Seminar Group: SEM003 WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH Giving effective presentations is one of the essentials when competing in the business world and taking up leadership positions. Yet‚ I was used to be a shy person‚ and afraid of public speaking before. I felt extremely nervous when making presentations in front of crowds. This year‚ being an Aiesecer member of the external relations team‚ it helps me to boost up my confidence in speaking English. I was given many opportunities to meet the
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1. Scott has my strongest recommendation to be considered for graduate school. I have had the esteemed privilege to supervise Scott in my position as U.S. Coast Guard Electronic Support Systems Detachment Supervisor‚ New York. 2. Scott has a talent to quickly come up to speed on a variety of complex work projects. Scott is strongly motivated to achieve optimal results excelling in both theoretical and practical concepts. Scott is a highly effective and proficient leader; he displays a genuine interest
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Final Reflection Paper I mentored in downtown Tucson at the private school Imago Dei. This is a faith-based private school‚ and because of this I feel like I received a different experience to my peer when it came to service learning. Before I was allowed to mentor anyone I had to go through two videos about sexual assault on minors and how to spot and deal with the signs. This was obviously a very jarring sight when first coming into service learning‚ and it did make me feel extremely uncomfortable
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Language Writing The purpose of a compare and contrast essay is to examine two things of interest and tell the reader about the similarities and differences between them. There are many different formats for writing a compare and contrast essay. For the purpose of this assignment‚ we will focus on the most common format called the Feature by Feature Format‚ where we compare and contrast (similarities and differences) between two subjects (i.e. Singapore versus Trinidad‚ etc.) on three different
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between texting language and formal writing or essay appropriate language. Students are inventing a language that adapts to the 160 character limit of short messages (Shafie‚ Azida‚ Osman 97). They must shorten their words or make abbreviations in order to send a quick short text; I mean it is called the short message system (SMS) for a reason right? In John Humphry’s article called I h8 txt msgs‚ he is very ignorant and thinks that texting has ruined the English language. He says that the abbreviations
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Caritas Veritas Reflection Essay Caritas Veritas Symposium “Describe an argument‚” Professor Jennifer Dunn asked of her audience as a way to open up her discussion‚ Taking a Stand. This was the first Caritas Veritas symposium I had attended on September 24th‚ which took place in the lower level Crown Library. There were about 15 people in the audience‚ and almost everyone had an input in describing an argument‚ using words such as “anger” and “tense.” According to Professor Dunn‚ all of the answers
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past‚ Brunei’s population could only read and write in their native terminology‚ but the present population boast a high literacy rate of 94.9 % (Kon‚ 2012). This is parallel to numerous changes to Brunei’s education in the last forty years. This essay will discuss these changes in the country’s development of literacy and the educational system. According to the Economic Planning and Development Department (2008)‚ the literacy rate has increased by 18% since 1978 and United Nations Educational
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Over the past few months‚ people across the nation have been debating about gun control. Topics ranging from firearm restrictions to background checks have been heavily discussed by both emotion and logic‚ by both gun supporters and gun control activists‚ and it seems like their is no middle ground for both parties to agree on. My opinion is that‚ although this is an emotional topic‚ emotions should be secondary to logic‚ for finding a solution to prevent gun control can not be on that makes us feel
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Essay 1 English 102 Composition and Literature Fall 2009 FIRST NAME LAST NAME FIRST LAST English 102 PROFESSOR DATE When I read stories somehow my mind takes off and starts to see the unseen. Often times when I read‚ different thoughts take my mind captive‚ and at times that can seem a bit sublevel. I began reading two short stories‚ “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence‚ and “The Destructors” by Graham Greene. Immediately these stories sent chill bumps
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I have been a student in San Diego Miramar Community College for five semesters. I started in ESOL 20 until I reached in English 48 and 49. I learned lots of things every semester. I learned how to write a research paper and do academic journals. I enjoy doing the academic journals because it was an interesting way to write anything that is in your mind. However‚ the research paper was horrible because it was very difficult for me to put all your information together to try to make an argument that
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