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    Interdisciplinary Core Competencies The competencies to be covered in this section are: Leadership, Public Health Biology, and Diversity and Culture. Leadership. This is the ability to create and communicate a shared vision to change the future, champion organizational and community challenges with solutions, and energize commitment to goals. These actions, when conducted by the individuals implementing this characteristic, can only be achieved by the following six examples: 1. Engage in…

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    Sometimes in life one must overcome challenges. The goal is to never give up. No matter the environment, one must overcome the obstacles set before them. Through trial and error one can do that and succeed. That is exactly what cued speech did for the deaf and their families. Richard Orin Cornett was born in small town in Oklahoma, on November 14, 1913. Richard Cornett is married to Lorene Cornett, they have 3 children, Robert, Stanley, and Linda. Cornett went to three different school, Oklahoma…

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    To start, let’s take a look at some commonly confused terminology in the language services field: 1. Translation versus Interpreting Translation is the process of converting written text from one language into another language. Interpreting is orally translating one language into another. The Main Difference: Translation Is Written While Interpretation Is Oral. 2. Translation versus Transcription While translation is the process of converting written text between languages, transcription is…

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    The Iliad is a poem accredited to the Ancient Greek poet Homer. The Iliad tells the story of the conflict between an alliance of Greek Cities and the City of Troy, following the kidnapping of Helen of Sparta by Paris. The Iliad focuses only on two weeks out of the ten years the conflict is said to have lasted. The Trojan War is said to have been committed to paper around the eighth century BCE. However, this poem was recited orally for centuries before it was written down. Despite the poem being…

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    “Slang is the poetry of everyday life and it vividly expresses people’s feelings about life, and about the things they encounter.”(Hayahawa, 1941) There was a time when one wrote passages or pages to express how one feels about something or someone. The beauty was in the praises that were endowed soon after. There was happiness in the flow of honest appreciations whether to praise the good or condemn the bad. Unfortunately, everything these days have narrowed down to “awesome”, “cool”, “bad”, or…

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    provided by English teachers is being well-grounded in classroom management and school procedures. In addition to teaching creative subjects like poetry and fiction writing, teachers should be prepared to teach grammar, spelling and diction, word pronunciation, sentence structure, punctuation, reading and essay writing. teachers play an important role for students during their formative years by fostering…

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    Course Code and Name Diploma of Nursing Unit Code and Name HLTHIR403C Work Effectively with Culturally Diverse Clients and Co-Workers Title of Assessment Assessment 2- Culture Shock Teacher Name Due Date 3rd April 2016 Received By (staff signature) Date Received Centre for Health, Science & Community Please tick the appropriate boxes and sign below 0 I have included a bibliography. 0 The assignment is typed. 0 I have a backup copy of this assessment. 0 This is all my…

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    ethnically. This quote is also evidence that different languages do show differences in cultures and upbringings. Here Anzaldúa, a Chicano, overhears two other Hispanic women speaking but she becomes aware that they use slightly altered words and a pronunciation compared to what she has learned her whole…

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    America is considered a melting pot of both cultural and ethnic identities; accepting the diverse languages and religions of the world. In the argumentative essay about bilingualism “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” in the book Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing, Gloria Anzaldúa writes, “So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity - I am language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (172).…

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    America is considered a melting pot of both cultural and ethnic identities; accepting the diverse languages and religions of the world. In the essay about bilingualism “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” in the book Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing, Gloria Anzaldúa writes, “So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity - I am language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (172). Anzaldúa…

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