UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 / 2014 FHEL 1012 English for Academic Study _____________________________________________________________________________________ WORKSHEET LECTURE 4 Task 1: Read and identify the common theme shared by the articles below. Then‚ list the possible focus of writing using these articles. Article 1 In the summer of 2012‚ Steve Fan suspended his graduate studies at Stanford University and headed back to China‚ which he had left four years earlier. The
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Elisa Castaneda Three Academic Objectives Gen 200 September 28‚ 2013 Jack Hopper Three Academic Objectives By the time I attend the graduation ceremony of University of Phoenix‚ there are three academic objectives I would like to accomplish. First and foremost‚ I would like to get a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Secondly‚ I would like to become a better writer. Last‚ I would like to become a better communicator so that I can network with people who are in the same career and field of work
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lying. Though Nick appears to be a good guy‚ he does not know what true honesty is. Many of his actions prove him to be dishonest and morally wrong. Nick believes that honesty means being a good person‚ and having nothing to hide. This is not true though. For example‚ when Tom openly had an affair on his wife‚ he did not show honesty. He did not hide that he was having an affair. He was not honest; he was shameless. Honesty requires sincerity and integrity. Americans in the 1920’s did not commonly
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Lexie Marsh Mrs. Shea English 101 9/27/13 Causes and Solutions to Academic Cheating Academic cheating is defined as representing someone else’s work as one’s own. It can take many forms‚ including sharing another’s work or purchasing a paper or test questions in advance. Statistics show that cheating among high school students has risen dramatically in the past fifty years. Two major causes of cheating include temptation and opportunity. There are also many different solutions that teachers
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Academic Pressure In the movie The Dead Poet Society‚ Neil‚ the protagonist was getting academically pressured by his parents‚ his dad especially. He was told to get all A’s or he would be punished. He was threatened at the beginning to be forced to leave that field he wanted to study‚ but he did not listen to his dad. Academic pressure plays a big role in why some people have anxiety‚ or get really mad at themselves if they do something wrong or even get a bad grade. In my perspective I believe
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Discussion Essay Task 2 questions often ask you to Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Here’s how I structure a 4-paragraph essay for this kind of question: 1. Introduction (2 sentences): First introduce the topic. I often begin with the phrase "People have different views about...". People have different views about how children should be taught. While there are some good arguments in favour of teaching children to be competitive‚ I believe that it is better to encourage
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Fake Honesty In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the character Jay Gatsby falls for a young woman named Daisy. As a fake millionaire he set out to be the type of man Daisy needed. Once she learned the truth about Jay‚ Daisy liked that she married her current husband Tom after all. One could describe Daisy as an unhappy young woman because she always wants what looks good to her without taking time to know all there is to know about people or a situation. As a young
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The movie “Michael Clayton” shows the struggle with honesty and deception. The movie shows many similarities between the characters and what a journalist should do while reporting a story. In the beginning of the movie‚ Michael Clayton goes to see Arthur Edens after he had a breakdown. In this scene‚ Clayton is interrogating Edens about why he stops taking his medication. The scene relates with the chapter about interviewing. Clayton goes to Eden’s hotel room and talks to the rest of the legal
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1. Please provide additional information (up to 250 words) that will help us better understand your academic performance. You may also use this space to explain any chronological gaps in your academic history (e.g. a period of time after high school graduation before applying to college). I was always very intrigued by the law of physics and its implication since childhood. Physics challenges our imagination and leads to great discoveries like computers and lasers that have completely changed our
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do you attribute your success? Everybody has something in life that they are good at; something that person naturally has a knack for. Some people excel in athletics‚ for others it may be fine arts such as art or theater‚ for many it may be an academic subject‚ such as English and writing. In my case‚ I am considered an exception to normality. Since starting school‚ I have always had an exceptional aptitude for mathematics and science. It always came naturally. Throughout elementary and middle
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