During the first Journalism 175 lecture I attended, Professor Oates described herself as a “chipmunk on crack.” In the next lecture, she sarcastically discussed journalism, making several jabs towards the industry despite being a former journalist. During the first half of the semester, Professor Oates continuously proved herself to be my most honest and interesting professor. I wanted to know more about why she seemed to despise journalism, even though she teaches journalism classes and once worked
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Cultural Sensitivity Cynthia Phillips Rasmussen College This paper is being, submitted by Cynthia Phillips for class, G141/ COM1002 Section 09 Introductions to Communication Cultural Sensitivity During the year when we had all the hurricanes and when Katrina hit the coast off Florida. During that time, I had become a Disaster hurricane worker and helper. It was a very changing job; it changed me as a person it taught me a lot about people and their cultural. In New Orleans, they
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are just a few examples of appropriate phrases which can be used, while the dialogues in the right column demonstrate short illustrative examples of common social exchanges. It is expected that you will practice these phrases and social exchanges during the Semester and become fluent in performing them, so that you develop skill and confidence in using English appropriately in various social situations. A | Greetings | Hi!Hello!How are you?How are you doing?How’s everything? How are things
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As a medical student I have many reasons to believe that I am not just another medical student often portrayed as a nerdy, focused, dedicated person. Here is my story of immense struggle, pain, humor and confusion. “Philosophy! Yes that’s what I want to do after finishing school!”- I announced with pride and an intellectual air, sensing almost a discovery of sorts, discovery of my true passion and interest based on my convictions, ideas and daily thought process. Studying for entrance seemed too
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at its Best; lecture is most effective method for students to gain knowledge and discussion is best for comprehension. In order to increase the effectiveness of a lecture and/or discussion based class, enhancements such as active learning activities should be interspersed during the class meeting. Class activities to assist with students acquiring knowledge and comprehension, instructors should provide opportunities for students to connect prior knowledge to new knowledge. Memory strategies and
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are bored, even complain that they get little bit benefit from listening class. That is why many of them need to practice listening basics, and it is necessary for English teachers to realize the importance of how to make listening class more interesting so that they can make progress in listening comprehension. Natural Reader software might be one of the solutions to solve the difficulties on listening comprehension class. Listening is a skill that is rarely taught in the classroom but is frequently
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In the course of war, one usually encounters immense challenges and undergoes terrible heartbreak due to the abhorrent events seen and experienced during combat. Paul Baumer goes through the hardest and most mentally trying events during warfare, constantly testing his will to continue fighting for his country. Baumer has already experienced the loss of close comrades, so the start to a sudden fall of many others ceases his motivation to move on. As the war begins, men quickly die around Paul and
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ZHEN HU GEC00000A3 VU21323 Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio Unit Assessment Task 1 1. I want to run a nail shop. 2. I love to be beautiful. 3. I can paint my nail. 4. I have to work in nail shop. 5. I have to take nail beauty course. 6. I use the following sites: www.baidu.com 7. This course will take a years time. 8. They run this course in Melbourne CBD. 9. Certificate lll in EAL -> Certificate lV in EAL -> work in nail shop -> take nail beauty course -> run a nail shop Task
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involving the court cases. Pretrial court is usually within a week from the date that you committed the offense. Did you know that if you can't afford a lawyer, the court would appoint you one? It is the law that you have to be represented by a lawyer during the time of your trial unless you sign a waiver to not have a lawyer at all. People are represented in court by two kinds of lawyers, court-appointed lawyers and public defenders, which mean "hired lawyers" (Green, 2001). People that have higher
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front of the class and with my information. Although, I regret not displaying my visual aid for too long. I feel as if I had rushed that part, during my speech. I felt as if I had just swung it from side to side, and did not really explain it as much as I should have. I also need to put more effort into standing still, because I was told after my presentation that I was swaying a bit. For some reason, I was unable to catch myself swaying. I was also worried that I would start talking to the ceiling
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