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Section 2: long turn (3–4 minutes). Test takers are given a task card about a particular topic. Test takers have one minute to prepare to talk about this topic. The task card states the points that should be included in the talk and one aspect of the topic which must be explained during the talk.
Cue cards were originally used to aid aging actors. One early use was by John Barrymore in the late 1930s. Cue cards did not become widespread until 1949 when Barney McNulty, [3] a CBS page and former military pilot, was asked to write ailing actor Ed Wynn's script lines on large sheets of paper to help him remember his script. McNulty ...
The definition of success in a given cloze test varies, depending on the broader goals behind the exercise. Assessment may depend on whether the exercise is objective (i.e. students are given a list of words to use in a cloze) or subjective (i.e. students are to fill in a cloze with words that would make a given sentence grammatically correct).
Using a teleprompter is similar to using cue cards. The screen is in front of, and usually below, the lens of a professional video camera , and the words on the screen are reflected to the eyes of the presenter using a sheet of clear glass or other beam splitter , so that they are read by looking directly at the lens position, but are not ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday on Wednesday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite, while ...
Don't mess with turkeys. That's the lesson we learned after watching some wild turkeys patrol a suburban neighborhood. These birds weren't messing around!
German investigators suspect a Berlin doctor of killing eight elderly patients under his care and setting fire to some of their homes to cover up his crimes, prosecutors said Thursday.
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication. Its purpose is to provide a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been previously described or related species.