Rosales 1 Cecilia Rosales Professor Allen Final Summary-Response Essay 16 October 2011 Argument Culture: Confrontation Online In “The Argument Culture” by Deborah Tannen‚ she describes our adversarial society in debates and dialogues. Tannen discusses our culture’s style of seeing issues‚ questions‚ and conflicts as having two sides that battle each other for one goal. She states that using war metaphors: war on drugs or fight against AIDS‚ makes every conflict a battle in the minds
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learners of English Bongaerts‚ T. (1999) Ultimate attainment in L2 Pronunciation: The case of very advanced late L2 learners Bongaerts‚ T.‚ Planken‚ B. and Schils‚ E. (1995) Can late learners attain a native accent in a foreign language? A test of the Critical Period Hypothesis Bongaerts‚ T.‚ van Summeren‚ C.‚ Planken‚ B. and Schils‚ E. (1997) Age and ultimate attainment in the pronunciation of a foreign language Burstall‚ C. (1975) Factors affecting foreign-language learning: A consideration of some recent
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Mama and the Graduation Present In the story mama and the graduation present‚ Katrin begs for an expensive present that her family cannot afford what she wants. When Mama offers Katrin her brooch she refuses it. It is near graduation time for Katrin. Katrin brags to her friends of the expensive graduation present that she is so sure of receiving. She has her eye on a little pink dresser set in Mr. Schiller’s drugstore window. Katrin tells her Mama of the custom
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Critical Response Essay: Nethergrave vs. A Sound of Thunder You and I live in a world were modernism is reaching new heights every day. One day that touchscreen phone is considered new‚ and then next week it’s old news. These two stories that I am going to compare are about the role of technology‚ science and how it affects me and you. Based on how it uses new technology and modern science A Sound of Thunder is a better sci-fiction story. When it comes to technology‚ ‘A Sound
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Plagiarism in Teaching and Learning in Institutions of Higher Education in Nigeria By Sunusi Sani Adamu Department of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Bayero University Kano‚ Nigeria Summary Plagiarism is a worldwide abominable phenomenon in literary cycles; and even more so in teaching and learning. This study reflects on plagiarism issues in higher education in Nigeria from pedagogical aspects. The main of source of inputs for the study are published literature‚ peer discussions
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2.1 McDonald’s Corporation About McDonald’s company today Since its incorporation in 1955‚ McDonald’s Corporation has not only become the world’s largest quick-service restaurant organization‚ but has literally changed Americans’ eating habits--and increasingly the habits of non-Americans as well. On an average day‚ more than 46 million people eat at one of the company’s more than 31‚000 restaurants‚ which are located in 119 countries on six continents. About 9‚000 of the restaurants are company
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Assignment 1 - Critical Thinking University of Maryland University College Assignment 1 - Critical Thinking The Purpose of this paper is to apply the 10 steps developed by (Browne & Keeley‚ 2010) and I will apply those methods on the following memo. A memo was drafted by Ms. Mary Ford (personal communication‚ January 30‚ 2012) who is Director of Amalgamated Public Employees Union (APEU) Local No. 121 to Mr. Hector Fuentes the President of APEU Local No. 121 on the issue on New Mexico State
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Obesity Response In his article‚ Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚ Wil Haygood talks about the obesity problem among the people of Manchester Kentucky. Haygood observes that Manchester is one of the unhealthiest places in Kentucky. However‚ the people of Manchester are far from eager to discuss or even acknowledge this problem. Haygood places much of the blame for the obesity problem on the local people being uneducated about the risks being obese can pose
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Maria Negroni Group: PGCE MFL Secondary (Spanish with French) Module Number: SML 4010 Assignment Title: Developing Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in Modern Languages Date submitted: 1st November 2013 Tutor: Monika Reece LO1 – A critical review of relevant subject knowledge and understanding a language audit to address areas requiring improvement (503 words) Linguistic reflections L1 – Spanish My strongest skills in Spanish are listening‚ reading and understanding the language
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Journal #1 Select one of the readings mentioned in the syllabus for the Critical Analysis essay. What is one point the author works to prove in the essay you are analyzing? What does he say to prove his point? Does he use facts‚ evidence‚ statistics‚ graphs‚ deductive or inductive logic‚ emotion‚ satire? (See Chap. 3 of Current Issues or Critical Thinking.) Now make a critical statement: If the author uses facts‚ does he or she use facts in such a way that he or she convinces his or her audience
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