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This essay briefly outlines my thought process and decisions made writing my essay problematizing language.The struggles picking a topic. Selecting my sources, and how I feel they supported me and my paper are all presented here.
With language being such a broad topic it was hardest to pick one topic to focus on. Even when its narrowed down to English it's still a broad topic. I wanted to focus on something that I understood well, and I knew was relatable to others. Selecting a topic was almost the least of my struggles, after that came, selecting sources, and demonstrating how they were related. It's safe to say there wasn't just one part of this paper I had a hard time with.
I work 65 hours a week between two different hospitals. It's
my job to work closely with nurses, physicians, patients, and patient family members. i’m surrounded by people from all walks of life. They have different levels of education and different reasons for needed to speak with me. Each and every one of them need to feel comfortable with asking me to do something or to complete a task. Before this position i never fully appreciated the communication skill they tried so hard to teach me in school. Ive felt the frustration of talking to patient family member and failing to understand their needs or concerns. We've all had one interaction or another where we didn't feel as though the person we were talking to understood us. It was because of my background in healthcare that I most related to Klass. Selecting that article as one of my sources seemed like an obvious choice. It was a great example of someone who was faced with the language barrier and was able to overcome it. Klass demonstrates how her well developed communication skills come in handy every day. Similarly to Klass, Hooks brings a big language barrier in her article. I said that the hooks article was eye opening and I meant every letter, It further opened my eyes to the importance of communication and different ways to overcome the barrier. While i was brainstorming ideas I decided to re read Delpit. I also enjoyed this article and felt it would fit supported my statements about how our background and our social experiences influence how we are most comfortable expressing ourselves. While our environment growing up has huge impact on how we communicate that doesn't stop us from being understanding and learning to accept the way someone else. In my final source Forbes, I just wanted to express the importance of communication. Good communication skills are overlooked as an important life skill. I used this source to help solidify that statement.
The article The Strange Persistence of First Languages by Julie Sedivy was an intriguing and eye-opening piece of writing to read. The concepts she brought to life through her explicit writing revealed many things I had never heard of before. The further I read, the more I wanted to know and the deeper my interest became. As a monolingual, this article was insightful, captivating and ultimately provided me with a new perspective on language.
“I think my mother’s English almost had an effect on 5) limiting my possibilities in life as well. Sociologists and linguists probably will tell you that a person’s developing language skills are more influenced by peers. But I do think that the language spoken in the fa...
The purpose of this assignment is to explain the impact of English language learners in the classroom. As a foreign student, English language learner in the United States faces multiple challenges for achieving academic success. To successfully complete a task, they need to master both English as a language and how it is used in core content classes especially when they are an adult. When trying to assist in instructing English language learners, they usually have many concepts and language abilities that they need to master, as do the teachers that are trying to teach them. With the incorporation of the concepts and approaches to identify and assess the issues and concerns that we have learned in our classroom instruction, such as lesson preparation,
The assignment encourages you to write as a critical thinker. In writing an essay with an attention of an audience you need to evaluate your ideas—the thesis of your essay—and support them with appropriate evidence—your personal story. Credibility is also important in an essay and by examining the relationship among language knowledge and power the writer make the essay stronger. We also have to be able to write as a researcher, understand how to write an essay in MLA language and appropriate style. In addition to all the foregoing, with the peer review we understand the writing process, critical revision, and drafting.
Writing has been part of my life ever since I learned how to spell my first words. As I use the writing process I had to evolve and learn grammar, orthodoxy, and punctuation. I learned all this in my language which is Spanish. The writing rules are very different in different languages and after having an idea on how to write in English, I always refer back to what I learned in my early years. As I write in English I have faced many challenges to include learning to think in English before I write. I am use to think in Spanish and therefore the words flow as a river with minimum effort on my part. I have tried to think in Spanish, translate my thoughts and then writing in English but has proven to be the most difficult process to follow. As I wrestled with the idea of writing in English and learning to think in English, my writing has become better with each assignment. As I reflect on how my writing has evolved, it is my intention to compare how the different tools and genres of writing had helped me write academically papers and how I expect to continue to better myself for mu future, even after I graduate from college.
Any craftsman knows that you need the right tools to complete a project successfully. Similarly, people need the right language and usage to communicate in a positive way. How people write is often a problem because they don’t have the right tools, but a bigger problem occurs when a writer “is almost indifferent as to whether his words mean anything at all” (592). If a writer carries this mentality, why try to communicate in the first place? People need...
A good way to describe the power of language, is to consider the term as the measure of someone’s ability to communicate effectively in a given language. Some may consider this as a skill, or nothing less of a talent, that only a few have conquered. However, what many people do not realize is that as human beings, we are all capable of obsessing this same strength. The reason why some people don’t aim to achieve this type of attribute is because they still consider the power of language as an unspoken mystery. A large number of people do not understand that language holds the key to this very world that we live in. In the Bible text, it recalls how God created the whole world by just speaking it in existence. Philosophers use this same concept,
Clark, Virginia P., Paul A. Eschholz, and Alfred F. Rosa. Language: Introductory Readings. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2008. Print.
Language, according to Owens (2012, p. 6), “can be defined as a socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols”. Language is thought to be a complex system; however, it can be broken down into three different components. These three components consist of content, form, and use. Within these three components, language has five main components which includes semantics, morphology, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics (Owens, 2012, p. 18).
Growing up learning and speaking English has been something that was difficult for me at first but then came easy, but that was not the case for my mother. She spent her whole life speaking Spanish, so when she decided to take English learning classes it was challenging. However, she had me to help her throughout her struggle. I helped her complete her homework and assignments. We would also go to the library to check out easy level reading books to have her read to me. I would correct her English when it was wrong and do all I could to boost her confidence. It took me a while to understand and figure out what the best way to teach her was, but it was a fun experience for the both of us. Teaching her English was difficult because things that
...xpressing her Chinese culture. Mastering a second language allows her to articulate her and her mother’s thoughts; it is a foundation for her pride and a foundation to express herself. For Gloria Anzaldua, instead of choosing one language over the other, she chose a mix of the two and fights for it. She realized the value of her language when she lost it and now treasures it. The kind of Spanish she speaks is neither English nor Spanish, but both. It is overflowing with culture from Medieval Spain, France, Germany, etc., just from the origins of the words. It is her pride and a representation of herself, fighting and living. In conclusion, in addition to Lera Boroditsky’s article proving that the structure of language affects how we think, the articles by Eric Liu, Amy Tan, and Gloria Anzaldua show how language is a foundation for a person’s culture, pride, and self.
The concept of potential problem analysis, which is also known as potential opportunity analysis, is one of the stages in the Kepner-Tregoe approach for the problem-solving process. This concept was introduced to help in analyzing the consequences of a decision in order to identify what could potentially go wrong and to create initiatives that could address the problems or issues once they actually emerge. Generally, the potential problem analysis technique is developed to offer a comprehensive evaluation of a created idea or action so as to predict any probability for something going wrong. Therefore, this concept or procedure helps an individual to expected problems before they take place and to develop necessary measures that could be implemented to prevent the probable problem from taking place or lessen its effect.
Being a new college student can be tough. Balancing new work levels, trying to manage your time & also getting enough sleep are the main difficulties for a new college student coming straight from high school in my opinion. These problems can be easily solved by going to class and using the resources that are provided to you. This may not seem difficult but in reality it 's right in front of your face.
Language. It is a sign of who we are and where we come from. As language defines us, so does it unite us, but it can also impose barriers that drive us apart. As our society aggressively pursues globalization, individuals who maintain cultural sensitivity and strive for effective communication despite language barriers will be an increasingly important commodity; individuals who can also pass the gift of adept communication to others will be invaluable. On the eve of my college graduation, the culmination of four years ' immersion in language and communication and the beginning of a lifetime of educating others in these disciplines, I feel increasingly the weight of
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