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Statements of the research problem This section is explained about the research problem in the particular context, including summaries of EMI policies and settings, EMI approaches, research gaps, research aims and conclusions. The detailed summaries are indicated below. In recent years, Khon Kaen University authorities have introduced the new instructional policy, the so-called “English as a medium of instruction” or EMI. In this study, the general working definition of EMI is “the use of…

Jack the Ripper. 2014. “The ‘Dear Boss’ Letter.” In Voices of Victorian England: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life, edited by John A. Wagner, 244-245. Santa Barbara: Greenwood: An Imprint of ABC-CLIO. This source is extremely useful because the Jack the Ripper murders are one of the most infamous crimes of the whole era, and this supposedly was the first letter that he sent to the newspapers about his murders. This letter is extremely useful in the paper because it provides an example…

Bill-zhyad amadou Emily Sprouse ART 101 13 October 2015 Art History in Real-Time Art is a human activity involving the intellect and emotions, which results in the creation of works with aesthetic features. It brings together different areas in constant evolution, including sculpture, painting, dance, poetry, cooking, film, printmaking, theater, comics, photography and digital art now. Study the trajectories of digital cultural assets is an entry point to better understand the social data.…

Merchandising Tie-ins: When the decision to merchandise the ‘Harry Potter’ brand, was made, J.K. Rowling as the brand guardian had a very tight leash on the decisions though Warner Bros was also a part of the proceedings. The merchandising rights were won by the Coca Cola company on the premise that some conditions of the author were met. In accordance with the agreement, the company had to make a charitable contribution to a group that encouraged literacy. Also unlike the regular merchandising…

I grew up in a Caribbean, conservative, Christian, ‘no nonsense’ household, where being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (LGBT) was not only frowned upon, but unthinkable. This led to my intolerable attitude towards members of the LGBT community growing up, and a great deal of hateful speech during my years in middle school and part of high school. This changed when a friend in high school told me he was gay. I was shocked, and truthfully, I did not know what to do. At first, I did what…

Early life for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was not the easiest for one to bare. A family plagued by alcoholism and abuse shaped the woman that had so much impact on the America we live in today. A distant mother and an outcast, absent father were the makings of her home life. Her mother Anna’s death, after a long period of illness, in 1892 was closely followed by her father Elliott’s just nineteen months later of depression and alcohol. At the age of ten, Eleanor was orphaned and put in the custody…

In the novels, Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf and, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe both authors push their characters into committing horrendous actions that are shunned by the English people and the indigenous Umuofia people. The suicides represent Septimus and Okonkwo's desperate attempts to free themselves from the pressures of their believed failed societies. Woolf uses Septimus traumatic experience as a soldier in WWI as a means to show that at a societal level, the British failed…

Joanne Rowling, also known as J.K. Rowling, was born in Yute, United Kingdom in 1965 (“J. K.,” Contemporary). She is best known for writing the Harry Potter series (“J.K., Authors). She has a creative imagination and has been writing since she was a child (“J. K.,” Authors). She wrote her first book when she was six years old; it was about a rabbit named Rabbit and a giant bee named Miss Bee (“J. K.,” Encyclopedia). Soon after writing this story, she knew she wanted to be a writer (“J. K.,”…

Criticisms of Nanook of the North and Dead Birds: Worries of Authenticity and Lasting Implications Films have been seen as windows for everyday people to experience and see new and different things. With ethnographic documentary films, people are able to see real parts of the world that are not always visible in their current, everyday lives. Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922) and Dead Birds (Robert Gardner, 1963) are both ethnographic documentaries, revered as revolutionary for their…

In Pride and Prejudice, a novel written by Jane Austen, the role of wealth and reputation is a partnership that leads to marriage, but in most (if not all) cases have little to do with love. The most propelling conflict in Pride and Prejudice is, “The morally significant conflict between pride and vanity” (Pride). Vanity is connected to wealth; therefore wealth is a poor choice to consider opposed to love. The role that reputation and wealth play when it comes to love is limited due to human…