ELC 292 ENGLISH FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES ASSESSMENT 2 Academic essay 2 Heritage Preservation NAME: Kong Yat Long Oswald STUDENT ID: 11029392D DATE: 12/11/2011 Heritage conservation has become a major concern in the society since the last decade‚ with the innovation project in Lee Tung Street and the demolition of Star Ferry Pier. By definition‚ heritage is a collective noun representing both tangible and intangible assets inherited from the past. It is worth preserving for retaining
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in progress-- As of 2011‚ Hispanics make up 52.0 million of the US population making them the largest minority group in the United States. From the year 2000 to 2011 alone‚ there has been a 37% increase in population. The projection for the year 2050 is 132.8 million (Nora‚ 2009). Although immigration has been blamed for this rapid increase‚ it is believed that the continuing increase is due to high birth rates among the 2nd and 3rd generations. In the US‚ the Hispanic population is primarily composed
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Running head: CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND TREATMENT OF THE HISPANIC POPULATION Cultural Competence and Treatment of the Hispanic Population Monique D Brown Wellons Walden University Cultural Competence and Treatment of the Hispanic Population In the peer review article “A clinical trial of peer-based culturally responsive person-centered care for psychosis for African Americans and Latinos” by Tondora‚ et al (2010)‚ conducted a test study on African
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Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations‚ maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Cultural heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings‚ monuments‚ landscapes‚ books‚ works of art‚ and artifacts)‚ intangible culture (such as folklore‚ traditions‚ language‚ and knowledge)‚ and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes‚ and biodiversity)
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 05/19/2013 Before asking the questions from Heritage Assessment tool‚ meaning of Cultural Heritage must be known. Cultural Assessment is legacy of intangible attributes and cultural property of a society or a group that are descended from the past generations‚ maintained in the current generation and carried forward for the betterment of the future generations. Tangible culture such as landscapes‚ buildings‚ books‚ art and artifacts‚ intangible
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Lost Heritage in Alice Walker’s "Everyday Use" By contrasting the family characters in "Everyday Use‚" Walker illustrates the mistake by some of placing the significance of heritage solely in material objects. Walker presents Mama and Maggie‚ the younger daughter‚ as an example that heritage in both knowledge and form passes from one generation to another through a learning and experience connection. However‚ by a broken connection‚ Dee‚ the older daughter‚ represents a misconception of heritage
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development of cultural heritage tourism is significantly successful. The culture of Macau is not merely gaming but the East-West cultural pluralism. Its successfulness in preserving the cultural heritage can be clearly shown when Macao’s Heritage (“The Historic Centre of Macao”) has features on World Heritage List in 2005. This highly facilitated the development of Macau’s Cultural Heritage Tourism. In this report‚ the development and management of Macau’s cultural heritage tourism will be examined
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What is heritage? Introduction My attention in this essay is going to explain what is heritage. There was a survey done in 2010 in Australia‚ the question was asked to people whom responsible for this survey “what first come to mind when you think ‘heritage’”. The survey was the responses of two thousands of people‚ and the overwhelming majority of the answers are Old‚ Buildings and History. As a result‚ can we say that traditional view still dominate‚ in most of people’s thoughts‚ basically
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Education for Hispanic Students Bilingual education has been looked down on for various reasons. Most of the beliefs behind the reasons are due to misconceptions about bilingual education students. While bilingual education can be for any student who’s primary language is not English‚ those of Hispanic descent are the largest majority. Possibly due to this fact‚ they are looked down upon and are seen in a negative light. Opponents of bilingual education believe that Hispanics come into the
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Incorporating Hispanic Culture in an Anti-Bias Classroom Nichole Spiller ECE 405: Children & Families in a Diverse Society Instructor: Lorianne Lammert-Arndt Monday‚ April 16‚ 2012 The culture I chose to explore is the Hispanic culture. The term “Hispanic came from the United States federal government in the 1970’s to group a large but diverse population to connect the language and culture from a Spanish-speaking country. Hispanic is not a race but an ethnic classification (Understanding
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