In only 9 pages is briefly explained when, how to use and which article to use. The articles “a,” “an,” and “the” are difficult for many non-native speakers of English to learn to use properly. Some of the rules that govern article usage are very subtle; only years of experience with the language will enable you to understand and apply these rules.
What makes a successful newsletter? How do you structure an article that people want to read? How do you secure a commission from a magazine? This guide ill show you: * how to open articles * how to make them flow and use good closing paragraphs * how to use case studies * where to find experts and how to interview them * how to write the article up * how to approach magazines to secure a commission * how to design and layout newsletters. Suitable reading for anyone wishing to enter the freelance writing field as well as those working within organisations who need to produce newsletters and articles.
Our brains use shortcuts for social identification, swiftly categorizing others—and ourselves—to avoid the energy-intensive processing of conscious thought. Often we do not even realize how extensively subconscious stereotypes shape our reactions, as two feature articles in this issue reveal. The first, “The Social Psychology of Success,” by S. Alexander Haslam, Jessica Salvatore, Thomas Kessler and Stephen D. Reicher, looks at behavioral aspects. It explains how people’s performance is shaped by awareness of stereotypes. The second article, “Buried Prejudice,” by Siri Carpenter, digs into the neuroscience of implicit bias and how it affects cognition. Even basic visual preferences are skewed toward in-groups; studies show that we remember faces better if they match our own racial group.
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Macbeth extolled “sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care,” in Shakespeare’s great tragic play of the same name. Soothing rest is not all that shut-eye provides, however. As sleep and cognition researchers Robert Stickgold and Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen explain in their feature article in this issue, the brain is very busy during a night’s slumber. It is processing and sorting all the things we learned during the day, making valuable memories more resilient and tossing away irrelevant details. It finds hidden relations among our recollections and works to solve problems that arose during our waking hours. Turn to page 22 for our cover story, “Quiet! Sleeping Brain at Work.”
There is nothing like a good yarn to pluck our emotional strings, as Jeremy Hsu writes in “The Secrets of Storytelling,” beginning on page 46. Stories are one of humanity’s universals—they appear in all cultures—and certain themes arise repeatedly in tales around the world. Why do these narratives have such power over our feelings? The study of stories reveals clues about our evolutionary history and the roots of emotion and empathy. Indeed, as you will learn from Hsu’s article, the stories we tell explain much about ourselves.
Number 1 (January 2000)
This issue has articles on student video production, assessment, pronunciation and grammar, writing, team teaching, and using phrases in an ESP class.
Number 2 (April 2000)
In addition to a feature article on mosquitoes, topics covered in this issue include methodology in the new millennium, authentic materials, use of film, and writing an academic article.
Number 3 (July 2000)
Vocabulary learning, reaching reluctant readers, writing, prepositions, and managing large classes are some of the topics addressed in this issue. Included also is a feature article is about Native Americans.
Number 4 (October 2000)
Featured in this issue is an article about endangered species. Other articles address designing a language class, reading comprehension, errors and corrective feedback, and other classroom techniques.
