Essays on English

The Everyman Play is a morality play that became popular after the Corpus Christi Plays were banned in the 15th century. The play was written by an unknown author, but many Historians believe that the author was probably a priest or monk as they were the people who usually wrote religious and moral dramas. It is also likely that the play is a conglomeration of numerous authors due to several rewrites throughout history. The play was originally written in Middle English. The play uses allegory to look at “Everyman” who is the representation of mankind. The play looks at ...

Tabarrok (2016) asserts that the modern trade theories in global businesses today focus on the roles of businesses in increasing their scale returns, as well as, network effects in their markets. The use of such theories and concepts have the propensity of building large business bases thereby allowing their domination in the markets of the world. (Kreckova, Odehnalova & Reardon, 2012, p. 67). Therefore, the following article will discuss the foundations of the modern trade theories in relation to the concept of comparative advantage and its analysis in two countries and competitive advantage together with the policies that can be ...

Introduction

In all the three spheres of development namely language, social and academic there seems to be four dynamic groups involved: hearing parents with hearing children; hearing parents with deaf children; deaf parents with hearing children; and finally, deaf parents with deaf children. This paper seeks to explore how these groups interact and affect the development of children. It also expounds on the disparities that exist among the four groups. While it is clear that these children do not have much difference developmentally, the parents have to devise unique ways to ensure their children are not disadvantaged. Language forms the ...

Teaching English as a second language had and still has a lot of various approaches that may be effective or useless in different environments. The articles of Matsuda, Elbow and Ramanathan and Atkinson focus on a more narrow issue concerning teaching of writing among ESL student. Paul Matsuda in his article Alternative Discourses speculates about the difficulties ESL writers have after entering new discourse. He points out that the student may be a good and skilled writer in his native language, but at the same time may have some problems with composing English texts that usually lack coherence and ...

Linguistic Clash

Despite the ongoing process of globalization, there has been definitely set an expressed tendency of so-called ‘international and regional integration’. This tendency is obvious to have become so strong nowadays that almost every field of the international community’s life and activity is subject to integration, which implies regional unification on the basis of similar historic background, geographic location or cultural identity. Therefore, we may safely presume that the all-encompassing process of globalization induces an imminent phenomenon of identification. There are various kinds of such identification: economic, historic, national, etc. Within the framework of our topic, dealing with the ...

The narratives of Bryson can be investigated by looking into language, nationality and also intertextuality. The following paper will expand the perspectives of Bryson regarding the United States and the Great Britain as they emerge from his novel ‘Notes from a Small Island’. Notably, in his book, Bryson makes an excellent depiction of America, as well as, Britain in a hilarious, educative, exaggerated and also in an authentic manner. In the work, it is evident that Bryson both criticizes and also praises the values and related events in both countries that significantly affects their national cultures. It has enumerated ...

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French language is an intricate language that involves many rules that are quite different from the English language. For English speakers, learning French is not always an easy task. In many of the French words, some letters are spelled out but only remain silent for reasons that most French speakers don’t even understand. Moreover, special characters that are not part of the English alphabet are present in French language, like Ç, Ǽ, and Œ. Some letters or characters, on the other hand, take on multiple sounds. However, no matter how complex it is to learn the French language, the ...

Immigration Law

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Hello Mr. Rameriz; We would like to schedule a meeting with you on July 21, 2008 at 10:00am at the offices of Immigration Advocates. This is also a gentle reminder that the initial consultation fee is a flat rate of $1,000. As a further remind, Ms. Meriweather can only accept cash, a bank cashier’s check, or money order and will need payment at the beginning of the meeting. Please see below for a list of the necessary documents that you will need to send to the office prior to your interview. Keep in mind ...

In A Class Divided, Jane Elliot was using the social identity approach to teach the children empathy, by decategorizing identities and by splitting the classroom up into two groups: the blue-eyed people and the brown-eyed people. She made the brown-eyed people into the group that was going to face the discrimination on Tuesday, and made the blue-eyed group the target of prejudice on Wednesday. In just these two days, the third graders learned a profound lesson on prejudice and discrimination that would inevitably affect their outlook in their adult life. One of the blue-eyed students that used his position ...

Business goals are primarily geared towards attaining financial gains. Other factors weigh heavily in ensuring the success of a business undertaking such as the organizational capability, management competency and market improvement strategies. Beyond these success factors, however, one aspect of running a business that is crucial in determining the performance of the business in the long term is business ethics or the application of moral theories in making business decisions. Business ethics refer to the adoption of proper business policies and practices concerning potentially controversial issues, such as corporate governance, insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility and fiduciary ...

Abstract

There are a plethora of challenges that pertains to the learning of the second learning. The process of foreign language acquisition that is often a second language is characterized by certain difficulties that narrow down to individual attributes. It is worthy to understand the various factors that make it easy for students or some people to learn a second language faster than their counterparts. It is important to note that despite similar learning conditions, there are possibilities that different people will take different periods of time to understand and learn a given language that is not their first language. ...

Introduction

Juanita Perez is an 84-year old Filipino woman who lives in Los Angeles, California, and who has recently lost her husband of 60 years. She came to the agency, seeking help on how she can deal with the grief and loss, as she has been having a difficult time coping with it. In the sixty years that they were married, they have never been apart. Juanita is a practicing Catholic whose primary language is Filipino and manages to speak a little English. She and her husband came to the United Striates as a result of the petition for immigration ...

I have always been interested in working with other people and having the opportunity to communicate with others. Through communication people find out a lot of new information and share it with others as well. That’s why I have decided to become an educator in future. Teaching people is a constant process of teaching oneself too as every day we discover new things and new facts. But even more important is the following: being an educator we bring light into areas which need it, into special communities which have no access to studying and self-development in this particular ...

Analyzing case of firing problems in Beach Electrical System Company

Abstract Employees are having restricted rules to follow in any kind of the company. And what will happen if they will disobey them? And do employees have rights to be protected against unrighteous managers? This paper is giving answer and explaining my personal opinion on what is going on in the case with Mary Schwartz, who had many problems with managers in her own company.

What role, if any, should Mary's past work record play in this case? Explain.

The working experience of Mary on this position in this company is actually high. Without counting that Mary Schwartz was working for the company for 9 years, we should notice that here working performance ...

Reflection on:

This article is interesting because it really looks at the ways in which an English Language Learner (ELL) classroom runs, and the ways in which the biases of the teacher are communicated to the students. It deals with all the research that has been done on the topic, exploring how those research studies related to one another, and how they look at the way that students learn. The article also thinks about the idea that some teachers in ELL classrooms might not want to be there, and might actually resent their students as being behind other students who are ...

THE MONOLITHIC TERM ‘STANDARD ENGLISH’ IS AN OUTDATED CONCEPT IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DISCUSS.

Introduction

Now, this is an expression for ‘by the way, I would be right back in five minutes.’ This is how English language is being used these days. The metamorphosis of English, predominantly driven by technology, has been well accepted by the pundits of classical English and the trusted Oxford dictionary has added several of these to its Standard English. Is there a dilution of standards or is it simply that English language is adapting to the changes of the 21st century and keeping pace, eventually ...

In the 15th century, the population of the Europe grew tremendously. This gave a chance for a class of merchants to emerge; they bought expensive jewels and silk, and would spice their dried meat with cinnamon or pepper (English Online). Since the need for these goods grew, they had to be brought in through routes controlled by the Turkish Empire; this was tough for the European merchants (English Online). They had to find alternative routes through countries like Spain and Portugal, through the assistance of new ships and instruments, and thus the Age of European Exploration was born. The ...

Question 1

Technically, a lexicographer is a person who writes compiles and edits dictionaries. According to a comprehensive dictionary of English language, lexicographer is "a harmless drudge who compiles lists of words." (Kaye 129). Therefore, the creators of the Urban Dictionary qualifies to be called the lexicographers. The creators or the authors of this dictionary are required to provide the correct spelling of the word they are creating, example sentence and its definition. With this light, the creators must make appropriate decisions regarding the authentic or proper form of language. Consequently, these self-appointed creators both standardize and record the language used ...

Introduction

Sociology is a social science that seeks to create the impetus for the utilization of objective standards and views for the review and analysis of concepts and ideas. This include the use of empirically proven methods and theories to examine and critique ideas and pointers. Several approaches and methods are used for the evaluation and analysis of different cultures. The purpose of this paper is to utilize the etic (outsider’s) and emic (insider’s) approach of cultural analysis to evaluate the African-American subculture of the United States of America.

Emic Perspective of the African-American Culture

The emic perspective is to provide an insider’s ...

Whole Class Grade IV Literacy Lesson Plan

A Grade 4 school adviser, Kate Rollins, has been very keen on observing her class of 40 students in terms of academic achievement and physical development as part of the school curriculum. Kate’s students are children of well-off parents. Some of the students are well-behaved, while some are too naughty who likes bullying classmates. One of her students is Ruby Cruz, a typical quiet student who sometimes prefers to be alone and just watch his classmates play. The teachers of Grade 4 students find Ruby very good in conduct as she is not a noisy and bully student. ...

Literature has always been an important aspect through time. Literature plays a significant role in our day to day lives too. From our daily interactions to our study of different events and occurrences through time. Just like art, it helps us escape from our unpleasant daily realities and also helps us interact with the world around us in a more liberal and open-minded way. It brings about the creative imagination of a person through written or spoken word, for instance, poetry, plays as well as fiction and non-fiction materials. Comedies and tragedies also form an important part of history ...

Massive flood in Arkansas

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (2015) flooding of Arkansas river has been the worst since 1990. Starting on Christmas evening, the flooding followed heavy rainfall that reached 10 inches in western and northern parts of Arkansas. More than 40 counties were affected by flood that caused wide-spread damage. As the river remained high for several days, the flooding actively spread to neighboring states, such as Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama (Hardy, 2015). Major causes of deaths and injuries tended to deal with drowning and falling trees. The injuries took place at different moments throughout the day. On December 26th ...

In considering the potential contribution of linguistic anthropology to the ongoing reform of Native American education it is evident that there are various sources of information that demonstrate the need for major reform in specific categories of education. This can be applied in order to develop better practices for educating not only Native American students but students of various differing ethnicities. In developing these pedagogical reforms there are particular categories of education that should be focused on. In consulting on a tribes in a generic sense, the differing types of educational reforms that can be recommended on the basis ...

Literacy of Emoticons

The literature world and the computer communication systems have diversified mainly due to the new technological advancements. The rise of these contemporary form of textual communication has raised eyebrows however much figurative the spoken or written language tries to communicate. Emoticons are the images used by communicators not just through computers but through other communication media to lay information that cannot be facially expressed. Some analysts argue that it is just a compensatory way of avoiding the use of straightforward language in expressing pure language that is accepted in the communication world (Byron et al., 2007). Others, on the ...

Learning is an experience, and as a teacher, I am entitled to create this experience for the learner. While a teacher can only provide the experience, it is up to the learner to utilize this experience for enhancing his performance or knowledge. For example, I will try to teach the students English spellings. Behaviorism theories can be used to explain a learning process that will lead to an observable and measurable changes in the student’s behavior, which in this case is his ability to spell English words, correctly. Pavlov Classical conditioning and Skinners Operant conditioning are examples of ...

Abstract

This paper will analyze six curriculums of English high school in different schools using the Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation. In particular, Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation has four components, namely the following: reactions, learning, behavior and results (Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation, n.d.). Level 1 of Kirkpatrick’s model of evaluation is reactions which measures how the participants of the training reacted (Four Levels of Evaluation, n.d.). Level 2 which is learning that measures what the participants have learned from the training (Four Levels of Evaluation, n.d.). Level 3 is behavior that gauges the ...

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The City: An Overview Montreal is the second largest city in the Canadian province and is situated on the island of Montreal. The city has been the hub of all sorts commercial activities ranging from finance, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, design, technology, tourism, culture, sports, film and global affairs for decades. The city is predominantly French speaking one and is fondly called as the ‘cultural capital of Canada’. The city is highly influenced by the two famous rivers Saint Lawrence and Ottawa. The city lies between the hill-heads of Mount Royal, from which the very name Montreal originated. ...

In the early years like in the 1800s onwards, education was only for the rich and everyone within the poverty line is concern of survival. This synthesis paper will provide accurate information about the situation of community college in the US and all the factors that affects it. This paper aims to reach out to everyone involved in this matter, meaning everyone. Education is a right and should never be denied to anyone. The establishment of community colleges along the country is a cure for so many nation crises like high unemployment rate, juvenile delinquents, minority death rate, drug ...

Undoubtedly, Oscar Wilde is one of the most prominent figures of the world literature. A number of the writer's publications is huge and continues to grow even today. His plays do not cease to put in the world best theaters. Many people devoted to him researches, novels, movies, and TV shows; moreover, his paradoxes are abundantly quoted in any sections of society. Since Wilde's talent is undeniable, he is known not only for his creativity. The writer is considered a very bright and extraordinary personality that combines an extraordinary charisma and many contradictions. Oscar Wilde is a great playwright, ...

Introduction

Sociology comes with a broad array of ideas and theories that describe every-day things like identity, social integration and others. Some of these concepts include the concept of the home and identity/belonging. “Home” is where a person has an attachment and builds social and political identity. On the other hand, “Belonging” is about a sense of identity and connection to a particular community. The concept of home has been split along the lines of local and global perspectives in the 21st Century. This is because in a generation of individualism, technology and globalisation, it is easier than ever to ...

Social Work

Purpose of the study This study looks into the interpersonal complex trauma and mental health in children and adolescents placed under foster care. The research looks deeper into the histories of such traumas as many Child Welfare Systems do not usually screen for instances of trauma exposure. The study also examines complex trauma exposure in children and adolescents.

The gap in research

According to records, it is certain that child welfare systems hardly screen for instances of trauma exposure including those for the complex trauma (Ford et al., 26). The other area of concern is that to do with many terms used to ...

The history of Jamestown dates back into June 1606 when King James I issued a charter to a team of entrepreneurs from London, also known as Virginia Company to build an English settlement in the Northern Part of America in a region called Chesapeake. On May 14, 1607, an English colony was established after Virginia Company settlers landed on Jamestown Island. Jamestown was almost brought to a rim of failure by famine, conflicts with the Native Americans, diseases and many other problems in the first two years before a new group of settlers rescued it in 1610. Jamestown, however, ...

There are ongoing issues about the suggested mergers in the media industry in Canada that have been protested and deemed to spell doom on the media consumers. With the reports of high levels of concentration in the media industry, certain actions should be taken to limit the concentration of the ownership of media. The acquisition of Sun Media’s digital properties and newspapers that provide The English language by Postmedia is something that was widely considered to spell gloom and doom for the industry owing to the already concentrated media industry (Knox, 2012). The consumers of media information deserve ...

Kenya is the 43rd largest country in the world situated in the east coast of Africa along the equator. The country borders Ethiopia to the north, Tanzania to the south and Uganda to the west. It is mostly termed as the cradle of mankind since archaeologists and palaeontologists have discovered very ancient remains of man which shows the earliest evidence of the ancestors of man. Kenya has a population of 41.6 million people (Kenya Ministry of Finance and Planning, 2009). The currency used in the country is the Kenyan shilling. Kenya’s capital city is Nairobi which acts as ...

Introduction

Over time, there has been increasing interest in culturally responsive teaching that grew since the late 1980’s and the early 1990s primarily because of the increasing diversity in the country’s classrooms. This is coupled with the concern over the low rate of success by the many racial and ethnic minority students despite numerous years of reforms in the education fields. The ongoing reform of the Native American education is further influenced by the fact that after years of population decline to the historic low of around 237,000 members in the year 1900 the American Indian populations ...

Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summaries For any business professional to succeed and become a competent and successful professional, he must possess good communication skills. Communication skills such as written communication, oral communication, and interpersonal communication are necessary to survive in today’s competitive era. The same fact also stands true for accounting professionals. According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), communication skills are and will remain in future as important a skill as any other professional skill. AICPA lists “effective business writing” as a necessary skill for competence in public accounting. Unfortunately, some of the entry level accountants do ...

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People often seek the assistance of a counselor to guide and help them with their psychological or behavioral issues in life. Despite counselors’ composure, knowledge, and confidence, they also have their own personal challenges when it comes to their work. As a counselor, I also face challenges in my field. I am aware of my strengths and weaknesses, which I plan to improve in the days to come. Being a counselor, I believe that the biggest help that I can offer to others is my time and ability to listen. Helping people with their problems starts by ...

Introduction

The automotive industry has become one of the major pillars of national GDP for many countries including the United States and Japan. Recognizing the crucial role of auto industry in economic development in the coming decades, many national governments have taken proactive steps to fuel the growth of their automobile sectors. A long experience of innovative automobile technology development coupled with strength of high quality products has assisted XYZ Motors to grow fast in the domestic as well as international market. This paper will identify different strategies for fueling the growth momentum of XYZ Motors and increasing its domestic ...

Introduction

It has been established in a separate review of related literatures that bilingualism can have numerous direct and indirect advantages and disadvantages. Although bilingualism does not only affect a state’s educational system, this paper would focus on its effects on an established educational system. Some of the pertinent findings about bilingualism and its effects on the educational system include buy may not limited to the ones that suggest that: There is a set of social factors that may be used to determine the likelihood that individuals within an educational system would adopt bilingualism. These factors are social input, ...

Question 1 you are an indentured servant in Virginia colony 1650, describe your background, current conditions, and future prospects

As an indentured servant in Virginia colony 1650. I am a man originally from England. There are not many women living here in Virginia at this time. I left England due to all of the religious and political turmoil that was happening there I felt that it would be better for me to start over someplace different. A second chance, I could have a good life open a business, have a family. I was wrong, life is horrible. I and many of the others I know are beaten with whips or canes for the slightest cause. The servants are ...

First Draft

Hip-hop music came about through people who lived in dangerous streets or faced some difficulty in America and is representative of different kinds of culture, impacting numerous things after its conception and popularization. Emmett G. Price III states about hip-hop culture: “During the 1960s and 1970s — as the streets of New York City erupted in violence, social decay, and economic demise — young, multiethnic, inner-city kids devised their own solution to the traumatic challenges that they continually faced” (Price). Some teenagers unified the preexisting elements of rapping, graffiti, dancing, and deejaying, creating an alternative to the hopelessness they found and ...

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ASSIGNMENT OF tourist destinations 2016 NOVEMBER, GROUP 4 Tourist Destination Introduction There are different modes of traveling and the fastest is through the air. Most of the people prefer to travel through the air because it facilitates them in reaching all parts of the world. A lot of changes has been made from the inception of airplanes and now the customers have an entirely experience, as the airplanes offer several facilities to its customers. Today, aircrafts have become sophisticated, safer, faster, and cheaper. For these reasons, tourism has exploded. In 2013, 3 billion air passengers arrived at various world ...

Introduction

The Sandy Hooks debacle sent shock waves throughout the American education system and by extension, compelled other forward thinking nations to review their respective educational systems. In unison, the community around the Sandy Hooks Elementary School, the nation and the international community at large rallied behind the victims of the tragic events. However, one academician in particular shocked the world, the nation and more so, the victims of the fatal shootings (Jaschik, 2015). An associate professor, James Tracy tenured with the Florida Atlantic University’s School of Communication and Media Studies related the events to some conspiracy theory. Parents ...

Day Month Year

Elements of Christian Worldview Since the world creation, many years had passed. Through the story of the world, many different changes happened. Every minute something is going on, that makes us more different in our views. There are 7.4 billion human beings on the planet Earth, and all of these human beings are unique. If you would ask this 7.4 billion, people one simple question, “what do you believe in?” They will give you different answers. I am writing this paper with understanding that there is a need to give answers about general statement of true Christian faith.

What is God like?

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I. Introduction When Great Britain and Spain set out to colonize other regions, they both have goals that they wanted to accomplish in their conquest. The idea of taking over of other regions, considerably differ with each colonizer, but their goals were defended on the presumption that they wanted to civilize other places that they considered to have yet to experience the European progress. While the advancement of the Christian faith was said to figure prominently in Spain’s conquest, the Great Britain was said to have set its eye on seeking out better settlement. However, most historians claimed ...

Introduction

In the highpoint of my English teaching career, I found myself teaching English to Grade 4 Australian English learners. It was interesting because I am an Arab lady from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And many people found it rather unusual for me to be teaching Native English speakers their own mother tongue. This essay will outline the progression of my career as an English teacher and how I got to the climax of my career, teaching native speakers of English. I will outline my background, origins, immersion into the Anglo-American culture and how my professional career developed as ...

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1. Introduction The tourism and hospitality industry has been growing at a tremendous pace over the past few decades and this service sector has become one of the major contributors to the global GDP. In an attempt to take advantages of this magnificent growth of the tourism and hospitality industry, nations are taking vehement efforts to make their territories hot tourist destinations. Obviously, resorts and restaurants constitute a key segment of the hospitality industry. This report will analyze resorts and restaurants operating in Las Vegas, United States, giving particular focus to their unique product/service offerings and ...

It is true that people experience changes in their lives as they grow older (Gordon, Dan, & Page 73). As a young boy, reading and writing were a great challenge to me. I was in constant collision with my teachers over poor reading and writing abilities. My poor reading and writing skills almost brought an end to my learning as it made me hate education. I was the subject of ridicule and embarrassment in reading and writing sessions. I had to try extra hard to improve my reading and writing abilities in order to continue with my education. My older ...

According to Richards and Farrell, a significant number of critical incidents that occur in the classroom are basically common events that are considered critical owing to the fact that they expose or reveal underlying values, beliefs of motives existing within a classroom environment (Richards and Thomas 119). In their discussion, Richards and Farrell assert that in order to provide an effective critical incident report, it is crucial that one begins by providing a reflection of actions that might have led to the critical event (Richards and Thomas 119).

Critical Incident from My Teaching Context

As a teacher among ESL students, I have encountered various critical ...

Month Day, Year

Herewith, I am presenting my personal memo for your kind information. This note covers certain important details about my background and brought up, my interests, achievements and goals.

Background

I was born on September 21, 1991 in the city of Al-hasa in Saudi Arabia. My family comprises of my mother, three brothers and three sisters. Ever since my father, who took care of our family, passed away when I was fourteen years old, my mother took full responsibility for our upbringing. Currently, my mother is a manager administering the General Presidency for Girls’ Education in the country. Since the death ...

Swedish Aller Media

Aller Media is a magazine publishing company established in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded by Carl Aller and his wife Laura Aller in 1873, the company expanded and broadened its scope into the countries of Sweden and Finland. (Aller, 2016). The company extended in Sweden as well and there it established its editorial offices in Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo and Helsingborg. Aller Media holds 83% of the market’s shares in magazines and is one of the most popular magazines that are purchased and read in the country. (Aller Holding, 2016). There are various magazines published by the company such as Elle, ...

As you have requested, I have written a short self-introduction. This is precisely my story of life in the past, now, and in the future.

I was born and raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. These words might sound strange and inconsequential to you, but memories of that place give me true energy and motivation. My mother, a native of Turkey, is a homemaker. My father, whose mother was also Turkish, lived all his life on the territory of Saudi Arabia. He used to work for Saudi Arabia Airlines. There are five children in our family: one boy and four ...

The most challenging aspect of meeting the requirements of this essay was the fact that I had so many ideas that I lacked the right words to present. The essay is all about the personal experience I have had during the transition from the Chinese education system to the American system. Given that I am yet to learn all English vocabularies, some of the ideas I had were not well expressed. During the revision of this essay, I first sat back and re-read the paper. This was to examine whether other readers could make sense of what I was ...

Tracy E. Cohen is currently the owner of an educational advocacy agency. (T.Cohen, personal communication, January 26, 2016) However, prior to beginning her company she was a teacher for 20 years working in the field of special education with a specialty in working with children with communication disorders. Mrs. Cohen started the hearing impaired program at Maple Avenue Elementary school. It was the first program for hearing impaired or hearing disabled individuals in the Claremont school district. It began in response to a need expressed by a parent who had a hearing impaired child in the preschool program and ...

Geneva is my hometown; a place that I have lived to cherish, my siblings and I were born here. Located in the southwestern part of Switzerland, Geneva is embedded between the hilly terrain of the Jura and Alpine peaks. Lausanne and Geneva are the largest cities located on Lake Geneva or Lac Leman shores. Geneva lies in the bay where the Rhone River leaves the Lake Geneva (Bekker). The shores are highly populated with settlements, however; the living space per individual is generous. People who live in the Lake Geneva region are relatively rich (Boyce). Geneva is not only ...

I am applying to the Master’s Program concerning Modern East Asian Study at the University of Toronto for a variety of reasons. To begin with, I am currently a fourth year student at the University of Toronto, and do not wish to change academic venues now. I have had adequate opportunity to research the faculty available for this program on campus, and have found them, as is typically the case, above satisfactory for what would satisfy my educational needs. Moreover, the University of Toronto’s location is suitable to me. In order to achieve the highest success, I ...

“The beginning and confirmation of African American culture and society” is sometimes referred to as “an epochal moment in American history” (Morgan 12). According to what I have experienced and observed, African American culture is a unique combination of history, beliefs, ideas, music, traditions, fashions and other elements of everyday life of African American people. As of today, the majority of African Americans speak English as their native language. However, there is also a distinctive variety named Ebonics, which is also referred to African American Vernacular English, a language spoken only be representatives of African American culture. Music of ...

English, as a medium of communication, is possibly the native language of human interface with computers. Thus, acquiring English language skills is the second nature to computers and information technology. There was a point in time when there was no other language available for communication using computers other than English. Even today, majority of engagements with computer as a medium happens predominantly through the usage of English language, eventually making it a very reliable and perhaps an ideal tool for English language skills. Today, technology like Google is universally available, which could translate from English to any other language ...

World Englishes

The concept of World Englishes has been receiving a lot of attention since the past few years. This literature review presents some of the recent studies that were focused on this topic. The local forms of English that gets developed because of the local language blended with English, which eventually turns into the standard language of a particular society or a religion, are defined as World Englishes. Also, the terms ‘World English’ & ‘World Englishes’ are different from each other. While the term ‘World English’ denotes English language as a lingua franca (ELF), the term ‘World Englishes’ is something which ...

Hello, my name is Osama and I would like to present myself to you.

Background Interests You should know that I am very dynamic and active person. I like cars and driving, which is why I try to own my personal vehicle. I enjoy studying but when I get some free time it is a pleasure for me to spend some time with my friends somewhere out of school. Reading books and listening to my favorite artists are also activities which are bringing me a lot of joy. Sometimes we all need some personal space and time to relax ourselves.

Most of my recent achievements are connected with my studies and school life ...