...When I take the time out to read an article in either a newspaper or magazine that seems to be unsubstantiated it makes me wonder. When I open the thought process of curiosity then it leads me to go in search of the truth. I look for information on whatever caught my attention as false or exaggerated in the article. Depending on what the story is determines how I approach where I will look for the related information at. I am still learning and discovering the best ways for me to approach research. I went to college many years ago fresh out of high school and attended a college on campus. I was able to go to the library there to get a lot of my research done. I was struggling with being a new found single Mom and I did not complete my degree at that time. Now this has always been one of my biggest regrets. I now look to the internet first example www.gogglechrome.com or www.bing.com to start my research on any particular subject. I still am I fan of the good old fashion library. I find I am struggling with all that is out there to do research. Narrowing down the search is still something I am working on. Now that I have been in the telecommunication industry for well over ten year I want an opportunity to move up with a company. I am looking to add much more to my resume under education then just High School diploma. So I have started back on the journey of higher learning again. It has been many years and a lot has changed. I am attending no class room just all on line...
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...Vontesch Barnes “On Becoming a Writer” Strayer University – English 115 Assignment 1 “On Becoming a Writer” Russell Baker “On Becoming a Writer” conveyed how he had a dream to become a writer. The main point that I took from this passage was that things happen unexpectantly. If you have a dream entertain it, because you never know where your pursuit will lead you. Russell looked at writing as something that was done by only the rich. He never imagined that becoming a writer could be a career that he could potentially get paid from. What I took from this was that he treated writing as a hobby or something liked he liked to do. Although writing was Russell’s dream, he still only thought of it as an Interest until he met Mr. Fleagle. It seemed that even though he had not been taught by Mr. Fleagle, he already had a preset judgement of how he was going to be. “He was said to be stuffy, dull, and hopelessly out of date. To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and prim to a fault”. One point I got from this was that the answers to life’s mysteries, even your dreams may come in a form you wouldn’t expect. Russell didn’t like English, the assignments or writing papers for the class in general. After some time in Mr. Fleagle’s class he was given an assignment called “What I did on My Summer Vacation”. This is the assignment that eventually lead him to discover his passion for writing. Instead he wrote a paper titled “The Art of Eating Spaghetti”. Russell pulled from a past...
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...Facing Poverty with a Rich Girls Habits Summary of "Facing Poverty with a Rich Girls Habits" Christy G Phillips Strayer University English 115 Alene Morrison 04/17/2014 The essay that I am summarizing is "Facing Poverty with a Rich Girls Habits" written by Suki Kim. Suki tells us how her life changed dramatically overnight. She lived in Korea until her seventh grade year when her father who was a wealthy business man lost everything they had in the 1980's. Her family moved to Queens New York where she was having a difficult time adjusting to her new life in America. When she was 13 she realized how much things to change she no longer had a chauffeur to drive her around so she had to ride public transportation to and from school. She no longer had a governess to help her with her homework, nor a maid to clean up after her. Things are a lot different in school here in America she no longer has to bow to her teachers and the dress code is a lot different. She could not speak any english so in school she took a class called English as a second language. She met other Korean student's, but it did not take her long to realize they had very little i common. She also tell us she would watch the television show Three's Company to help her learn english as well. It was not until years later that she learned that their was a difference in the American-Korean students and the Korean students. In the essay, she explains how quick a person's...
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...communicate in a language and the ability to interpret between two languages and two cultures. (pg. 113) Many foreign language teachers believe that it is important to spend several years abroad, not only to perfect their language skills, but also to get to know native users of the language. (pg.115) Accuracy is not considered important unless errors interfere with communication. (pg.119) When I read this, I didn’t think that you have to be aware culture. Second language students of ASL are necessary for them to communicate effectively. They must learn how to communicate in two or more languages through the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills enables them to understand, appreciate and interact with other languages and cultures. And also learning a second language makes students better learners. I think it’s interesting quote about different cultural perspectives. I think that there are always some reasons that can lead to abandoning studying a language in English for me. Eventually, I never quitting English but I’m learning in ASL, SEE and PSE. I can communicate with hearing people in English easily. It’s unnecessary to try to learn my rough language. My English is not always perfectly. That’s my first language in ASL. Hearing people who learn from hearing people are not getting the full benefit of learning a language from a native Deaf signer. Students make their mistakes. Students who answer questions and signs in class are working hard to show...
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...Facing Poverty With A Rich Girl’s Habits By: Kim Darrell Carter Lindsay Ludvigsen English Composition 115 April 20, 2014 The essay tells about a family that was once rich and they went bankrupt overnight. Her father lost everything he had and everything that they owned. The author Kim is the voice throughout the story. She was mainly talking about herself so it is told as an autobiography. One of the most important points in the girls life is when she was in middle her father lost everything that mattered to them. She then moved to Queens, New York where she had difficulty adapting to the American culture since she was from Korea. She didn’t even know how to speak English. She watched “Three’s Company” in attempt to learn English. She also stated that attempting to learn English was more brutal than facing poverty with a rich girl’s habits and memories. At the age of 13 she had to take public transportation instead of being driven so that was something that she was not used to. She had to learn how to do her own laundry and also needed a tutor throughout school. I’ve learned that she is now learning to be independent and experiencing being a middle class teenager since she is no longer rich. The story’s genre and purpose is to show readers of this story the difference between the Korean culture and our American culture. The author also shows how hard it is for someone to adapt to such modest living conditions after living such a wealthy lifestyle especially for...
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...Facing Poverty With A Rich Girl’s Habits By: Kim Darrell Carter Lindsay Ludvigsen English Composition 115 April 20, 2014 The essay tells about a family that was once rich and they went bankrupt overnight. Her father lost everything he had and everything that they owned. The author Kim is the voice throughout the story. She was mainly talking about herself so it is told as an autobiography. One of the most important points in the girls life is when she was in middle her father lost everything that mattered to them. She then moved to Queens, New York where she had difficulty adapting to the American culture since she was from Korea. She didn’t even know how to speak English. She watched “Three’s Company” in attempt to learn English. She also stated that attempting to learn English was more brutal than facing poverty with a rich girl’s habits and memories. At the age of 13 she had to take public transportation instead of being driven so that was something that she was not used to. She had to learn how to do her own laundry and also needed a tutor throughout school. I’ve learned that she is now learning to be independent and experiencing being a middle class teenager since she is no longer rich. The story’s genre and purpose is to show readers of this story the difference between the Korean culture and our American culture. The author also shows how hard it is for someone to adapt to such modest living conditions after living such a wealthy lifestyle...
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...Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habit Adele Strader Professor Chryst English Composition October 22, 2012 Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habit was written by Suki Kim and published in the New York Times on November 21, 2004. The most important point that Suki want to make was that (1) what we have in life can be taken away in an instant (2) do not go bankrupt in South Korea (3) that a person must adapt and endure through the trials and tribulations in their life and (4) that no matter what you have or don’t’ have in life you must always be true to yourself. Some of the other main points in this story are that Suki’s father owned shipping, mining and hotel companies in South Korea and that the Kim family was millionaires who lived in a mansion on top of a hill surrounded by ponds, peacocks and orchards with chauffeurs and maids. They had lived in a society were money, education and family history dictated who you were and how you lived. “Gone in an instant was my small world, made possible by my father’s shipping company, mining business and hotels. In queens, most of my E.S.L. classmates came from our families who had escaped Korea’s ridge class hierarchy, one dictated by education level, family background and financial status”, (2004, pgs. 62-63). Suki’s family has to flee South Korea because her father went bankrupt and in South Korea bankruptcy is a crime punishable by jail time so the family immigrated to New York. Arriving in Queens...
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...Tikrit University Journal for Humanities Vol. ( 14 ) No. ( 3 ) April ( 2007 ) Honorific Expressions in Arabic and English with Reference to other Languages Hashim Sa'doon Saleem Al-Ni'aymi University of Tikreet College of Education Dept. of English Abstract Honorifics have currently occupied an important position within the domain of socio-pragmatic studies of language and within the theories of communication. The basic aim of this paper is concerned with identifying the points of similarity and difference between honorifics in Modern Standard Arabic and English with regard to structure. It also aims at giving a brief account of the term honorifics and how are honorific expressions realized in both languages. It is hypothesized that the structure of honorifics in Modern Standard Arabic is different from that in English. 1. The Concept of Honorifics: Honorifics are derived from outputs of politeness strategies where these directly or indirectly convey a status deferential between speaker and addressee or referent, where they indirectly convey such a status deferential, as in French Tu / Vous pronouns do via the general strategy of pluralizing in order to impersonalize (Brown and Levinson 1978: 183). 1 Honorific Expressions in Arabic and English with Reference to other Languages Hashim Sa'doon Saleem Al-Ni'aymi Honorifics have been defined as “politeness formulas in a particular language which may be specific affixes, words, or sentence structure” (Richard et al., 1985:...
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...history, natural science, and French while the family was the basic unit where most learning took place. In rural Canada, families provided religious instruction in many cases, as well as English and writing. However, many people in rural areas did not have the ability to read or write. The Grammar School Act of 1807 has provided the first public funds for school in Ontario, and 8 schools were opened. Then the Act of 1816 had “authorized local trustees to decide on hiring criteria for teachers” (Canadian Encyclopedia). Thereafter the General Board of Education was established in 1823. In 1876 the Minister of Education was appointed. In 1984, grade 13 was replaced by OAC (Ontario Academic Credits) and then education funding was moved to provincial level in 1997....
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...Cultural Studies Mr. Looi van Kessel, M.A. The English language in Turkey – A case study of linguistic imperialism English is considered to be the world’s lingua franca. It is the most extended language in all kinds of international interactions, including trade, culture, and academia. This is considered to be a factual statement and not a normative one. Certain scholars have considered the rise of English as a positive process in normative terms, while others have critiqued it as a form of imperialism. However, both sides of the argument agree on the principle that English is indeed the global language (Lin and Martin 116). The effects of English linguistic imperialism can be found in a plethora of countries, but they are mostly evident in countries that adopt official language policies to encourage the use of English in order to position themselves closer to the Western world. That is the case of Turkey which has favored English teaching and usage since the late 19th century (Doğançay-Aktuna and Kiziltepe 254-257). Furthermore, this official language policy and its consequences are most noticeable in academia, an environment where English has become an essential tool for participating in the international scientific community. This essay will discuss the case of Turkey as a country that has been directly impacted by English linguistic imperialism, resulting in a struggle between the economic benefits of expanding English usage, and the existence of a nationalist agenda for...
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...HCMC University of Pedagogy – English department ( A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPLIMENTS IN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE Student: Dang Thi Thao Nguyen Class: 4A06 Instructor: Ph.D Nguyen Ngoc Vu (( December 2009 When a student gets a high score, his teacher usually says: “Good job!”. When a child automatically cleans up the room after playing, her parents are likely to say: “You are very good”. When you go to school wearing a new shirt, you probably hear from your friends: “That shirt looks nice on you”. Those utterances are called compliments which are used to show that someone likes someone else’s appearance, belongings, or work etc. Due to different cultural background and social values, English and Vietnamese native speakers have different norms of complimenting as well as responding to compliments. In this essay, I will discuss the notion of compliment made in American English and Vietnamese in terms of topics, formulas, and responses. First thing first, let have a look at the definition. Definition of compliment Cambridge dictionary defines a compliment as “a remark that expresses approval, admiration or respect”. In linguistics, Holmes (1986, p.446) wrote “A compliment is a speech act which explicitly or implicitly attributes credit to someone other than the speaker, usually the person addressed, for some ‘good’ (possession, characteristic, skill, etc.), which is...
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...squeak 54. lucky 55. observe 56. behave 57. jaded 58. general 59. rail 60. rabbits 61. hallowed 62. show 63. weigh 64. slippery 65. cream 66. warm 67. jealous 68. label 69. continue 70. stingy 71. strip 72. month 73. cracker 74. famous 75. clumsy 76. damage 77. imported 78. attractive 79. jeans 80. scrape 81. frightening 82. brake 83. ripe 84. massive 85. river 86. valuable 87. flesh 88. arithmetic 89. note 90. sisters 91. marble 92. invincible 93. hair 94. stop 95. drunk 96. gun 97. imagine 98. cough 99. twist 100. pear 101. muscle 102. thundering 103. earthy 104. run 105. cap 106. ragged 107. discover 108. canvas 109. fortunate 110. vulgar 111. limit 112. stir 113. help 114. harass 115. afraid 116. weak 117. aberrant 118. foamy 119. idiotic 120. painstaking 121. last 122. purpose 123. actor 124. egg 125. legal 126. knee 127. cause 128. harsh 129. store 130. selective 131. bubble 132. zoom 133. yummy 134. evasive 135. open 136. potato 137. frame 138....
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...HR Research Methods – Final Exam, Winter 2015 STUDENT NAME: Peter Stojanov SummerPops SummerPops is a Popsicle manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, and has been operating since its founding in 1919. SummerPops moved into a large manufacturing facility in southeast Montreal in 1925, and has stayed in the building (with renovations and upgrades) ever since. The facility contains 4 major sections critical to the success of the business: * traditional loading docks to receive incoming raw materials, notably sugar; * mixing vats, water pipes, and heaters to create the liquid solution for the popsicles; * large freezers, to cool the liquid solution and form the popsicles; and * cold loading docks, to move the frozen popsicles to freezer trucks for transportation to stores. SummerPops is a unique company, in that 5 months of the year (November to March), the entire production facility is shut down. SummerPops quickly discovered trying to maintain operations through the winter months was pointless, as few people bought their products during frigid Quebec winters. As such, these shutdown provisions mean that employees cling even harder to their unions and their seniority, in order to ensure they maintain predictable employment with the company when they start their jobs again each March. March represents the "start up" month, where the entire facility is de-winterized, cleaned, sterilized, and tested to ensure full operational capacity. Starting in April...
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...Sprachwissenschaft einschließlich Sprachgeschichte Hauptseminar: English Etymology Master Module (8 ECTS) Dozentin: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Knappe Summer Semester 2014 Origin Unknown and the word key Touhid Ahmed Chowdhury Matrikelnummer: 1762055 European Joint Master’s Degree in English and American Studies (2) Pestalozzi Straße 9/C- 3401, 96052 Bamberg Telefon: 01521 852 5560 Email: noyon.sust@gmail.com 18th August 2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ………………………………………… 01 2. Etymology: Origin Unknown ……………………… 02 3. Words with known origin/ undisputed origin ……... 04 4. Theories for Etymology of Origin Unknown ……… 06 5. A case study on word Key ………………………….. 08 6. Conclusion …………………………………………... 12 References Declaration 1. Introduction Etymology can be defined as the systematic study of the birth, historical perspective, and time-to-time changes in the forms and implications of words (Ross, 1962). The study of the etymology of the English language words is an interesting and useful area. But, there are many English words in the dictionaries end up with no specific etymology for them. Thousands of words in English etymological dictionaries are included with statement such as ‘of unknown origin’, ‘origin uncertain’, ‘obscure origin’, ‘ulterior etymology unknown’. Numerous studies and research have done on some of these types of words in English etymology. The issue of ‘origin unknown’ words in English etymology incites curiosity of finding an existing and acceptable...
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...Code-switching as a Communication Device in Conversation Kamisah Ariffin Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia Shameem Rafik-Galea Universiti Putra Malaysia Abstract Like in other multilingual contexts, code-switching has gained a foothold as a verbal mode of communication among Malaysian bilingual speakers. It occurs in both formal and informal contexts of communication. Empirical research has shown that the practice of alternating or mixing languages is not only common, but serves important communication strategies (Heller, 1992; Myers-Scotton, 1992). This study examines the purposes of code-switching and how it is used to achieve the speakers’ communicative intents in Bahasa Melayu (BM)-English bilingual conversations Data were collected through audio-recording of speakers’ speech during organizational training sessions. The data were analyzed according to the situations that triggered the code-switching. The findings show that speakers employed code-switching to organize, enhance and enrich their speech. Keywords: code-switching, discourse functions, communication device Introduction Code-switching, which may be defined as the alternation between two or more languages in a speaker’s speech, occurs naturally in the scheme of bilinguality. Studies have reported that code-switching often happened subconsciously; ‘people may not be aware that they have switched, or be able to report, following a conversation, which code they used for a particular topic’...
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