Notes, abstracts, papers, exams and problems of Primary education

Before the rainy season, the fields are ploughed and rice is planted in fertilized nurseries. During the monsoon season, once the plants have grown, they are transferred to the paddy fields. After the monsoon, when the crops begin to ripen, water is removed and rice is harvested.

Organic: Environmentally Friendly Techniques

Organic techniques such as the use of organic fertilizers and crop rotation are gaining popularity due to their environmentally friendly nature. Although they result in higher quality products, they often have lower yields and are more expensive. However, there is an increasing number of consumers who are willing to pay more for better organic products.

Organic Farming in New Countries: Regional Specialization

In new countries,

Key Concepts in Business Management

What is Quest Analysis?

Quest analysis involves questions managers ask to understand their business environment. For example:

• Who are my customers?
• What do they demand from me?
• In what way do I meet these demands?
• How can I prove myself?

How is Quality Measured in a Firm?

Measuring quality isn't a single, simple process, even though it's used to measure profit. Profit growth, market share, or return on capital invested can be used to judge how well a quality system has worked.

Taguchi Method

The Taguchi method describes a system's capability to produce goods or services to a specification. It helps quantify the loss due to a lack of quality in a performance characteristic, with the objective of identifying the real... Continue reading "Key Concepts: Quest Analysis, Quality Measurement, and More" »

HOT ZONE

equatorial- between 10ºN 10ºS , temperatures around 25ºC with little variation. Hot all the year. Annual precipitation higher than 2000mm. Rainforest (dense green vegetation)

tropical-10º and 30º N, the same S, annual temperature 20ºc variation between 10, 3ºC. Precipitation 2000mm south east asia, less than 400mm near desserts. Tropical rainforest and savannah.

desert- shares latitudes with tropical climates.  annual 20ºc, bid differences between day and night. Unde 250mm, irregular. Vegetation only at oasis.

TEMPERATE CLIMATES

mediterranean. 30º and 40º. Hot summers , mild winters, annual temperature between 10ºc  and 18ºc. Between 900mm and 300mm a year irregular. Woodland (holm oak and cork trees) and scrub.

Oceanic or

ESTILO DIRECTO-ESTILO INDIRECTO

Present simple: I don't want to go to bed, Gina said.

Past simple: Gina said that she didn't want to go to bed.

Present Continuous: She is visiting her father, Adam said.

Past Continuous: Adam said that she was visiting her father.

Past simple: Tim arrived late, Mum said.

Past Perfect Simple: Mum said that Tim had arrived late.

Present Perfect simple: The train has left the station, Alvaro said.

Past Perfect simple: Alvaro said that the train had left the station.

Future will: We will feed the dog, Alvaro said.

Would: Alvaro said that they would feed the dog.

Can: I can run fast, the teacher said.

Could: The teacher said that she could run fast.

Must: I must call her, the teacher said.

Had to: Tom said that he had to call... Continue reading "Direct Style - Indirect Style: Grammar Rules and Examples" »

Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent. It is used primarily, but not exclusively, by African Americans in the United States. The Black Power movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s

Intersectionality

a way of understanding and analysing the complexity in the world, in people, and in human experiences.

Garveyite

Supporter of Marcus Garvey and a 20th century racial and political doctrine advocating black separation and the formation of self-governing black nations in Africa.

Incomprehensibility

We live, move, and have our being on a finite plane, but God lives, moves, and has His being in infinity. Our finite understanding... Continue reading "Black Power, Intersectionality, and Black Religion: A Historical Overview" »

Political Landscape

The two political groups that dominated the assembly were:

• Girondins: Represented the interests of the bourgeoisie.
• Jacobins: Represented the laborer people and the sans-culottes.

The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

The year 1929 marked the end of an era of extraordinary economic prosperity in the United States known as the Roaring Twenties. This expansion resulted from increased demand during World War I and the post-war recovery.

Burgeoning Economic Growth

The expansion of the American economy was driven by a change in production dominated by technical innovation and changes in work organization, characteristic of the Second Industrial Revolution.

Consumer Revolution

A significant shift occurred in the systems of demand and supply.... Continue reading "The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression: A Historical Analysis" »

ELEANITZ PROIEKTUA

The methodology is centred on the child’s psycho-cognitive needs. The sequencing of linguistic contents is done according to natural language acquisition processes and the classroom contexts. (Indirectly)

At the age of 4, children start learning English because of their flexibility and capabilities.

To learn a language it is necessary to use it, so the teacher has to create an “Only English” communicative situation. (Interaction)

Their basic teaching technique is “the format”.

There are two different types of formats:

1. Non-narrative formats are everyday repetitive situations; for example, beginning a class.
2. Narrative formats are collective and repeated dramatisations of stories based on life experiences; for example, role-

Tax is to raise revenue (cover a range of government expenditure) (e.g. Build school, hospital, improve road)

To discourage certain activities that will cause damage to people’s health or pollution. (e.g. cigarette, cars, fuel)

To discourage the import of goods, import tax is referred to as tariff

To redistribute income from the rich to poor

Direct tax: paid directly to the government from your wages

Indirect tax: tax that is added on goods and services. Consumers pay tax by paying more for the goods or services.

Progressive tax: rich people pay more than poor people

Regressive tax: poor people pay more than rich people. This happens when the government imposes a tax at a set rate.

Proportional tax: Everyone has to pay the same percentage of income.... Continue reading "Understanding Taxation and Trade" »

Financial and E-commerce Terms

Banking and Finance

• Accept: To agree to receive or undertake something offered.
• Annuity: A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life.
• Appraisal: An expert estimate of the value of something.
• Arrangement Fee: A fee charged by a lender to cover the administrative costs of setting up a loan.
• ATM (Automated Teller Machine): A machine that dispenses cash or performs other banking services when an account holder inserts a bank card.
• Bank Wire: An electronic transfer of funds.
• Beneficiary: A person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy.
• Borrow: To take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.
• Branch: