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Ko te reo te tuakiriKo te reo tōku ahureiKo te reo te ora. English is the study, use, and enjoyment of the English language and its literature, communicated orally, visually, and in writing, for a range of purposes and audiences and in a variety of text forms. Learning English encompasses learning the language, learning through the language, and learning about the language. Understanding, using, and creating oral, written, and visual texts of increasing complexity is at the heart of English teaching and learning. Return to top
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Beautify your statuses, comments, messages and your general texting life with symbols. Make your concepts stand out from the crowd by just one more way - looking charming. Symbols will empower your meaningful, mindful and tasteful ideas by further inspiring your audience with adorable forms of the world's most known and refined signs. Read my corresponding article if you'll want to put some symbols into Facebook name and you'll have trouble with that. If you have some other difficulties with symbols, or have some other questions, do read my FAQ explanations. Copied. Click a symbol on white background to auto-copy it.
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Currently recommended SheepShaver build for Mac OS X: 01 February 2014 build For PPC and Intel Mac, OSX 10.4 (Tiger) through OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) Download: ... 140201.zip Installation and setupIf you have an existing SheepShaver setup, you can simply replace the application with the new application. If you set up SheepShaver for the first time, you will also need a compatible ROM file and a retail MacOS install CD (or a install CD disk image). For other than US English keyboard layouts the included keycodes file is needed. A first install on Intel machines will run in 32-bit mode by default. The included SheepShaver Scripts can be used to delete the prefs and nvram files to be able to start a new setup from scratch. Setup manualSee the setup manual for more information: ... os_x_setup Improvements since July 15, 2012 build Known issues - On PPC machines:Like previous builds, very CPU hungry.
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Specialised help for children with dyslexia pays dividends
Published: 6:07AM Saturday August 16, 2014 Source: ONE News Compelling research shows learning outcomes for children with dyslexia can be vastly improved. Specialised, early intervention can significantly boost success at school for a child with dyslexia, a pilot study shows. One-on-one, personalised tuition resulted in vast and surprising improvements in achievement skills, Karen Waldie, Associate Professor of the School of Psychology at Auckland University, says. SPELD NZ, in collaboration with school RTLBs (Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour), carried out the study involving 42 seven-year-old students struggling in the classroom as a result of dyslexia. Ms Waldie says she was taken by surprise and "truly impressed" by the resulting data. "The children increased their predicted reading success by 20-44 percent in areas of sound blending, phonemic awareness, verbal comprehension and reading fluency. Copyright © 2014, Television New Zealand Limited.
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