Colloquialism

Prejudice is a contagion. It only takes one person to exhibit it, and then more will follow. This ignorant falsehood corrupts our minds into believing that it is acceptable to not to treat our neighbour as we would ourselves. As a result- society then becomes victim to its own prejudice. We see this in the short story ‘On the train’ by Fiona Kidman, ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak, ‘The Pianist’ which is directed by Roman Polanski and also in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ written by Harper Lee. These…

Historical information about the Setting: Coming from a small town in the American South, the narrator moves to a Negros College after receiving a scholarship. After being expelled though, the narrator moves to the main city, Harlem in New York City. At the time, it was the major center of where African-American culture thrived and influenced many. The contrast between the North and South shown through the awe from the narrator showed the new sense of hope for the Black community. Harlem was a…

Self-neglect isn’t the syndrome many twenty somethings learn about after they’ve stayed up too late, too many nights in a row or when they’ve consumed too much alcohol in one sitting, or even when they ate all that food at McDonalds at three in the morning. In fact, most people self-neglect in one way or another, whether they smoke cigarettes, eat unhealthy foods, text while driving, fail to visit the doctor regularly, drive while under the influence, along with many other behaviors one may…

Question 2: What is perception and why it is important? Perception as defined, by Stephen P. Robbins, “Is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment” (2005, p.134). Humans habitually interpret what they see, hear, touch, taste, and smell into something that makes logical sense. Each individual sees, hears, touches and smells things differently. Thus, people vary in perception. People see what they want to see;…

1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? Upton Sinclair “muckrake” for social reform, by reporting the horrible conditions women, men, and children were working in, he dedicated himself to uncovering the ill conditions of the meat industries. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? Sinclair wrote “The Jungle” which opened the public eyes…

5 mins. To use to whole language approach as a TESLO teaching method to teach business professionals I would focus on the reading&writing-side of learning. This is to achieve frequent reading, reading and writing for business purposes, business analysis and researches. Based on the fact the most business professional would already have some understanding of English and they are familiar of the basic knowledge of reading and writing in their own language, I would make…