Essays on Speaking

Nutrition Content Application of Knowledge

SAT While I haven’t taken many classes in Human Nutrition (HNF classes), I have performed incredibly well in the ones that I have taken. My cumulative GPA in HNF 150 (Introduction to Human Nutrition) and HNF 444 (Business of Nutrition Services) was a 3.5, indicating superior understanding and application of the practices discussed within those classes. I believe that the introductory course (HNF 150) was particularly valuable, because it framed the context of my studies for me. It provided a setting for all further study in this field, as well as providing specific information regarding the basics of ...

What Sandel is trying to achieve in his analysis of the “elderly mother-nursing home case.” What is more important: respect or compassion? Described case in a hospital is bringing the reader in a situation of ethical dilemma. I regard this situation as a very critical and emotionally hard. Probably this is why Sandel is using it, in order not to simplify the choice and make people understand that sometimes life can demand difficult decisions. Two beloved and close to a person people: mother and brother. It is clear that after losing a brother person will try to prevent probable ...

The Beatles – one of the greatest bands ever

There are things in life you can never be bored doing. It is like watching fire burning, water flowing or shining starry skies. No matter how many times you are repeating those actions you will always eager to experience them once more. This is exactly the feeling you get discovering The Beatles for the first time. For many of people they haven’t just become idols but penetrated in every part of the heart touching the deepest sides of everybody’s soul. However, the question still remains undecided: if the Beatles can still be the greatest band ever or ...

As an International student whose native language is Arabic, I have a unique set of challenges confronting me as I proceed with my quest for education in the USA. Learning English and making friends amongst the locals are my two biggest challenges. The biggest challenge is to understand the English language. Because Arabic is my native language, my way of thinking and understanding is not the way people think and understand natively in English. Concepts and theories are understood in a different scheme in Arabic as against in English. Many times, I find myself struggling to understand the words ...

This essay is the result of a study of the selection from “The Idea of a University” under the title “The Uses of Knowledge” written more than half a century ago in Dublin by Catholic priest John Henry Newman. We appeal to this book, because we have found there the valuable approach, according to which education is discussed in the context of its essential feature - knowledge. At the same time it is clear that knowledge can be examined on the different basis. One can talk about the fundamental and applied, humanities and natural-scientific, secular and religious forms of ...

[Paper Number] I recorded my collaboration events over the course of approximately one and a half days and accumulated a total of 20 events. These collaborative events ranged from going to the gym, speaking on the phone, speaking in person with friends, relatives and strangers, and attending a party. I am of a particular personality-type that prefers to be with people. I preferred to have a room-mate rather than live alone, for example, so I sought out a room-mate quite soon after moving to New York. However, sometimes being on my own (not collaborating at all) is the best ...

In the English-speaking world, many people use words without a thought to its grammar. The words “ought” and “used” are two such words English speakers use freely without a thought to their grammar. While “ought” and “used” may not seem significant, it is important to understand the correct way to use the two words. However, it is rather difficult to classify “ought” and “used” as being main verbs, auxiliary verbs, or modals because the words fall into more than one category. Main verbs have the ability to have several different meanings. Some main verbs are followed by “to.” Both “ ...

Although I feel I am a confident person and am not very shy around people, I still get very flustered and confused when I have to present in front of my class. I dread getting assigned for presentations because it is very hard for me to face a large group of people and speak in front of them for five to ten minutes. I begin to stutter and stammer incessantly, and my palms get damp. It is very hard for me to stand still and face an audience and I fidget continuously. I feel nervous, tense and unconfident even ...

I. Introduction Now & Then Financial Services is a financial services company founded by Jason Mleczko, LaSand Kinnaird and Rebekah Ostby. The company, which is headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, seeks to provide financial management products and services to new income earners such as recently graduated college and university students. Based on the company’s mission and goals, target market to be served, and inherent risks in establishing and running a start-up business, Now & Then Financial Services has decided to incorporate as a non-profit corporation. A non-profit corporation is defined as a business type where the purpose of the business is ...

Abstract

The essay reports on research about the shift of the role of human resources (HR) that is rooted in the transformation of personnel administration departments into the human resources departments that have become strategic partners of organization contributing to its performance and helping to achieve excellence. The essay also offers a brief overview of HR history, starting from the ancient China and ending up with the 1920s when the term ‘personnel administration’ appeared. The historical background is very resourceful in understanding the reasons for the above-mentioned transformation. The essay highlights the change in functions that have current human resources ...

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My career target begins with the occupational title of Financial Manager. Finance management is essentially a forward oriented function, which focuses on optimal asset allocation with an objective of ensuring the growth of corporate assets in the future (Boundless, n. p.). The Financial Manager is responsible for ensuring the financial health of the company. To accomplish that, he produces financial reports, perform direct investments, and develop strategies for long-term financial goals of the company (Bureau of Labor Statistics n. p.).

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The various tools associated with this occupation of Finance Manager consist mostly of ...

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Abraham The The Father of Many Nations (Genesis 17:1-8) So the Abram was renamed to Abraham. “As a guarantee of the fact that the child of the covenant would soon be born, God changes Abrams name. He would no longer be Abram (“exalted father”); he would now be Abraham (“father of many”). So we can see that this rename was as a consequence of the great deal between God Father (father of all), and with Abraham (Father of many). Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’ ...

1. Introduction Human Resource conferences are held to develop professional skills of individuals. It is important to attend career events to know about the current status of job openings in the industry. It helps people to find and seek out good employers. The Careers for HR events helps the HR managers to find out excellent and new talents out of the huge crowd. The main purpose of attending the career events is to get introduced to the reputed organisation seeking for new talents. Along with that, the speeches of market leaders help to develop personal skills and knowledge to ...

Analysis of ‘I Have a Dream’ Using Kenneth Burke’s Pentad

Introduction There are many ways on how to analyze an action, including languages or speeches; and one of which is through the dramatic pentad. The Dramatic Pentad refers to the five methods developed by Kenneth Burke in analyzing human actions. According to scholars, the Burke’s Pentad to analyze questions such as “how persons explain their actions to themselves and others, what the cultural and social structural influences on these explanations might be, and what effect connotational links among the explanatory (motivational) terms might have on these explanations, and hence, on action itself” (Overington, 1977, p.133). In his work ‘ ...

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Abstract Every speech is embellished by metaphoric expression, despite its context, content, and tone. In different fields the application of metaphors may vary, yet still they are applied regardless the situation consciously or unconsciously. In the speech of adults, metaphoric expressions play pivotal role serving as the instruments of persuasion, simplification, and demonstration. There is less evidence that explain the utilization of metaphors by children. Some scholars insist that children use metaphoric expressions unconsciously, while the other researchers imply that they implement the metaphors due to their symbolic perception of the environment. There is certain inconsistency in the results ...

As a rule, speaking rate is not similarly perceived in different media. The general stereotype is the following: fast-speakers are more persuasive for a number of reasons, among which is the fact that it is hard to keep up with the enormous avalanche of facts and information they are pouring over the unprepared audience. Moreover, fast speaking creates the halo of confidence and profound expertness in the subjects. Similar impression makes the man from the FedEx commercial, who annoyingly inspires the belief of his professionalism and utterly effective time management skills. On the negative side, of the above-mentioned skill ...

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There is no better example of the unethical, irrational, and questionable discussion than watching the circus of politicians’ debate during this election year in the United States. In the most recent farce by the GOP candidates in New Hampshire was quite a spectacle. One must ask where the rational, believable, and trustworthy politicians have gone, if there ever were any to begin with. However, the role that political leaders take on should involve respectable rational dialogue that can be trusted by the people who elect the officials rather than putting on a spectacle that is nearly as entertaining as ...

Casino industry is considered to be one of the most profitable industries in the world. Its impact on the national economies is crucial. Theoretical studies within this sphere show us that the casino gambling entities provide their governments with quite significant benefits such as high level of taxes paid, infrastructure development by the cost of casinos and increased level of tourists to places where such enterprises are located. But in most publications little attention is paid to the problem of defining the specific impact of casino gambling as a part of hotel enterprises. That is why our main goal ...

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. ...

ARTICLE DISCUSSION

Essay The basic principles of Economics might seem very primitive for someone. Even though, they usually easily describe the basic principles of life. The well known demand - supply balance works in every field of our life starting from buying stuff at the grocery store to searching for a person to spend your life with.

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In this essay I would like to discuss the article written by Bob Davis called “The Thorny Economics of Illegal Immigration” from the Wall Street Journal. This article is about the issues that appeared as a result of an immigration policy that was invented ...

As opposed to a traditional, "right out of high school" college student, an adult learner has well-defined and clear objectives with regard to the education process. An adult learner knows what opportunities he/she will be exposed to after obtaining a college degree and in what other ways he/she will benefit from obtaining it. Speaking in terms of career, typical "right out of high school" college students do not know what they want to pursue in their lives, while an adult learner views college as an opportunity for personal and professional; development. In actual fact, the combination of the above-mentioned ...

Many people agree that the period of chivalry was probably the most interesting and fascinating. The word chivalry is mainly associated with knights and is usually described as institution of knighthood. It is also believed that chivalry presupposes such traits as courtesy, valor and generosity. It also presupposes helping the weak (such as women and children). It is clear that nowadays the concept of chivalry has become archaic. However, its examples may be still found in fiction and in modern life. For example, William Faulkner in his work “A Rose for Emily” and James Joyce in his work “Araby” ...

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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 ...

Liberty has a different meaning to different people. Some people may not even know liberty even exists because of the society they live in which is very oppressive towards certain ideas. Liberty to some people is the freedom from controlling government, the ability to decide one’s destiny, to be able to speak or write their thoughts, to not be confined based on one’s appearance, and to be free from foreign rule. While there is no real official rule about what liberty truly is, I had the opportunity to interview people from various backgrounds about what liberty is ...

Nowadays the divorce rate in the US is quite high. Speaking about cohabitation, there are the same problems, especially if a couple has children. I choose cohabiting long term but I think that the likelihood of my family’s disruption would be less than 50%. I would estimate it at 30%, paying attention to different risk factors which can cause separation. These factors should be considered when we speak about relationships, cohabitation, marriage and divorce. One of the risk factors is young marriage. I am sure that I will be grown-up and independent enough when I decide to cohabit ...

Introduction

Tesla is leading the charge of sustainability in the automobile market, and they have been highly successful in terms of sales numbers. Their iconic Model S sold 10,030 cars within the 1st quarter of 2015, showing a 55 percent YOY increase. Their powerwall battery is considered a huge breakthrough for the renewable energy. The battery aims at storing energy for homes from the solar panel. Their hyperloop technology would be able to transport people in solar powered capsules from Los Angeles to San Francisco at the speed of 760 Mph. Tesla is also promising that no company will ...

Introduction

Self-awareness is the basis of conscious life. People, whose level of self-awareness is high, are more rational and flexible in life. Of course, each person has strengths and weaknesses. However, those people, who are aware of their strengths and weaknesses, can use and improve them consciously. Understanding strengths and developmental needs is necessary to use more of the strengths and hide the weaknesses, while they are being improved. This paper is a self-awareness assignment, which explores two areas of strengths, two areas of weaknesses, and then develops a plan of action related to a single strength and a single ...

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The paper deals with the issue of political correctness which is one of the key study objects of sociolinguistics. The author emphasizes the fact that politeness must be an essential component of any communicative act. Especially important it is for politicians whose primary goal is to make their message understood and accepted. However, if politicians do not show respect of their recipients’ views and values through their speech, their message will never be positively received. The paper illustrates that aggressive and disrespectful language can never be excused, even if it is used for the purpose of building up an ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Pageants are inside my skin, in my blood, my heart, my mind! The spotlight remains on the dais with a sea of claps as I walk down the platform to win all those hearts. What can be better than this? I remember that moment when I was announced to be the Miss Florida Teen of the year! I remember the audience going gaga over me. I had won the pageant. I felt like being on top of the world. I remember how all the people came up to me and congratulated me for my success. I made my parents ...

Stories of War in the Words of the Warrior

Bryan Turner is an American military veteran, English professor and poet (About Bryan Turner n.p.). Prior to his enlistment, Turner attended school at the University of Oregon where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. He spent a year in South Korea before enlisting in the United States Army. Since that time he has lived and worked abroad in many parts of the world. His work focuses on his experiences as a soldier during his service in the Middle East, and has earned him numerous awards in the literary world including the NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry, the ...

Personal Essay

I had always been fascinated by the skills possessed by the great public speakers. It was a pleasure to witness the power of expression displayed by the orators. I always thought that, to get the recognition and popularity, oratory is the best method. Every time I was swayed by any eloquent speaker, the desire to imitate the performance, similar to one that witnessed, arose. However, there was a big problem that always held me back from taking the initiative. It was the fear of being mocked in the event of performance going haywire. Whenever I thought of addressing a ...

Response Essay

The essay “Hunters and Gatherers in the Classroom” is written in 1997 by Lawrence Cohen, clinical psychologist in Brookline, Massachusetts and still has a great psychological and educational significance. Frankly speaking, I have learnt a lot of author`s ideas and approaches, which are really substantial and relevant. I fully agree that boys and girls have a lot of differences in character, behavior, outlook, manners and even way of playing games. This fact leads to the question of gender inequality, which we can observe at school. People got used to the standard sex division of the human “hunter-gatherer” past. ...

Technical Communication. Student Outcomes.

Technical communication exists to build a certain informational bridge between its audience and the message sender. Thus, defining the audience and the purpose is crucial for the desired goal to be reached and the correct message to be delivered. The audience definition will provide developer with a clear understanding of whom he\she will be talking to, so the appropriate message and its form can be designed. Depending on the audience the following concepts of the message can be determined: main group preferences, dominating lifestyle position, possible leverage of influence, etc. As the result the ...

I think it is very premature to speak about the end of the era of America’s supremacy in the world. Here is a list and analysis of reasons why I am convinced that the story goes exactly this way. Speaking about supremacy, even in the broadest definitions, without laying them down to specific examples we have to take into consideration all aspects of power, i.e. economic, political, military etcetera. Speaking about America, let’s analyze its economy first. According to numerous reputable ratings issued every year America is the first economy in the world, competed by China and ...

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 ...

The value of a Bible to a Christian is at the core of his or her faith and its teachings influences a Christian’s life . From the study of the Bible cutting through both the Old and the New Testaments different use of the theme of “Son of God” is conspicuously noticeable. From a normal biological understanding, a son is a representation of a male child born from the union of a man and a woman. From a Biblical perspective, tracing the use of the theme “Son of God”, one gets varied representations in the use of the phrase. ...

The broad range of interviewed young Muslims feel alienated, suspected, if not traumatized (Semple). For women, raised unaware of earlier stigmatization right after 9/11 of Muslims, a hijab has become a mark of social alienation, if not anti-Muslim sentiments. Indeed, according to different accounts given by young Muslim women of different cultural backgrounds, putting on a hijab and, for that matter, being a Muslim has not only made young Muslim women feel increasingly pressured as peers in class and neighborhood cast more suspicions on people – Them – coming from elsewhere and spreading violence and alien ideologies, particularly in recent months ...

Abstract

As we all know, humor is an important part of social interaction in our everyday lives. While we might often think of humor as being something practiced by professional comedians on television or in movies, the truth is that virtually every human being engages in humor to one degree or another on an almost daily basis. And this applies to the workplace as much is anyplace else in our lives. People use humor at work for any number of important reasons, such as relieving tension, encouraging improved performance, establishing a leadership position or simply to make others feel at ...

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Last Wednesday on 27th of January I had an opportunity to see drama play “Oscar Wilde: From the Depths” at Lantern Theater Company in Philadelphia. This biographical drama about Wilde’s imprisonment has impressed, I believe, not only me, but all the other visitors and has left some food for thoughts. In this review I will analyze what we have seen not only on the scene but in a combination with auditorium. The reaction of visitors before, during and after the play is also a part of overall theater performance which is interesting for admiring and interpretation.

General Impressions from the Play

Crowded hall ...

Values and Culture Profiles of International Companies

Part 1

Speaking from the perspective of company’s values and culture, TransAlta would be the best fit with my fundamental work place values, which are altruism, security, and prestige, as it scores the highest in these three values. The company can with good reason be described as a socially responsible business. Its website states, “Being a good neighbour means investing in and making a commitment to the communities in which we operate” (qtd. in TransAlta.com). TransAlta website focuses on how much they value their employees and invest in them. Additionally, they have good compensation plans and benefits, such ...

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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 ...

Discuss the pressures for local responsiveness and global integration faced by each firm. (Coca-Cola & Microsoft). ”The growth of trade liberalization reduces many of political and legal barriers, and economic barriers tend to decline as firms expand the level of business and invest in logistical and distribution facilities” (McDonald & Burton, 2002, p. 256). Social obstacles are frequently more continuing, nonetheless altering from standardized ‘platforms’ to greet local necessities allows markets of scale and range to be acquired. This kind of local responsiveness is utilized through firms, for example, Coca-Cola. The essential product is the same ubiquitously however the ‘platform’ can ...

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 ...

Introduction

In 1993, Geerd Hofstede wrote about the universal management and was of the belief that management is not universal and each country has its own management principles. Fast forwarding 23 years and the world has certainly changed. With companies involved in global business and the use of the internet in global commerce the world has gotten smaller and more and more business people are recognizing that individual differences remain important. However the level of differences are lessened as people have learned to work together to achieve common goals. This paper will study the changes that the global ecommerce organizations ...

Listening and speaking are the best means of learning any language. Reading and writing only complicate the process of learning. I am talking about my experience with English language, which I believe is the most complex language I have ever come across. Coming from Kwait, Arabic is my first language. English, being a global language, has had a huge impact on my country. Consequently, the children there are supposed to learn English since grade one. English had always been a trouble for me. It was difficult because I didn’t have the favourable atmosphere at home. As I told ...

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Introduction While Canada is considered a relatively new country, much of its history can be traced to the end of the first ice age, 20 thousand years ago. At that time there was still an isthmus, which was a kind of bridge between Siberia and Alaska. Therefore land route generation of Siberian hunters-nomads moved slowly on American soil. This theory is supported by archaeological excavations in the basin of Old Crow in the Yukon, in which was found a set of tools that allows to date the initial period of migration is as described above. Thus, ...

In the Article “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk” by Sherry Turkle talks about what happens when society starts relying more on texting rather than face-to-face conversation. While the use of cellphones in some social situations with one’s peers is acceptable based on the rule of three. The rule of three says that at least three people in a group of five or six must be actively engaged in a conversation allowing the other members of the group to check their phones. There are many situations where it is seen as wrong. These situations include dinners with your kids, ...

Discussion 1: Public Speaking

I definitely agree with the statement: Knowing the background, interests, and expectations of your audience significantly increases the effectiveness of your speech. All this information will help to find the right approach, to make the speech interesting exactly for these people. It is important to use the references, which will be familiar to audience. Sometimes it might be a good idea to use jokes to lighten up the atmosphere. But if the audience doesn’t appreciate your sense of humor or they will be somehow offended by it then it will just make the matters worse. You should absolutely ...

[Conceptual framework in IAS]

Introduction IFRS uses conceptual framework as an accounting theory used to test problems objectively. It deals with reporting issues associated with finances of an organization; among the issues include the objectives and users of the financial statements. During its establishment, the major objective attached to it was the need to enhance the financial reporting. The improvement could only be achieved by utilizing clear and updated combination of concepts. As the result, the responsible body (IASB) is continuously putting efforts to ensure that all the fundamental aspects of the framework has been reconsidered. The existence of ...

Couples therapy usually involves a lot of emotion, but emotion is usually not used to appeal to the clients as the reason to make changes in their relationship. In emotionally focused couples therapy, this is exactly the appeal. The past is looked at, not just during the relationship and what problems developed throughout the partnership, but well before that. Patterns are discovered and addressed that may have developed as children or early in their relationship history, with other partners. There may or may not be “breakthroughs,” but the ultimate goal is for each member of the relationship to be ...

1.Introduction Deforestation is the act of clearing the forest area, which has significant influence on the whole ecosystem. Nowadays the process of deforestation is an important issue. That is why the number of web-based monitoring systems have been created. One of them will be presented in the following laboratory work. Generally, two different areas will be analyzed and described. 2. Cote-d'Ivoire deforestation Territory of Ivory Coast is deforested on 85- 90 percents, as I see it from Global Forest Changes map. There are could be several causes for so huge areas with forest losses. However, the very main reason ...

Introduction

Organizations that undertake public interest advocacy seek to promote the common good to a greater degree than other advocacy and lobbying organizations. Public interest advocacy organizations address issues that typically involve social welfare, peace, civil rights, the environment, and other economic issues like taxation. Public interest advocacy organizations consist only of less than five percent of the total amount of interest groups worldwide. Activities of these organizations consist of advocacy and lobbying such as speaking at congressional hearings, proposing regulatory comments, public rallying, letter writing and media advertising. Public interest advocacy groups are reflective of a deliberative democracy as ...

Business 5: Leadership Styles

Business 5: Leadership Styles “Leadership is defined as the process of influencing others in order to accomplish a goal”( Slawinski, 2007, ). There are several different types of leadership that have been presented and analyzed in empirical research. There are also different types of leaders that exhibit unique characteristics that provide a rationale behind the various behaviors, work ethics, decision making skills, and influence that leaders have on other employees, people, and associates within an organization. Along with the aforementioned leaders do not only manage and supervise others, but they also create wealth and value in the organization that they ...

As a native speaker of Arabic, learning to speak and write in English as my second language has been a very difficult task. While I love English, I think that its rules of grammar and pronunciation are very difficult for most newcomers. The main challenges I have faced in mastering the English language have been learning a new alphabet, and a new way to read and write. Whereas Arabic speakers write from right to left, English speakers write from left to right. In addition, there is a completely different alphabet, of 26 letters. Many times, when a person takes ...

A Comparative Study of Pragmatic Properties of the English and Chinese Language

Introduction Just like humans and knowledge, language is able to evolve. The question to consider is that are these changes good or bad? The establishment of a language take years to perfect and right now, no language in this world is flawless. Two best examples are two of the most spoken language in the world Chinese and English. Fact Monster (2014) uploaded a list of the most spoken language in the world, Chinese took the top spot with over 1,197,000,000 speakers around the world. English only came in third with 335,000,000 after Spanish. One ...

Abstract/Reflections

This study shows that communication in an official setting and a corporate environment involves a lot of effort and hard work. It involves bringing to the fore, some basic tenets of communication. This is about decoding the message in a way that the consumers can interpret and make meaning from. Also, the study shows that there is the need to establish credibility in communication and appeal individually to consumers in order to establish and create a rapport. This rapport leads to the provision of a personalised message that induces action and motivates the listeners Critical aspects of business success ...

What is competition between small businesses? Developing a competitive edge as a small business presents several adversaries and challenges if the small business owner does not conduct the proper research and analysis of the industry that he or se intends to enter. Cited by Enz(2010), Michael Porter (1985), states that “to have a competitive advantage a firm must create superior value for buyers by offering lower prices than competitors for equivalent services or by providing unique services that a buyer is willing to pay for at a premium price”(p 297). Offering unique products and services to customer ...

‘Non-native’ Varieties and World English

‘Non-native’ Varieties and World Englishes Introduction The varieties of world Englishes connects to multitudes of non-native English speakers globally and the individual and collective goals in learning English as a second language. Understanding key themes in contemporary applied linguistics and the role of language in real-world problems faced by individual and groups provides a range of potential solutions available in different contexts of practice (Spelman Miller and Thompson, 2005; Kaplan, 2002; Frawley, 2003: Arts and McMahon, 2006; Davies, 2007). The use of English as an international language (EIL) and its implications for teaching have attracted much scholarly attention yet, ...