In the essay "Polite but Thirsty‚" Yaping Tang describes her experience as well as the Chinese students’s experience when they first arrive in The United States. The purpose of her writing this essay is to give the ESL teachers who work with Chinese students a comprehensive and more judicious look about the differences between Chinese and American cultures. She explains cultural adjustment process and culture shock in terms of five different customs between the Chinese and American cultures: name
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VARK Learning Preference Tool Family Centered Health Promotion/NSR-429V April‚ 2013 The VARK learning preference tool was developed in 1987 by Fleming as an “inventory designed to help students learn more about their individual learning preferences” (psychology.about.com). This questionnaire was designed to help provide an individual insight on how they give and receive information. The quiz is 16 questions that break down one’s learning style into four categories. These four categories are
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head: VARK Analysis Paper 1 VARK Analysis Paper Dana L Tomko Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V Family Centered Health Promotion December 22‚ 2014 VARK Analysis Paper VARK is an acronym used to describe the different methods and ways in which a person learns new information. V= Visual A= Aural R= Read/Write K= Kinesthetic A person can have one particular area as a preferred method of learning however generally a person will use a variety of methods also known as Multimodal. (VARK) Although
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- Summarize the viewpoints given in the option. In other words‚ what are the ins and outs of the option? This ideology believed that abolitionism did not have to be violent and could be quickly as long as the slave owners were requited. This would include a sort of “buying” the slaves and then letting them free. This would leave the old slave owners compensated and would allow the slaves to go free. Along with no violence this is an ideal solution. Although this idea sounds perfect‚ there were
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VARK Learning Style Learning style means the way one prefers to learn things. There are different ways of learning and one may choose the best that suits him/her. Learning strategy includes different methodology of learning‚ environment of learning such as light‚ noise in learning room‚ etc. There are different models of learning styles. The VARK model of Neil D Fleming‚ Honey and Mumford’s model‚ Sudbury model of democratic education‚ Anthony Gregorc’s model‚ and David Colb’s model are some to
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Part I: Rodrik (80 points) A. Briefly summarize a key argument in the book (49): In The Globalization Paradox Rodrik contends that countries should retain the right to their preferences over the needs of the global economy. He argues that cultural and societal preferences should outweigh economic preferences. He describes this as one of the major challenges moving forward in an increasingly interlinked economy. B. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the argument (198): Rodrik bases his arguments
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Paragraph 1 – summarize the author(s) points The author in this article talks about the betting history in the United States. According to the Wolohan‚ gambling on sport events is prohibited in every state‚ except four states while casino games and lottery are legal in every state‚ except Hawaii and Utah. The legal betting brings a lot of the money to the budget and can be collected as a tax revenue. Unfortunately‚ since the betting on sports is not yet legalized in every state a lot of betting occurs
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1. Summarize events related to the Boxer Rebellion. Many Chinese people thought the foreigners (the Germans) were the cause of all the extreme weather happening. In the late 1800’s there was extreme flooding and droughts. The Chinese thought the heavens were upset with the foreigners being there and were punishing them for it with the weather. The weather of course affected the Chinese people’s farming negatively. Among the people that blamed the foreigners was group called The Boxers and they were
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In the process of recovery‚ it is suggested that the basic driving force for most individuals is the desire for a better quality of life (Laudet‚ Morgan & White‚ 2006). Consequently‚ one method of support many choose is spirituality and religion. Laudet‚ Morgan‚ and White (2006) suggest that there has not been an abundance of scientific investigation into interventions that utilize spirituality in the treatment plan until recently. In order to gather data pertaining to spirituality and the part that
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We are concerned about Michael’s reading skills and the fact that he is 2 years below grade level despite receiving the Wilson Reading program and additional home tutoring since 4th grade. Michaels reading deficits impact his ability to access the general curriculum and academic studies. We desire Michael to receive specialized reading instruction that is necessary to address his individual needs to acquire the skills necessary to decode‚ encode‚ and comprehend reading. His executive function deficits
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