At First Sight

Over the semester in this course, the sole focus was the Crusades. The Crusades is not a proud history for Christians. The brutality used and the amount of death that resulted in the acts of the Crusades has left its imprint on history forever, but there is much more to the Crusades than this. From this course, the most important concept learned from this course is the fact that the Crusades is something that is not easily understood or explained. There are so many components and concepts that…

It is not surprising that the movements of the Sixties were global. The “long 1960s,” the period that stretched from 1954 to 1975, followed the second World War of the century; even the name connotes the new scale of the world. People could be interconnected, especially as new technologies could communicate liberal philosophies across the globe. White students living in American cities could read “Third World” liberation theories and find applicability in their own self-styled liberation…

International criminal court was created to create peace in the world by enforcing law and arresting those guilty of crimes again human rights. The ICC is not only for third world countries, dictatorship ruled countries, war ridden countries; it is also for first world countries. ICC attempts to or catches criminals that revoke human rights by enacting in illegal activities; such as LRA militants that take children from their homes, make them pick up guns and kill their parents. In third world…

Around the world, companies work on developing its policy through increasing the number of different resources that enable these companies to progress . The language may be thing that keeps the companies go forward , so the language which will be chosen is absolutely very famous and useful in the earth . It can be clearly said that English is the most popular language that rely on business . However, the majority of industrialised countries that have largest complexes depend on English . Even…

democracy can survive.” In Jamieson’s essay “English only movement” he discusses different ways speaking only English is both beneficial and negative. He uses many examples and illustrations to explain the reasoning behind judging a person’s language. The first example is of a Judge in Texas who “ruled the mother was abusive to her five year old daughter by only speaking to her in Spanish.” Some say it will not foster a better communication especially if they want to “succeed in this country.”…

Homelessness is an issue that goes back as far as the 1640s. The County of Los Angeles has been trying to combat the issues of homelessness for decades. The total estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in “Los Angeles County” according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is “46,874, an overall increase of 2,515 people or 5.7% from 2015 (44,359)” LAHSA.ORG (2016). Although many programs have been developed over the years, the numbers continue to increase for…

The “Housing First” program is an approach to ending homelessness, developed in New York City, where instead of putting the homeless into shelters, they are immediately put into permanent housing as quickly as possible with voluntary support service provided to them. The housing first allows people to easily be placed in a house despite mental illnesses which has been known to bar the people who need…

2003; 1). A child who has English as an additional language (EAL) will already have one or more languages and be learning English in addition to this (Washbourne 2014). However Haslam et al (2006, pg) states that EAL is not just about children whose first language is not English but “embodies a culture, an approach, a mind-set.” Similarly Conteh (2012) suggests that EAL children bring vast range of culture, experience, knowledge of languages and literacies in mainstream schools. Since the EU…

Education Dual Language Development By: Neveen Bashiti Dual Language Learners are often identified as children, who acquire two or more languages simultaneously, or they may learn a second language while continuing to develop their first language. This term encompasses many other terms within such as Limited English Proficient (LEP), bilingual children, English Language Learners (ELL), and the children who speak a language other than English (LOTE). (1) Development for…

Without a doubt one of the most horrific chapters in the book was the first, How Soccer Explains The Gangster’s Paradise. Soccer in Serbia during the tensions of Yugoslavia were incredibly violent and a prime example of Hooliganism. Soccer in Serbia was heavily controlled by gangs and dictated around violence and committing…