Essays on English Language

I believe that making a summary is a challenging task. Reproducing a shorted form of the author’s ideas, particularly in large works (e.g. chapters), can be overwhelming. Understanding the thoughts in details is one thing. Compressing it while staying faithful to the central ideas I believe will compress my brain as well. I cannot imagine compressing a 10,000-word chapter in 250-word summary. My first reaction was: even stringing the key words together into a summary may not limit the volume into 250 words. Hard the task may be, I believe certain skills can be learned in forcing ...

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Abstract

Nowadays, the role of English can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keeps widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language requires taking great responsibility and, therefore, it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications that may arise during the learning process so as to define key tendencies and principles in ...

During my rather short lifetime, I had understood what life is, what are difficulties in it, and that there is the way out from any situation. The thing that always helped me to keep the lights on was the support of my close relatives and my religion. The complete change in my life came during the time called Ramadan. Three years ago, I was a high school student. These times prove to be the hardest for me. At first, I worried not to fail the high school, but my parents persuaded me that there is nothing to worry about ...

The role of English nowadays can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keep widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language implies taking great responsibility and thereby it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications which may arise during the learning process so that to define key tendencies and principles in English teaching. Taking into ...

English is the main language of communication used in the East Asia as a lingua franca in all types of international contacts. It is, hence, not surprising that the problem of appropriate teaching of English in schools, colleges, and institutions occupies not only the minds of professional tutors and young students’ parents, but also politicians who understand the importance of English in the world. The internationally recognized status of English as the major language of worldwide communication has been formed by a number of historical and economical factors, including colonization periods in East Asia and the international importance of ...

Vernacular Eloquence

Introduction The HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the newly appointed Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, advised students taking scholarships in the US to be good representatives of their country abroad and also urged them to not only focus on their academic but also to reach out to the American community and experience the American culture. He, however, reiterated that challenges are expected to be encountered while on their studies abroad but exhorted them that the American people are hospitable and simple with a great thirst for knowledge. He put emphasis that sending Saudi students to the US was ...

English

English

Colonialism played a major role in the development and advancement of the English language from the 17th century onwards. The early modern period played an important and interesting role in this regard because it was the time of colonization of the America. Other dialects that are used in the English language along with the variety which is now spoken in the developing countries is based on the language that was retained in the Early Modern era. In the 16th century, the English language was able to attain its absolute self, when the spellings of the words became standard ...

Part 2: framework for curriculum evaluation

Part 3: Curriculum analysis Strengths and weakness of the current curriculum Strengths The current curriculum is primarily geared towards ensuring a student-oriented instructional platform. Therefore, most of the tenets basic to a sound and efficient curriculum are inherently embedded. For instance, the standard of the curriculum tally and align with those stipulated in the state of Georgia's department of education. The content is also keenly and appropriately customized to meet all the student’s requirements as per each grade and level. Weakness The primary weakness that the curriculum creates to my students is in reading since the curriculum is ...

Research Paper Outline: Hashtags’ Negative Effect on the English Language Online

Introduction A hashtag is an official word found in the OED which promotes ideas that are propagated in professional and academic institutions. Hashtags are mainly used in social media forums. One of the repercussions of the increased use of hashtags on the internet has been a deterioration in the quality of the English language (Biddle, 2011). As young people continually opt to use shortened tags instead of learning the proper spelling of words which are necessary for constructing grammatical discourses. Hashtags were pioneered several years ago by a Google employee. Linguists referred to hashtags as paralanguage which fall in ...

Strengths of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake 4

Weaknesses of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake 6 Opportunities which Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake can Exploit 7 Threats to which Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake is Exposed 7 3.0 Strategy Proposed 8 4.0 Critical Evaluation of the Problems Identified 8

Using Six Hats Thinking Approach for Problem Solving 9

Blue Hat 9 White Hat 9 Red Hat 10 Black Hat 10 Yellow Hat 10 Green Hat 11 Application of Mintzberg’s Theory at Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake 11 Interpersonal use of Managerial Skills 11 Informational Role of Managers to Solve Problems 12 Decisional Role of Managers for Dealing with the Issue 13 5.0 Conclusion 13

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Strategic Management Analysis of Sofitel Hangzhou Westlake in China ...

Oral history interview entails collecting information from individual about their past. It encompasses recording their feelings as well as thoughts about their future. The information tends to dig deep an individual's past life and experiences (Neuenschwander, 2014). Oral history interview is the best methodology for collecting information about the past either on social or cultural life. The information could be obtained from a family member, close friend, a relative or person in the community as one tries to understand their past event experiences (Dogan, 2015). Also, in communication, it seeks to understand how information is conveyed from one person ...

Research Paper Outline

Introduction The aim of this paper is to examine how the internet has impacted the English language with the use of hashtags. Thesis: The increased use of hashtags on the internet has negatively impacted the English language as young people utilize the shortened tags instead of learning the right spelling of the words as well as how to use proper grammar which they need for school. Hashtag is an official word which can be found in the OED thus promoting the idea it can be used in school and other professional situations.

Main Point #1: Hashtags are aesthetically displeasing “‘ ...

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Abstract In today’s globalised world, people speak more than one tongue, with accents that correspond to their familiar languages. This research paper looks into accent issues when student are taught English by non-native teachers. After a brief introduction, literature pertaining to accents is reviewed. Two research papers are considered here. The first paper talks about ‘Chinese English’ in comparison to ‘China English’. It shows how the Chinese are comfortable in their accents towards English and are not even aware about native English. The second paper depicts the attitude of Slavic speakers to English as ...

Nobody has contemplated precisely on the complicated phenomenon why English has become so widespread and common all over the world. The ability to communicate in English fluently does not awake the feeling of surprise or pleasure on the foreigner’s faces. However, it is a rational and logical issue that English seems to be an international language or a lingua franca. From the historic point of view, one should mention Latin and its role all over the world. Many centuries ago, Latin was considered to be a lingua franca as well. However, after the Roman Empire lost its power ...

Sharon Fouquier-Simpson

Nowadays, hashtags have overloaded the world. People are using hashtags on social media right and left, but not very many people pause and think about how using of hashtags has evolved the English language. It is easy to use hashtags: it is enough to add sign figure # before any word or before the phrase typed without gaps, and they will automatically turn into a hashtag. In search result on this or that hashtag you receive all messages or pages with the same marking from other users. As it was noted above, most of content marketing specialists understands possibilities of ...

During the first 2 centuries C.E., there was a period of peace and prosperity, called Pax Romana , which remained in history as one of the happiest and prosperous periods in the entire human history. However, the achievements of the 3 emperors of the Flavian dynasty, Vespasian, and his sons, Titus and Domitian, laid the foundations for Pax Romana because it represented a period of able administration and important political, social, military and educational changes which brought prosperity in the empire. The succession of the first of these emperors, Nerva, put an end to the Flavian dynasty and in particular, ...

A native citizen of Spain and a recognized king of bohemian Paris, Pablo Picasso was a bright example of versatile talent and fantastic commitment to his lifework. He continuously tried new styles and forms, looked for new color compositions, used unusual materials, and, when two-dimensional images started to seem him boring, founded cubism to give them a new dimension. Together with Georges Braque, Picasso massively determined art development of the twentieth century. The widely recognized ancestor of Picasso’s cubism is his painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) created in 1907 during the African period of ...

Nowadays, hashtags have overloaded the world. People are using hashtags on social media right and left, but not very many people pause and think about how using of hashtags has evolved the English language. It is easy to use hashtags: it is enough to add sign figure # before any word or before the phrase typed without gaps, and they will automatically turn into a hashtag. In search result on this or that hashtag you receive all messages or pages with the same marking from other users. As it was noted above, most of content marketing specialists understands possibilities of ...

The establishment of the modern national education system in Malaysia is one of the major effects of the post-colonial development within the nation (Zohar, 2004). During the British colonial rule in Malaysia, education system could be considered socially and academically narrow since it did not confine multicultural dynamics of the Malaysian society as well as the demographics of the nation. After the colonial period in the 1950s, the education system reform was implemented on the nation and segregated linguistic ethnic streams which comprise their population. The period of the end of the colonial rule in Malaysia also marks the ...

I am an international student, and I started learning the English language in the intermediate school when I was 13-years old. I first thought that the English language is difficult to learn, and true enough, learning it is not an easy task, especially for a beginner like me. I encountered many difficulties in the process, and it really took me a lot of time to learn how to write and speak simple sentences. However, despite the difficulties, I eventually enjoyed learning new English words and using them in interacting with other people. While my parents tried to expose me ...

There are five major elements of films which are narrative, cinematography, sound, mise-en-scene, and editing. The use of all five of these elements can be found in the movie known as Wadjda. Similar to the majority of movies, in Wadjda the audiences are given a visual of what a writer or writers tried to portray in their scripts. One way for a film to be successful is to have a grand narrative. The narrative is simply another way to say storytelling. In movies, the narrative is the story the writer or writers want to tell his or her audience. ...

McCarran International Airport- Las Vegas, Nevada

Abstract The McCarran International Airport is deemed to be the ninth busiest in the US and tops in Nevada County. It accounts for sixty percent of the passengers arriving at the Nevada County. The airport was built in 1942 by George Cockett an American Aviator. The airport has undergone major changes and restructuring which has turned it into a modern international airport. The economic, political and social role of the airport cannot be undermined. The airport contributes to the income of the county and thus provides employment to some locals of the bigger population of the Nevada State. Socially, ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

Technologies such as articulation attract observation to the representations, practices, effects, and experiences that constitute them. Others such as assemblage heighten to this comprehension by drawing awareness to the methods that these representations, practices, effects, and practices articulate to use a particular dynamic shape with larger cultural outcomes. The notion of the assemblage may best be acknowledged by thinking about the term constellation, which is applied by Guattari and Deleuze when they speak about assemblage. For instance, a group of heavenly physiques such as the Big Dipper takes a particular form: it chooses, draws together, marks out, and covers ...

In an effort to improve the education of American schoolchildren from kindergarten through 12th grade, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were released by the Council of Chief State Schools Officers and the National Governors Association in 2010 (Applebee, 2013); 43 of 50 states adopted them by 2013 (Conley, 2014). Attempts at voluntary national standards began with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989 and over the next six years, a project in English language arts lost its funding after two weeks in 1992 and standards for history were voted down by the Senate in 1995. The ...

English curriculum

Maria needs an integrated English Curriculum that will enable her to improve her reading and writing skills, and subsequently, improve her class performance. English language learners are usually non-native speaker meaning that English is not their first choice. Therefore, they are likely to experience problems in their schoolwork as they have not yet mastered English, which is the medium of communication and instruction in school. They need help with the language so that they can understand the concepts taught and that way; they will achieve the objectives set for their class work. Sometimes, these students may understand the concepts ...

Analysis of the Language of New Social Media

Introduction Recent technological advancements in computers, phones, and internet based communications have become an integral part of people’s lives. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn have attracted million of English-speaking users who communicate and connect via the sites on a regular basis. The use of the internet communication technologies has undoubtedly shaped the way people communicate. Users share their thoughts and photos, organize their social lives, or at the very least have their lives significantly influenced through some form of internet-based interaction. This has had a huge effect not only on the physical interaction but ...

Executive Summary

In addition to creating a Turkish-American newspaper to enhance the educational and professional experience of the Turkish population in the US, the CEO of the business plans to open a photography component. The opportunity to succeed in the market is expected to increase with the success of photographic component of the Turkish-American newspaper. The report helps to explore the main advantages available for the CA and the possible products and services offered by the two businesses. The paper is designed to provide information to the shareholders about the effectiveness of the current CA and photographic component.

Business Overview

The Turkish-American newspaper ...

Learning English

Most immigrants insist that learning the English language was very critical for their success. The conviction among the immigrants concerning learning the English language could be attributed to their desire to be understood by the natives in NYC. Most of the immigrants agree to the fact that it is hard for an immigrant to land a good job or prosper in NYC without learning the English language. Only 12 percent of the immigrant population in NYC say that learning the English language is easy (Farkas, 2003). While 65 percent of the immigrant population suggests that the United States natives ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction

The chapter contains details of the information regarding special education and challenges associated with it. The chapter is divided into four sections to facilitate the users of the study. The theoretical framework comprises of theories and definitions of key terms mentioned in the study. Another section contains the material extracted from past studies that provide clear evidence on the arguments. A conceptual framework is also included that represents the selected approaches from past studies and elaboration of the definition. The summary is also provided at the end of this chapter to provide a concise view ...

Social science researchers define variations within a culture based on universal traits. Cultural variations are divided into three broad categories. These are; behaviors, values and cognition. Behaviors are the outward observable artifacts of culture (Wunderle, 2006). Such artifacts include language and religion. The culture of any given group of people is greatly influenced by the language spoken by this group of people. People's perspective of the world is dependent on the content and structure of the language they speak. Personally, I perceive the world from a technological perspective based on the high use of technological words in the English ...

Studying abroad, in a foreign country is always an exciting and scintillating experience. Yet there are a few ‘hurdles’ standing in the way of international students when it comes to gaining admission into a good university abroad. These are the placement tests required to prove one’s aptitude and capability in order to get admission into any program in the chosen university. Many countries all around the globe require applicants to appear for placement tests before they can get admission into them. The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada and many other countries with some of the top ...

1. Answer: Mobile communication devices including different personal digital assistants are not limited to voice calls and short messages only. These devices can easily browse the internet and can use different types of utility and facility applications, such as viewing maps of a certain place, tracking other people via a GPS system and so on. A device with so many features certainly helps a person as well as the society to ease the lifestyle. On the other hand, bad people can use these features to harm other people. In the recent days 22nd July 2016, an eighteen-year-old guy attacked ...

Indian Perspective

Indian Perspective

Introduction

Globalization has opened the gates of several countries, and workforce of a global organization is made up of people from different countries, with different language and cultures. Thousands of Indians employed in the corporate sector end up working in the United States of America. This trend is expected to rise as globalization opens the gates of American shores for many Indians to relocate to America to build their career and earn attractive financial packages. The movement of people from India to the United States of America can be a huge cultural shock for people as there is ...

Intelligence is a broad term which has various meaning attached to it, in all the languages of the world. Philosophers have been trying to understand and explain the meaning of the term ‘intelligence’ since centuries, and each one of them has come up with their own exemplification of the term. For example, Einstein terms intelligence, not as the occupation of knowledge, but it is more of imagination and creativity. Socrates, on the other hand, believes that intelligence is the self-knowledge of claiming that one knows nothing. Moving from philosophers, people have considered understanding the meaning of the term from ...

The current paper critically evaluates the research study conducted on the significance of national language for the citizens of a country. A language is regarded as a set of definite rules that can be used to transmit opinions, thoughts, or information. The primary purpose of the research paper is to develop an understanding in the minds of people regarding the ways in which the language can unify the national citizens. The research paper is set to look at the responsibility language in achieving national unity in the United States of America. The American language is a remarkable vehicle that ...

Introduction

The Chinese real estate market is currently experiencing a bubble in growth as investors rush to acquire real estate property both within and outside the country. As such, there is a need for effective communication platforms to facilitate the frequent talks and negotiations between China and other countries to take care of the increasing numbers of Chinese investors who want to purchase or invest in real estate properties overseas. In most cases, these negotiations crumble because of the lack of understanding as the buyer and the seller speak two different languages, hence a communication malfunction (Bogucki & Deckert, 2012). Therefore, ...

I. Introduction Researches argued that there was little evidence to accurately determine the early language in England. While the region was inhabited by humans for thousands of years, and that the presence of culture was detected, it was noted that the English language has been only adopted for a comparatively short span of time. History revealed that the English language we have today is a product of the different spoken dialects of the Germanic tribes who immigrated to England sometime in the 5th century. The development of the English language is comparable to a division of historical periods, and ...

U.S. schools’ populations have been changing fast due to the arrival of foreign students, therefore classes have become more linguistically diverse (Spillett). The number of the learners, whose first language is not English, has increased significantly over the past years and continues to grow (Colombo). A large number of such students are confronted with the challenge of meeting the expectations of the country in which they are studying. According to the federal rules, children have to take state tests during their first week in school. These requirements have to be passed in order to keep up with their English-speaking ...

Re: A letter of appeal for the consent of the Southern New Hampshire University

Kindly consider this correspondence as an appeal for the Scholastic Standing Committee’s decision to issue me an academic suspension. I would like to kindly request for the Committee to allow me to enroll in any program at the Southern New Hampshire University again so that I could continue my course schedule for fall 2016. Despite having a GPA of 1.574, I was not successful in passing two of my academic subjects – Psychology and ENG099i. After contemplating on the possible causes of this failure, I have come to realize that there are two main reasons for failing the two ...

The preliminary title of the proposed research project is “A contrastive study of transitivity and intransitivity in formal and colloquial Arabic and English”. The final title of the research project is not carved in stone and will likely be subject to change, if some nuanced corrections are suggested.

Background

In the languages that are widely spoken in the world today, all verbs can be categorized as transitive, intransitive or ambitransitive. Historically, linguists have understood transitivity as a “transfer of energy from one entity to another” (Hoche, 2009, p. 148). It appears from this definition that transitive verbs presume the transfer ...

Struggles of Foreign Students in Learning English

A large number of students, whose first language is not English, learners especially in American countries are confronted with the challenge of meeting the expectations of the country in which where they are livingthey are studying. Requirements such as state tests and language tests have to be passed in order to keep up with their English-speaking peers and meet the demands of having a good command of English. Hence, it is also a big challenge for educational institutions to help these English language learners adapt to school and daily life. The number of these learners has increased significantly over ...

Essay

The company under consideration is Zoni Language Centers, which is known as one of the leaders in teaching English language and in international college placement education.

Zoni Language Centers offer educational services to great many of students from all over the world.

The company’s head office is located in Manhattan, New York, USA. The schools are located in the United States of America and Canada.

When speaking of mission of a company, it is necessary to understand:

what it does who the customer is, and what it should look like to be realized. According to its mission, Zoni is committed to apply its unique method of teaching foreign students English as a second or a foreign language. Moreover, Zoni Language Centers management team seems to realize ...

English 1312.04

Carrera-Carrillo, Lore. "“Some of us are learning Spanish and some of us are learning English”: A comparison of second language programs in Texas." Thesis. 2003. Carrera-Carrillo observes how dual language programs are gaining popularity throughout the United States and targeting both the minority language students as well as the majority language students. Studies have revealed that there are many advantages which are associated with the learning of the English language. The native language enables students acquire content with better insight and can relate more to these concepts later in the English language. Not all facilities which have embraced ...

The thesis

The concept of the soul has raised a lot of controversies over the years. Different religious beliefs hold different perceptions of the human soul. The paper argues about the concept of the soul, distinguishing the Germanic culture, Christianity and Taoism perspectives of the soul. The thesis states that the concept of the soul plays a very important role in many Germanic countries. The soul is perceived to be a part of people's fate, birth, death and rebirth. The paper explains different contradictions of perceptions regarding the concept of the soul. This thesis is arguable based on the religious beliefs ...

A large number of English learners especially in American countries are confronted with the challenge of meeting the expectations of the country where they are living. Requirements such as state tests and language tests have to be passed in order to keep up with their English-speaking peers and meet the demands of having a good command of English. Hence, it is also a big challenge for educational institutions to help these English language learners adapt to school and daily life. The number of these learners has increased significantly over the past years and continues to grow . Teaching the English ...

Response

It is indeed a marvelous example of how great was the Ancient Greek thought. The book in which the Heron's formula is found is dated back to 60 AD, however, the Wiki page suggests that this formula was known by Archimedes, who lived two centuries before the book was published. The Mathisfun site offers a succinct explanation and history of the formula and also an interactive model where values for the triangle sides can be entered, and the triangle's area and angles will be automatically calculated. The angles, however, are found using the Law of Cosines and no proof ...

Canadian French nationalism is a complex issue that has its roots in the settlement of the country by French explorers. It has been a highly emotional issue that has affected the politics of Canada over the years. The eye of the storm is the province of Quebec where 81% of its people spoke French as opposed to the 90% of Canadians who spoke English in the rest of Canada during the early stages of the secessionist movement (Fenwick, 1981). The current Separatist movement has lost power and is no longer the threat to Canadian political and social stability it ...

As a person from Saudi Arabia, I never learned English. Recently, however, I graduated from the English Language Program (ELP), which was part of the curriculum at the University of Dammam. Learning the English language was one of my dreams, and I felt so fortunate and grateful for the opportunity to finally learn English. Not only is learning English important for academic achievement, but it fulfilled a personal goal of mine, one that I will never forget. The school arranged an excellent event, and my parents flew to North Florida to attend my graduation ceremony. It filled me with ...

Communication

Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal communication is the process by which people exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages: it is face-to-face communication (Interpersonal Communication Skills).The following sequence shows flow of information in interpersonal communication.

In other words it can be said that this is the most direct type of communication. Examples of interpersonal communication are communication with peers, friends, and family members face to face. In such type of communication both the sender and receivers perceive the gestures of each other and the exchange medium (communication channel) for the information is the same. An added advantage ...

The Muller-Lyer illusion is a useful tool for investigating the effects of the environment on human perception. The illusion shows that humans use the surroundings of an object to make a judgment of the size of that object, which is not necessarily accurate. The theory of size constancy suggests that we can usually make a judgment about the size of an object based on depth perception, the nearby objects, what we already know, and other factors. The Muller-Lyer illusion is an example of that system being tricked due to the presence of an acute or obtuse angle. It is ...

The concepts of loanwords and globalization support the idea that English is absorbing words from other languages and incorporating them into its own. The present day world has increasingly become interconnected through what is known as globalization. According to Odegova and Zabulionite (475), “this interconnection, “has spelled the need for people to adopt words used by different languages.” For instance, Spanish words such as “tortilla” and “Desperado” are now common among the English speaking people. This discourse might be viewed in a negative light. However, as a matter of fact, the loanwords evidence the degree to which culture is ...

The focus of this study is to explore the contentious issue in the American context. The variety of education programs that have been implemented in the country. The study, therefore, seeks to investigate the effectiveness of the dual immersion programs in teaching English language in the California state. It will exploit the literature on the area as established in the area of focus. Several articles have been studied and the findings present own interpretation as they unfold in the study process. California states is known as one as of the most productive states in the American country. The programs ...

The Great War was the bloodiest war in world history up to that point. Many historians claim that the buildup to the war was caused my militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism (MAIN). This might be the composite indicator, but special importance should be placed on the Dual-Alliance between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire. The two came together for a myriad of reasons, most importantly a shared fear of Russian aggression, and remained together for over thirty years. Thus, an entire generation grew up recognizing that the two Germanic empires were closely allied, and the knowledge pervaded the culture of ...

Homework 1 – Lesson 16

Test Objective Test Scenarios/Set-up In the lab test, the SRAW will be fired 30 separate times, with variables set at constants. Each test will be evaluated on a yes/no scale for missile launch, missile arm and target hit. In field test, with SRAW being fired 30 separate times. There will be variables within the criteria of target range, target course, and target speed. Each test will be evaluated on a yes/no scale for missile launch, missile arm and target hit.

A successful test will be defined as a positive missile launch and target hit being at a distance of ...

Elves are mythical creatures that belong to the supernatural world. While they have Germanic origins, having first appeared in the myths of Europe, elves became popular throughout the world in mid-19th century with the introduction of popular culture. While their description is vague in stories, they are often imagined today as tall, beautiful human-like creatures, with pointy ears. Traditionally, “the hidden people” have been performing tasks similar to those of human beings, and have the same basic social structures in the society. Elves’ relationship with humans is ambivalent, which allowed for a variety of representations in popular media. Thus, ...

Research Paper

Judging the Quality of English Judging the Quality of English There are two main approaches that can be used to judge the standard of people’s English, both spoken and written. The prescriptive approach relies on the use of a set of rules and standards that prescribe how English should be used, whilst the descriptive approach relies more on an understanding of how English is used as a tool for communication in reality (McBee Oryulak, 2012). These two different approaches give an insight into how judgements can be made about the quality of the language. The purpose of this ...

2016-06-06

Literature Research 4 Critical Evaluation 9 III. Conclusion 12

Introduction

Nowadays, project management today is an acknowledged field of professional activity. Methodology and project management tools are widely used in the areas of project-oriented activities, especially in creating new products and services, in targeted changes within individual organizations and companies (Dinsmore and Cabanis-Brewin, 2011). The increasing complexity of economic processes, increasing the number of control subjects, and constraints that are available at our time, such as the unstable operation of the economy, a sharp reduction in public investment, stable, high inflation rate and others lead to that currently required projects ...

Critical Thinking and Ethics

June 3rd, 2016

I feel that the principles and the rules of critical thinking are applicable to ethical reasoning. There are three main areas to consider when it comes to decision making. These areas include obligations, moral ideals, and consequences. When all of these areas are applied to a problem, the critical thinking will allow a person to come up with an ethical solution. One example is when doctors harvest the organs from inmates that are on death row. This makes it easy to see where the problems might occur. When a person understands all of the consequences of ...

English as International Language

Analysis of the Article “How English Evolved into a Global Language”

How English Evolved into a Global Language Past decades were outlined by a complex discussion about the role and impact of globalization on various aspects of our life. Globalization is generally defined as a process of internationalization and integration, which comes as a result of a rapid and effective exchange of views, services, ideas, products and other aspects of human culture. The reality shows that one of the major effects of globalization is the internationalization of the world community and increased the mobility of individuals, groups and companies. ...