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HUMA 1000: Cultures and Values: Cover sheet for final draft of term essay
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Student ID
Writing workshop section number
Writing workshop instructor
Essay question (delete as appropriate)
Which kind of writing do you like, alphabetical writing (e.g. English writing) or semanto-phonetic writing (e.g. Chinese writing)?
Word Count
Declaration: The attached essay represents my own work. I have read and understood the University’s policies on academic honesty and I confirm that the attached work conforms to these policies.
Please type your name: Cheung Chun Hin
Response to feedback: Note the comments from your instructor on the draft essay feedback sheet which you have responded to (copy these below).
The purpose of essay will be to discuss my prefered writing system between alphabetical writing and semanto-phonetic writing. Alphabetical writing has been a mainstream style of writing among european countries and has an increasing influence all over the world. Semanto-phonetic writing has a five thousands history and it is probably one of the most long standing and well established writing system in the world. With the modernization and civilization of human race, the two writing systems has evolved and being widely used in human daily lives for communication, information storage, literary purposes etc. Indeed, adapting semanto-phonetic writing takes priority over alphabetical writing. In the following paragraphs, I would illustrate how semanto-phonetic writing has advantages over alphabetical writing in terms of cultural uniqueness, literary usage and language practicability.
Semanto-phonetic writing has an irreplaceable status in cultural development and it plays an important role in literary heritance. As taught in the lectures, chinese words once appeared as symbols, which a word directly prescribe the shape or meaning of an object, also known as the oracle bone
Full name
Student ID
Writing workshop section number
Writing workshop instructor
Essay question (delete as appropriate)
Which kind of writing do you like, alphabetical writing (e.g. English writing) or semanto-phonetic writing (e.g. Chinese writing)?
Word Count
Declaration: The attached essay represents my own work. I have read and understood the University’s policies on academic honesty and I confirm that the attached work conforms to these policies.
Please type your name: Cheung Chun Hin
Response to feedback: Note the comments from your instructor on the draft essay feedback sheet which you have responded to (copy these below).
The purpose of essay will be to discuss my prefered writing system between alphabetical writing and semanto-phonetic writing. Alphabetical writing has been a mainstream style of writing among european countries and has an increasing influence all over the world. Semanto-phonetic writing has a five thousands history and it is probably one of the most long standing and well established writing system in the world. With the modernization and civilization of human race, the two writing systems has evolved and being widely used in human daily lives for communication, information storage, literary purposes etc. Indeed, adapting semanto-phonetic writing takes priority over alphabetical writing. In the following paragraphs, I would illustrate how semanto-phonetic writing has advantages over alphabetical writing in terms of cultural uniqueness, literary usage and language practicability.
Semanto-phonetic writing has an irreplaceable status in cultural development and it plays an important role in literary heritance. As taught in the lectures, chinese words once appeared as symbols, which a word directly prescribe the shape or meaning of an object, also known as the oracle bone
References: Farnen K. (2011). Advantages & Disadvantages of Studying Chinese. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/info_8374066_advantages-disadvantages-studying-chinese.html Howard, D. C. (2011). Mandarin Chinese and English: What Are the Differences? Retrieved from http://ezinearticles.com/?Mandarin-Chinese-and-English:-What-Are-the-Differences?&id=6370014