Spoke

In today’s presentation, David and Laura spoke about the themes of xenophobia and imperialism explored in the book of short stories “The Elephant Vanishes” written by Haruki Murakami. I thought it was incredibly interesting the way that they tied back the protagonists and their vulnerability, lack of agency, and isolation to Japan and what it went through as a culture leading up to World War II. They also spoke of Japanese culture and whether or not these stories served as a commentary about…

My interpersonal communication goal that I want to improve is, learning how to start a conversation with strangers. First conversation 1A. Who I spoke to? Sales rep What was talked about? Timeshare Where we spoke? Over the phone. When we spoke? Friday after noon. Why I had this conversation? I filled out a survey at the mall. The company called me to come in for a timeshare presentation. How did I speak? I was enthused to hear the information. Nonverbal communication? Eyes open a little…

The people there spoke so fast that I didn’t get a word of it. This was a huge shock for me! I have always grown up speaking English. My mom and grandma were the ones always trying to get me to learn Spanish, but I always thought that I would not need it. For the first time in my life I was sorry that I did not take their advice. Everything the people said flew over my head. Every time someone spoke to me I just had to say, “No hablo Espanola.” It was funny…

Darling-Wolf and Bordo address body image and how our view of ourselves are altered by the media. Both Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, Dr. Mirzeai, and Susan Stuart address the role that the media plays in creating positive body image. Much of what Sophie spoke of was introduced to us in our reading by Susan Bordo, in her novel “Unbearable Weight.” In Bordo’s reading she speaks of the important relationship between self-image and food. She states that, “almost all of us who can afford to be eating well…

speech allowed the reader to read the exact words that Colonel Chamberlain spoke. Second, the printed version allowed the reader to go back and reread or highlight parts that they might forget or not understand. The printed version also of Chamberlain’s speech also had many disadvantages. Primarily, the reader could not see Colonel Chamberlain’s emotions. Secondly, a reader could not listen to how Colonel Chamberlain spoke to the mutineers. The movie version also had a few advantages, over…

conduct their business. They were observed based on their race, language, occupation, gender, and build. For the first day of the observation, 90% of the participants were African Americans and 10% were white. In addition, all of the participants spoke their native language, which was English. They varied in occupations: for example, 10 % director, 20% administrative personnel, 20% students, 20% painters, 10% housekeepers, 10 % technicians, and 10% accountants. There were 60% males and 40%…

The citizens came out of there houses and, out of the saloon.When they looked at the tall man on the beautiful horse and on the back of the horse,a man, lying there tied up, struggling to get loose. A man in the crowd spoke up when the people of dodge city, got quiet.Then he spoke up! HE said “sir what is your name”,it was silent but then the man on the tall beautiful horse, said softly “Officer Dillon”.…

on 8/15/17 and about a discussion he had with Josiah and his mother Marie. Bill stated that he called Josiah after his shift to speak with him as on the job he stated that he wasn’t performing cleaning duties and didn’t want to work. Bill stated he spoke with his mother Marie and she was very concerned as Josiah came home and told her he was “stressed, miserable, didn’t…

In the United States it is reported that 55.4 million people spoke another language other than English. Bilingualism only gets more common as the years pass. In 1980 only 11 percent of Americans spoke more than one language at home. Many families, strive to live in a bilingual home, because it is said that Bilingualism is the future of America. It keeps alive cultures, and is known as a natural resource. It also enhances a person social sensitivity, problem solving, and rule-discovery tasks.…

from a group of researchers at Toronto's York University who tested almost 450 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's, half of whom spoke two languages and half who spoke a single language. All the subjects had about the same level of cognitive impairment, but the team found that bilingual subjects were diagnosed, on average, almost four years later compared with those who spoke one language. Psychologist Ellen…