To secure admission in the US, you need to prove your efficiency in standardised English tests like TOEFL and IELTS. These tests assess your English comprehensively, from all possible aspects, i.e. Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
You may be good at writing but you may not be able to speak. You may be a good speaker but struggle with understanding American accent. Being weak in any single aspect can impede even very good candidates.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
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2. • Lead in – different skills photos (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – abilities (10 mins)
• Grammar – ability – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – ability – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – ability – exercises (10 mins)
• Grammar – ability – speaking activity (5 mins)
• Famous stars and their hidden abilities quiz (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – sentence stress (15 mins) 65
• Learning skills – mini lead in (5 mins)
• Listening – learning skills in 20 hours - introduction (5 mins)
• Listening - learning skills in 20 hours –comprehension (10 mins)
• Discussion questions - learning skills in 20 hours - (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – ed / ing adjectives – presentation (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – ed / ing adjectives – exercises (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – ed / ing adjectives – discussion questions (5
mins)
• Words from the class quiz (5 mins)
3.
4. • When did you last try to learn something
new?
• How did you learn? In class? Online?
Self-teaching?
• What practical skills do you have that you
could teach someone else?
• Should children learn practical skills at
school? Why / why not?
8. • Verb patterns
• In English when we have one verb followed by
another there are two common patterns.
• We either use an infinitive with to or an ing form.
• I’d love to go on holiday. I want to buy a new car.
• I need to check my calendar. I decided to change
jobs.
• I enjoy going to the cinema. I like eating ice cream.
18. haven’t been
able to
being able to
‘ll be able to
Will be able to
to be able to
not being able to
were able to
won’t be able to
Have been able to
isn’t able to
19.
20.
21.
22. A. eat fire
B. fly a plane
C. do a backflip
Pierce Brosnan, the James Bond actor, knows how
to __________.
23. A. javelin
B. archery
C. swimming
Gina Davis is so good at _______, she was once a
semi-finalist at the Olympic trials.
24. A. Circus clown
B. Trapeze artist
C. Lion tamer
Before he was an actor, Christopher Walken was a
_________.
25. A. Tattooing
B. Painting
C. Hair styling
Famous actress Margot Robbie , star of The
Suicide Squad is also really good at _________.
26. A. Rubik’s cubes
B. Wordle puzzles
C. 100m wall climbing
Justin Bieber is a master at ______________. He
can do it in just over a minute.
27. A. Figure skater
B. Tennis player
C. 100m runner
Fashion designer Vera Wang could’ve had a
different career as she almost became a _______.
31. 1. I'd love to be able to ski.
Ride a horse (pause) I'd love to be able to ride a horse.
2. We won't be able to come. Park (pause) We won't be able to park.
3. I've never been able to dance.
Speak French (pause) I've never been able to speak French.
4. She hates not being able to drive.
Cook (pause) She hates not being able to cook.
5. Will you be able to find it?
Afford it (pause) Will you be able to afford it?
6. He'd love to be able to snowboard.
Windsurf (pause) He'd love to be able to windsurf.
7. I love being able to understand everyone.
Speak to everyone (pause) I love being able to speak to everyone.
8. They haven't been able to finish.
Come (pause) They haven't been able to come.
49. • Look at the two photos you have.
• You need to compare and contrast them.
• You also need to answer the questions.
• Describe the photos a little to begin with.
• When you finish your partner will ask you a
question about your photos.
• Then you change roles.
50. • How important
are these
activities?
• Which activity
would you
prefer to do?
• Now answer
your partner’s
question.
51. • How important
are these
activities?
• How much time
do you spend on
each one?
• Now answer
your partner’s
question.
52.
53.
54. • You are going to act out some scenes on
different topics.
• Student (A) will need to ask for some
information.
• Student (B) will have the information to
give.
55. Scene one “You are talking to a friend”
• Student (A) You want to manage your time
a little better. Ask your partner for some
tips on how to organise your time better.
• Student (B) Answer your partner’s
questions about how your organise your
time and give them suggestions on how they
can improve.
• Ask questions, give information and advise
your friend to help them out.
56. Scene two “You are talking to a
friend”
• Student (A) You are looking for some new
ways you can relax after a busy week. Ask
your partner for some advice.
• Student (B) Answer your partner’s
questions and give them some tips based
on how your relax or how your friends
relax.
• Ask questions, give information and help
your friend to find ways to relax.
58. • Lead in – methods to learn a language (5 mins)
• Discussion questions learning languages (10 mins)
• Reading – language learning tips – vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading – language learning tips – matching (5 mins)
• Grammar – reflexive pronouns – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – reflexive pronouns – exercises (5 mins)
• Grammar – reflexive pronouns – making sentences (5 mins)
• Discussing tips on language learning – (10 mins)
• Fun facts about language learning quiz (10 mins) 65
• Listening video – learning many languages – matching (5 mins)
• Listening video – learning many languages – comprehension (5 mins)
• Listening video – learning many languages – questions (5 mins)
• Word classes review – what are they (5 mins)
• Word building using given words – (10 mins)
• Word building grammar exercise – (15 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)
59.
60. •How long have you been learning English?
•Has anyone ever given you some useful
language learning tips? What were they?
•Which of the methods from the photos
have you used to learn at language? How
successful were you?
•Have you ever tried a method and were
unhappy with it? What happened?
61.
62.
63.
64.
65. 5
1
3
6
4
2
5- Song lyrics
1- Computer
language
3- talking to
boyfriend
6 – in her head
4- vocabulary
2- Articles of
interest
66.
67. They = themselves
she = herself
we = ourselves
you = yourselves
he = himself
It= itself
68. 2. I'm teaching myself Spanish. He (pause)
He's teaching himself Spanish.
3. We introduced ourselves. They (pause)
They introduced themselves.
4. He taught himself to play the guitar. She (pause)
She taught herself to play the guitar.
5. He often talks to himself. I (pause)
I often talk to myself.
6. I really enjoyed myself last night. We (pause)
We really enjoyed ourselves last night.
76. 2. French
3. Hebrew
4. Italian
5. Dutch
6. Greek
7. Spanish
8. Russian
9. German
10. English
11. Catalan
77.
78. 1. Alex says that every new language that he
learns is a completely new adventure for him.
2. Greek and German are the two languages
that he enjoys speaking the most.
3. Chinese and Slovene are two languages that
he would like to learn at the moment.
79. 4. Alex feels guilty that he’s never learned other British and
Irish languages – Welsh, Irish, or Scottish Gaelic. On a
recent trip to Wales he loved that everything was in two
languages, Welsh and English.
5. Russian was the most difficult language for him to learn,
because he had to learn a new alphabet.
6. YouTube has helped Alex to watch videos in other
languages and immerse himself in other cultures. He says
that there’s a lot of technology to help with learning
vocabulary and grammar.
80. 1. Because they don’t have enough time, they’re not doing it for the right reasons,
or they expect it to be easier than it actually is.
2. Because the grammar is very simple (there are almost no irregular verbs, and
there are only three real tenses) and a lot of the vocabulary in Afrikaans is very
similar to vocabulary in English.
3. Because they don’t have much confidence and they never get a chance to
practise other languages.
finish
10-15
81.
82. Talking about word classes
•What are the different ones?
•How can you recognise them
easily?
•Do they come before or after
certain other word classes?
83. Word classes
• Noun – person place or thing (after an adjective / before
or after a verb)
• Adjective – describes a noun (before a noun)
• Verb – describes an action (After a noun)
• Adverb – gives more information about a verb / adjective.
• Preposition – describes the relationship between two
nouns
87. English Students and Culture Shock
Culture shock is a feeling of (0) ...............(CONFUSE) experienced by someone
visiting a new country and being confronted with an (25)..................................
(FAMILIAR) culture. It is experienced by many of the thousands of students
who leave home to study English in an English-speaking country.
These students have to cope with changes in weather, food, language and
behaviour. (26) ............................ (RESEARCH) have found that there are several
stages of culture shock and that adjusting to life in a new country is an ongoing
and gradual process.
Initially, students may feel (27) …………….............. (EXCITE) and delight at the
new culture. They take to their language studies with enthusiasm and make
significant progress.
88. Once the (28) ............................. (NOVEL) of being in a foreign place wears
off, feelings of (29) ............................. (ANXIOUS), depression and
homesickness may arise, and homesick students may call home repeatedly.
(30) ………………............ (COMMUNICATE) problems, due to locals speaking too
quickly and using strange idioms and slang, are also very common. (31)
……………............ (ADDITION), stress may be caused by racial discrimination,
(32) ............................ (FINANCE) problems or safety concerns.
During the next stage, the student is more (33) ............................. (REAL)
and begins to accept the positive and negative aspects of both cultures.
They begin to feel at home and realise that problems are also
(34) ............................... (LEARN) opportunities.
89.
90. English Students and Culture Shock
Culture shock is a feeling of (0) ...............(CONFUSE) experienced by someone
visiting a new country and being confronted with an (25)..................................
(FAMILIAR) culture. It is experienced by many of the thousands of students
who leave home to study English in an English-speaking country.
These students have to cope with changes in weather, food, language and
behaviour.(26) ................................ (RESEARCH) have found that there are
several stages of culture shock and that adjusting to life in a new country is an
ongoing and gradual process.
Initially, students may feel (27) …………….............. (EXCITE) and delight at the
new culture. They take to their language studies with enthusiasm and make
significant progress.
noun
adjective
noun (pl)
adjective
91. Once the (28) ............................. (NOVEL) of being in a foreign place wears
off, feelings of (29) ............................. (ANXIOUS), depression and
homesickness may arise, and homesick students may call home repeatedly.
(30) ………………............ (COMMUNICATE) problems, due to locals speaking too
quickly and using strange idioms and slang, are also very common.
(31) ……………............ (ADDITION), stress may be caused by racial
discrimination, (32) ............................ (FINANCE) problems or safety
concerns.
During the next stage, the student is more (33) ............................. (REAL)
and begins to accept the positive and negative aspects of both cultures.
They begin to feel at home and realise that problems are also
(34) ............................... (LEARN) opportunities.
noun
noun
noun
adjective
adjective
adjective
noun/
adjective
92.
93. English Students and Culture Shock
Culture shock is a feeling of (0) .............................(CONFUSE) experienced by
someone visiting a new country and being confronted with an
(25).................................. (FAMILIAR) culture. It is experienced by many of the
thousands of students who leave home to study English in an English-speaking
country.
These students have to cope with changes in weather, food, language and
behaviour.(26) ................................ (RESEARCH) have found that there are
several stages of culture shock and that adjusting to life in a new country is an
ongoing and gradual process.
Initially, students may feel (27) …………….............. (EXCITE) and delight at the
new culture. They take to their language studies with enthusiasm and make
significant progress.
confusion
unfamiliar
Researchers
excited
94. Once the (28) ............................. (NOVEL) of being in a foreign place wears
off, feelings of (29) ............................. (ANXIOUS), depression and
homesickness may arise, and homesick students may call home repeatedly.
(30) ……………….................. (COMMUNICATE) problems, due to locals speaking
too quickly and using strange idioms and slang, are also very common.
(31) ……………............ (ADDITION), stress may be caused by racial
discrimination, (32) ............................ (FINANCE) problems or safety
concerns.
During the next stage, the student is more (33) ............................. (REAL)
and begins to accept the positive and negative aspects of both cultures.
They begin to feel at home and realise that problems are also
(34) ............................... (LEARN) opportunities.
novelty
anxiety
communication
additional
financial
realistic
learning
95.
96. • You see this announcement on an English language
website.
• Write your article
Articles wanted
Useful tips for learning English
What are some useful tips for learning English?
Where did you learn them from?
Why are they useful?
Write us an article answering these questions.
We will publish the best articles on our website.
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5 All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.
1 Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?
3 Why don’t we stay in and watch a movie tonight, honey?
6 I work for Samsung. I’m a computer programmer. I’ve been
working there for three years.
4 outgoing – shy generous – mean friendly – unfriendly
2 Saxophonist Tim Garland will reunite with his former partner
in Celtic jazz group Lammas.
