...be taken note of. Also, an open mind is also considered- accept the ideas and opinions of the speaker. The receiver should also focus and concentrate in what is being said to be able to fully and correctly understand the message to be conveyed. Another requirement is the simple responses all throughout the listening process. Simply nodding and maintaining eye contact will give the speaker an easier way to let all his thoughts out. Avoiding distractions or barriers is also a help in having successful listening. Also affecting the listening process are non-verbal symbols like the volume, tone, pitch and intonation of the speaker. The body language, such as facial expressions and eye contact, can also affect the listening process, therefore should also be considered. Lastly, the most important thing is to listen to the message’s essence and meaning, understand it, and don’t just listen to the words coming out from the speaker. 2. Five listening barriers and its corresponding solutions: a. Distractions- The noise around and the different thoughts inside the receiver’s head will lessen the possibility of understanding the message being delivered. Improving focus and attention, being aware and paying more attention to the speaker will mitigate this issue. b. Culture and beliefs- Having strong conviction about points of view in life will affect the listening process, because the receiver will just stick to his own...
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...Name is one of beauty thing that people calling each other. In Vietnam , my name has been written by XXXXX because of Vietnamese culture . Frist name will come first , then middle name and last name. “Huy” has no meaning if it stand alone, but when it come with " Hoang " which is my younger sister name ,it gently means splendid victory .My parents gave us that name on purpose . If that are 2 worlds come together will become a full meaning .They expect us always stick together in any problems or any happiness in our life like those worlds has to stick together .Therefore , even before she was born ,she had been named " Hoàng". Notice I put the acute accent on the "A" , giving a full meaning "Victory" in Vietnamese language .The complete word is “XXXXX “ ." Minh" in the middle make my name stronger meaning , it looks like a superman always doing good on everything. At US, they did not pronounce my name right. My friend which is Mexican, she always call me like "Chuy ,Chuy " .Then they named "Chuy" such as "trees" such as my new Mexican name. I was so happy to have a new name. It is so funny name but I love the way that they are calling me. My name is short and very simple. It makes me proud of the meaning inside the name and also give me more spirit that I have to be “victorious “on everything I have to do I am so proud of my name. I wont change my name for anyone else because that is the thing my parents left for me and expect me to be like the name...
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...Sentence patterns for basic Chinese conversations: zhe4 | this | na4 | that | mei3 | each/every | na3 | which? | yi1 | one | liang3 | a couple | shi2 | ten | Can I (enter, buy)? | wǒ néng bù néng (jìn qu, mǎi) | Can you (help me, sell)? | nǐ néng bù néng (bāngmáng, mài)? | Do you have (an airplane ticket)? | <nǐ> yǒu (zhāng jīpiào) ma? | How much does (this; measure word) cost? | (zhèi {ge, tiáo, běn} ) yào duōshao qián? | I am (Indian) | wǒ shì (Yìndù rén) | I am not( American, Native American) * | wǒ bú shì (Měiguórén, Yìndì'ānrén ) | I have ( passport, 2 pieces of luggage) | wǒ yǒu (hùzhào, liǎng jiàn xíngli) | I do not have (Chinese visa, two photos) | wǒ méi yǒu (qiānzhèng, liǎng zhāng zhàopiàn) | I lost my (passport, money purse, id papers) | wǒde (hùzhào,qiánbāo, shēnfèn zhèngmíng) diū le. | I need (to see a doctor, go to the airport) | wǒ yào (kànbìng, qù jīchǎng) | I do not need (to go to the airport, a taxi) | wǒ bú yào (qù jīchǎng, chūzū qìchē) | I would like to/ think I want to (go to hotel, go to hospital) | wǒ xiǎng (qù jiǔdiàn/lǚguǎn,qù yīyuàn) | I would not like to (rest, eat food) | Wǒ bùxiǎng (xiūxí /chīfàn) * | I will stay in (Beijing) for (four days, a week) | Wǒ yào zài (Běijīng) dāi (sī tiān, Yīgè xīngqí) | Is there a (restaurant, market) closeby? | fùjìn yǒu (fànguǎn,chāoshì) ma? | Please give me ( a receipt, room keys) | qǐng gěi wǒ (fāpiào, fángjiān yàoshi) | Please help me (register, call my...
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...onaryDictionary of Ònìchà Igbo 2nd edition of the Igbo dictionary, Kay Williamson, Ethiope Press, 1972. Kay Williamson (†) This version prepared and edited by Roger Blench Roger Blench Mallam Dendo 8, Guest Road Cambridge CB1 2AL United Kingdom Voice/ Fax. 0044-(0)1223-560687 Mobile worldwide (00-44)-(0)7967-696804 E-mail R.Blench@odi.org.uk http://www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm To whom all correspondence should be addressed. This printout: November 16, 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations: ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Editor’s Preface............................................................................................................................................... 1 Editor’s note: The Echeruo (1997) and Igwe (1999) Igbo dictionaries ...................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Earlier lexicographical work on Igbo........................................................................................................ 4 2. The development of the present work ....................................................................................................... 6 3. Onitsha Igbo ...................................................................................................
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...Feel the burn Which workout is best for you? Andy Darling is your guide Saturday 15 January 2005 The Guardian 1: Jogging/running The simplest yet most effective exercise in terms of caloric expenditure, because it's an entirely weightbearing activity, requiring greater energy output than if you were seated or supported by water. Softer surfaces require harder work and result in still higher caloric expenditure. Great for fat burning, and for the cardiovascular system (heart and lungs). Not so good in terms of muscle toning and flexibility. Can cause too much stress on knee joints, particularly on uphill runs. Calories burned in 30 minutes: Approximately 340 jogging, 560+ running 2: Pilates Created in the mid-20th century by Joseph Pilates, it uses mat and machine work to develop body awareness. It also teaches you how to use muscles more efficiently, bringing together strength and flexibility, two factors that don't always sit easily together. Great for instilling a sense of "how to move" and to hold oneself . Not so good in terms of calories burned. Calories burned in 30 minutes: Approximately 140 3: Indoor rowing An integral training aid for the multi-medalling GB water rowing crews, the Concept2 ergometer - "erg" for short - has given rise to a sport in its own right, with competitions around the world. Some come to it because their days of weight-bearing activity (ie running) are over, others use it for cross-training, burning nearly as many calories as running...
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...Humanities; 2* 09/5/10 The song “Give Me Novocain” by the band Green Day reveals a sense of suffering, and the use of drugs to help ease pain. The chorus “Drain the pressure from the swelling / This sensation’s over whelming/ Give me a long kiss goodnight and everything will be alright/ Tell me Jimmy I won’t feel a thing/ So give me Novocain.” This bluntly shows that what ever point of view this is coming from that person is very clearly suffering and is using drugs as a way to escape from it. The beat of the drums and the guitar is slow at first, then changes to a more up beat tone, hinting at the drugs raging through a person’s system. The slower beat that the song returns to is the high. It’s the calm that a person feels when the are worry free. When I first heard this song I had no reason to believe it was about anything than what was being obviously sung about. But when I listened to the lyrics it revealed the suffering that we as humans go through and what some people will do to escape, even if only for a matter of hours. It made me think about all the times I wished I could escape from something as simple as my mother. I changed my way of dealing with things from then on. Instead of wishing I could just get away by any means possible, or punching walls, I would just think about everything I have that is worth staying for. Everything I did both in thought and in action changed slightly. I never thought about wanting to run away or get at my mom and instead of hitting...
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...Marshall Law 11 March 2016 Project #1: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Music in films before 1970 had a distinct purpose. In the film “To Kill a Mockingbird” the music highlights important material in the film. This music was utilized to enhance the emotion of the film. The musical score was under the direction of Elmer Bernstein, an outstanding musician responsible for many major film scores. This film was produced in 1962, just about the time where avant-garde music was well in effect. Elmer Bernstein implements these new techniques of dissonant harmonious, wide intervals and complex rhythms in his themes throughout the film. There are three points where he utilizes music in this film. He highlights characters, highlights transitions and highlights emotional scenes. Music is not played from beginning to end, as the music is accents key moments. There is no use of source music in this film, allowing all the music to be underscore. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) is based off of the popular novel with the same name. The film follows the endeavors of two children, Scout and Jem, as well as their father, Atticus. Circulating the time of the Great Depression, this film emphasizes racial inequality. As the film develops, the plot reveals an important case dealing with the allegations of an African American man raping a white women. Tom Robinson, the man accused, is found guilty by the jury, only to suicide by cop. The man responsible for the allegations attacks Scout and Jem...
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...Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt is a futuristic short story centered on the idea of technological advancements that take over every aspect of human ability and inevitably cause the death of parents that attempt to shut it down. Bradbury helps readers understand the setting and the intended time frame using extremely graphic figurative language and tone using diction. Figurative Language Describing Setting. Early in the story Bradbury uses figurative language when he talks about the veldtland and “the hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden lake, the great rusty smell of animals, [and] the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air” (Bradbury 1). This provides the reader with an exceptionally striking idea of the exact...
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...Instructions: Analyze the text you selected and fill out the following worksheet in detail. Provide specific examples from the text that support your analysis. 1. Write the title of the text you have analyzed here: When I was Fair and Young 2. List at least three examples of diction in the text that add to the overall tone. Explain how each word contributes to the emotional power of the piece. spake importune mistriss Each word contributes to this because it makes you think a little harder and makes you analyze the sentence more because you don’t hear these words often. 3. List at least three examples of imagery in the text that add to the overall tone. Explain how each description contributes to the emotional power of the piece. fair and young dainty dame brave victorious boy These also contribute because they describe a little more about something and it allows you to visualize it in your mind. 4. List the examples of important details the author chose to include. Explain how these details contribute to the emotional power of the piece. I will so pluck your plumes as you shall say no more: The author put this in this poem because he wanted it to make an impact and he wanted it to be very stern and very detailed because it will intrigue the reader. 5. Analyze the author’s use of syntax in this text. Are the sentences long or short? Does the author use punctuation to slow down the pace, or short phrases...
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...Malcolm X is affects his tone and views on racism 2. Malcolm X’s use of literary devices emphasizes his attitude towards racism 3. Malcolm X’s use of loaded words, and vivid verbs creates a sense of oppression 4. Malcolm X’s reflective tone creates a sense of change and possibility 5. The drastically different tone in the excerpts from Malcolm X’s autobiography illustrates his point that all experiences make up who he is. 6. Malcolm X’s experiences affect the progression of his writing and feelings towards society 7. Malcolm X’s change is in his life is reflected in the change of his writing Claim: (The pledge of Allegiance creates a sense of unity and strength through its use of strong words.) Claim: (The pledge of Allegiance creates a sense of unity and strength through its use of strong words.) Point 1 (the use of specific loaded words is used to make us feel together) Point 1 (the use of specific loaded words is used to make us feel together) Evidence: (the word “allegiance” connotes we are all in this together) Together) Evidence: (the word “allegiance” connotes we are all in this together) Together) HOW does Malcolm X do this? Point 1 (the use of our rights makes us feel strong) Point 1 (the use of our rights makes us feel strong) My finished paragraph would look like this: The pledge of Allegiance creates a sense of unity and strength through its use of strong words. The use of specific...
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...BLENDING English has a rather smooth sentence rhythm. The sounds are connected from one word to another to another within a phrase. As a mechanical aid to blending during drill work, the student may consider the last sound of the first word part of the second word. Examples: 1. Is it raining hard today? 2. You must not adopt/an articulation pattern/ that calls attention to itself./// Verb + pronoun: * Do it> du it * Call her > caler Preposition of measurement: * a cup of tea > a kapov tee * A glass of water> a glasov Put a blend mark on the words that should be blended A canᴗ͜͜of tuna = a kanov tuna * get out - ge-tout * look at it - loo-ka-tit * not at all - no-ta-tall * what is it - wha-ti-sit * for all I know - forall I know * I prefer it -I preferit Improving Accent through Word Liaisons or Blending Consonant + Vowel * My name is David * Hold on * Turn over * Read only * Fall off * Follow up on * Come in * Sell it * Fade away Vowel + Vowel * Go away. * I also need the other one. * Go anywhere. * So honest * Through our initiative * You are * He is * Do I? * I asked * To open Pronunciation Practice. Read the following lines with proper blending and intonation: Or is reduced to r ex: rape or money? > rape r money And is reduced to n ex: money and power. > money n power ...
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...What reasons does Henry offer to suggest that the British were not worthy of trust at that time? His main reason was that the British were building a military that he believed was to be used against America. 3. What argument does Henry provide against the notion that the colonies are too weak to fight the British? He says that God has given America what it needs to fight and that America will win if they use what they have been given. He says that America wants to believe that everything is fine. 4. What is Henry implying when he says that he is loyal to "the majesty of heaven...above all earthly kings"? What tone (manner in which an author expresses his attitude) does this statement hold? This means that he is loyal to God over anyone else. His tone is humble and respectful. 5. Why are Henry's final words so effective and memorable? Those words have been used several times over the years and have become a symbol of our country. To die instead of having freedom is a very powerful notion. 6. A rhetorical question is a question posed to emphasize a point, not for the purpose of getting an answer. Henry uses this device extensively throughout his speech. Find one example in the speech, quote it and explain what point he is emphasizing with those particular questions. One of the many rhetorical questions in this speech is “Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?” This means that violence will not achieve peace and love. He says...
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...make the reader visualize pain and death in war – Hell, when everything appears lost and hopeless, and Heaven - heroic and victorious, when the obstacles are overcome and the “Draconic Empire” defeated. The story has a formal register to deliver suspense and the factual horrors of war. This has been achieved in a number of different ways, firstly, the complex sentence, “Sergeant Hugh Mott and his colleagues frantically worked away in the belly of the bridge whilst troops continued to traverse the spine.” This creates formality through its sophisticated structure coupled with a serious and impersonal tone. Standard English also creates formality with the active verb phrase, “With a resounding thud his body hit the cliff”. There is no slang or dialect which helps to develop the formal and complex tone intended. The use of lexis, with the polysyllabic words, also creates a formal tone. The verbs, “surging”, “paralysing”, “illuminated”, and the pre-modifying adjective, “terrifying” are all a formal use of lexis. The story also avoids abbreviations such as the pronoun and verb, “He had”, instead of “He’d” which is more informal. Heaven or Hell is targeted at a teenage male audience who become gripped by the powerful descriptions and breath-taking scenes of war. To appeal to this audience I have used semantics in the subordinate clause, “The thorns ripping into his flesh like splinters of glass.” This simile distinguishes that the audience is for young, teenage males because they love...
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...to comment on the literary techniques that are used to portray a theme/idea in a certain way. This means analysing the stylistic language choices that the author made to establish a particular tone and present the theme(s)/idea(s) to impact the audience in a particular way. Thus, the inter-relationship between author, text, and reader is what you need to look at. You need to read your question carefully in order to determine how to pull apart and include everything required of you. Highlight the important parts. ‘How’ in a text analysis essay means that you need to refer to technique. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION The difference between producing an essay that passes and one that doesn’t comes down to your analytical skills. If you find yourself taking about the characters as though they are people and recounting the plot. Stop. Wrong Way. Go Back. Do not collect $200. Think about what language choices the author made in order to portray or construct the text in a particular way. The language choices of a text establish its tone which can be serious, humorous, satirical, ironic, formal, informal etc. This tone manipulates the reader to interpret the text in a particular way. So the reader views the theme/topic in the same light as the tone. INTRODUCTION Global sentence that provides a context for the text(s) you are analysing. Text sentence that states which text(s) you are analysing and who wrote them. Ensure you get all details...
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...have you learnt about language acquisition from children's early words and meanings?" A child acquires language through a variety of sources. In this essay I will be explaining how children acquire words and meanings when learning language. A child goes through various stages of acquiring words. They being the cooing stage which means they are making open vowel sounds. This then adapted into a consonant vowel pattern in the babbling stage. The child then begins to use proto-words that they may not understand. Finally they use productive vocabulary to express needs or wants. The early words and meanings a child acquires, are mainly influenced by their environment and personality. This is shown in Nelsons experiment where she determined that when a child starts to use early words their functions could be put into four categories of naming, action, social and modifying. When looking at a transcript of a child’s early words the influences on vocabulary could be seen. Using names such as “mummy” or “cup” shows the child is referential meaning they use concrete nouns often. Whereas a child that uses many action and social words like “play” and “hello” is more expressive and use abstract nouns. This is also evident in the Social Inertactionist Theory. Bruner suggested that children acquire language through nature and nurture, so children in different environments with different parents would develop distinctive words and meanings that relate to their own personal surroundings. ...
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