Situational Writing - Informal/ Personal LetterGoh Bang Rui
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This slides aim to explain the format as well as the various features of informal letter. Also, it provides tips on how to write a personal letter under the O' level paper 1 situational writing.
The informal letter is also known as personal letter.
Do subscribe if you like these slides as I'll be posting similar slides in the near future.
Situational Writing - Informal/ Personal LetterGoh Bang Rui
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This slides aim to explain the format as well as the various features of informal letter. Also, it provides tips on how to write a personal letter under the O' level paper 1 situational writing.
The informal letter is also known as personal letter.
Do subscribe if you like these slides as I'll be posting similar slides in the near future.
the only thing to write perfect Personal Essay is to know exactly what you want to tell about. This presentation was prepared by skillful writers who share their ideas as for writing the best Personal Essay. Need more? Please proceed reading this article https://essay-academy.com/account/blog/how-to-write-a-personal-essay
A great e-book to help develop your basic English language skills, especially if you are a student, working professional, job-seeker.
This e-book covers the following important topics:
- Parts of speech.
- Punctuation.
- Commonly confused words and phrases.
- Tips for filling in a college registration form.
- Learning how to summarise.
- Tips for completing written assignments.
- How to answer exam questions.
- How to write a cover letter when applying for a job.
- How to write a resignation letter.
- How to write e-mails.
Bmc english language_composition(situational writing)_recountsAdrian Peeris
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Students are often asked to write accounts in the course of their young adult lives. The writing of recounts continues to be a major part of the GCE O' Level Examination syllabus and it is timely for us to revisit the structures, formats and language features of this form of text type. This set of slides are aimed at providing students with these skills.
Bmc english language_composition(situational writing)_reflectionsAdrian Peeris
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A new syllabus has been introduced for O and N level English Language candidates for the GCE Examinations. This new syllabus has expanded the scope of assessment to include text responses that assess a candidates ability to convey not only their points of view but also their emotions and feelings. This set of slides is designed to provide a form and structure to these candidates to help them craft written responses that help them capture their feelings about a given topic.
Bmc english language_composition(situational writing)(proposals)Adrian Peeris
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I hope that O and N level students may find this set of slides accessible when they are revising the structure and content of proposals. Proposal writing is still an integral part of the English Language paper. It is also a skill that would stand one in good stead in the working world.
Bmc hist unit 2.2_rise of japanese_militaristsAdrian Peeris
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Just as in Europe, Fascism began to spread its influence in the Asia Pacific region. With a foothold in Japan in the late 20s and 30s - Japan's militarists were able to slowly gain political power in a political system that was losing support due to mishandling of economic and social policies. The new politicians from the far Right had all the solutions as they planned the take over of the political system. Their ultimate goal - to see an Imperial Japan with an Empire that would match those of the Western powers. This lecture dwells into how this group of "ultras" slowly gained influence and power.
Bmc hist unit3.1_(outbreak of war in europe)Adrian Peeris
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The war in Europe was a major turning point in 20th Century history. This lecture presentation makes use of existing material on the causes of the war and also helps students analyse some of the considerations that British and French leaders were looking at carefully and which ultimately led them down towards conflict with Hitler.
The formal letter is an important writing task assigned to candidates of the O and N Level English Language examinations. Knowledge of how to craft such letters is also an important life skill for anyone who has to address an issue or matter respectfully and/or authoritatively. The slides in this presentation are aimed at introducing students and interested persons to the structure, language features and format of formal letters as they are currently conceived. It is my hope that these groups of individuals may find the lecture helpful in guiding them in drafting such formal correspondence for the exams or in real life.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
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Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview​
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
2. Lesson Agenda
• By the end of the lesson you will be able to:
• Identify the features of informal letters
• Understand the format and language of
informal letters
• Practice writing an informal letter.
3. Review Question 1
• Review Questions based on the sample informal
letter:
• How does the author of the letter build on the points
given in the writing task in an interesting way
instead of merely answering each point and
stringing them together in a rigid fashion?
4. Sequential Structure
• What can you tell about how the author structured her
informal letter?
• How did she write about the events that happened to her?
• Haphazard or sequential.
5. Review Question 2
• What words does the author use to link
ideas together?
• These are called transitional (linking)
words or expressions.
6. Transitional (Linking)
words
• The author used what are called Transitional words.
• Transitional (meaning: change, shift, move) words are
used to help move ideas along in a smooth logical
manner.
• They:
• Connect similar ideas
• Show time relationships
• Point to a contrasting view point or
• Signal a change in topic
7. Examples of Transitional Words
• Examples of Transitional (linking) words:
• And - (to link two or three similar ideas)
• But, although - (to show a contrast between ideas)
• So - (to show a cause and effect)
• After all – (to introduce a reason to convince the reader)
• Before I forget – (to change the subject matter)
8. Examples of Transitional Words
• Examples of how to use some transitional words:
• To oppose a viewpoint use: still, but, even so, however,
nevertheless.
• To emphasize another view so that the previous idea seems
less important use: at least.
• To connect similar themes: as for, as far as…is concerned,
regarding, concerning
9. Buzz Break 1
• You Try!
• With your partner, choose 3 transitional words below and
make two sentences that show a transition of ideas.
• Transitional words:
• and, but, so, when, although, after, no doubt, nevertheless, as
far as, by the way
• Eg. At least: I was annoyed by the bad service. At least, the
food was good.
10. Review Question 3
• How does the author create a friendly and polite tone in
the letter that makes it different from a formal letter?
• How does the writing “sound” – friendly? Like that of a
conversation between friends?
11. What are Conversational Markers?
• These are expressions used in English to add a dramatic
element to what is going to be said or to soften an
opinion.
• Examples:
• You will never believe…
• Believe it or not
• Guess what?
• What’s more
• As you know
• Thank goodness
• I suppose…come to think of it
• Well….
12. Language Usage: Informal letters
• Instead of writing:
Something happened to me over the weekend…
• We can write:
You will not believe what happened to me over the weekend…
• Instead of writing:
My parents immediately brought me to…I had a broken ankle
• We can write:
My parents immediately brought me to…and guess what? I had a
broken ankle.
• Instead of writing:
I never thought I would miss the game! But John will be a good reserve.
• We can write:
I never thought I would miss the game! But I suppose John will be a
good reserve.
13. Buzz Break 2
• Work out the appropriate conversational marker or
transitional words that could be used in this letter.
• You have 10mins
14. Formats – In General
Letters
- For business/ anything official/
writing to someone you do not
know
Format 1 - Formal
- For writing to someone you know
by name, but not a close friend
Format 2 – Polite
- Friends, relatives, those whom you
call by their personal name in
ordinary conversation
Format 3 – Casual
Report
- When you are instructed to write an
official account or report
Format 4 - Report
15. Writing Task
• Imagine that you are the person the author is writing to. Reply
to Siti’s letter. Tell her what has been happening in school that
might interest her since she has been away.
• Include at least 5 transitional words and 5 conversational
markers. Your informal letter should be between 250-350
words.
• Bullet points:
• Inform her about the arrival of a new English Language teacher.
• BMC has organized a Community Engagement Project with the
Children’s Cancer Society.
• Two of your classmates are taking part in Singapore Idol
16. Key Learning points
• What are transitional words? Give 3 examples
• What are conversational markers? Give 3 examples