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student myself, I was exposed to English early on, and my experience and cultural and social surroundings played an important part in acquiring the English language, which would be referred as Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) by Jims Cummins. As I entered school I learned what is known as academic English, Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALPS). As a teacher, I have understood that language is a complex subject. There are many factors such as your culture, background, and…

The analysis of Kamil’s classroom work, test scores, as well as brief interviews I conducted with him in English and Polish indicate Kamil’s quick acquisition of the second language. According to several research studies, children who are taught to read and write in both their first and second languages at the same time, were successful in learning the second language (Slavin & Cheung, 2005). When Kamil moved to the U.S., he had already had a strong foundation of his first language, and what is…

The effects of World War I, or ‘The Great War’, on Germany were very detrimental to the nation socially and economically. World War I was a series of battles fought from mid 1914 to late 1918, and involved many nations. During the war German daily life was vastly impacted, especially in terms of food and raw material shortages. In the middle of World War I the German economy felt immense pressures and women and the youth became a valuable part of the workforce. After the Germans ‘lost’ the war…

the humor in her friends ' accounts and pokes fun at them because these fantasies, in her words, “aren 't rape fantasies. I mean, you aren 't getting raped, it 's just some guy you haven 't met formally who happens to be more attractive than Derek Cummins.”(Atwood 79) Estelle realizes that for her co-workers, rape functions within the fantasy to remove responsibility and guilt from the sexual scenario so that what remains sex with no strings (with a tall dark ninja if…

delays in speech to autism”(2). Although the researchers involved in the experiment said that “it is extremely unlikely that cytoplasmic transfer and the resulting mishmash ntDNA is to blame”. However, the group cannot be 100% positive which led Jim Cummins, in Brownlee’s article, to say that, “ To deliberately create individuals with multiple mitochondrial genotypes without knowing the consequences is really a step into the dark”(2). We cannot be sure what caused the child’s disorder, which can…

When I think about genetically modified foods the immediate thoughts of lies, betrayal, and dangers come to mind. There are the lies that promote the production of these foods, there is the betrayal of our government and multiple agencies that are supposed to protect us as a people and keep us informed of whether there is safety in growing and eating these foods, and, at worse, the danger surrounding the consumption of these foods which correlates with the arising issues among the human populace…

In the Hospitality Industry today, the motives for travel varies amongst many and may include but is not limited to education, war and peace, spirituality as well as bonding and socializing. (Abacus International, 2006). The groups that participate in these activities are referred to as the SMERFs. The term SMERF can be defined as an acronym that comprises of the Social, Military, Educational, Religious and Fraternal groups, otherwise known as the stabilizing segment of the Hospitality…

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world (“About the Great Barrier Reef”). The Reef is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, and the reef is visible from space. On June 11, 1770, James Cook’s crew became acquainted with the Great Barrier Reef when they struck the Endeavour Reef. They had to spend six weeks repairing the ship on shore at Cooktown. Cook’s crew, which were scientists and illustrators, “were able to carry out very little direct scientific…

Communicative Competence: The principle goal of CLT is to develop learners’ communicative competence in the second language through communication and interaction with others (Brown, 2002)the role of grammar ص40 ريتشارد اند او مدري مين The notion of communicative competence was first mentioned by Hymes. He invented this term to compare between a communicative view of language and Chomsky's theory of competence. Chomsky(1965) mentioned that the main concern of the linguistic theory is to define…

In the medieval period, medical science hadn’t yet reached it’s peak of development. In the 1300’s, very few people had a full understanding of illness and disease, let alone how to cure them. Medicine was also dominated by religion at this time which lead to the belief that illnesses and diseases served as a punishment from God, and the only treatment was to pray to God for forgiveness (Alchin 1).The churches of Greece held and enforced these views on the public and anyone who questioned these…