St. Judith/Jutta St. Judith of Kulmsee‚ also known as St. Judith of Prussia‚ was born circa 1200 in Thuringia (central Germany). She died on May 12‚ 1260 at Kulmsee in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order. Judith imitated the life of St. Elizabeth of Hungary‚ who was the Duchess of Thuringia during her youth. Not much is known about her youth‚ but it is known that Judith was married at the age of 15 to a nobleman and bore his children. She raised her children in a contemplative and mystical
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Judith – Old English and Vulgate Versions Upon looking closely at the Old English and Vulgate versions of Judith‚ one can catch a glimpse of how culture was during the time they were written by comparing and contrasting the elements of the story that are presented and modified. The distinct differences that can be found between the Old English and the vulgate versions of Judith provide a clear view of what the Anglo-Saxons considered to be important‚ and what they felt required respect. When comparing
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education of ELLs would become available through both Title VII and Title I funds. This legislation was important for ELLs since it promoted moving away from the remedial model of bilingual education toward an approach of enrichment and innovation (Ovando & Combs‚ 2012). The implementation of two-way developmental bilingual education was promoted as part of the educational reform for ELLs due to its proven success in developing fluency and literacy in both languages (Ovando & Combs‚
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The article “By Bilingual Acquisition”‚ Genesee (2006) explains how children learn and acquire languages. There are a lot of children who live in different environments from their mother languages such as Arabic. They are exposed to another language‚ and it may affect them. There are also careful parents and educated people who think negatively about childhood bilingualism. This phenomenon is common in some communities where some children grow up with their mother tongue‚ and the parents try to speak
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language. My first point is learning foreign language has a wonderful effect on human’s brain. This is because the research which looked at brain densities of bilingual people. There were three types of people‚ some of them speak only one language‚ and some of them learned a second language before 5 years old‚ and others became bilingual between ages 10 and 15 . This research was carried out by Mecelli (Micheli) who is London’s Department of imaging Neuroscience researcher. Brain imaging showed
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Learning a second language is one of the most rewarding things a person can do in life. Learning a second language allows someone to view the world from a different perspective. Bilingualism can occur in two different ways‚ simultaneously and sequentially. Simultaneous bilingualism is when a child is learning multiple languages from the time they are born. Whereas‚ sequential bilingualism is when a child or adult learns a second language after already acquiring a first. For the purpose of this paper
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Judith Beveridge is an Australian poet well known for her skill in illuminating humanity through the means of the natural world in poems such as The Two Brothers and Fox in a Tree Stump. Beveridge uses techniques such as personification of nature to show the contradictions of how innocent yet destructive humanity can be. As a feminist poet‚ Beveridge commonly expresses the characters in stereotypical roles in a manner of females being innocent and kind whereas males are destructive and harsh
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reading intervention time‚ so he would not miss curriculum instruction time. He is an 8th grader who grew up in Puerto Rico. He attended school in Puerto Rico‚ but he said it was very different than it is here. He also said that the culture was friendlier there. He described walking down the sidewalk‚ knowing everyone he passed and hearing loud familiar music. He has lived in Milwaukee for about three years and spent a few months in Florida when he was six. Here‚ he said no one talks to each other
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Advantages of Being Bilingual In today’s society‚ twenty percent of the United States citizens are bilingual which demonstrates that America is rapidly growing. With all this growth‚ people are becoming fast learners when it comes to accumulating multiple languages. With the good comes the bad‚ therefore not all people are fortunate enough to learn and develop another language. By understanding and comprehending two languages you have achieved a big accomplishment. Being bilingual is important‚ especially
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Judith Slaying Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi was not the first to paint Judith Slaying Holofernes. Her father had painted Judith. Michelangelo‚ Botticelli and Caravaggio had painted Judith. Donatello had sculpted Judith. But she was the first to interpret the story of Judith‚ in a time when women had few rights‚ as an allegory for female dominance. In comparison with other contemporary versions‚ the composition‚ dramatic style‚ and emotions of the characters present a violently feminist
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