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    CURRICULUM AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT THE SHAPE OF SYLLABUS GROUP 3 ANISA PURWANINGSIH 201212500650 ERNA YULIANTI 2012125006 FITRIA MARLINA 2012125006 HAZILAH 201212500703 MALSI MAHDINAR 201212500685 MULYANTI 201212500625 THE SHAPE OF SYLLABUS The basic dilemma which course planners must reconcile is that language is infinite‚ but a syllabus must be finite. Moreover‚ this finite or selected content requires some kind of organization‚ or format in a shape which is best suited to the particular

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    The Devil in the Shape of a Woman is a book dealing with witchcraft in Colonial New England. The author is Carol F. Karlsen‚ who is currently a professor in the history department at the University of Michigan specializing in American women‚ early American social and cultural studies; she received her Ph D. from Yale University in 1980. In this book the author explores the social construction of witchcraft in Colonial New England between the years 1620 through 1725. The thesis of the book is to

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    Arch 8011 Research Methods 2013 Jonathan Jordan‚ 1361176 ARCHITECTURE: WORDS OR SHAPES Introduction Architecture can be viewed with two different types of properties. Properties that can be seen like shapes‚ their composition‚ the spaces they create and‚ the colours and textures that make up their appearance. These properties are considered to be visual while other properties are considered to be abstract

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    Desiree Rielly Professor Guy Pollio 5 December 2012 English 101 What Shapes You? Often times‚ we rely on the world to we live in to shape us. From mass media‚ to magazines to commercials‚ we always find ourselves seeking the next best thing instead of what we already have. The way society shapes us develops each and every one of us because we are persuaded by such advertisements. Robert Scholes of “On Reading A Video Text”‚ and Shirley Jackson of “The Lottery”‚ show appropriate

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    Authority – the word alone instills a certain type of reaction in a person; a reaction that either commands obedience or disobedience. Some people command authority through violent means while others through lawful means. Why do certain countries still have kings and queens while others are ruled by parliaments or congresses? When studying the German sociologists Max Weber and his theory of authority‚ it can be observed that there are certain types of authority and reasons in which people choose

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    Spoken Text Analysis Text a is an extract from a conversation between MS ‚ a researcher and two twelve year old boys ‚ G and M. From the beginning of the text it is clearly shown that out of the speakers‚ G is the more dominant one‚ with constant interruptions throughout. However‚ this converges to the boys and uses minimal responses showing is that he wants the two boys to continue talking‚ maybe try to try and get information or data out of them about what they do in their free time in their

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    Shakespeare uses the prominent theme of usurpation in The Tempest to critique the characters discoveries of rightful authority as a result of re-evaluating their actions. The hierarchy of Elizabethan society was strict in its rules of birth dictated rightful authority‚ so the audience is positioned to question accepted lines of leadership when the protagonist‚ Prospero‚ recalls his usurped dukedom of Milan. Although‚ this reflection and later actions cause Prospero‚ as well as the audience‚ to reconsider

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    In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue” author Amy Tan‚ discusses the “power of language – the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth.” Tan began to explain that when she was speaking to a large group about her book‚ “The Joy Luck Club‚” she suddenly realized the different “Englishes” she uses. As she proceeds‚ she mentions the time when she was walking down the street with her mother and husband discussing prices of new and old furniture‚ where she became aware once

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    England who rebelled against man to gain power over their lives‚ but in the end the leaders become what they professed to hate. Power can easily corrupt any system if it has been used wrongly. Orwell shows how the minority in power uses vague language to control the thoughts and beliefs of the majority in the lower classes. The language of power has made Animal Farm very different because it has been given to the wrong person who can’t handle it. The language of power has broken commandments‚ led to the

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    The Church as Moral Authority The church acts as the moral authority to determine what is right and wrong based on certain circumstances. The official teaching of the church on these moral situations is called the magisterium. The magisterium consists of the bishops and the pope. In order to accomplish this mission to teach the faith the bishops will delegate and designate others to teach‚ or they will teach directly themselves. The bishops also give a teaching mission to theologians and to all

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