Essays on Writing

Dear Classmates,

I am writing the e-mail to offer you the answers to questions that we are expected to cover concerning e-mail etiquette. Provided that you already are familiar with the four questions, I am writing my answers to them. Please, see below:

- It is crucial to start your academic e-mail by addressing the person, for example, Dear Professor Jones, or Dear Mr. Jones. The business etiquette requires using a salutation, especially if the person you are writing to is a superior. You can use Dear Adam or Dear Alice if you are writing a message to your business contact. ...

What are the characteristics of the three types of research designs?

Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method research designs encompasses distinct characteristics. Qualitative research focuses on immature concepts that lack fundamental theories and previous research. In addition, this research method is being used in the absence of quantitative measures. Existing theories that are conspicuously biased, inappropriate and inaccurate needs further exploration to clearly describe a phenomenon. Quantitative research method on the other hand encompasses understanding of the extent of influence that variables and factors have on a predicted outcome. In addition, the approach advances the research through a theory test. Lastly, Mixed-method research possesses the characteristic of having a need to establish ...

Introduction

It is a summary chapter on the whole study. It includes the information gathered in literature review and research methods and design.

- Literature review. This is a review of all the studies that have been done previously on the topic. - Research methods and design. It determines the methods to be used in collecting data and the locations that the data is to be collected from. - Data presentation and analysis- It is the submission of data and a critical review of the data submitted to ensure it befits the dissertation before it is submitted to ...

Communication is dynamic, especially if seen through the eyes of different cultures. It is important for the communicator to be sensitive to his or her audience in order to get the right message across. This was discussed in Halasek’s work, Pedagogy Of Possibilities. When talking about communication, we see that there are different styles. You can address an audience, have a conversation with someone or communicate in form of a letter or written words. Human communication is strange, not because of the different ways there are to communicate, but how the messages are translated. All three papers on ...

Type-face is a design of a surface that makes the impression and a variety is used in writing. Serif fonts are the kind of typefaces that is depicted by small details that occur as hooks or tiny lines at that appear at the tops and bottoms of particular letters. The most commonly used serif fonts is the Times New Roman. There are four kinds of serif fonts which include:

Slab serif; this kind has the strokes that are of equal weight with minimal variation, and they appear thick and often angular in form. Other slab serif fonts appear as ...

Response to Provided Answers

Question 1

You have a good argument. However, a few sentences are not authoritative enough. For example, in your answer you have “I think all American ,” this sentence could be revised as follows “It is imperative that American” In this case, you avoid overuse of the first pronoun “I”, while maintaining active voice writing. In addition to the cited reference, you could consider the contributions of the Federal Constitutional drafters such as Madison and Hamilton. Consider how their essays on the constitution promoted democracy and the subsequent adoption of the draft that form the foundation of the American democracy. ...

My earlier studies prior to taking communications course provided me with communication experience. However, I did poor presentations and wrote poor essays and worst of all; I did not speak or write with assurance. The communications management course has proved beneficial to learn and understand speaking and writing skills (via email or in person) necessary for any management profession at all levels and in any industry, with respect for the receiver and any business situation. My communication methods and strategies were polished through practice, discussions and examples. The written and oral assignments were founded on career development activities and ...

Annotated Bibliography

Fedoroff, N. V., & Brown, N. M. (2004). Mendel in the kitchen: a scientist's view of genetically modified foods. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press.

This article basically contains discussions, reports and statistics that are supported with scientific evidence. It aims to answer amongst other questions on the safety level of genetically modified foods, the warranty of the foods, and existing differences between introduction of genes into plants by grafting and through molecular engineering. It goes further to revisit the history of agriculture and comparing that to the existing modified plants genome. As far as this research goes, the ...

In this article, Laura Miler analyses the evolution of girls’ writing culture in Japan and elucidates on its growth and contribution to the Japanese linguistics. She does this by examining a note scribbled by a young student in her Graffiti photo. Girl graphs, she says, has been heavily influenced by the internet culture and many of the new syllabic characters used by young Japanese girls, are borrowed from English, Roman and even Egyptian hieroglyphs. She observes how the growing usage of mobile phones has further fuelled the inherent interest in innovative script writing among Japanese school ...

Question 23

It is common for people to apply the meaning of the writer and the author interchangeably. However, these two words can be used to derive two different meanings. A writer is considered as a person who writes articles, books, or any other literary work. On the other hand, an author is a person who essentially comes up with the idea, content of the plot of a piece of work to be written. But indeed both words can be used to represent the same person. In other words, the author is a person who uses piece of literary work to ...

Identifying the beats and focal points of the story, how does Dybek use these to move the story forward?

We didn’t is a story about two lovers who are caught up in passionate moments and almost end up engaging in sexual intercourse but they never do. Dybek uses beats to clearly describe the step to step experiences that the two lovers have and makes the reader to feel like they are in that moment.

The beats bring out the scenario the way it is to the mind of the reader, for instance the ...

In this course, and through writing these three essays, I have learned a great deal about both the periods I have been writing about and the writing process itself. In my first essay, “The Gettysburg Address as a Beacon for Future Progress,” I wrote about the assessments of two different scholars on the significance of the Gettysburg Address. Here, I learned a great many things; first, I learned the importance of looking at two different perspectives and finding a way to compare and contrast them. I had to find the various ways in which Katula and Donald’s perspectives ...

- The introduction of the essay seems too rhetorical to be interesting. It is also too wordy at the expense of clarity. The author should consider using simpler language that readers will be able to relate to. - The thesis statement is quite clear – the youngest child is ‘luckier’ than the oldest in a family’. The author has repeated it twice within the paragraph. However, the introduction does not include a summary of supporting facts, other than the author’s personal experience, to back the thesis. - Although the author does not explicitly state the purpose of the essay, ...

Just like any other literatures across the world, American literature was highly dependent on the history occurrences and events in the country. After the arrival of the British colonialists to the Americas, America was not a nation as it is today. The country was comprised of a number of colonies that were distributed throughout North America. During the colonial times in America, neo-classical literature was characteristic for many writers at the time. Neoclassical literature existed in the United States for over a century approximately from the 1660s to the 1790s after the United States had acquired independence from the ...

The process of revising my essay was quite challenging but at the same time satisfying as I had the opportunity to extend myself as a good writer. The essay I chose to revise was titled “The Future for Women Driving in Saudi Arabia.” As William Zinsser quoted, “Rewriting is the essence of writing well”(Zinsser, 12) it was therefore my responsibility to go through the essay at least three times so as to correct all the grammar mistakes (proof read), restructure sentences (edit) and reorganize ideas to enable the paper have a fluid flow. Revising the essay implies re-reading ...

OBJECTIVE/THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW

Lucy looked through her windscreen at the snow-covered road. She noticed the tracks of other cars as she turned the ignition. Driving carefully, she eased her way down the steep hill to make her usual turn into Main Street. As she put her foot on the brakes to steady the car downwards she noticed something was wrong. Lucy was pressing the brakes, but instead of slowing down the car was picking up speed. She slammed the brakes, but the car just moved faster. The tyres had no grip on the road. The car was skating. She had lost all ...

Introduction

Paul was a young boy who desired to be a saint and was born by immigrant parents in his life Paul. He used his parent’s native language in praising. His journey includes the encounter with protestants and was not comfortable with some catholic doctrine which were figurative he deftly its figures and imagery. (Wilkes, 2009p92) God sent him many signals to show him that he was not to go for priesthood rather he decided to follow another vocation of being a writer this posed a challenge to Paul and he struggles to fight the vice. He begins his ...

I have been aware, as the General Manager of ABC Hotel, one of the high-end hotels in Las Vegas, that you have manifested problems in written communication through ineffective structure which makes your written discourse confusing. Likewise, you apparently failed to understand the advantages and disadvantages of using written versus oral communication; which allegedly contributes to your inability to communicate effectively. Please allow me to recommend the three-step writing process to assist you in structuring written communication. Likewise, the advantages and disadvantages of using written versus oral communication would also be presented to improve your knowledge and skills in ...

Creative Writing: Plot and Structure

Nancy Kress’ work is a profound piece of writing. Kress mainly focuses on characterization of literary plots. Characters within any story are fundamental in building the connection of readers to the literary text. Therefore, authors should make sure that they select characters who contribute the overall quality of the plot. This means that any character that is within the plot has to be making a contribution to the plot in accordance to the objective of the author.

There are different types of characters with any given plot. There are main characters and minor characters. However, it is worth noting ...

Abstract

This paper will investigate whether or not artificial artificial affect obesity. Everything that is sweeten with sugar can now be sweetened with an artificial sweetener; and for pennies morewe can have all the pleasures of sweet with half the calories; and so we slip onto ignorant bliss unaware that we might be adding calories instead of taking off calories,

As Americans we have a phobia of hard work, so rather than reading the label on food we look for the word “diet.” Recent studies have shown that we might be putting on more weight with fewer calories from sugar. ...

CNN. (2013, May 8). Meet South Africa's economic pioneers. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mx7-tWLcFE.

Summary: In this CNN news clip, Robyn Curnow reports about the growing popularity of smartphone use in South Africa, which is contributing to the country’s economic growth. In particular, the growth in the country’s telecommunications industry is bound to attract investors, especially since a 35-percent increase in consumer spending is expected by 2015.

This potential growth is helped by the fact that the country’s middle class is experiencing more progress and that about 70 percent of the country’s population is aged ...

Andrew Suvillan. Why I blog, 2008.

In this article, the author argues that as blogging evolves there are new postmodern idioms that have enabled the modern writers to express themselves in a way they have never done it before. He says that this is a positive reform in the journalism industry. He stipulates that further blog is a log of thoughts that are written and posted in the World Wide Website for public access.

He says that those who blog their thoughts can recognize the world better. They collect their thoughts and remain until all the relevant events settle ...

Introduction

Fallacies are actually defects, which weaken our arguments. In other words, they are errors in reasoning. It is worth noting that through us learning to look for these fallacies, we can essentially strengthen our ability to critically evaluate arguments that we make, hear, and read. Fallacious arguments are in fact very common and they can appear to be quite persuasive to the casual listener or reader. Additionally, sometimes it is hard to evaluate if a given argument is fallacious. Therefore, it is imperative for us to learn how to avoid fallacies in our arguments.

There are numerous types of ...

Our Undivided Brain

The psychological concept of “our divided brain” is based on the structure of the brain. The upper portions of the human brain are divided into two distinct parts namely the left and right hemispheres (Myers 76). The link between the two hemispheres (in a normal person) is referred to as the callosum. It comprises of a bundle of nerves that play a pivotal role in conveying data form one hemisphere to the other. The two hemispheres play different roles as far as the functioning of the body is concerned. In a vast majority of right handed people, the left ...

Introduction

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was a prominent American playwright who was born in 1930 in Chicago and died at the age of 34 in New York City. She was also a renowned stage director and civil rights activist. As a Black-American woman growing up during the depression, her life was characterized by the negatives that accompany slavery and gender discrimination. However, it was this same restricting environment that shaped her writing career because she was able to capture the struggles and conflicts within black families in her works. Her most prominent work of literature is A Raisin ...

Its about giving ipads to students!

Although innovative improvements have been made to the classrooms, there is always room for further hands-on tools. These technological tools can help to simplify the work set by the teacher and can also aid to make lessons much more interesting.

Interactive whiteboards are a truly great bonus in the classroom. These whiteboards encourage the students to interact with the teacher, with the other students, and they also help to keep them interested in their work. Many of the students today use i-phones and facebook as ways to communicate with their peers. Because of this short messaging system, many students ...

Miles, Barry. Charles Bukowski. London: Virgin, 2009. Print.

Barry Miles is an experienced author, best known for his novel Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats. In this book, he explores the exploits of prolific writer Charles Bukowski. Barry describes Bukowski as a belligerent, hard-drinking “wild man of literature”. This autobiography reveals the life of Bukowski from an early age. The autobiography reveals that Bukowski was brought up by a violent father who subjected him to beatings which caused him to withdraw into moodiness during his adolescence years. The book also describes the neighborhood of Los Angeles in which Bukowski ...

The overwhelming theme that seems to be driving the characters in Casablanca seems to be – “All’s fair in love and war”. This movie is often said to be one of the greatest films made in the golden era of Hollywood. It certainly has all the classic elements to stir up ones imagination – war (although none of the characters are directly in the middle of it), an exotic third world setting, cheeky dialogues, a good sound track, the famous love triangle, and a star-studded cast. All these elements have combined to make this movie a huge success.

Casablanca can ...

Steve Bantu Biko, a spouse to Ntsiki Mashalaba was born in December 1946 in King William’s town in South Africa. He was a son of Mathew who was occupied in the police force and Alice who worked as a domestic servant at a hospital in the town. He was an Anti-apartheid activist in the country between the year 1960 and the year 1970. At the University, he was the student leader that later spearheaded the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement. It is this movement that endeavored to empower as well as mobilize much of the urban black ...

The article, “99.9% of proper grammar is absolute” of David Wertheimer analyses how our speaking through writing has deprived over the years in comparison to the convention style of written language. The advent of the developed world and advancement in technology has played a major role to the negative aspect of written language. The discovery and use of new generation technology such as instant messaging, emailing, and texting has brought so many changes in our written language. In the contemporary world, major aspects of any individual ...

1. Lisa Robertson's essay "The Venus Problem" is a unique way to present an essay, mixing multimedia usages of images, prose, poetry and verse, and more to provide a fascinating and wonderfully beautiful. The essay itself runs not from top to bottom, but left to right, acting as a constant scroll of prose and analysis of the poems. In each page, Robertson plays with spacing, line placement, italicization, and more to create an offbeat way to read her analysis. Her use of spacing, emphasizing the last word of one of her pages ("variance") by placing it on another section ...

Introduction

I found the article by Gretel Ehrlich very captivating and informative. The writer has used subjective and figurative description in her work in a very superb way. The objective description in the “Struck by Lightning” narration by the writer is used in very subtle terms to describe scenarios in a very factual way without touching on Gretel Ehrlich feelings, opinions or perspectives.

The “Struck by Lightning” story describes the persona, the writer, and experience after being struck by lightning. The narrative structure of Gretel Ehrlich is not fully defined as it covers a small scope of events compared to ...

Epistolary form is an primeval type of novel writing style and this genre was mainly popular during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It basically involves letters and journal entries by numerous characters that are part of the novel and according to that it depicts the story-line of the novel. In my opinion, it successfully adds realism to the story-line and reflects the character traits in a much more realistic way instead of the other writing styles in use by modern authors nowadays. This style of writing also helps in the better understanding of the characters and presents a closer ...

Introduction

In the military, effective communication forms an integral part. Military leaders are problem solvers, strategy layers, managers, organizers and key influencers .All these activities can only proceed effectively if there is effective communication between different ranks within the forces. Success in military largely depends on ability to think critically and express your intentions and ideas effectively. Both written and verbal communication in the military plays a major role. Inability to effectively communicate and mis interpretation have historically cost the military. For instance, during the civil war, it is believed that Gettysburg victory depended on how the juniors decoded General ...

Any endeavour has its own season and time. Additionally, quality is far much better than quantity. These have always been the forces behind my pursuit for relevant knowledge and skills. Indeed, I have faith that by acquainting myself with adequate knowledge, I will be better placed to realize my long term ambition. Nursing is all about providing care to patients in general. I have always been intrigued by the idea of helping humanity at large. This is the main reason that made me to pursue nursing. I emphasize with patients who in most cases are always in ...

There are two main categories of contracts. These are written and oral contracts. Jones and Nussbaum had a valid contract that is enforceable. It is vital to note that all contracts whether made orally or written are enforceable if they are valid. Therefore, the agreement between Jones and Nussbaum was enforced breach which entitles the innocent party to redress. The facts in issue in this case are whether Nussbaum is entitled to be compensated for doing work that involved costs and the same was not evidenced in writing. This is despite an express provision within the contract that all ...

Introduction

Blog, also known as online journal, are increasingly flocking in the internet in the current time. Back when internet was established, websites were commonly used and are still developed and applied by web users. However, many users are shifting to blogs. This essay analyses three websites and three blogs to derive the similarities and differences between websites and blogs. The blogs that are used in the essay include “Tuning into the Universe”, “Put a Face on It” and “Showdown Fatigue”. The website includes Wikipedia, Internet Movie Database and The Real Wood Company website.

The chosen websites and blogs ...

"Say Who I Am" by Maria Fusco

Maria Fusco, in her article/podcast "Say Who I Am," she makes some very good points about reimagining objects of art and writing around them. There is often a tendency in academic writing, particularly about the arts, to unravel the object, and to demonstrate that we understand the meaning or importance of the object. However, what Fusco argues is that we need to insert ourselves into our understanding of the object, and write about it academically by inserting our own biases and interpretations into it. In this way, the reader gets a part of ourselves from the piece as well, ...

A MS excel is a powerful application that is used in numerical manipulations. It is part of the MS Office suite that is found packaged with MS PowerPoint, MS Word among others. Though the sole function is to be used for numerical, excel has found many uses among the scholars. Many people who write essays and research papers have found important uses in MS Excel. Excel is very easy way of making illustration and analysis like drawing charts and graphs. This is core function for any well written research paper that needs a fine touch of illustrations. MS Excel ...

- My last writing

Writing any piece of information is a critical moment in any one’s life. The particular elements that determine the nature of a well-written work revolves around the critical tenets of proper planning and substantial ideas. The last time I wrote something became a great situation in my life. There are particular elements that still ring concrete in my mind. The first process involved planning for the idea to write. The planning session involved writing down the particular elements that determine my ideas. The planning process dwells on the temporary elimination of the particular topic of ...

James Baldwin is best known for his novels, short stories and essays. Most of his work revolves around the themes of discrimination towards blacks and homosexuals. Most of his work is considered to be at least somewhat autobiographical because a reader can often detect the traces of his own past torture and dilemmas. The loneliness and the suffering from all the taunts which he faced all his life are reflected in his writings.

Baldwin was born in Harlem in August 1924. His mother was Emma Berdis Jones, who happened to be single and poor at the time. No one ...

PART 1: Reflection on Writing Process and Commitment  One of the most important things I have learned from doing peer review on other classmates' essays and the feedback process is the importance of constructive criticism. I have not had many instances of non-constructive feedback in this class, to be fair, but I have also learned how to give it. I sometimes tend to find myself getting slightly aggravated at the occasional spelling or grammar error, but for the most part I have learned to temper my own high-strung nature and provide criticism that addresses the issue without placing a ...

Kaufman’s first two sentences capture the attention of the reader since they give a shallow depth of the significant title the author has used. After reading the title of a book the first statements of the piece should reflect the motive of the author in creating the book. In this case the author achieved this objective and it captured my attention to get to read the whole piece.

In the title of the book by Kaufman, the highlighting of Hector and Achilles was significant in this piece (Rosa & Eschholz, 103). The author of the book and hector were ...

Throughout the history, there have been noteworthy literacy movements, many of which have been over and done. Two of the most important literacy movements throughout the time have been transcendentalism and romanticism.

Transcendentalism was a literacy form in the 19th century. Under this literacy form, many writers have contributed in its movement. Among the major pioneers in this literacy form include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Bronson Alcott Theodore Parker. Based on the works of these great transcendentalists I will elucidate the differences that exist between Romanticism and Transcendentalism.

Romanticism draws outs strong feelings and demonstrates significant actions. It ...

The process that I have been undertaking in writing the two texts is that of assessing the text that the author has with the audience. Rhetoric analysis is the process of analyzing text and getting the point of view of the author and trying to assess the gaps that are found in the text. This process helps the readers understand the subject that is being analyzed even better. It brings out the issues that are missing and, in the process, makes the understanding of the text clearer. This process is important in understanding the text that is under review. ...

An investigation performed by Galda and Beach (2001), concerned classroom execution of reader reply actions and on readers’ replies to literature, clarifies that teachers required creating chances for learners to read and react before others so as to assist them make the intellect of texts. An additional investigation of reader reaction performed in classroom surroundings concerned text description and silence subsequent to verbal readings. For text descriptions, which involved reacting to verbal readings by mentioning phrases or remembered words, the writers disputed that it demands learners to extend their preliminary replies to texts and gives preliminary response to the ...

The famous aboriginal personality whom I have chosen for the assessment on aboriginal personalities is David Unaipon. David Ngunaitponi or David Unaipon as he later came to be known as was born on 28 September, 1872 at Raukkan Mission in the Coorong region of South Australia. Being the fourth of the nine children of his parents James and Nymbulda Ngunaitponi, Unaipon started formal education at 7 from Point McLeay Mission School.

After being forced to leave school at the age of 13 he was then forced to work as a bootmaker. But, after his marriage to Katherine Carter, a ...

Workplace writing is a phenomenon that is common in any form of workplace; whether there are only technicians or literature and linguist working in that office. This paper will analyze writing in a bank and non-governmental agency. The writing process will be attained and assessed based on the views of two employees who are working in the Princes Nora University, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two employees that I have chosen are Sadat Said, a programmer, working in a Princes Nora University, a university in the Middle East. I also undertook another interview with Network Administrator, in the same ...

This business communication course has equipped me with a wide scope of knowledge and skills. This includes the fact that it has addressed the different types of business communication which the course has addressed so far include verbal communication which is a form of communication which involves using of words for the purposes of communicating. Non-verbal communication is a communication mode that only majorly makes use of body language as well as subsequent other physical gestures in the communication process. Written communication is a communication form, which only includes forms for communication that are written. Electronic communication is a ...

In the early 1800s, Neoclassical writing was par for the course; works were typically very restrained, conservative, and focused on structure more than anything else. However, as the 19th century rolled along, more and more authors (including Washington Irving and

James Fenimore Cooper) found themselves writing stories of passion, full of experimentation and discovery. In these works, notions of established language and literary structure were challenged, as the Romantics ceased believing in the established systems of literature and created wholly new works that were free from restraint. While the works of Smith demonstrate the observational, dry and formal writing ...

Everybody has variety of goals to accomplish his/her dream in life. So, when I was in high school, I began to set my goals that I want to be achieved in the future. One of my very important goals is learning English language. I faced some difficulties with learning English language and I struggled with achieving this goal, but in the end, it was more than worth it.

In Saudi Arabia, while I was studying for my Bachelor’s degree of Art in Islamic Studies, it was obligatory for us to learn English language as a required subject for ...

A. At-risk behaviors, and why each behavior is problematic.

(i) As a tenth grader, the student is faced with an at-risk behavior of low performance. This can be said to develop from the refusal to participate in class, sleeping, and defacing learning material. This behavior may contribute to lack of interest in studies leading to dropping out of school. As a teacher, the first point would be to determine why the student does not participate in class. Is it because is shy, does not know, or is just ignorant about it? From an analysis of his overall character, the student seems ignorant on education. He lacks interest in ...

Introduction

Digital storytelling is considered as a computer based technique of narrating stories. It is mostly concerned with a particular point of view as well as focusing on a particular topic of explanation. This computer based program contains a mixture of automated image, audio narration, music and video clips as well as texts. This helps to equip the learner with enough knowledge and make him have a clear understanding of the true picture of the story explanation. These automated stories have a varied amount of time but an educational story typically takes around two to ten minutes. A digital ...

There are different styles employed in writing literally works. These styles go a long way in making the piece interesting. Over time, literally writers have perfected their art, which makes the writing even more interesting to read. The essay below looks at some of the styles used in literally writing.

Reading Reflection

‘The Welcome Table’ as written by Walker (1970) is a narration about the last day in the life of an old colored woman. The interesting thing about the story is the manner in which it employs different styles to bring out the message. The article is a clear illustration ...

"Despite the usual connotations of the word “criticism,” literary criticism is called criticism not because it is negative or corrective but rather because those who write criticism ask searching, analytical, "critical" questions about the works they read. Literary criticism is both the process of interpreting and commenting on literature and the result of that process."

This passage from the textbook gave me a new way to think about the word “criticism.” I always thought of criticism as a way to talk about what is wrong with something, but the textbook says it is not limited to negative remarks. It ...

Almost every person has his/her favorite place and being there makes him/her feel happiness, peace and joy. I also have such a place and this is my library. I spend much time there because it brings me good emotions and I feel myself there. In this room I can be myself and no one can disturb me here. The library is like a living organism that lives its own life changing its mood depending on the time of the day.

In the morning this ...

Knowledge of spreadsheet software such as Excel seems to be used in a multitude of jobs and sectors. A variety of jobs, ranging from clerical to managerial and research functions mention knowledge of excel as imperative or preferable.

Some positions that routinely call for spreadsheeting skills are positions for sales representatives, office assistants and maintenance contractors. Managerial positions such as project managers and program directors also require proficiency in using software such as Excel. Knowledge of Excel is also used in research and analytics jobs in finance, engineering and business by analysts. Verticals ranging from health-care to education make ...

Heath offers insights for use in the dissertation study for investigating any difficulties in the area of Americans learning Arabic. This study specifically addresses the learner and his/her creativity in Arabic communicative competence as it applies toward competently completing both the DLI course and the OPI (Heath, 1987).

Alptekin (2002) discusses the notion of communicative competence that suggests that native-speaker competence is the metric by which communicative competence is decided. Alptekin argues that this particular norm creates an unrealistic and utopian model for language learning that makes it impossible for SLA to be considered complete or sufficient. Native speakership ...

Susan Fenimore Cooper wrote the piece “from the rural hours”. She is conversant with the happenings in the rural areas. This is mainly based on the fact that she understands life in the rural areas fully. She has been brought up in the rural areas and as such can explain many natural phenomena in the rural places. She mentions in her writing “The fields which border this quiet bit of road are among the oldest in our neighborhood.” This informs us that Susan Fenimore lives in the rural areas and hence her wide knowledge and information. She is able ...

When a new technology is created, there are always people who believe it is a good thing and there are people who believe it is a bad thing. It is not surprising that people today have the same feelings about the Internet. Some people who use the Internet daily wonder if it is having a bad effect on our minds. For example, Nicholas Carr writes about the Internet’s bad effects in his July 2008 article in The Atlantic, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?.” The Internet can be bad for people, but it is a choice people make if ...