...Exercise 1.A. – Understanding your Communication Style Complete after reading the Content & Reading Assignments for Section A in this module. Worth 20 points Copy and paste this page, save it to your computer, type in your answers for #1 and 2, save, and submit your file in the folder in the Dropbox labeled Exercise 1.A. * Go to the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension on page 29 in the text. * Write the numbers 1 through 24 on a separate sheet of paper. * Respond to the 24 items in the PRCA following the directions at the top of the page. * Follow the scoring formula at the bottom of the page, determine your scores for the areas of Group, Meeting, Dyadic, Public and Overall. * In the formula, when you see (1), it refers to the number you put as your response to item #1. An Example of Scoring Your PRCA-24 Group Score 18 -_2_ (your score for #1) 16 +_4_ (your score for #2) 20 -_1_(your score for #3) 19 +_3_(your score for #4 22 -_2_(your score for #5) 20 +5_(your score for #6) 25 = your Group Score 1. Fill in your scores here: Group - 15 Meetings - 20 Dyadic - 12 Public - 14 Overall –61 Important: Please keep these ideas in mind when interpreting your scores. * Most people have certain situations in which they are more comfortable and others in which they are less comfortable. * It is more important to look at your overall pattern than you to stress over whether your score classifies you as high...
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...the regular school day. A minimum of 240 credits is required for graduation. 5 credits = 1 semester; 10 credits = 1 year. Graduation requirements include: 40 credits (4 years) English; 30 credits (3 years) Mathematics; 30 credits (3 years) Science; 30 credits (3 years) Social Science; 20 credits (2 years) of Language other than English; 10 credits (1 year) Visual and Performing Arts; 40 credits (4 years) Religion;20 credits (2 years) Physical Education/ Health and/or Sports Affiliation; 5 credits (1 semester) Speech Communication; 15 credits (1.5 years) of elective credit (may include core courses).Advanced Placement courses are offered in American Government; Art History; Biology; Calculus AB; Calculus BC; Chemistry; Economics; English Language; English Literature; Environmental Science; European History; Physics; Spanish; Statistics; Studio Art; United States History; World History. AP courses have prerequisites that students must meet in order to be enrolled. There is no limit of how many AP courses a student may enroll. In 2010-2011 462 students enrolled in AP courses; 462 students sat for 884 exams. Of the 884 exams taken, 583 received scores of 3,4 or 5. Honors courses are offered in most subject areas, specifically: Algebra 2/Trigonometry; Anatomy and Physiology; Asian Studies; English; French; Latin; Pre-Calculus. GRADING AND RANKING The Academy assigns letter grades using a 4.0 system. Letter grades are assigned as follows: A = 90-100%; B = 80-89%; C...
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...Wilson, Emily McPeake ENG 1A September 21, 2013 How Is Evolution Killing the English Language? Texting has become one of the most common forms of communication in modern times, especially with the younger generations. As the times and definitions of “modern” continues to change, many people are having troubles coping with this concept and the fact we are and will always continue to evolve. Just as growing up is the human body’s way of changing, language is societies way of changing. There is no set definition of what the English language is supposed to be composed of, forever. The English language is not negatively impacted by texting; it is simply evolving through new forms of communication, entertainment, and learning. Our way of communicating with each other has been transformed with the help or “txtspeak.” It is a very common way of talking, whether it’s in person or through SMS. If we compare what we considered to be the language of English from a few hundred years ago to now, there is an obvious change. As we evolve as a society, everything around us does as well. Abbreviations are being entered into the dictionary and many people are going crazy over it. One of the most common complaints about our overuse of abbreviations is the multiple meaning of them. Humphrys claims that, “as it has developed, its users have sought out increasingly obscure ways of expressing themselves.”(Humphrys, 187) Even though this seems to be true, the trick to figuring out the meaning...
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...Acosta 1 Mickey Acosta Dr. Lisa William-White English 1A 1/25/10 “Communication to Life” In these three stories Liked for Myself by Maya Angelou, The Day Language Came into My Life by Helen Keller, and Mother Tongue by Amy Tan, tell of the similar difficulties these women faced when it came to communicating with the people around them. Angelou was a young girl when she found herself unable to speak out loud unto her peers, similar for Keller as she was blind and deaf by an illness at an early age, and Tan was ashamed of her “broken” English that was spoken amongst her family. These three women each faced challenges in their lives, which gave them the confidence to communicate with the world around them, even though these women faced different challenges and struggled to communicate different from each other. Angelou was a young girl when her mother’s friend sexually assaulted her. This tragic event left her with little self esteem, and she found it very difficult to speak out loud amongst her peers. She moved to Acosta 2 Arkansas to live with her grandmother shortly after this horrific event. She was a very bright student when it came to reading and writing. Angelou’s biggest challenge was her lack of confidence in her self. By the same token, Keller found her own challenges to be extremely difficult, for she became blind and deaf at an early age. Due to this unpleasant event Keller became very agitated with her surroundings. The world around her was a giant...
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...CORPUS CHRISTI SCHOOL END OF THIRD TERM EXAMINATION SECTION A (50 MARKS) 1) How loud or soft a music is termed ………………………….. a. Dynamic b. Rhythm c. pitch 2. Using alphabet to create patterns by arranging and pasting is called …………………………….. a. letter colle b. frottage c. drawing 3. The combination of long and short sounds in music is called…………………….. a. dynamics b. rhythm c. pitch 4. In music how high or low the music is termed ………………………………. a. dynamics b. rhythm c. pitch 5. In dancing when someone lift the arm high and wave in the air it can be referred to as ….............. a. instruments b. ensemble c. gesture 6. A design or a pattern used as a decoration is called ………………………………… a. appliqué b. pattern c. motif 7. A type of needle work in which small pieces of fabric are sewn or stuck in a pattern onto a larger piece is ……………………………….. a. appliqué b. pattern c. motif 8. ………………………………… is the expression of feelings and ideas using tools like pencil, crayon, and charcoal on a flat surface. a. Drawing b. Frottage c. Letter colle 9. A way in which something such as lines, shapes, colours are arranged to form a design is called ……………………………………….. a. colouring b. drawing c. pattern making 10. Rubbing the surface of paper against a rough surface using pencil, crayon or charcoal is called ………………………………………… a. letter colle b. frottage c. copying 11. Which of these is used for measuring? a. needle b...
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...Grade 5 Georgia Department of Education November 2014 All rights reserved. Assessment Guide Assessment Guide Georgia Milestones Grade 5 EOG Assessment Guide THE GEORGIA MILESTONES ASSESSMENT SYSTEM GEORGIA MILESTONES END-OF-GRADE (EOG) ASSESSMENTS ASSESSMENT GUIDE 2 3 3 TESTING SCHEDULE 4 DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE DESCRIPTORS DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND QUESTION CUES 4 6 SCORES 7 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) DESCRIPTION OF TEST FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION CONTENT MEASURED GRADE 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA): DOMAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTENT WEIGHTS ITEM TYPES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) EXAMPLE ITEMS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEMS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEM KEYS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) EXAMPLE SCORING RUBRICS AND EXEMPLAR RESPONSES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) WRITING RUBRICS 8 8 9 10 11 11 21 34 36 40 MATHEMATICS DESCRIPTION OF TEST FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION CONTENT MEASURED GRADE 5 MATHEMATICS: DOMAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTENT WEIGHTS ITEM TYPES MATHEMATICS EXAMPLE ITEMS MATHEMATICS ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEMS MATHEMATICS ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEM KEYS MATHEMATICS EXAMPLE SCORING RUBRICS AND EXEMPLAR RESPONSES 46 46 47 48 49 49 53 61 63 SCIENCE DESCRIPTION OF TEST FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION CONTENT MEASURED GRADE 5 SCIENCE: DOMAIN STRUCTURES AND CONTENT WEIGHTS ITEM TYPES SCIENCE EXAMPLE ITEMS SCIENCE ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEMS SCIENCE ADDITIONAL SAMPLE ITEM...
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...ENGLISH ONLY COURT CASES INVOLVING THE U.S. WORKPLACE: THE MYTHS OF LANGUAGE USE AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF BILINGUAL WORKERS’ IDENTITIES KARI GIBSON University of Hawai‘i Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion and national origin. However when the judicial system has examined English only workplace policies in light of Title VII, it has generally determined that such policies are not discriminatory if an employee is able to speak English. Although plaintiffs have argued that language is inextricably linked to national origin and cultural identity, the courts have stated that the use of a language other than English is detrimental to the morale of monolingual English speakers and a single language is necessary to ensure workplace harmony and proper management. This paper examines the court cases where English Only workplace policies have been challenged, and identifies the prevalent myths and ideologies held by businesses and the courts about language use, identity, and bilingual speakers. Through the process of homogeneism, linguistic diversity is rejected as monolingual English speakers are able to create and enforce rules that favor themselves as they construct the identity of “American” in their own image. Language is a central feature of human identity. When we hear someone speak, we immediately make guesses about gender, education level, age, profession, and place of origin....
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...A CRITICAL SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY A CRITICAL SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY: THE LANGUAGE OF CONFLICT AND COMMITMENT By Laura Holland, B.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts McMaster University September 1987 MASTER OF Arts (1987) (English) McMASTER UNIVERSITY Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: A Critical Survey of Contemporary South African Poetry: The Language of Conflict and Commitment AUTHOR: Laura Linda Holland, B.A. (University of Alberta) SUPERVISOR: Dr. Alan Bishop NUMBER OF PAGES: v, 134 ii ABSTRACT The thes is concentrates on South African poetry from 1960 to the present. It closely examines a selection of poems by Breyten Breytenbach, Dennis Brutus, Pascal Gwala, Wopko Jensma, Oswald Mtshali, Arthur Nortje, Cosmo Pieterse, Sipho Sepamla, and Wally Serote, among others. The body of the thesis discusses these poets' contributions to poetry about prison, exile, and township life. The thesis focuses on the struggle between various polical, racial, and cultural groups for hegemony over South Africa's poetic development. Such issues as language, ideology, and censorship are explored insofar as they in! .luence t:ne content and structure of the poetry. This body of poems, sadly, is little studied in North America. The thesis presents an introduction to and a survey of the major tendencies in South African poetry and, in part...
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...This page intentionally left blank English Grammar Understanding the Basics Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Students will ¢nd the book’s step-by-step approach easy to follow and be encouraged by its non-technical language. Requiring no prior knowledge of English grammar, the information is presented in small steps, with objective techniques to help readers apply new concepts. With clear explanations and well-chosen examples, the book gives students the tools to understand the mysteries of English grammar as well as the perfect foundation from which to move on to more advanced topics. E V E L Y N P . A L T E N B E R G is Professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Hofstra University, NewYork. R O B E R T M . VA G O is Professor and Chair in the Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders at Queens College, City University of NewYork. English Grammar Understanding the Basics EV E LY N P. A LT EN B E RG Hofstra University and ROB E RT M . VAG O Queens College and the Graduate Center City University of NewYork CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge...
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...Thesis Statements Sunderman/English 1A Adapted from http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/resources/students/ac_paper/develop.html Why Is a Thesis Statement So Important? Good question. As we’ve stated in class, our goal as writers is to give information to our readers that is interesting and easily understood. The thesis statement is typically that one sentence that asserts the main point, and controls and structures the essay. Without a strong, thoughtful thesis, your paper might seem unfocused, weak, and not worth the reader’s time. How Do I Write a Good Thesis Statement? A good thesis statement will have the following characteristics: 1. A good thesis statement will make a claim. You need to develop an interesting perspective on a topic that you can support and defend. This perspective must be more than an observation. “America is violent” is an observation. “Americans are violent because they are fearful” posits an interesting perspective on violence in America. It gives a possible reason WHY America is violent—a reason that can be supported and defended with specific examples. You want to make sure that your claim is not too broad, and that you can successfully defend and support it in the required number of pages. “Disease has shaped human history” is an impossibly large thesis. It would be better narrowed down to a specific disease, a specific time period, and a specific way (or ways) that disease has shaped human history. “In the mid-1980s, AIDS...
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...5/ COMPUTER ASSISTED TESTING OF SPOKEN ENGLISH: A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SFLEP COLLEGE ENGLISH ORAL TEST IN CHINA Xin Yu and John Lowe Computer Assisted Testing of Spoken English: A Study to Evaluate the SFLEP College English Oral Test in China Xin Yu and John Lowe University of Bath Introduction ‘If you want to encourage oral ability, then test oral ability’ (Hughes, 1989:44) Since its opening up to the outside world in the 1980s and the introduction of economic reforms that have involved engagement with the global economy and wider community, the Chinese government has become determined to promote the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language among its citizens. In particular, it has mandated the study of English for all college and university students and has made the passing of the College English Test (CET) at Band 4 level a requirement for obtaining a degree. With some ten million candidates annually (and rising) CET Band 4 has become the world’s largest language test administered nationwide (Jin and Yang, 2006). In a deliberate attempt to harness the backwash effect of examinations on teaching and learning, the Ministry of Education has insisted that all college and university students (generally when in their second year of study) must sit the CET Band 4 written papers that test reading, writing and listening skills in English. Aimed largely, but not exclusively, at those students majoring in English, there is also a higher level, Band 6, CET...
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...Samuel Scheuer Karen Levy English 1A 14 April 2014 Chasing a Dream Almost everybody has dreams. One person’s could be to become a researcher while another’s could be to become a professional athlete. However, my dream is to become a You-Tuber, or someone who gets paid to make You-Tube videos. You-Tube is a huge social media website where people can post anything from amateur home-made videos, to professional Hollywood quality videos for the people on the internet to view and enjoy. In a recent toll, You-Tube found that there are currently over one billion You-Tube accounts worldwide, making it one of the biggest social media websites in the world. Therefore, it is not hard to imagine how difficult it might be to stand out above the millions of people making videos to become well known on the site. Luckily, I found one of those people that not only live in the Sacramento area, but that is also a third year student at Sacramento State University. His name is Brian Nguyen, or better known as Bigbeedoh on You-Tube, and he currently has around fifty thousand subscribers on the site, which is a decent amount. We met at a Starbucks in Elk Grove, his home town. We sat outside on some heavy iron chairs around a table made of the same material. The wind chilled my bare arms as I asked Brian why he decided to make a You-Tube channel. He adjusted his baseball cap as he responded in a deep voice, “Back in high school I took this media class that I wasn’t supposed to be in, because...
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...Justin Dhanda Ms. Hicok Parker English 1A Narrative Essay #2 Final Draft 15 September, 2011 Never Give Up If I was able to answer the question, “how many siblings would you like to have and what gender would you like them to be?” I would without a doubt reply, “I’ll take two brothers please!” But you see life isn’t just a fast food restaurant. It’s way more complex than that. You really have to just take what you get and make dew with it because in reality things do not always go your way. I wasn’t blessed at birth with the two brothers I wanted so badly, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t have a great childhood. I had an amazing family who loved me unconditionally, and wouldn’t you know it. I had two sisters! They were both several years older. But, I wouldn’t trade these girls for the world because they cared for me and showed their love by always playing games with me and just being around to make me happy. But as I grew older and headed to third grade, I needed something more, something stronger than two wimpy girls to wrestle or fight with. At this time, it was almost if God came down from the Heavens to answer my prayers. My parents walked in the room and informed me that we were moving to Niles. A beautiful, little town in Fremont. And I’ll never forget the glorious moment when they said, “it will be great for you Justin, you’ll be living right down the street from your two cousins, Jack and Athen.” I exploded with excitement as if I was a firework on the...
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...1998(2), 18-23 APPROACHES TO DIGLOSSIA IN THE CLASSROOM: THE MIDDLE WAY David Deterding INTRODUCTION The concept of diglossia was developed by Ferguson (1959). It describes a situation where two languages or language varieties occur side by side in a community, and each has a clear range of functions. One of these varieties, the Hvariety (standing for 'High'), is adopted as the standard variety and is used in official situations, such as government broadcasts, religious services, and teaching; and the other, the L-variety (for 'Low'), is used in informal situations, such as local markets and conversations between friends. The focus of this article is to discuss how the concept of diglossia might be appropriate to describe the Singapore English-speaking community, and to consider what approaches can be adopted by teachers towards the use of the L-variety in schools. Examples of diglossia that have been widely quoted are: the Arabic community, where each region has its own colloquial variety, but classical Arabic is still taught in schools and is regarded by many as “more beautiful” and therefore more appropriate for written texts; the Swiss-German community, where all children learn Standard German in schools, and most books and newspapers are in Standard German, but the people continue to use the local Swiss-German dialect on an everyday basis; the Tamil community, where the language taught in classrooms and used in literature is sharply different from the colloquial variety...
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