...TIPS TO SUCCEED IN THE EPT: WRITING AINUL AZMIN BT HJ MD ZAMIN INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA 23 JUNE 2010 PRESENTATION OUTLINE Introduction Types of Tasks in EPT Strategies for Task 1 * Describing / Comparing * Sample question & answer Strategies for Task 2 * Format * Sample question & answer Common errors 2 WRITING TASK IN EPT 1 DATA ANALYSIS TASKS 2 ESSAY WRITING ANALYSIS DESCRIBE COMPARE / CONTRAST 150 WORDS 30 MINUTES VARIOUS MODES PARAGRAPHS 250 WORDS 60 MINUTES TASK 1 : REPORT WRITING PIE CHARTS BAR GRAPHS TYPES OF GRAPHS PIE CHART SALMA’S EXPENDITURE FOR SEMESTER 1 10% 15% 35% 40% ENTERTAINMENT FOOD & RENT STUDY MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BAR GRAPH MOBILE PHONE OWNER GROWTH M I L L I O N S 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 OWNERS IN 1998 OWNERS IN 2008 LINE GRAPH NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING MALAYSIA 6 THOUSANDS 5 4 3 HISTORICAL SITES HIGHLANDS BEACHES 2 1 0 1990 1995 2000 YEAR 2010 STRATEGIES FOR TASK 1 5 20 5 • ANALYZE GRAPH • PREPARE OUTLINE • WRITE REPORT • 3 PARAGRAPHS • EDIT INTRODUCTION WHAT IS THE GRAPH ABOUT? Type of graph Title X-Axis Y-Axis Key / legend BAR GRAPH NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING MALAYSIA 6 THOUSANDS 5 4 3 HISTORICAL SITES HIGHLANDS BEACHES 2 1 0 1990 1995 2000 YEAR 2005 INTRODUCTION (EXAMPLE) The bar...
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...Leisure in coping with depression Model Study Reference Nimrod, G., Kleiber, D., & Berdychevsky, L. (2012). Leisure in coping with depression. (Fall 2012 ed., Vol. Journal of Leisure Research, p. p419). Abstract This recreational research document is based on the human psychology during the times of depression. The main purpose of the study is to analyse the importance of leisure and related activities in the time of depression that normally helps a person in coping with the tense times of depression. Although the results of this study are different from our general understanding that leisure activities help in the times of depression because during those times it is highly difficult for a person to take part in such activities which would help him to relax during these depressed moments. There are other strategies that will be discussed in detail in the research study which will help to get better from the frustrating times. Introduction This research will look into the general causes of depression that is faced by the individuals during their routine life. It seems to be normal with most of the people around the world to be depressed due to their personal or professional life, but they are unaware of the fact that depression can lead to severe disability if it is not curtailed at early stage (WHO, 2012). It is a fact that in today’s world where competition among various people in different walks of life has increased, it has also given rise to additional...
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...Blais and his colleagues and their study (Study 2) titled, “Treatment as Usual (TAU) for Depression: A Comparison of Psychotherapy, Pharmacotherapy, and Combined Treatment at a Large Academic Medical Center” (2013) recruited participants through an urban hospital by having each patient beginning outpatient care complete an initial outcomes form and follow-up ratings every 13 weeks that collected data regarding demographics, treatment types, diagnoses following DSM-IV, Global Assessment of Functioning ratings, and brief measures of psychological health and distress. The initial outcomes form indicated to which treatment group each participant would be assigned. In the end, 115 patients were assigned to the psychotherapy group, 486 to the pharmacotherapy group, and 785 to the combined treatment...
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...| Comprehension | Analysis | Interpretation | Perspectives | Narration + Point of view | The author (John Mansfield) is telling the story from the main characters point of view. | -It is a third-person narrator (page 1, line 1) Jefferson who is used as a third person (he).-Jefferson is the main character, he is about 27 years old, because he had finished high school, probably went to college (page 4, line 115) and has been working for 3years as a sales administration manager (page 2, line 30) -Narrative mode: dialog | -Jefferson is a sales admiration manager and he is a hard worker (page 2, line 32 – 34) “he does the works which had once been assigned for two people”-Other characters (Marty) gives Jefferson more work than expected (page 2, line 50)-Jefferson is reliable, because he does he is work perfect and expect a promotion (page 4, line 147) | The story can be related to the usual work place, where everyone expects to get a promotion by working hard.It can also be related everyone who dreams to get a job or to be someone | Setting | - The story takes place at the work place(page1 , line 19) and in the train (page 1, line 1) also at Jefferson’s home (page 4, line 107) | -Yes the text indicates places for social environment such as: at the workplace and in the train or railway station (page 1, line 10) | The setting is significant for our understanding. We can understand Jefferson’s motivation of being someone. | | Characters | -Jefferson is the main character, he...
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...As Hedges mentions, the New Deal saved capitalism. Following the Great Depression, there were real questions about the ability for laissez faire capitalism to improve the wellbeing of people’s lives. The New Deal, however, put an end to those questions. While Hedges says that, “Liberal institutions are designed to ameliorate and address the suffering of the underclass,” (p. 5) I think he is forgetting that the social welfare state arose as a result of the Great Depression and did not exist before it. The dismantling of the system in the following decades does not prevent a similar response to future unrest. Capitalism is successful because of its abilities to coopt the working classes, even if the alliances are only short lived. While there will definitely be rising conflicts, in not so sure that this will spell the end of global capitalism, so much as a period of small steps back for capitalism followed by the continuation of business as...
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...To what extent is the world ‘energy secure’ at present? The world’s energy security depends on the energy consumption from the energy mix of countries. The world can be considered energy secure due to the fact that many countries are becoming more sustainable by using more renewable sources of energy, for example Costa Rica has already achieved 95-99% renewable electricity, approximately 80% of which is produced by hydropower and aims to run completely on renewable sources of energy by 2021, however even though water is abundant and local, it is considered an insecure resource at this high a percentage of the power mix, as it can be affected easily, by global weather changes (yearly rainfall). More and more countries are using renewable energies such as the UK which plans to build up to 4000 wind turbines and take advantage of its position near the Arctic ocean and the North sea to become more energy independent and secure, and with the existing wind turbines the country now generates enough wind energy to supply the needs of more than 6.7 million UK households, along with Denmark that sets to achieve 50% of clean energy supply by 2020 and 100% by 2050. The reason for such significance is that these countries are major economies with huge consumer society that has incredible energy demand (although very little compared to Kuwait and UAE) and are now supplied with clean energy that allows them to reduce importation of traditional supplies and become more secure. The USA is...
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...CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORY ‘YOURS’ BY MARY ROBISON CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORY ‘YOURS’ BY MARY ROBISON -MAHMUD HASSAN The short story ‘Yours’ is written by Mary Robison. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, where she teaches at the writing program at the University of Florida. The story ‘Yours’ is all about a married couple, Clark and Alison. Mary Robison managed to create a simple but very touching story about life and death, love and compassion. The story tells about a man and a woman, a married couple, who make jacks-o-lanterns out of pumpkins the night before Halloween. In the story we see that Alison is half younger than her husband. Here Clark is of seventy eighty and Alison is of thirty five years old. There is no indication in story for how long they are married. Clark is a doctor, internist and a Sunday water colorist and Alison works in a children day care center. ‘They were both quite tall and looked something alike in their facial features”. In general logic this very the difference of ages between the two seems illogical but there must be something that tied them in marital relationship. May be this relation occurred out of doctor-patient relationship, maybe he was her doctor. Whatever the causes may be it seems from the story that they love each other and trying to keep other happy by praising one another’s work. From the story...
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...Analysis of Bacon’s essay ‘OF LOVE’ In this essay, “Of Love” Bacon tries to alter reader’s understanding by pointing out the shortcomings of love by focuses his attention on three points: Love is entertaining only on stage, it is an exaggerated form of expression in literature and wisdom and love wouldn’t coexist. He starts his essay by plunging direct into the crux of his argument which is confined in a short sentence, “The stage is more beholding of Love, than the real life of man.” He in the next line articulates the Aristotelian classification of stage i.e. tragedy and comedy. He believes that only plays are capable of portraying love that is pure and gives joy while in reality love is digressive, deluding and impish in nature like siren who deluded Odysseus on his voyage to home. He strengthens his argument by the dichotomous nature of Marcus Antony and Appius Claudius, where the former became the victim and the latter was the victor of this passion because, “love can find entrance not only into an open heart, but also a heart well fortified, if watch be not well kept." Bacon’s notion can be treated as a perception not as a rule to sentry emotions. According to him, Marcus Antonius, cohort of Appius Cladius, who was an “Austere and wise man”, was infiltrated by an astute passion because his “watch was not well kept”. Bacon is convinced that “Great spirits and great business do keep this weak passion”. But may we infer that Antonius was a "greater" man than Claudius because...
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...before we class it as abnormal”. Violation of social norms is probably one of the most common ways people associate abnormalities. An individuals thinking or behavior is defined as abnormal if they violate the rules that are expected or consider acceptable behavior in a social group. If their behavior is threatening or causes others to feel uncomfortable these individuals are in violation of social norms. Social behavior varies based on different cultures (McLeod, 2008). Failure to function is considered an abnormality due to an individual being unable to cope with day to day demands. Essentially, individuals are not capable of self-care, employment, social skills and making themselves understood. Some examples of failure to function are: suffering, maladaptiveness (danger to self), vividness, loss of control, irrationality, and violation of moral or social standards (McLeod, 2008). Deviation from ideal mental health is more so the definition of what is...
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...sexual exploitation. The overuse of Internet has created depression among different people. There are interventions that have been structured to help people in dealing with the depression without the need of using face-to-face interventions. Although there are studies on this interventions, there are no studies that synthesis the effectiveness of this interventions in dealing with depression. A study examined the use of Internet-based interventions in helping children with depression (Ye, et al., 2014, 1). This study indicated that the available Internet-based strategies are able to reduce anxiety symptoms and able to increase remission rate. However, there were no statistical differences between the Internet-based interventions and the usual care or face-to-face...
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...Starbucks inspection Quality, Service and Cleanliness check T: *1402030328 DD: 814 580 7272 Executive Summary There have been many complaints regarding our service, quality and cleanliness of our main franchise. I went to further analysis these complaints to find out whether they held any truth. My findings will be revealed within this report and I will detail my scores for each area that is believed to be suffering. As everyone within this company is well aware we do not accept second best or strive to meet average. We strive for excellence and we usually achieve this. In summary, my research concluded that we do not need to change a lot within this franchise. This store is flowing very well and the customers seem very happy. I did however see why there was reason to complain. At peak times our staff seems demanding and pushy, although they are just trying to achieve good work flow and speed. They tend to demand the customer orders quickly and do not pay enough attention to ones order because of they are thinking about the next order. The other issue of cleanliness is basically a non-issue, the place is immaculate and in tip top shape. Of course, I went to this site unannounced so they had no time to clean the place and I must say it looked very clean. To understand more of the problems and my suggestions please read on. Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Complaints 3 Cleanliness 3 Service 4 Statistics 5 Complaints 5 Quality 5 Introduction Today...
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...parenting, brutal experience, or the usual unhappy goulash of all the above” (Bloom). The main message that is blatantly clear in both of these pieces of writing is that our current world lacks empathy. Though it was different for the two the similarities were uncanny. One small one that was interesting is that the word empathy comes from a German word, “The world “empathy” ---- a rendering of the German Einfühlung, “feeling into” is only a century old, but people have been interested for a long time about the moral implications of feeling out way into the lives of others” (Bloom). Elie Wiesel was a part of the small amount of Holocaust survivors and to have Bloom have this in his paper was interesting. Another similarity is that both pieces of writing talk about the lack of empathy that is happening in today’s world. If it was from historical events that happened over almost eighty years ago or if it just happened yesterday in a school. Both pieces focus on the fact that as of right now people do not take the time to stop, listen, and feel empathetic towards a situation. We do not take the time to consider that these are real people in real situations. It may not seem real to us because it did not happen to us personally and for it to have to be taken to that point of it being personal to show empathy is doleful. Growing up in a family of psychologists and sociologists it is hard to not look at these two pieces of writings and analysis them from a psychological point of...
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...that is often estimated to be similar in quality as the human food. Many owners have become more concerned about the ingredients used in dog foods and they are now reading labels more carefully and raising questions that can significantly affect the market. Dog food industry is driven by consumer demand and a new trend in the industry is going toward pet food that is specialized, such as diet food. As the obesity in dogs is becoming potentially serious problems potential for this type of market is increasing rapidly. Excess weight is responsible for a number of serious problems in dogs. Obesity can influence the development of diabetes, stroke or heart attack, shortness of breath etc. In addition, obesity can deteriorates symptoms in dogs suffering from bone and joint diseases. In older obese dogs, there is...
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...An Overview of Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is one of the leading eating disorders worldwide alongside anorexia nervosa and continues to pose a major health threat as sufferers experience psychological and medical symptoms that most often lead to complications (Le Grange & Lock, 2007, p. 4). One of these complications is the tendency of bulimic patients to commit suicide because of aggravating sense of despair and loss of hope. According to Pompili, Girardi, Ruberto & Tatarelli (2006), “suicide in anoxeria nervosa and bulimia nervosa is a major cause of death” (p. 1). Aside from suicide, one of the disturbing realities about bulimia nervosa is how it tends to affect women and adolescents. The usual onset or starting point of bulimia is set at adolescence (Le Grange & Lock, 2007, p. 3) when young adults are starting to form their own self-identity, a process tied to the notion of body image. The seriousness of bulimia nervosa compels one to understand the ‘entire story’ of this eating disorder that includes knowing its history and nature, the etiology, symptoms and prognosis as well as the innovative treatments that have emerged in the recent years that can solve the case and problem that is bulimia nervosa. Bulimia Nervosa: At a Glance Characteristics and symptoms often associated to BN are known to have existed and observed in the ancient times. Emperors Claudius and Vitellius of ancient Rome are found to have exhibited the typical features of bulimia...
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...If this statement can be backed by empirical evidence then MBCT should be considered as a new treatment for single episode depressed clients. Currently the most effective and well-documented psychotherapy treatment option available for clients diagnosed with major depression is CBT. It’s widely used to treat depression across all ages and works to change thoughts and behaviours that are likely to cause depression. Chamberless and Ollendick (2001)’s meta-analysis of empirically supported treatments identified CBT as an efficacious category 1 type treatment. Thus, considered to be the standard first-line treatment options for depressed...
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