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This research analyzed and determined the communicative competency level of ninety-five randomly selected Tertiary level students from a private and state university in Cagayan De Oro City. A triangulation method was employed to validate the data gathering process using Focus Group Discussion, interactive survey questionnaire and remote classroom observation. Tuan's (2017) Communication Competency Assessment Instrument was modified to determine the respondents' communicative competence level. The competencies were classified into stages as: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence and unconscious competence. Based from the gathered data during the needs analysis, the research results showed that eighty-eight respondents belong to the unconscious incompetence level. Hence, an intervention program named Five-Strand was designed. The study concluded with the findings that the development of the program engaged the students in more communicative sessions. The researchers then recommended for constant exposure of students to communicative activities to enhance the level of their competencies. Engaging the students in activities that encourage and promote interaction and communication maximized the respondents' communicative potentials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this talk I review some recent progress in heterotic and F theory model building. I then consider work in progress attempting to find the F theory dual to a class of heterotic orbifold models which come quite close to the MSSM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]