventually she wrote a paper on her condition. Not long afterward, she was invited to address a medical convention to deliver her pa- per, answer questions about her amnesia, and share her experiences and ideas on neurological functioning. During this period, something amazing happened. She became a new person completely

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Education

sense is simply learned experience. Something more exists, though. Those who we praise for common sense may be quick-witted, steady-nerved, and efficient at practical decision-making. It is likely some of those traits depend on genetic brain makeup. In any case, for purposes of an essay on education, I propose to say no more about common sense. Similarly, where do concentration, reflection, analysis and criticism enter? Are they best taught individually, or learned wholly as byproducts of studying mathematics, geography, history, etc? It is obvious that such skills are more valuable than any single subject which might be used as the vehicle to develop them. Inequality. Some students, subjected to identical classwork, learn rapidly and progress, while others fail. How can we predict success or failure, and compensate the at-risk children? Few practical options may be available to teachers. It is inevitable in universal public

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"Career and Employment" Homereading

Once you've decided what you will sell and what it will cost you to make those sales then step three is where you calculate what sales you'll need to make in order to generate a profit. This is where many people come unstuck: either by being too optimistic about sales or by failing to charge enough. Objective market research will allow you to estimate what customers are prepared to pay. You can find much of that from adverts in the local press and from competitors' brochures. Measure yourself against these local competitors ­ how can you make your products or services better than theirs? But don't be afraid of competition as it shows there is a market for what you propose to sell. Now is also the time to start learning about the formal side of running a business. And the easiest way to do that is to visit the Business Link website (www.businesslink.gov.uk) and download their "No-nonsense Guide to Government rules and regulations for setting up your business"

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Being an exchange student essay

Being an exchange student An exchange student is a high school student who has made a desicion to study abroad for one year. In addition, to experience the lifestyle of another nation. Being an exchange student has its advantages and disadvantages. First advantage would be living in a foreign country, a new language is quaranteed to be learned. While communicating with other people, a person may find himself around new possible friends. Secondly, gaining the new experiences could change one´s life forever. Every country has its own culture and it is claimed that spending some time abroad makes a

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