...My Final Self Reflections on My English Composition Course Learning new things in every semester is always fascinating for me. It is very important for a student to judge his/her skill at the end of a course by going over from the beginning to the end of his/her experience on the particular course which will help one to understand what was his/her mistake, how he/she could improve it, what would be better for him/her in the future and most important what should be his/her first priority. This semester was very changing for me. From my experience it is very surprising for me to review my English composition course this semester. At the beginning of this semester I realized how important it is to manage time for all the courses I was taking. It was very difficult for me to set time according to the priority of each course. In order to do all my assignments on time I decided to make my own calendar although I had accessibility for the Canvas calendar which helped me a lot to make proper use of my time. As time goes by I realized I have to change...
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...Expectations of English Composition As I stumble through the door of my first English Composition class in college, I am baffled by my professor’s seemingly enormous expectations for my meager writing skills. My anxious mind anticipates the same question as I stare blankly at the white dry erase board; “Will my past knowledge of high school composition correlate with the academic rigors of college English Composition”. The curriculum of college English is far more demanding and time consuming than the simplicities of high school English. I am presented with great expectations to thrive in the pressures of writings essays and reading other authors’ pieces. My presumptions will lead to positive academic achievements in English composition as I absorb the significant impression of college writing skills. My past high school teachers valued student composition as simplistic and predictable. Writing about weekend ventures and family endeavors became very arduous and tedious as the topic always presented the identical situation, ‘Write an essay about your experiences of a fun family experience or weekend event.’ Therefore, my essays were based upon the same idea as other student’s writings, never exploring into the uncharted, creative world of thought provoking essays. Writing in high school became very dull because teachers expected each student composition to be based on the same topic. Teachers identified each student’s essay as monotonous and repetitive since it was based upon...
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...Lisa Neumann Student ID # AC0700552 English Composition II EN130 Assignment #3 Process Analysis Essay 12/18/14 Page 1 How to prepare my favorite dish: Roast Pork Authentic Puerto Rican Style My all time absolutely favorite dish is Pernil ( pronounced perr-neel), translated from Spanish is Roast Pork Shoulder. Though it is a time consuming item to make, the recipe is fairly simple and the finished product, a succulent tasty Pork Shoulder, is very much worth the wait. Below I will advise of the preparation techniques and ingredients needed to make this mouth watering dish. This recipe will serve approximately 8 people. The approximate active preparation time is 20 minutes and the approximate inactive preparation time is about 5 hours 30 minutes, plus marinating time. I've also included the nutritional value per serving in this paragraph as well. (Serving size: 1 {229g}, servings per recipe 8, calories 896, calories from fat 612, cholesterol 268 mg, sodium 633 mg, carbohydrates 1g, dietary fiber 0.1g, sugars 0g, protein 65g). A time saving tip I use and like, is to gather ALL my ingredients first, and placed them in a nearby handy location, so they are all there and ready to use. Note that all the ingredients I use are from GOYA, with the exception of the salt and pernil, which is best gotten from your local butcher. If you don't have local butcher, a supermarket bought pork shoulder will do. The ingredients are listed below: * 1 skin on, bone in pork...
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...Even though writing class is not my favorite class of all time, since I have always had issues with writing due to things like grammar errors and fragment sentences. Thus, it is never easy for me to form a five-paragraph essay that would constricted my ideas for so long, and yet would cost me more than a week to write. However, during this semester, I have learned multiple things in English composition 1304. I have learned how to think outside of the box on every assignment I wrote. I have become a better writer, at least in my mind. The different writing assignments in this class were very unique and were helpful to me using research which includes how to use appropriate MLA formatting, and how to find and properly use different sources. Also,...
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...should consult with their high school counselor to determine appropriate coursework. The following high school requirements must be met by all freshmen applicants and transfer applicants with less than 30 transferable semester hours. Students should contact their college or university of interest to learn about any additional institution-specific admission requirements that may apply. Carnegie Unit Requirements 16 Carnegie Units should be completed by students graduating high school prior to 2012. 17 Carnegie Units should be completed by students graduating high school in 2012 or later. Carnegie Unit Requirement In Specific Subject Areas 4 Carnegie units of college preparatory English Literature (American, English, World) integrated with grammar, usage and advanced composition skills 4 Carnegie units of college preparatory mathematics Mathematics I, II, III and a fourth unit of mathematics from the approved list, or equivalent courses* or Algebra I and II, geometry and a fourth year of advanced math, or equivalent courses* 3 Carnegie units of college preparatory science for students graduating prior to 2012 Including at least one lab course from life sciences and one lab course from the physical sciences 4 Carnegie units of college preparatory science for students graduating 2012 or later...
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...Authenticity I, Ani Ohanian am the writer of all of the statements you are about to read. None of these statements of information is plagiarized. All of the information you are going to read is valid. These statements are honest representation of what I represent in skills as a career in the Business Administration field. Personal Mission Statement I am a smart, determined and compassionate woman that will not give up on my dreams. I will not let anything get in the way of my success as it is for me and my family. I will remain on my path and stay focused as to what is ahead of me by completing my Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and even my Ph.D. I will take each step at a time with a clear determination as to the goals to be accomplished and successfully go on into the next step. I will look to my family’s support for strength and guideless to the next step. I will not give up easily until I reach my final...
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...Using Facebook to Teach Rhetorical Analysis Jane Mathison Fife The attraction of Facebook is a puzzle to many people over the age of thirtyfive, and that includes most college faculty. Yet students confess to spending significant amounts of time on Facebook, sometimes hours a day. If you teach in a computer classroom, you have probably observed students using Facebook when you walk in the room. Literacy practices that fall outside the realm of traditional academic writing, like Facebook, can easily be seen as a threat to print literacy by teachers, especially when they sneak into the classroom uninvited as students check their Facebook profiles instead of participating in class discussions and activities. This common reaction reflects James King and David O’Brien’s (2002: 42) characterization of the dichotomy teachers often perceive between school and nonschool literacy activities (although they are not referring to Facebook specifically): “From teachers’ perspectives, all of these presumably pleasurable experiences with multimedia detract from students’ engagement with their real work. Within the classroom economy technology work is time off task; it is classified as a sort of leisure recreational activity.” This dichotomy can be broken down, though; students’ enthusiasm for and immersion in these nonacademic literacies can be used to complement their learning of critical inquiry and traditional academic concepts like rhetorical analysis. Although they read these texts daily...
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...Metacognitive Essay From the time I signed up for Composition, I was terrified for what laid in front of me. I had heard horror stories from the grades above me that after awhile I actually started to believe. Since Composition is a college class, I was uncertain if I was going to be successful, but with the help of peer responses and an understanding teacher, for the first time in highschool, I am confident in my writing. The writing process is the biggest thing that helped me in Composition class. There was only one essay where I did not use the writing process and because of that, I didn’t write to my fullest potential. After that learning experience, I started each paper with an outline. My outline consisted of splitting my information into paragraphs and from there figuring out the best way to put my ideas into words. Once I had a finished outline, I checked with Mrs. Gelwicks to ensure my essay would succeed. After I received the go ahead, I began to write my body paragraphs first before even thinking about my introduction. The...
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...CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACE IN LEARNING ESSAY WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MANGA DISTRICT, NYAMIRA COUNTY, KENYA BY NYANG’AU BENARD NYASIMI E55/CE/14078/2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION KENYATTA UNIVERSITY JULY 2013 * DECLARATION This thesis is my original work and has not been presented for degree in any other university. Signature: ______________________________ Date: ________________________ BY NYANG’AU BENARD NYASIMI E55/CE/14078/2009 We confirm that this thesis was carried out by the candidate under our supervision as university supervisors. Signature------------------------------------------------------ Date-------------------------- Dr .Sophia. Ndethiu. Department of Educational Communication and Technology. Kenyatta University. Signature------------------------------------------------------ Date------------------------- Dr. John. Kimemia. Department of Educational Communication and Technology. Kenyatta University. * DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my loving wife Zipporah Nyasimi and our sons Philemon Siko and Enock Ongeri . * ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to acknowledge the support of those individuals who made it possible for a successful completion of this work. Special thanks go to my supervisors Dr. Sophia Ndethiu and Dr. John. Kimemia for the support, guidance...
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...Enrollment English 112 is a pre-college composition course provided to the students at Brooke Point High School. Students must have completed Dual Enrollment English 111 to move on to this course. Similar to English 111, English 112 continues to develop college writing while putting emphasis on critical essays, argumentive styles, and research. The second semester of Dual Enrollment will have taught me how to accurately embed research into my papers by locating, evaluating, and documenting APA format, while effectively editing for style and usage. In this last semester of English 112, our class has written four different types of papers to improve our writing skills and show the importance of research. The first paper written in Dual Enrollment...
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...COGNITIVE ORGANIZATION AND IDENTITY MAINTENANCE IN MULTICULTURAL TEAMS A Discourse Analysis of Decision-Making Meetings Jolanta Aritz Robyn C. Walker University of Southern California Measuring culture is a central issue in international management research and has been traditionally accomplished using indices of cultural values. Although a number of researchers have attempted to identify measures to account for the core elements of culture, there is no consensus on those measures. This article uses an alternative method—discourse analysis—to observe what actually occurs in terms of communication practices in intercultural decision-making meetings, specifically those involving U.S.-born native English speakers and participants from East Asian countries. Previous discourse studies in this area suggest that differences in communication practices may be attributed to power differentials or language competence. Our findings suggest that the conversation style differences we observed might be attributed to intergroup identity issues instead. Keywords: intercultural communication; intercultural communication; group communication; discourse analysis; intercultural management; group decision making; communication accommodation theory In an increasingly global economy, multicultural work teams are becoming more commonplace, and fostering teamwork in multicultural teams is a growing challenge. The growing body of intercultural research suggests important Jolanta Aritz is an Associate...
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...My favorite aspect of the AP English language course is that it is more like a self-paced course: during the learning part, the teacher tells us his schedule, while the students can learn the knowledge in the corresponding chapter as fast as one wishes and read any of the supplement at the end of the book; during the reviewing part, the teacher hands out reviewing materials while the students can choose what to do and when to do them; during the literature part, students can either read the entire book ahead or follow up the minimum reading speed during the class. In group discussions, for example when discussing MCQs, I always lead the discussions in my group as the senior students in my group tend to be quiet in discussions. Besides, whenever...
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...Analysis of Music Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation One of the advantages of breaking rules and exploring beyond is that one comes out with something that has never been experienced before. For this reason, Beethoven and The Beatles established themselves in the music industry because they created a norm that every new artiste followed. Composers that followed them always tried to be like them. On the other hand, there is a cost in breaking the existing musical rules. People always want to hear what they love from their past musical experiences. Introducing a new genre may not auger well with the popular style. Despite being radical composer, Beethoven actually composed what people liked. R. Murray Schafer has been successful in breaking the musical composition rules. One of his radical music was East, composed in the year 1972. It was totally different from the traditional techniques at that time. It had slow glissandos and the performers sung and hummed on top of playing the instruments. Generally, Murray employed his compositional creativity to challenge his listeners as well as the performers of his music. The spice girls joined the Pop music in the 90s and became successful. Their strength was largely due to the perfect combination of each individual talent and voice in addition to their youthful vigor. Michael Jackson broke the rules of the existing Pop music and introduced a style that was outstanding for four decades. Michael introduced sophisticated...
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...This article was downloaded by: [University of Texas El Paso] On: 09 August 2011, At: 13:50 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Bilingual Research Journal Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ubrj20 Language Learning in the American Southwestern Borderlands: Navajo Speakers and Their Transition to Academic English Literacy Gloria Dyc a a University of New Mexico-Gallup Available online: 22 Nov 2010 To cite this article: Gloria Dyc (2002): Language Learning in the American Southwestern Borderlands: Navajo Speakers and Their Transition to Academic English Literacy, Bilingual Research Journal, 26:3, 611-630 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2002.10162581 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.tandfonline.com/page/termsand-conditions This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae and drug doses should be independently...
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