In the article “Why be normal?”: Language and identity practices in a community of nerd girls.” Bucholtz first described what both speech community‚ and community of practice were? According to her definition‚ Speech community was a language-based unit of social analysis used in traditional sociolinguistics research. The community of practice‚ on the other hand‚ was an ethnographic‚ activity-based approach. In her research paper‚ she strongly agreed with the theory of community of practice. The reason
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It will be unfair if we do not acknowledge the services and work of Dr. Maria in discovering the child. She was a keen observer of children. She studied them scientifically. She conducted various studies and found that children loved to do small constructed work provided it suited the age and stage of development. She also found that children reveal inner need for order. Children are also capable of choosing their own activity suitable to their capacity. Following are the main findings she
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Dr. Maria Montessori and Colin Powell are both passionate authors of texts on how they believe children should be educated. In Maria Montessori’s Dr. Montessori’s Own Handbook‚ she writes on her belief of how a teacher should be like a “guide” in a student’s life and how a child should be left free to develop their own personality. In contrast‚ Powell’s Kids Need Structure‚ he explains his beliefs that a teacher should educate in the manner of that of a “drill sergeant” and that children need a great
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In the novel‚ "Girl With a Pearl Earring‚" by Tracy Chevalier‚ Maria Thins and Griet have an interesting sort of relationship. At first‚ Maria Thins’ view of Griet is on the verge of cruel and very criticizing. But that opinion that she has of Griet changes for the positive. Griet‚ on the other hand‚ fears and looks up to Maria. She feels that Maria has some qualities of a role model. But she also knows that she does not want to be exactly like her. These qualities are what make their relationship
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Julian Gakwaya AP English Mr.Nutter 9/20/2013 The Great Missippi In the passage “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927” the author John M. Barry describes elaborately the functions and complexity of the Mississippi River. The author wants to inform the reader about the fascinating characteristic the Mississippi River offers‚ through a descriptive and informative passage. The author’s fascination of the river is incredible due
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Letters to a young poet ‘’Letter one’’ by Rainer Maria Rilke and Black Swan Green chapters ‘’ Hangman and Solarium’’ by David Mitchell is about someone telling the young poet and Jason that you can not create beauty in poetry because it is already there. In both stories the poet seeks advice from someone else. They need help creating a poem of their own‚ for example like nothing about love or anything that you try to make beautiful because beauty just is. In the story Letters to a Young Poet ‘’Letter
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“Letter One” of Letters to a Young Poet by poet Rainer Maria Rilke is a letter to a young poet about how he should write poetry‚ and more specifically‚ how to use beauty when writing poetry. A young poet had previously requested Rilke’s advice on how to create and write poetry. Rilke responded by telling the poet that he should descend into himself and question whether he feels a need to write in order to determine whether he should write at all. Black Swan Green chapters “Hangman” and “Solarium”
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Maria is Olivia’s lady-in-waiting and is a balancing character. She scolds Toby and Andrew for their drunkenness‚ but she also tolerates them and shows her own capacity for pranks by initiating the phony love letter ploy against her supervisor‚ Malvolio. In I.iii‚ Maria draws our attention to Sir Toby Belch’s habitual late nights and drunkenness when she warns him that his niece‚ Countess Olivia‚ has lost patience with his dissolute behavior. She also prepares us for the entrance shortly afterward
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Manuel Maria de los Dolores Falla Matheu (Cádiz‚ November 23‚ 1876 - Alta Gracia‚ Argentina‚ November 14‚ 1946) was a Spanish composer. Representative of musical nationalism‚ is one of the most important Spanish composers of the early twentieth century‚ with Isaac Albéniz‚ Enrique Granados‚ Joaquin Turina and Joaquin Rodrigo. Musical nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country‚ region‚ or ethnicity‚ such as folk tunes and melodies‚ rhythms
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no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away" These words were spoken many years ago by a woman who worked endlessly to achieve her goals. She had to give up many things but she never lost her passion. Her name was Maria Tallchief. The first Native American Prima Ballerina. Elizabeth or Betty Marie Tall Chief was born on January 24‚ 1925 in Fairfax‚ Oklahoma‚ to Alexander and Ruth Porter Tall Chief. She lived on an Osage Indian Reservation with her parents and her
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