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  2. Medium of instruction - Wikipedia

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    In Israel, Hebrew is the medium in most schools, and Arabic is the medium in elementary and secondary schools for the Arab minority. Hebrew is used almost exclusively at the tertiary level. In India, the medium of instruction varies among English, Hindi and the respective states' official languages. Private schools usually prefer English, and ...

  3. Rhetorical modes - Wikipedia

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    Examples are the satiric mode, the ironic, the comic, the pastoral, and the didactic. [2] Frederick Crews uses the term to mean a type of essay and categorizes essays as falling into four types, corresponding to four basic functions of prose: narration, or telling; description, or picturing; exposition, or explaining; and argument, or ...

  4. First-year composition - Wikipedia

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    In addition to a focus on rhetoric, many first year composition courses also emphasize the writing process, [5] and students are encouraged to interact with classmates and receive feedback to be used for revision. These practices can take the form of essay peer review or workshopping. Portfolios are a common way of assessing revised student ...

  5. Essay - Wikipedia

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    Examples of expository essays are: a medical or biological condition, social or technological process, life or character of a famous person. The writing of an expository essay often consists of the following steps: organizing thoughts ( brainstorming ), researching a topic, developing a thesis statement , writing the introduction, writing the ...

  6. Language immersion - Wikipedia

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    There are different types of language immersion that depend on the age of the students, the classtime spent in L2, the subjects that are taught, and the level of participation by the speakers of L1. Although programs differ by country and context, most language immersion programs have the overall goal of promoting bilingualism between the two ...

  7. Academic writing - Wikipedia

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    Academic style has often been criticized for being too full of jargon and hard to understand by the general public. [11] [12] In 2022, Joelle Renstrom argued that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on academic writing and that many scientific articles now "contain more jargon than ever, which encourages misinterpretation, political spin, and a declining public trust in the ...

  8. Comparative literature - Wikipedia

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    Scholarship in comparative literature includes, for example, studying literacy and social status in the Americas, medieval epic and romance, the links of literature to folklore and mythology, colonial and postcolonial writings in different parts of the world, and asking fundamental questions about the definition of literature itself. [4]

  9. National Institute of Open Schooling - Wikipedia

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    NIOS offer the following courses: [6] Open Basic Education (OBE) Programme for 14+ years age group, adolescents and adults at A, B and C levels that are equivalent to classes III, V and VIII of the formal school system; Secondary Course—Equivalent to class X; Senior Secondary Course—Equivalent to class XII; Vocational Education Courses