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Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS), Spring 2007

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For advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. Focuses on the appropriate oral presentation of material in a variety of professional contexts: group discussions, classroom explanations and interactions, and theses/research proposals. Valuable for those who intend to teach or lecture in English. Includes language laboratory assignments. The goal of the workshop is to develop effective speaking and listening skills for academic and professional contexts.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Dunphy, Jane

Why Cite?

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This presentation will explain why we cite our sources when using research in our writing. It will touch on the concept of plagiarism and academic honesty, as well as overview the consequences for when we fail to properly credit our sources. APA will not be the focus of this presentation, but will be mentioned along with other common citation styles.

Material Type: Interactive

Money Skills

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Unsure of how to invest your money? Whether to rent or buy? Or which career path is right for you? We've all asked ourselves these questions, and it seems that everywhere you turn — the TV, radio, financial advisors, friends, and family — someone has an answer. In this course we turn down the noise to bring you sound advice. With two seasoned economists as your guides, you’ll walk through what everyone needs to know about personal finance.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Alex Tabarrok, Tyler Cowen

Life After High School

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Students, in high school, usually have a plan.  They know what they want to be, and where they are going to go to college to accomplish that goal.  However, they rarely understand the ramifications of that plan.  In particular, the cost of college, student loans, amount of years of study in particular fields, and the average starting pay of careers.  This unit, based on the Foundations of Personal Finance, by Dave Ramsey, tries to expand students' knowledge to make a more encomapassing plan, hence, a better plan.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Brian Morrison

Ancient World History, Chapter 1: Why Do We Study History?

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Ultimately, why something happened in the past is the question that history is all about. And here’s the fun part (or the hard part!). It’s up to you to answer the why question. You will read about many things that happened in the past and some reasons why people think they happened. People who look at the same facts sometimes come to different conclusions. Answering the other “W” questions will help you answer the question, why: Why did this happen? Answering Why -- that’s what thinking like a historian is about.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Amy Striegle, David Soderquist, Eric Wrzesinski, Lisa Voss, Steve Zigray, Thomas Hinken