Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is one of the most frequent used methods adopted in class. This paper serves as an ESL curriculum design framework based on task-based approach for a unit about festivals and celebrations to senior secondary school students China. It will first introduce learning context, then presents key stages design, which contains conducting needs analysis, determining g...

Reflection journal writing is recognized as an effective learning activity in facilitating learners’ self-regulative skills and abilities their academic performance the literature. It evident that self-regulation of vital importance learning. Hence, this study aims to investigate self-reflective on university students’ strategies a scope presentation speaking course. An exploratory mixed-method...

Many-Task Computing (MTC) is a widely used computing paradigm for large-scale task-parallel processing. One of the key issues in MTC is to schedule a large number of independent tasks onto heterogeneous resources. Traditional task-level scheduling heuristics, like Min-Min, Sufferage and MaxStd, cannot readily be applied in this scenario. As most of MTC tasks are usually fine-grained, the resour...

the necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. rose & kasper, 2001). due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, the main issue now centers on the question of how we should teach this competence in the most effective way. consistent with this line of research, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of d...

In this article, we suggest that self-reflection and self-control--studied under the rubric of "executive function" (EF)—have the potential to transform the way in which learning occurs, allowing for the relatively rapid emergence of new behaviors. We describe 2 lines of research that indicate that reflecting on a task and its affordances helps children to respond flexibly in a more top-down fa...

Risky decisions involve cognitive and emotional factors. As the primary test for the Somatic Marker Hypothesis (SMH), the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) examines these factors. Skin conductance shows anticipatory physiological responses on the IGT supporting SMH. Pupil dilation offers an alternative physiological marker. Predictive effects of anticipatory pupillary responses to positive and negative ...

We tackle the problem of simultaneously detecting occlusions and estimating optical flow. We show that, under standard assumptions of Lambertian reflection and static illumination, the task can be posed as a convex minimization problem. Therefore, the solution, computed using efficient algorithms, is guaranteed to be globally optimal, for any number of independently moving objects, and any numb...

Dear Colleagues, The CFPC recently held an invitational colloquium on end-of-life care. Other professional associations (the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, among others) are also engaging their members in discussing these issues. There will eventually be specific communication from the CFPC’s task force on end-of-life care, but I want to sha...