OVERCOMING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ANXIETY By Saranda Nuredini Instructor: Luiza Zeqiri Course: ESP Communication I January 2012 “Sweaty palms‚ shaking hands‚ dry mouth and muscle tension mean for many of us‚ that we are about to speak in public. Couple this fear of speaking in public with performing or speaking in another language and the success of the speaker may be dramatically compromised” (Leigh‚ 2009). By having to speak in a foreign language‚ the amount of fear in us grows and transforms
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told me the value of college. Since they grew up in a poor country they did not have the opportunity of college. As a result they always tell me struggle they had to face just to make a living for us. In this day and age many evidence show us that college may be the wrong way to go due to the financial struggle you will get‚ on the other hand many say college is indeed worth it. Since it the foundation of everything we do‚ therefore there is a value to a college education. A college career pay far more
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Goals My reason for applying to Empire State is to complete my degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. A college education will assist me in acquiring a range of knowledge in many subjects‚ as well as advanced knowledge in the specific subjects I am interested in. Throughout my career in the military I have received training in many aspects of leadership‚ and management. The training encompassed a variety of areas which included human resources and logistical
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She lived her life to the absolute last day. She worked hard and perceived into her best. Walker pushed through obstacles made to stop her. Once she became a millionaire she didn’t shy away from the black community‚ she helped them. Not only did she give help the black community‚ she gave black women a voice by providing jobs to the people who needed them. Walker did
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difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty‚ and every difficulty has an opportunity”. (J. Sidlow Baxter) But‚ According to the IMDb.com biography Robert Thurman was born on August 3‚ 1941 in New York City. "Thurman is known for his talented popularization of the Buddha’s teaching at Columbia University" ("Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies"). Later in the biography we learned that in the late spring of 1961‚ while Thurman was changing
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Option #4: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there‚ and why is it meaningful to you? ************************* A place where I am perfectly content is on stage. Dancing‚ that is. On stage with the bright lights shining; and the spotlight shining on you. There is a rush of nerves and adrenaline that overcomes you before you go out. It is very nerve-wrecking‚ but the outcome is extraordinary. The feeling that you get after you spend
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Throughout life‚ obstacles will affect everyone. Sometimes people go their whole life trying to overcome them. Other times‚ people just brush them off without trying. During my academic career‚ I have faced several challenges that have been there my whole life. I tried everything to get passed them‚ but nothing worked. I eventually turned into one of those that would decide to live with them and avoid them. When deciding to become an Elementary Teacher‚ I never thought that I would face these challenges
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Johanna Describe the most challenging obstacle you’ve had to overcome; discuss its impact on your life‚ and tell us what you learned from the experience and how overcoming that obstacle has shaped who you are today. One of the most challenging obstacles that I had to overcome in life is going back to school. From the time I left high school was only seventeen years old and I knew I had to go back and finish my High School. I had gotten pregnant at the time I didn’t have any family member to
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Framers of the United States created a system called the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a group of representatives of each state who cast the final ballots that actually elect the president. In 1787‚ the Electoral College was created by the Framers who were also called the “Founding
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“Attending a World” Mary Bateson’s “Attending a World” explains two different kinds of awareness. The first type of awareness is the ability to concentrate on one thing exceptionally well‚ and the other is to be able to concentrate on a number of things at one time. According to Bateson‚ most women have the ability to multi-task‚ whereas most men do not. This is a very interesting concept because in theory‚ women are forced to multi task on a daily basis. For example‚ women often concentrate
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