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[[Category:English]]
[[Category:Team Strategy and Communication]]

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= Introduction =

'''Team Strategy and Communication''' is about how you work with other people to reach a shared goal. In Grades 7–8, teamwork may happen during a science investigation, a sports activity, a class presentation, a debate, a creative project, or a community task. A strong team does more than divide the work. Team members understand the goal, use a plan, communicate clearly, listen carefully, make decisions, solve disagreements, and adjust when conditions change.

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Teamwork is a collaborative effort toward a common goal. Team members are interdependent, which means that one person's choices can affect the whole group. Clear roles can help each person know how to contribute, but roles should not become labels. In school teams, it is useful to rotate responsibilities so that everyone can practice different skills.

By the end of this aiMOOC, you should be able to explain how a team turns a goal into a strategy, take and rotate useful team roles, use [[English:Active listening|active listening]], give specific feedback, choose a fair decision-making method, manage ordinary disagreements, and reflect on how communication affects team performance.

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While you watch, notice how students make collaboration visible. Ask yourself: What actions help everyone take part? What happens when a team checks how well it is working instead of looking only at the final product?

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= Building a Team Strategy =

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== Start with a Shared Goal ==

A strategy is a purposeful plan for reaching a goal. Before a team chooses tasks, it needs to agree on what success means. A vague goal such as "make a good presentation" gives little guidance. A clearer goal describes the product, audience, quality, limits, and deadline. For example, a team might aim to create a five-minute presentation that explains a local environmental problem to classmates, uses trustworthy evidence, includes every team member, and is ready by Friday.

A useful team goal answers questions such as: What are we trying to achieve? Who is the audience? What does good work look like? What limits do we have? When must the work be finished? When team members answer these questions together, later decisions become easier.

[[File:TeamWork.jpg|500px|frameless|center]]

The image above shows people cooperating on a physical task. In many real situations, success depends on coordination: people may need to agree on timing, sequence, signals, and safe ways to act. School teamwork uses the same basic idea. A plan is useful only when team members understand how their actions fit together.

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== Turn the Goal into a Plan ==

A simple team strategy can follow a '''goal–roles–actions–check–adapt''' cycle. First, state the shared goal. Next, decide who is responsible for which part. Then choose actions and a sequence. After some work, stop at a checkpoint to compare progress with the goal. Finally, adapt the plan if evidence shows that something is not working.

A checkpoint is not a sign of failure. It is a planned moment for learning. Your team might ask: Are we on schedule? Is the quality good enough? Does everyone understand the next step? Are we missing information? Does someone need support? Good teams change a plan when the situation changes.

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== Use Roles without Creating Hierarchies ==

Useful classroom roles include '''facilitator''', who keeps the discussion focused; '''recorder''', who captures decisions and tasks; '''timekeeper''', who watches deadlines; '''researcher''', who checks information; '''presenter''', who helps communicate the result; and '''quality checker''', who compares the work with agreed criteria. One person can hold more than one role in a small group, and roles can rotate.

A role is a responsibility, not a rank. The facilitator should not control every decision, and the presenter should not receive all the credit. Each member remains responsible for understanding the team goal and contributing to the shared work.

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== Plan for Resources and Risks ==

A team strategy should consider what the group needs. Resources may include time, information, equipment, space, teacher guidance, digital tools, or permission to contact someone. Risks are possible problems that could slow or weaken the work. For example, a team may lose time because two members are absent, a source may be unreliable, or a device may not work.

For each important risk, choose a reasonable backup. If your video cannot be played, can you use screenshots and a short spoken explanation? If one source is weak, do you have another? Planning alternatives makes a team more flexible.

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= Communication as a Team System =

Communication is not only speaking. It is a process in which people create, send, receive, interpret, and respond to messages. The meaning in your mind does not move directly into another person's mind. Messages travel through words, tone, images, gestures, written text, or digital channels, and misunderstandings can happen.

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The diagram shows an interactive model of communication. A message moves through a channel, the other person interprets it, and feedback returns. It also shows '''noise''', meaning anything that interferes with understanding. Noise can be a loud room, unclear wording, missing context, distraction, a weak internet connection, or an assumption that was never checked.

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After watching, identify one example of miscommunication that could happen in a school team. Then rewrite the message so that it is more precise and easier to check.

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== Choose the Right Channel ==

Different messages need different channels. A quick reminder may work in a group chat. A complicated decision may be better discussed face to face or in a video meeting. A task list should usually be written where everyone can find it. A sensitive disagreement should not be turned into a public message that embarrasses someone.

Before sending a message, ask: Who needs this information? How quickly do they need it? Could the message be misunderstood? Does the team need a written record? Is this channel respectful and appropriate for school?

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= Active Listening =

[[English:Active listening|Active listening]] means paying close attention in order to understand and then responding in a way that checks that understanding. It is different from staying silent while planning what you will say next.

You can practice active listening by facing the speaker when appropriate, reducing distractions, waiting for the main idea, paraphrasing the message in your own words, asking a clarifying question, and summarizing important points before the team decides what to do. For example: "So your main concern is that our evidence is too old. Have I understood you correctly?"

Active listening does not mean agreeing with everything. You can understand a viewpoint and still disagree with it. The key is to respond to what the other person actually meant rather than to a guess about their meaning.

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== Ask Questions that Move the Team Forward ==

Closed questions can be useful when the team needs a short fact, such as whether a task is finished. Open questions are better when the team needs ideas, reasons, or explanations. Questions such as "What evidence supports that choice?", "What other option could work?", and "What would make this plan fairer?" invite thinking.

Avoid questions that sound like hidden attacks. "Why did you ruin the poster?" is not a neutral request for information. A better approach is to describe the problem and ask about the next step: "The headings are hard to read from a distance. What change could make them clearer?"

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= Clear Speaking and Useful Feedback =

Clear team messages are specific enough that others know what you mean. Instead of saying "Do your part soon," say what task is needed, what quality is expected, and when the team needs it. When you disagree, focus on the idea or the work rather than attacking a person.

Useful feedback is '''specific, respectful, and actionable'''. It explains what is working, identifies a concrete issue, and gives the receiver information that can guide a next step. "The example supports our claim well; the next step is to label where the data came from" is more useful than "Nice" or "This is bad."

Feedback also works in both directions. If you receive a comment that is unclear, ask for an example. If you disagree with feedback, explain your reasoning and return to the team's criteria. The goal is not to win a personal argument. The goal is to improve the work.

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= Inclusive Participation =

A team is stronger when members can contribute their knowledge and questions. Equal participation does not always mean equal speaking time, but no one should be routinely ignored or prevented from taking part. Teams can invite quieter members, use turn-taking during important decisions, allow thinking time before discussion, and offer more than one way to contribute.

Be careful with assumptions about body language, eye contact, speaking speed, or confidence. Nonverbal communication can differ across people and cultures. If meaning matters, ask respectfully instead of guessing.

Rotating roles can make participation fairer. So can a written idea round in which everyone writes one suggestion before open discussion. These methods reduce the chance that the fastest or loudest speaker automatically sets the direction.

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= Decision-Making =

Teams need a clear way to make decisions. Different methods fit different situations.

'''Consensus''' means searching for a solution the group can support, even if it is not every person's first choice. It is useful for important decisions that require strong commitment. '''Voting''' is efficient when the options are already clear and the group accepts majority choice. '''Delegation''' means giving a defined decision to a person or small subgroup with suitable knowledge. It is useful when the team has already agreed on the limits of that responsibility.

A strong team decides the method before a disagreement becomes personal. It also records important decisions so that members do not later remember them differently.

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= Conflict, Repair, and Problem Solving =

Disagreement is normal when people work together. A conflict becomes more useful when the team separates the '''person''' from the '''problem'''. Describe what happened, listen to different views, return to the shared goal, identify possible solutions, choose a next action, and check later whether the solution worked.

For example, two students may both want to design the final slides. Instead of arguing about who "deserves" the role, the team can examine its goal. Perhaps one student designs the layout while the other checks visual clarity, or the group can divide the deck and use shared style rules.

If a situation involves bullying, threats, discrimination, harassment, or safety concerns, it is not simply an ordinary teamwork disagreement. Follow your school's rules and seek help from a trusted adult.

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= Strategy under Pressure =

Team strategy matters when time is short. Under pressure, long discussions can cause confusion, but acting without a plan can be worse. A team can use short communication routines: state the immediate goal, confirm roles, name the next action, use a simple signal when a change is needed, and review what happened afterward.

This pattern appears in sports, laboratories, performances, emergency work, engineering, and many other settings. The details differ, but teams often depend on shared goals, role clarity, information exchange, and adaptation.

[[File:Teamwork! (OOI 701).jpg|500px|frameless|center]]

This oceanography team is preparing scientific equipment for deployment. Use the image as a strategy-reading exercise: What roles might be present? What information would have to be communicated clearly? What could go wrong if two people assumed different plans?

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The video introduces the idea of people quickly learning how to work together in changing conditions. For Grades 7–8, focus on the central question: How can a group coordinate when members do not already know exactly how every problem will unfold?

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= Reflection and Team Improvement =

A team can improve only if it examines both '''results''' and '''process'''. Results include the quality of the product or performance. Process includes how the team planned, communicated, shared work, handled uncertainty, and solved disagreements.

At the end of a project, use a short review. Ask what the team should '''keep''', what it should '''change''', and what it should '''try next'''. Support your reflection with examples. "We communicated well" is too general. "We wrote every deadline in one shared place, so nobody missed a handoff" gives evidence that can guide future teamwork.

{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY2fG_Fbm2M|500|center}}

This university video discusses teaching teamwork and team roles. You do not need to copy every method. Instead, compare its ideas with your own school experience and identify one practice that could make a Grade 7–8 group project more organized or fair.

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= Interactive Tasks =

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== Quiz: Test Your Knowledge ==

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'''What is the best first step when a new team begins a project?'''
(Agree on a shared goal)
(!Choose the most confident leader)
(!Split the work before discussing the result)
(!Start producing the final version immediately)

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'''What is the main responsibility of a recorder in a team?'''
(Capture decisions and tasks)
(!Control every team decision)
(!Speak for every team member)
(!Judge which member is most talented)

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'''Which action is an example of active listening?'''
(Paraphrasing the speaker's main idea)
(!Planning your reply while the other person talks)
(!Changing the topic when you disagree)
(!Repeating your own point more loudly)

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'''Which feedback is most useful for improving team work?'''
(Specific feedback with a clear next step)
(!A personal insult)
(!A vague comment with no example)
(!Silence about an important problem)

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'''What does feedback do in an interactive communication process?'''
(Shows how a message was received or understood)
(!Prevents all future disagreement)
(!Removes the need for a clear message)
(!Guarantees that every channel works)

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'''What is a useful first move in an ordinary team disagreement?'''
(Describe the issue and return to the shared goal)
(!Attack the other person's character)
(!Hide the problem until the deadline)
(!Ask everyone outside the team to take sides)

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'''Why does a team schedule a checkpoint?'''
(To compare progress with the plan and adapt)
(!To replace the shared goal with a new one every time)
(!To decide which person gets all the credit)
(!To stop communication until the project ends)

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'''Which decision method tries to find an option the whole group can support?'''
(Consensus)
(!Guessing)
(!Avoidance)
(!Competition)

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'''Which action best supports inclusive participation?'''
(Invite a quieter member to contribute)
(!Let the fastest speaker make every decision)
(!Give important roles to the same person every time)
(!Ignore written ideas from team members)

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'''Which is an example of nonverbal communication?'''
(Body language)
(!A written task list)
(!A spoken instruction)
(!A research note)

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== Memory Game ==

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{|
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| Shared goal || A common result the team is working toward
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| Facilitator || A person who helps keep discussion focused and balanced
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| Feedback || Information that helps someone understand a response or improve work
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| Checkpoint || A planned moment to review progress and adjust
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| Consensus || A decision the group can support together
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| Paraphrase || Restating another person's idea in your own words
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== Drag and Drop ==

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{| class="wikitable"
! Match the correct terms.
! Topic
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| '''Gives the team a common target'''
| Shared goal
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| '''Records key decisions and responsibilities'''
| Recorder
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| '''Restates a message to check understanding'''
| Active listening
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| '''Reviews progress before the final deadline'''
| Checkpoint
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| '''Changes the plan when evidence shows a need'''
| Adaptation
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== Crossword Puzzle ==

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{|
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| Strategy || What word means a purposeful plan for reaching a goal?
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| Feedback || What word means information returned to show a response or guide improvement?
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| Listener || What do you call a person who receives and interprets a spoken message?
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| Consensus || What decision method seeks an option the group can support?
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| Adaptation || What word means changing a plan when conditions or evidence change?
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| Cooperation || What word means working together toward a shared result?
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== LearningApps ==

<iframe> https://learningapps.org/index.php?s=Team+Strategy+and+Communication </iframe>

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== Cloze Text ==

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{'''Complete the text.'''<br>
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A team works more effectively when members agree on a { shared goal }. A strategy connects that goal to roles, actions, checkpoints, and possible { adaptation }. In communication, a message may be misunderstood when noise or missing context affects its { meaning }. Active listening includes paraphrasing so that you can check your { understanding }. Useful feedback should be specific and { actionable }. A team may use consensus when it wants a decision that members can { support }. During an ordinary disagreement, the group should focus on the problem rather than attacking the { person }. After a project, reflection helps the team improve both its result and its { process }.
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= Open-Ended Tasks =

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=== Easy ===
# [[English:Team Charter|Team Charter]]: Create a one-page team charter with a shared goal, three communication rules, rotating roles, and one method for recording decisions.
# [[English:Listening Interview|Listening Interview]]: Interview a classmate for five minutes about a hobby or interest, paraphrase two ideas, ask one open question, and write a short reflection on what helped you understand.
# [[English:Communication Comic|Communication Comic]]: Draw a six-panel comic that shows a misunderstanding in a school team and then shows how a clearer message or question repairs it.
# [[English:Feedback Practice|Feedback Practice]]: Choose a short piece of classwork and write two specific comments that identify a strength and one actionable next step.

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=== Standard ===
# [[English:Strategy Map|Strategy Map]]: In a group, plan a small class project using the goal–roles–actions–check–adapt cycle and explain why each checkpoint is placed where it is.
# [[English:Role Rotation Challenge|Role Rotation Challenge]]: Complete a short cooperative task twice with different team roles, then compare how the role change affected participation, speed, and decision-making.
# [[English:Decision Method Test|Decision Method Test]]: Give your group the same simple choice problem three times and use consensus, voting, and delegation in turn; record how each method changes discussion and commitment.
# [[English:Team Communication Video|Team Communication Video]]: Produce a two-minute instructional video for younger students that demonstrates one poor teamwork habit and a better communication alternative.

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=== Advanced ===
# [[English:Collaboration Experiment|Collaboration Experiment]]: Design a fair experiment that compares two communication routines during the same type of group challenge, collect observations, and explain what the evidence does and does not show.
# [[English:Conflict Case Study|Conflict Case Study]]: Write a realistic case about a school-team disagreement, identify the interests of each person, compare at least three solutions, and justify the solution that best supports the shared goal and fairness.
# [[English:Community Team Interview|Community Team Interview]]: Interview an adult who works in a team, such as a coach, laboratory worker, nurse, technician, organizer, or business employee, and compare that team's communication practices with your class strategies.
# [[English:Team Strategy Simulation|Team Strategy Simulation]]: Create and run a timed simulation in which new information forces a team to change its plan; document the original strategy, the communication that triggered adaptation, and the final review.

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= Learning Assessment =

# [[English:Strategy Analysis|Strategy Analysis]]: Given a group-project scenario with limited time and uneven information, design a strategy that links the goal, roles, actions, checkpoints, resources, and backup plans; justify at least three choices.
# [[English:Communication Repair|Communication Repair]]: Analyze a short dialogue that contains unclear language and assumptions, identify where meaning breaks down, and rewrite the exchange using active listening and clearer messages.
# [[English:Decision-Making Transfer|Decision-Making Transfer]]: Compare consensus, voting, and delegation for three different school situations and justify which method fits each situation best.
# [[English:Conflict Resolution Reasoning|Conflict Resolution Reasoning]]: Explain how a team can separate the person from the problem in a disagreement, then apply the approach to a new example.
# [[English:Feedback Quality|Feedback Quality]]: Evaluate several pieces of peer feedback, rank them by usefulness, and improve the weakest comment so that it becomes specific, respectful, and actionable.
# [[English:Team Reflection Evidence|Team Reflection Evidence]]: Use notes from a real group task to explain one strategy the team should keep, one it should change, and one new practice it should test next time.

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= Evidence of Learning =

'''Knowledge:''' You can explain shared goals, team roles, checkpoints, communication channels, feedback, active listening, decision methods, and ordinary conflict-resolution steps.

'''Skills:''' You can plan with others, ask clarifying questions, paraphrase accurately, give useful feedback, invite participation, record decisions, adapt a plan, and reflect with evidence.

'''Products:''' Strong evidence may include a team charter, strategy map, communication comic, interview notes, decision record, instructional video, experiment report, or simulation review.

'''Transfer:''' You can apply these ideas beyond one lesson—for example in sports, clubs, laboratory work, performances, community projects, digital collaboration, or future workplaces—and explain what must change in a new setting.

'''Team process evidence:''' You can show not only what your group produced but also how it made decisions, divided responsibility, handled information, repaired misunderstandings, and improved its process.

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= OERs on the Topic =

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= Linked Learning Areas =

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'''[[English:Team Strategy and Communication|Team Strategy and Communication]]'''
# [[English:Teamwork|Teamwork]]
# [[English:Communication|Communication]]
# [[English:Active listening|Active listening]]
# [[English:Feedback|Feedback]]
# [[English:Decision-making|Decision-making]]
# [[English:Conflict resolution|Conflict resolution]]
# [[English:Leadership|Leadership]]
# [[English:Project management|Project management]]
|}

This topic connects English with [[English:Social and emotional learning|social and emotional learning]], [[English:Project-based learning|project-based learning]], [[English:Physical education|Physical education]], [[English:Science education|Science education]], [[English:Civic education|Civic education]], and [[English:Career education|Career education]]. In English lessons, you can use the topic to practice discussion, explanation, argument, interview questions, presentation language, and reflective writing. In other subjects, the same communication tools can support safe, organized, and thoughtful group work.

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