...rates and their reading comprehension of computerized texts. Introduction: With the explosion of information we live in nowadays, with the growing emphasis and on the importance concepts of information as and communication with such globalization,informatization, and intercultural communication, strong reading skills, as Kasper (2003) states, are essential not only for students' academic success, but also for their social and economic advancement". As a matter of fact, information is, not only increasing rapidly, but also moving instantaneously in every part of the world at the same time, and one has no choice but to try and to increase the intake of information. On the other hand, with the advent of the internet in the 1980’s, "Reading from computer screens is becoming more and more common in our daily lives...
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...Many people say that they've known their dream career from an early age. For me, a career in the emergency services has dawned slowly, and as time has gone on, developed from an idea into a calling. My first experience with the emergency services was in 2009, when my grandmother went into anaphylactic shock after taking penicillin. My mother explained to me at that time that my grandmother was dangerously ill, but that the paramedics who arrived on scene saved her life. I thought that was cool, and of course I was thankful, but at that time I was heart set on becoming a teacher, and so never gave the emergency services of that day much thought. It wasn't until four years later that I began to consider a career as a paramedic. In September 2013, the Ballymena Unit of the Order of Malta Ambulance...
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...whole time, his parents were conclusive about disagreeing to buy him a dog, because of the need to save money, but despite his parents decision, he was inveterate about having his own coon dog, and he ended up with two, because he was determined to achieve his goal, and he earned every bit of it himself and was not selfish even when they died. He was determined to earn the money for his dogs, to take care of his dogs, to own two coon dogs, and even to cut down the big tree for his dogs. Billy Colman showed determination throughout the story, even if it was a small example. Titanic: Voices From the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson: When reading Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson, I noticed the writing style that Deborah Hopkinson used was not extremely formal, but more relaxed instead of giving facts right on the spot. She let the words flow out, creating a mood for the readers, learning about the tragic disaster, and she voiced the survivors, describing the terror and emotion, the victims knowing it was their time. With this writing style, she creates an aura of comfort and relaxation, making the writing easier to read and understand the lives of the survivors, feeling sympathy for them. She tells the story of the catastrophe, as a story. She doesn't spew facts in every sentence but adds amazing word choice to describe the tragedy. ...
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...this is Raghda Al Suwaina from Saudi Arabia. I have been here in the state since dec 2012 to continue my study which is Information Technology and this is my first semester at NOVA as academic. I'm planning to open my own business after I finish my degree. My favorite hobby is taking picture especially for people and print it, also i enjoy watching movie at theater and listen to music while I'm walking around to relax. Titanic and The call my favorite movies and Blame it on me for Akon. my expectation in this class is to learn a lot of things and improve my writing well. The benefits of learning a second language from my opinion: There are several benefits of being a bilingual. First of all, learning a second language make people smarter especially if they start early. Based on studies that I read before, learning a second language make the brainwork better by using the brain to learn something not too easy, they used their studies on children. Second, it is important to speak a second language to succeed in a job. Because a lot of companies, especially in my countries depend on international employees, so you have to have a second language to communicate with other employees easily. Third, learning a second language makes people more awareness to other culture. For me, I start to learn different culture especially American culture when I came here to learn English. Also, it’s better to know other culture to improve ourselves by taking good things from other culture. For instance...
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...with a name for their child. The selection of Ann’s name appears to have been a difficult choice.* When Ann’s birth certificate is made out, five days after she is born, no name has yet been chosen. For Jerry, the day of his sixth daughter’s birth is bittersweet. Assuredly, happy that his newborn daughter is healthy, he is disappointed that he lost his last chance to have a son. With the name, Patrick Jeremiah Flynn, almost certainly ready to be placed upon his newborn son, Jerry’s expresses his disappointment in the birth of another daughter by going out and getting drunk. For Ann, a sensitive person, her father’s disappointment is felt throughout her lifetime. It is not known if Ann’s feelings emanate from learning about her father’s getting drunk right after she is born or from subtle things that may have been said and done by her father when she is growing up. For Ann, there is a quest, as long as her father is alive, to please and get his approval. (F1) (F22) (F29) (F368) *The name of Ann may have been chosen because one of Jerry Flynn’s first cousins, the daughter of his Uncle Sean Flynn, was named Ann. Sean’s other children were given the same names that Jerry’s. During the years 1910 through 1912, the Flynn family not only attends Mass at Sacred Heart, but also Jerry and Nora send their three oldest daughters to Sacred Heart Grade School. During winter, Jerry and Nora make their way to Sacred Heart to observe their daughter, Nellie (Helen), make her First Holy Communion...
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...couple of the guys and I then went on to our “regular” bar, and by “regular” I mean: “We had been there a few times.” Here we listened to probably the best musician I have ever seen. He was a white man with long blond dreadlocks hanging from the top of his head, and it was not just the fact that he absolutely mastered the guitar; he also played a drum and a mouth organ to the verge of flawlessness, and don’t even get me started on his voice, it was just brilliant. Sadly for me, I was so stupid not to get his name written down anywhere, so for now he’s just remains a mystery. On that experience we marched on down the street with cosy and harmony-filled pubs surrounding us and ended up at a new pub where another musical experience was awaiting us. “Badass-Bar” was the name, and as lame that might sound it was in fact one of the best places we visited that night. A young fellow was seated here with his guitar, where he played a lot of classics and we all sang along. As the night progressed we agreed that it was time for some dancing, and we therefore moved on to the aforementioned club, “The Mess”, where a band, consisting of 5 members, was playing. It was a female lead singer with a voice that simply rocked my world. They mostly played music from the 80’s, but ended their act playing an updated version of The Isley Brothers’ “Shout”, and people went...
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...Informational Analysis Exploring the Deep By: Savanna Wills For the final literary analysis that was assigned, I went into writing this paper with the notion that this might just be the least exciting analysis of Children’s Literature that we were ever going to have to do. To my surprise, I gained much knowledge from taking the time to read an informational non-fiction children’s book. I realized that if I were to find a concept in a children’s informational book that interested me, I would gain knowledge I didn’t realize I wanted or needed as a sophomore in college. For our final analysis, I chose the book Exploring the Deep by Chloe Rhodes. In all honesty, I didn’t have a lot of choices for books that I really wanted to read, but Exploring the Deep stood out to me because I realized that our oceans are wondrous and full of mystery. This strange and interesting piece is a fantastic non-fictional book for children who want to learn about the planet’s oceans and everything that occurs, lives, and is found within it. As soon as I began reading I found the book very intriguing. It captivated my attention, and taught me things I probably never would have learned in the rest of my years living. This book was filled with interesting facts about our planet’s oceans. It gave significant details of some living creatures that make the Earth’s oceans their home. Along with giving detailed facts, there were very real pictures of the wildlife that lurks beneath the waves, allowing...
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...and bed his mother, leading him to run far away from the place he considered his home. However, as many Greek playwrights, Sophocles underscored the impossibility of fighting a fate set by the cunning, often cruel, gods, making Oedipus fulfill the prophecy, which ultimately leads to his downfall. A story brimming with irony, foreshadowing and paradox, Oedipus Rex weaves the tale of a man who was his own destruction, acting as his own antagonist in the play, sending the audience a clear moral: fate is immutable. In the beginning of the play, Oedipus possesses many child-like characteristics, perhaps a way to foreshadow his true relationship with Jocasta, his wife, and Creon, his brother-in-law, both of whom are significantly older than him. His irrationality, quick temper and inability to keep emotions separate from his decision-making, lead to him alienate Creon, a useful guide and father figure to Oedipus. As Creon states, “Attitudes like yours [Oedipus’s] always hurt the person who has them.” (Sophocles, Act II, scene i, page 7) His response of outrage towards Tiresias, who at first withheld the truth to help Oedipus, distanced him from the soothsayer as well. Tiresias was so angered by Oedipus that he placed a curse upon Oedipus, condemning him to be driven from his home, Thebes, “with darkness over your [Oedipus’s] eyes.” (Act I, scene i, page 9) This behavior may be viewed as destructive in nature since it isolates Oedipus from both Tiresias and Creon himself, both of who...
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...The Effects of Music in Movies Music is used in everyday life. Some people use it for relaxing, some for learning and some as a profession. It’s undeniable that music has a special place in your life at some point. The sound of one note, one chord, can take you to a certain time or place in your life like a childhood memory, your wedding day or even a movie. Composers are known for having this ability to pull on the emotions and change the mood of their audience. One of the most underrated aspects for music is how filmmakers use these ablilities when choosing music for their movies. The role of music in a motion picture is in direct relation to the level of ambiguity in a particular scene. The more ambiguous a scene is, the more filmmakers rely on the music to develop a mood that interprets the meaning of the scene for their audience. Therefore, music provides a cue for the listener to tell whether the narrative is suppose to be perceived as scary, romantic, funny, sad, or happy--ultimately, affecting the audience's mood. Horror movies are great examples of that concept. Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), is a perfect example of how a music can tell its audience what's about to come. The most memorable scene in the film was the brutal shower stabbing scene with Janet Leigh. The use of music in this scene allows the viewer to achieve a fear of the unknown. As Leigh is showering, the camera view point is of Bates walking into her room. Then, the music gets eerie and scary. The...
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...someone to ask why one would choose to embark on a titanic venture. This residency has encouraged me to withstand in my program. There were more than a few eye-openers that revealed progress and improvement as a doctoral student. In the last five days, various lessons and experiences were imparted and learned but the most important lessons for me include the learning team experiences, scholarly writing, and reflective journaling on the lessons learned. Learning Teams During this residency experience, I acquired a lot about learning teams. In my academic and professional experience, I have been a part of numerous teams. I have had some bad encounters with teams during my period with the University of Phoenix and acknowledged that the team experiences at residency would be similar. I definitely applied my situatedness but I understand now a cohort of different personalities can form a successful team where all opinions are heard, all ideas count, all contribute and all appear to demonstrate an authentic interest for one another. We had various chances to work in learning teams. We reviewed course articles, course competencies, and were given several activities to develop team organization.Team learning arose from collaborative learning, finding its way in educational and organizational science (Dechant, 1993; Edmonson, 2007; Illeris, 2009). In educational science, studies focussed on the effects of team learning as a...
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...傻词同义替换-坚决不用傻词！供写作中参考！ 傻词同义替换 新版 ——坚决不用高频出现的傻词！供大家收藏及写作时参考！ 连词篇：（介词，副词） Firstly: previously, beforehand, foremost, initially, originally, formerly, principally, mainly, essentially, basically, generally, commonly, universally, on the whole, fundamentally, to begin with, to start with, first of all, at the outset… Then: subsequently, afterward, thereafter, after that, succeeding (adj.), Secondarily, what is more, furthermore (further more)… Lastly: ultimately, eventually, in conclusion, to conclude, as a final point, last of all, last but not least, finally… Too: as well (句末), in addition, besides, moreover, additionally, to boot, excessively, also… And: plus, as well as, along with, in addition, bonus, with… +Or: otherwise, if not, before, or else… So (adv): therefore, thus, consequently, accordingly, as a result, for that reason, hence, that’s why Because: as, due to, since, as to, in that, for the reason that, for, now that… But: however, moreover, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, 让步although, even thought, though, even if, while, as, despite the fact that… Only: just, merely, barely, singly, solely, rarely… Without: excluding, Very: extremely, acutely, decidedly, deeply, exceedingly, greatly, highly, uncommonly, profoundly, unusually… Actually: as a matter of fact, indeed, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, in truth, literally, truly … 形容词/副词 Important: essential, significant, vital, crucial...
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...that human nature is bad. Nonetheless, there is no lack of incidents shedding light on the empathy, selflessness and righteousness of humans in such cases as the engineers on RMS Titanic discharging their duties till the very last moment of their lives or the three men succumbing to massive doses of radiation to save millions of others in Chernobyl. Human nature defined as our intuitive and automatic impulses as opposed to rational reflection based on conscious thoughts, our tendencies towards altruism point to the goodness of human nature, coupled with the external influence contributing to the bad behavior, thus refuting the statement that human nature is bad. To commence with, the altruistic deeds performed for people in distress serve as corroboration of human nature being good. Despite the contention ventured by believers of the evil nature of human that altruism is disguised self-interest, such a claim is repudiated by innumerable and consistent instances of people helping others in jeopardy. The promptness exhibited in such decisions precludes the materialization of conscious weighing of costs and benefits, which would have otherwise forestalled the assistance rendered in traumatic events like the September 11 attacks. Instead of people trampling over one another for the earliest evacuation from the World Trade Center at others’ expense, what they did was give priority and care to the vulnerable ones – the pregnant and disabled. Such actions carried out by people in mortal...
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...of Clinical Psychology In the later part of the 1800’s, psychology was being discovered in several laboratories in different universities. The field of psychology was insisting and leaning more on pure science as the main practice, but a former student of Wilhelm Wundt, named Lightner Witmer, made an impact and changed that view on psychology (Pickren, 2009). Lightner Whitmer in charge of the psychology department in the University of Pennsylvania. Whitmer began to work with a boy who had problems with spelling, and developed a program of tutoring which became a success in helping the boy. The success from the tutoring program Whitmer developed, lead to the event of Whitmer opening a psychological clinic in 1896, which was the first that had opened during that time (Pickren, 2009). Whitmer’s psychological clinic was focused on the children who suffered from various learning disabilities. The term...
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...Literacy: The Skill Worth Obtaining Ever since I was a tiny first grader, reading was something that was never my favorite activity in the world. Sure, we would all sit on the rug and listen to our teacher read a story, but my favorite part was when it was over. For a long time, reading was a subject that I respected, but I never had a great desire for it. The journey I’ve made from sitting on that rug with my first-grade class to now is something that I’m appreciative of, and that journey is remarkable to look back on. Expectedly, I’ve had some fond memories and some frustrating ones too. I remember in first grade, I would read so rapidly that once I had finished reading a passage, I didn’t even understand what I had just read. Of course,...
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...in their public and professional lives. They also want to be successful in their private lives. In the October 2006 issue of the Food & Wine magazine, advertisers of the American Express credit card company play with this desire of all-around success in people’s lives in a black-and-white advertisement featuring a photograph of the actress Kate Winslet and a survey taken by Kate below the photograph. This advertisement was a part of the American Express’ campaign called “My life. My Card.” that the company used to sell their credit cards. The Food & Wine magazine’s audience is possibly those in the upper mid-class who are financially stable and can spend money on what they want rather than only on what they need – this assumption coming from the name of the magazine itself. In America, drinking wine is not a necessity of life, but a sophisticated luxury and hobby. The magazine is also probably read by both genders, but this ad is specifically targeted towards women consumers because Kate Winslet in this ad is not clothed or positioned provocatively, but is modestly dressed in a sweater and jeans with messy hair and she is wearing minimal makeup. She is not displayed as an object that men want, but as a person women want to be. This ad personifies...
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