'Chitchat' was my initiation at the office to help juniors and colleagues to improve their English Communication Skills. There are two PPTs covering tenses and basic sentence structure. Along with that we have created an environment at workplace where team has to communicate in English, Write letters on their favorite topics (reviewed by other people of the team having good skills), and tea time group discussions.
This PPT is designed in very general manner and can be used in school, college, and even in office (like we do) to boost people with English.
This ppt was shown at UCSC as a material for those students who wanted to participate in alternative tutorials during the second-half strike period in 2011.
Mentors: Valentina Gallegos & Diego Ulloa
February 28, 2019
From a disputed territory in southern Asia to the summit of a U.S. landmark, we're climbing all over the world to bring you news today. You'll learn how Kashmir has been the subject of wars and skirmishes between India and Pakistan, and you'll find out how many bowls of soba noodles have to be eaten to set a record at a restaurant in Japan.
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Child labor in cobalt trade Today's show features an in-depth report that concerns child labor, a large country in central Africa, and the widely used element of cobalt.
In tropical seas, flying fish leap out of the water, gliding for up to 200 meters, before dipping back into the sea. In the Indo-Pacific, a hunting sailfish swims up to 110 kilometers per hour. These feats are made possible by a fish’s form—which in most species is a smooth, long body, fins, and a tail. Lauren Sallan explains why these features are so common, and what it reveals about fish.
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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.
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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
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Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
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Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp Network
NEF - PI - PROGRESS TESTS 7-12 - VOCABULARY
1. NEF – PI – PROGRESS TESTS 7-12 - VOCABULARY
4 Underline the odd word(s) out.
Example: duck eagle swan mosquito
1 divorced retired married tired
2 put on take off turn down try on
3 maths physics chemistry biology
4 towards passed through along
5 lose miss catch get on
6 spider cow horse pig
7 get an email get home get a present get a salary
8 crocodile shark dolphin goat
9 a bit really quite good
10 get up go away sit down look after
5 Write the opposite.
Example: turn on (the TV) turn off
1 get up (in the morning) __________
2 stand up __________
3 forget (a name) __________
4 put on (a coat) __________
5 turn up (the radio) __________
6 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
Example: Would you like to look at my holiday photos?
watch look at read
1 I used to play a lot of tennis, but I gave it __________ last year, and now I
play basketball.
2. down off up
2 Nina is really afraid __________ spiders.
on of by
3 My uncle decided to __________ at the age of 50 and go travelling.
retire receive repair
4 Go __________ the museum and the cinema is on your left.
over past along
5 When I saw them they were walking __________ the park.
on away across
6 Email was __________ in the 1970s, but most of us first used it a lot later.
discovered invented designed
7 If you don’t know how to get there, look __________ the directions on the
internet.
down through up
8 My great-grandmother married young, and __________ ten children.
had got became
9 I’m looking __________ my neighbour’s cats while he’s on holiday.
after forward for
10 I __________ broke my friend’s iPod.
luckily accidentally finally
11 My aunt always __________ a handbag.
wears puts carries
12 Ben doesn’t look ___________ his father. They’re completely different.
like as same
13 I’m really tired, and I don’t feel __________ going out tonight.
for like to
14 The snake moved __________ , and everyone felt very frightened.
luckily sadly suddenly
3. 15 A I don’t like early mornings at all.
B __________ do I!
So Also Neither
7 Complete the sentences with one word.
Example: I woke up very early this morning.
1 Please __________ your dictionaries to the next class.
2 Frank doesn’t __________ much money. His job is badly paid.
3 A Sorry this is taking a long time.
B That’s OK. I __________ mind waiting.
4 Leo __________ on very well with Alex. They’re good friends.
5 I __________ last night listening to my favourite songs.
6 Our teacher __________ us we had all passed our exams.
7 The boy __________ that he wanted to travel before university.
8 Keith’s in the shower right now. He’ll call you __________ in twenty minutes.
9 Clare got a __________ for her birthday, and now she’s having riding lessons.
10 Don’t __________ away that old newspaper. I haven’t read it yet.
NEF – PI – PROGRESS TESTS 7-12 – VOCABULARY
ANSWER KEY
4 1 tired
2 turn down
3 maths
4 passed
5 lose
6 spider
4. 7 get home
8 goat
9 good
10 look after
5 1 go to bed
2 sit down
3 remember
4 take off
5 turn down
6 1 up
2 of
3 retire
4 past
5 across
6 invented
7 up
8 had
9 after
10 accidentally
11 carries
12 like
13 like
14 suddenly
15 Neither
7 1 bring
2 earn