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fascinating because it is so simple. The speaker begins by showing how body language is widely recognized and proven as being important factors in social situations. We judge people, consciously or not, on their body language. What Cuddy wanted to know is whether our own body language affects the way we think and feel about ourselves, to the point where our body language could eventually determine our behaviors and our outcomes in life.
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abilities (Arsaga, 2012). Turning the mind and developing it to the insights of language is like turning the heart and developing it to the insights of God, as John was meant to do to prepare the people of Israel for the coming of the Lord. Parents are like John the Baptist for their children: they prepare them for the world by teaching them language, which helps to form their brains.
John the Baptist preached to the people of Israel to help train their hearts. Their hearts had to be prepared to receive God when He came. This took effort on John’s part: he… Continue Reading...
Second Language (ESL) students, a critical aspect towards enhancing the proficiency of these students in this language is developing a curriculum plan. The curriculum plan provides a suitable framework and learning activities that helps in enhancing these students’ mastery of the English language. This paper provides a curriculum plan for teaching English to ESL students in grades 3, 4 and 5 at Paterson Public School.
Link Between Curriculum Plan and the School District’s Mission and Goals
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used when filling out reports. Informal language is also crucial for maintaining police culture. The informal language will vary from department to department but can include frequent references to the “blue fraternity,” and also the “blue wall of silence” that prevents officers from whistleblowing even when they witness bad behavior by their colleagues (“The Police Culture and Work Stress,” n.d., p. 177). Bad police behavior can have fatal consequences. Although there are formal regulations guiding police behavior, the informal rules of officer culture will often override the formal rules.
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experience is paramount, above all proxies.
At least one other language is also a must – Mandarin is preferred for APAC, though Cantonese or Japanese could work, too. For most of EMEA, English is the language of business and is widely spoken (Middle East, Indian subcontinent). A major European language (German, French or Spanish) or Turkish is preferred. Arabic is desired but not necessary because English is common in the region.
A third selection criteria is psychographic – the candidate must be determined, patient and infinitely adaptable. Adaptability and openness are two traits associated with successful expat deployments. This is… Continue Reading...
that humans have a “unique language capacity,” (Levinson 25). Yet the innate capacity to learn language is where the similarities between Pinker and Whorf end. Whereas Whorf radically transformed both cognitive science and linguistics by using empirical evidence to show how language shapes thought, Pinker has also been influential with a nativist, modular, and nativist understanding of human language development. Both theories have their strengths and weaknesses, but ultimately the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis remains far more compelling, more substantiated by empirical evidence, and also more able to explain some of the complexities of language and culture.
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which they will pursue their education (Altbach, 2004). Bolton (2008) notes that the English language is particularly popular in Asia with more than 700 million English language learners from India to the Far East. This means means that there is certainly a market for English language products in the East. In China, specifically, it is estimated that some 500 million English language learning students (Bolton, 2008). With a population of 1.3 billion, roughly one-third of the nation’s people are engaged in some form of English-language learning.
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able to understand what language is being presented to it. Further, the different goods and departments within the store will need to be listed in each language, so that the Elf can find the good (eg 10kg… Continue Reading...
Language is believed to be a core element of the learning process and has a very strong relationship with cognitive development. Language, according to Vygotsky, “shapes and encodes our world” and it is a system and cultural tool through which human beings “communicate, cooperate and interact” (Golhami, Salehi, Azizi, and Fazli, 2016). While the two foremost cognitive development theorists might have different opinions on language development in child cognitive development, it is, however, worthy of note to state that they both agree on its significance to human development.
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the language barrier should receive as much consideration as any other issue because language is so essential to proper communication, planning, and managing of assets and capital. If wrongly handled, it can lead to severe complications and thousands of dollars lost in work that must be redone because of failure in communication resulting from the language barrier.
For this reason, it is vital that management hire a translator to translate English to Spanish and Spanish to English for U.S. employees engaging with Mexican vendors and contractors working onsite for projects in Mexico. Indeed, in the past, vendors and U.S. employees in charge of… Continue Reading...
The result of the healthcare process is partly influenced by the ability to communicate, which implies that language is important. Therefore, this project is supported by Transcultural Nursing Theory, which postulates that effective healthcare involves knowing and understanding the various cultural norms and beliefs relating to the individual patient (Wayne, 2014). Given the nature of the modern healthcare environment, healthcare providers need to provide transcultural care, which is an individual-centered care approach that is culturally unique and based on effective communication. The conceptual framework for this proposed project is as shown in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Conceptual Framework for the Project
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business situations, and when communicating with people in positions of power. Informal language is used with our friends and family, and does not need to follow grammatical rules. We can also use slang in informal communications, as well as online or txt abbreviations.
2. (A) In the following example, I used informal communication to write my friend. It is appropriate to use informal language, abbreviations, and slang because this is the way we would talk to each other in person. Hey Girl, sup?! Haven’t heard from you in so long, let me know what’s been doing...did I tell u about my new… Continue Reading...
knowledge about restaurants as universally accepted eating places across all cultures. In my interaction, language is likely to be a barrier to communication (Fontaine, 2007). For effective communication, I will seek a person from that culture who understands my language to interpret my request and guide me through the culturally acceptable foods within that culture. An example of miscommunication that is likely to occur is in the use of gesture and body language. Such communication signs are universally accepted in my culture may be misinterpreted people from the other culture. I will seek to be understood by use of an interpreter who understands my… Continue Reading...
he says that the only benefit he sees in language is that it enables him to curse. He also says that Prospero taught him how to identify the sun and moon and to name different things, almost in a godlike way. Caliban is portrayed as being ungrateful for rejecting civilization and education, even though Prospero had no right to his island. Even when Caliban attempts to regain control over the island, he does so in a foolish way, aligning himself with the least intelligent members of the Europeans shipwrecked on the island. In other words, the play implicitly tries… Continue Reading...
exact date of the publication of The Analects in the Chinese language is not known, and Lu and Qi versions were the versions known today. Zhang Yu, which was the teacher of Emperor Cheng compiled this version "towards the end of the Western Han Dynasty." (Eno 1). Thus, this version became known as "the Marquis Zhang Analects." (Eno 1). Essentially, the Analects has influenced the Chinese philosophical and moral values as well as the values of the Eastern Asia. Over several centuries, the texts have been regarded as the Chinese fundamental study for more than two thousand years. During Sui Dynasty,… Continue Reading...
different ways the body can be seen and language is embodied in the title of the play, Wit. Wit was something which was prized in Donne’s era as something which made people human—in other words, the use of humor. The title of the play is often written as W;t with a semicolon rather than an I, to reflect Bearin’s focus on punctuation in many of her classes. This stress upon minutiae, or seeing the trees rather than the forest, is echoed in the doctor’s perspective upon the human body at the expense of the patient’s welfare. This perspective… Continue Reading...
language is popular, but its actual execution is less so.
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King’s language is flowery and excessively laudatory, referring to the “bounds of friendship and benevolence” that exist between the two realms (King George, p. 245). On the contrary, Lord Palmerston’s tone is derogatory and self-righteous, revealing the underlying hypocrisy of the Crown’s original intent. Whereas George had claimed to seek diplomatic relations for the purpose of intellectual intercourse, the exchange of ideas, and education, Palmerston has by 1840 done away with any such false pretenses. Palmerston claims to have the moral high ground on the Chinese, as when telling Beijing: “If… Continue Reading...
I was surprised it was so old, written several hundred years ago. The language is dated but the themes remain relevant, especially as they pertain to gender and sex roles. Right from the beginning of the book, Hays lets her readers know that this is going to be a scathing critique of patriarchy. Protagonist Mary speaks with a proud tone, noting that her benefactor helped her to overcome the titular gender and class-related prejudices that besieged both men and women. Whereas women were supposed to be demure and weak, Mary notes that she was "indebted for a robust constitution, a cultivated understanding, and… Continue Reading...
enjoyed reading "Joseph Andrews" for several reasons. For one, the language is challenging but I appreciate reading the text. Second, I find the content of Joseph Andrews interesting, as it lends insight into the historical and social context of the work. Most importantly, I appreciate the humor in the text, which is more overt and obvious than I expected. Right from the opening chapter, the author uses humor and satire when speaking of "male chastity." Throughout Joseph Andrews, there is sexual innuendo and symbolism as with Andrews's "office" being to "perform the part the ancients assigned to the God Priapus,"… Continue Reading...
