...‘ Nature of Thougt PHL/251 August 8, 2013 Instructor Nature of Thought Thought plays a significant role in our day to day lives. From the time we wake up, to the time we go to sleep, we are thinking. Thinking, sensing, memory, perceptions, personal barriers, and thoughts are key influences to the nature of thought process. In this paper, I will describe my nature of thoughts and how it impacts my views of the thoughts process. Thinking is the practice of using one’s awareness to contemplate or reason about something. In order to think, one must use their senses. The sensing process allows us to use our senses to process our thoughts. There are five senses that everyone has, and they are sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Memory is another vital feature of thinking. Memory is the processes that one uses to gain, collect, recollect and eventually recover information. The medium of thinking it the final part of thinking. The medium is considered the most dynamic part of thinking. It medium is transmitted into the brain. Language is a part of the thinking medium. If a person is without language, they will be incapable of expressing or interpreting information to recall or to think. When I was 19 years old, I joined the United States Army. I was so nervous when it was time to leave my loved ones and go to basic training. I had heard so many horror stories about basic training. Even though I was nervous, I knew that God would give me the strength to make it through...
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...Communication Opinion Paper HCS/320 February 17, 2013 Communication Opinion Paper Communication is and will always be a big necessity in our daily lives. Whether it is at work or home, communication will help in the success in getting things done. According to State of Washington (n.d.), “communication is defined as a process by which we assign and convey meaning in an attempt to create shared understanding. This process requires a vast repertoire of skills in intrapersonal and interpersonal processing, listening, observing, speaking, questioning, analyzing, and evaluating. Use of these processes is developmental and transfers to all areas of life: home, school, community, work, and beyond.” While communicating, effective communication is an important element during the process. Effective communication is how the message is interpreted and heard or understood. This is all part of the flow to successful communication. The first step in this would be good listening skills. Listen with verbal and nonverbal skills by always facing them and maintaining eye contact. Let them speak without interruptions. Next always be aware of emotions or if being stressed during communication. Emotional awareness can provides the tools for understanding all parties involved including oneself and the real messages that are being conveyed. The communication in the health care field is at most similar. Along with effective communication, health care communication is how we process...
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...1 LECTURE 3 Communicating Interculturally To accompany Excellence in Business Communication, 5e , Thill and Bovée © 2002 Prentice-Hall 3.2 Lecture 3 Objectives Discuss trends that have made intercultural business communications so important. Discuss culture and subculture and culture’s four basic characteristics. Delineate the differences between high-context and low context cultures. Recognize cultural differences. Discuss ethnocentrism and stereotyping. To accompany Excellence in Business Communication, 5e , Thill and Bovée © 2002 Prentice-Hall 3.3 Lecture 3 Objectives continued Discuss three ways to improve communication with people who speak English as a second language; then discuss three ways to improve communication with people who do not speak your language at all. Explain why studying other cultures helps you communicate more effectively. Illustrate how word choice affects communication among people from other cultures. To accompany Excellence in Business Communication, 5e , Thill and Bovée © 2002 Prentice-Hall Quick Quiz 3.4 Some Key Definitions Define each of the following terms: Intercultural communication Market globalization Cultural diversity Culture Subculture To accompany Excellence in Business Communication, 5e , Thill and Bovée © 2002 Prentice-Hall A Few Basic Concepts About Culture Culture is learned. Cultures vary in stability. 3.5 Cultures vary in complexity. Cultures vary in tolerance. To accompany Excellence...
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...breathing, hoarseness, wheezing, hives, paleness, or a rapid heartbeat. The language barrier that existed between us running the clinic who spoke English, and the clients who spoke Vietnamese, and Spanish, created some difficulty with explaining things in a way that could be understood. We did the best we could by using short sentences, small words, hand gestures, facial expressions, and info sheets in the language of the client. In explaining to the patient that their arm may be sore after the shot, we said “your arm may be sore,” pointed to their arm and made a grimacing face. To explain moving it would help with the pain, we said, “moving your arm should help,” and demonstrated moving our arms. Every time I handed a client a info sheet about the vaccine, I made sure that it was in a language that they were able to read, and told them that it would explain about their vaccine. We also made sure the tell the client that they had to wait about 10 minutes after the shot to make sure they were not having any of the symptoms that we were watching for and fortunately, no one did. I really wish we could have had an interpreter to help us translate and explain better to the clients, but we did not have access to one. My biggest take away from this experience was that the public really trusts nurses to take care of them and provide interventions that will protect them and keep them safe. Even with a language barrier and some lack of understanding of the vaccine, the clients still trusted...
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...The Power of Rebellion Rebellion is the only power against tyranny in this world. Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest addresses the power of rebellion against a tyrannical force through the relationship between protagonist R.P. McMurphy and antagonist Nurse Ratched. Through the use of diction, figurative language and symbolism, Kesey illuminates rebellion kindled by McMurphy as a force that degrades the power of Nurse Ratched. The use of diction in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a key component to revealing the influence of McMurphy’s rebellion. The use of diction can be seen as Nurse Ratched’s “remote patience” begins to diminish following the destruction of the glass pane in front of her nurses’ station (Kesey 207). In this instance, Nurse Ratched’s forced patience with McMurphy is wearing down due to his repeated defiant acts. The word “remote” to describe Nurse Ratched’s patience, a patience she forces in order to maintain her calm, collected façade, reveals the influence of McMurphy’s rebellious actions. No longer is Nurse Ratched able to adequately mask her intolerance with the patients, which in turn demonstrates the breakdown of her control over said patients. Diction once again exposes Nurse Ratched’s loss of power as she “jerk[s] the adhesive as tight as she [can]” on McMurphy’s bandage (207). This rough physical movement indicates that Nurse Ratched is not pleased to be bandaging the hand of the man who shattered glass just to test her patience...
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... 15, 1947) Richard Le Gallienne was born January 20th, 1866 in Liverpool, England. His writing career began with the publication of My Ladies’ Sonnets in 1887, and expanded to contribute to The Star newspaper, The Yellow Book, and several other works of literature. Le Gallienne was part of a generation known as the “Lost Generation”, born in the wake of the first world war, which heavily influenced the subject and style of most of his writing. Richard Le Gallienne, in his poems “Soldier Going To The War” and “Ad Cimmerios”, conveys the Romantic ideal of nationalism, a Lost Generation focus on wartime and its aftermath, a Gothic preoccupation with death and tones of hopefulness and pride through the use of tense changes, figurative language, repetitive structure, allusion and apostrophe. “Soldier Going To The War” elucidates both Lost Generation influences with its focus on war, and Romantic influences with its nationalistic theme. Le Gallienne offers parallel hopeful and prideful tones in this poem along with its parallel structure. The first two stanzas address a soldier who is “going to” the war, while the last two shift to address a soldier who is “coming from” the war. This structure creates a sense of completion and victory that the reader can follow through the poem. The first two stanzas are effective in creating a hopeful tone through rhetorical questioning; the narrator asks if the soldier will “take [their] heart with [them]” in order to “share” in the “famous...
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...of the organisation. Communication is the process of exchanging information within the communication cycle. This information is conveyed with words, tone and body language. In our organisation this communication includes the exchange of ideas with team members, provide information on decisions, policies or protocols and assists in the resolution of staff grievances. By using effective communication in these processes, builds positive relationships in the workplace and provides clear understandings between the management and staff. In turn this builds teamwork and morale, which aids proficiency in the workplace. The Shannon and Weaver model describes the communications process. It was designed to develop the effective communication between the sender and receiver. It involves breaking down the information system into sub-systems to evaluate the efficiency of the various communication channels and codes. These include the information source, message, channel and receiver. The initial communications process is the information source or the sender, the sender is required to plan the message and have clear understanding of whom they are communicating to and what they are communicating. The sender encodes the message; therefore in the organisation we must choose the appropriate language or words, body language and tone when verbally communicating with team members so that the recipient can easily...
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...Level 3 Diploma | Health & Social Care | Communication | Craig Egan 3-18-2016 | Why do people communicate? People communicate for many reasons in various ways depending on the situation. It is important to understand it is not just by talking. Communication can either be by touch, our body language and movements, by facial expressions and demeanour. It can also be by the way we dress. Good communication is the foundation of all relationships regardless of the nature of the relationship itself. As we communicate a relationship is formed. Communication is an essential tool a carer can use to meet the needs of an individual. It is necessary to practice good communication in order to maintain these relationships. In the context of a care setting we need to give and receive information as well as instructions this is one way we communicate. There are others such as expressing how someone is feeling, to reassure and encourage and to show others they are heard and valued. As a carer when we support someone we get to know them and the relationship develops. Professional relationships are ultimately based on respect, trust and good communication practice. There are four main reasons why people communicate and they are as follows; * Instrumental communication. To ask for something or to refuse something. To choose something and to tell someone what we need or want. * Informative communication. To obtain information from someone or to give another person information...
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...English has grown to become a dominant global lingua franca. It is used as international language in communication, science, business, aviation, entertainment, diplomacy and in different other ways. English has spread beyond the original English isles starting with the growth of British Empire. The language however gained a boost after the colonization of North American and the consequent rise of United States to the most influential nation in the world. Since the end of the World War II, the use of English in the world has been catapulted by the increased dominance of United States and Britain in world affairs especially in the International organizations like United Nations We teach a skill, and a subject, just like any other skill and subject. we do serve as cultural informants to students as they try to get their bearings in a new country. They want to know what's going on and why, so they can make their own choices about how to fit it. This is a service, not imperialism. Knowledge of English has become a basic requirement in different fields, occupation and professions like Medicine, computing and many others (Bishop and Philips, 2006). This use of English in education and economic areas can be traced to the era of industrial revolution in Britain and the consequent industrial revolution that led to a number of inventions. As a way of spreading the technological invention to the rest of the world, English was adopted as a means of communication and henceforth it has...
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...incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation, they become an integral part of our amazing nation." Firoozeh Dumas' memoir, Funny in Farsi, Pat Mora's poem "Legal Alien,” Anand Giridharadas Ted Talk “A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided” and Richard Crowson’s political cartoon, “Great American Melting Pot,” all explain the hardships that lie within becoming a full-fledged American citizen. Gaining your legal documented citizenship...
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...Communication can be verbal or nonverbal, written, unwritten, or visual. While there over 6,000 different languages spoken around the world. People just don’t communicate by words alone. Demonstrative communication involve facial expression, body language, tone of voice, and hand gestures. There can be positive and negative effect using this form of communication for the sender and receiver. Additionally it can be effective or ineffective for the sender or receiver. Even though this form of communication is nonverbal it still involve listening and responding. (about.com) 2013 According to different experts body language account between 50 to 70% of all communication. Understand body language is very important but it is also important to look at other cues to how a person is felling. Facial expression are the most recognizable forms of body languages. People can usably tell if someone is happy, sad, afraid, or angry by their facial expression. A smile can be interrupted as approval or happiness where a frown can be related to disapproval or unhappiness. Eyes have been called the “windows to the soul” since they are able to convey away a person is feeling. If a person is looking directly into your eyes when you are speaking to them this usually means they are engaged and paying attention to what you are say. Sometime starring to long may make a person feel uncomfortable and breaking eye contact may be need. Blinking of the eyes rapidly might mean a person is in distress or uncomfortable...
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...the information. Teachers don't really want a Ferris Bueller's Day Off classroom scenario..."Anyone?...Anyone?", nor do students. Okay, that's fine. A teacher could incorporate tons of interaction and many different activities into the lesson. Here's lies the rub...they need to do all of this in 45 minutes. Lesson pacing ensures that the teacher can accomplish all of these classroom needs. (B) One might think that if a class includes English Language Learning (ELL) students, then the pacing of the lesson would need to slow significantly. However, this is not necessarily the case. Of course it will need to slow some to allow for language clarification and to allow the ELL students time to translate in their heads. The pacing really just needs a little change-up. Direct instruction should be in more simplified language and with more interaction. The use of visual aids and graphic organizers should be incorporated into direct instruction. Direct instruction also need not be given in one big chunk. Breaking it up into smaller bite-sized pieces which sandwich discussions, small group activities and hands-on or real-world applications and tasks, makes the lesson content easier to swallow for ELL students, while not necessarily slowing the pace of the lesson too significantly. Less emphasis should be placed on individual, independent class work and more should be placed on the various...
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...redefined Ireland’s population profile. According to the 2006 Census approximately 10% of its population was of migrant origin (Darmody, 2011). Cumulative disadvantage constitutes itself in a variety of ways in education, for example, socioeconomic status, language barriers, school segregation, and power dynamics. Socioeconomic status is a major factor affecting children’s educational outcomes. Most immigrants leave their home countries in search of better economic prospects (Achiron, 2012), and once they arrive in the new country, they often settle in communities where there are other immigrants who share their culture. Their children attend school together, and these schools typically have a large share of immigrant students. Resulting from this, these schools usually tend to be more socioeconomically deprived than other schools (Achiron, 2012). This is something that the OECD warns people about, as they have learned that high concentrations of disadvantage in schools can have a strong influence on students’ outcomes in life. For example, it has been argued that these children are often guided toward less promising educational tracks because of their perceived deficiencies, particularly with regard to the proficiency in the language of...
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...GROUP #5 COMMUNICATION PROJECT – PARADISE RESORT AND SPA WHAT IS COMMUNICATION? Communication is the transmission of information and ideas from one individual or group to another. The crucial element of this definition is meaning. “Communication is the glue that enables people to work together to accomplish results.” "The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." Peter Drucker Communication in organizations or organization communication encompasses all the means, both formal and informal, by which information is passed up, down, and across the network of managers and employees in a business. These various modes of communication may be used to disseminate official information between employees and management, facilitates team work, to exchange hearsay and rumors, or anything in between. Organizational Communication serve to improve customer relations, bolster employee satisfaction, build knowledge-sharing throughout the organization, and most importantly, enhance the firm's competitiveness. According to Fielding, an organization consist of groups of people who work together to reach specific goals. The individuals must communicate with each other and share information if they are to reach the shared goals. How the organization is managed, for example autocratically or democratically affects the communication within the organization and the direction in which communication will travel. Generally the four channels of direction...
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...| Motivation, Stress, and Communication Assignment 3 | Organizational Behavior-Business 520 | Samantha Dowdy | Dr. Donald DeMoulin | 5/13/2012 | State of Tennessee Department of Intellectual Disabilities Job Description Regional Program Manager Profile Source: Management Professional-Director of Program Operations Reports To: Executive Director Classification: Salaried-Exempt Department: Administration KEY ROLES (Essential Job Responsibilities): Oversees operations and programs with primary concern for services, program development, and implementation of policies and procedures developed by the DIDD Central Office; which are designed to ensure that there is consistent application of services and supports across the State of Tennessee. Monitor of Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF/MR), Supportive Living, and Residential and Day Services Facilities throughout the state. Monitor of Evaluations and Surveying. Supervision of assigned staff. WORK ENVIROMENT: Work is performed in an office setting with frequent interruptions. Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Ability to provide effective supervision of assigned staff. Ability to make sound judgments. Occasional travel required across the region. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 1. Oversees the implementation of services and supports provided by DIDD. 2. Monitor of surveys, guidelines and assessments throughout facilities in the state...
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