Writing system

the Japanese language. I remember picking up a self-teaching book at Chapters and devouring it chapter by chapter, and the more I knew, the more I craved to know more. However, it was never my plan to learn to write in Japanese. I found their writing system beautiful, to be sure; but not to the point of dedicating myself to learning over two thousand characters spanning over three different alphabets, and then some. However, the first two alphabets, collectively called ‘kana,’ only have about a…

for more complex means of engaging with the world. It is a unique attribute of humans that we develop language as a way of communicating. The need for language is emotional, social and cultural. A child negotiates these needs through speaking and writing, listening and reading. Language is initially transmitted orally and with body language. As communication demands become more complex and abstract, language can be seen in written form. Both spoken and written language develops around a standard…

Part II: Instructional Strategies Applied by the Candidate 1. Briefly describe the instructional goals that formed the basis of your interaction with ‘your’ ELL student(s), as well as each learning activity that served as the vehicle for meeting those goals. Note whether ELL students were participating in the same learning activity as their non-ELL peers, or if they were working on an ‘adapted’ activity. My goal for the interaction with the ELL student was to help Ville to participate more with…

My History As A Writer Throughout my lifetime I have come to love and absolutely hate writing. The reasoning of the assignment or topic has a lot to do with my affinity and disgust. Although learning new things, like writing, was something that I loved doing in elementary school, that all changed when it was daily implemented. As an art form I recently come to love writing down my thoughts, ideas, opinions and stories. A struggle for me while attempting to write an essay or report is grammar.…

The Red Tree (Shaun Tan, 2001) is a children’s picture book that is both written and illustrated by Shaun Tan. The Red Tree is a book about depression, despair and ultimately, hope. The book follows a girl struggling with depression who, at the end of the book, finds hope in the form of a red tree. For a picture book to be successful, both the illustrations and written text generally can exist independently, but complement each other. There is a strong marriage between the written and visual…

When I look back at my writing experiences my memories are full of sweaty palms and anxiety attacks. Writing has never been a strong suit, I remember in fourth grade having to write a book, hand written with illustrations, my nightmare. In college my professor told me that my writing was so bad I would make a terrible teacher. Reading is a little more enjoyable than writing, I like reading books before I see the film version of the story. I am a mother now and I do not want my son to face the…

previously written around the writing, as seen in scribal culture, is what elongates the continuity of the scriptoria tradition of commentary and discussion through margins. Although the book itself has less value because it is a copy unlike a handwritten parchment, the marginalia by the owner imbues the idea of writing down opinions, thoughts, and interpretations, similar to monks who would comment their interpretations on bible translations in the form of a block around the writing, showing…

Writing Is a Struggle “It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you. If you allow it.” -Leon Brown. This defines the struggle I have with being able to put my thoughts and ideas onto paper. My thoughts and ideas are many, I have so much going on in my brain at one time. I find it challenging to take my opinion or direction and accurately communicate it on paper. I must write first thing in the morning, have complete silence, and need an outline to keep me…

strike worse during writing assignments. I hate writing with a passion! Initiating writing the the first sentence was always the largest obstacle of a writing assignment. Trying to stay on task was the other obstacle. Anything could distract me easily such as video games, pencils, fidgeting etc. I have even lied to my parents…

Peru among other destinations.The selection we read for class today is an excerpt from his book “The Animated Alphabet”, published in 1997. Demeude begins the chapter with a history of alphabetic writing and then of decorated letters, more specifically, the decorated initial. He deals with the picture/writing dichotomy(?) Elkins writes about by quoting Victor Hugo “All letters were once signs and all signs were once pictures” proposing, perhaps that within the family of gramma, Elkin’s…