English as an international language Of the 4‚000 to 5‚000 living languages‚ English is by far the most widely used. As a mother tongue‚ it ranks second only to Chinese‚ which is effectively six mutually unintelligible dialects little used outside China. On the other hand the 300 million native speakers of English are to be found in every continent‚ and an equally widely distributed body of second language speakers‚ who use English for their day-to-day needs‚ totals over 250 million. Finally‚ if
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The overall point of the video is to emphasize most of the important facts and characteristics of students today. Nowadays college seems to be very difficult and tedious for the majority of the students‚ especially if some teachers are still stuck on the 19th century. We have to deal with enormous; nonpersonalized classes‚ very expensive tuition‚ a big load of books; which some of them we don’t really need and won’t be reading at all‚ extreme time management‚ teachers not incorporating technology
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Who really knows the real implication of technology on today’s youth? Over the years technology have increased significantly and is affecting the lives of several youngsters across the world. According to the Oxford Dictionary “Technology” is defined as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. It is derived from the Greek word “tekhnologia” which means “art or craft”. There are several different types of technology currently been used by today’s generation namely; computers
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Law enforcement officers have a very important role in society. They have a job that involves lots of decision making and using personal judgment. Law officers have many duties while at work. Law officers have to decide whether or not someone is breaking the law and how they will enforce the situation. Law officers are sometimes expected to be perfect. They have to catch all the bad guys and save all the innocent. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work that way but officers try to do the best of their
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The Place of Computer in Today’s World Introduction: Today‚ we are living in a computer age. The awareness of computer is more than at any other time. It has dominated almost all the fields. There is hardly an industry‚ which does not use computers. It is not anymore thought of as a mere calculating machine. Computers are used in banks‚ factories‚ in Government offices‚ education institutions‚ for research and development and even supermarkets. The Computer plays a very vital role in the following
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The world as a whole currently faces several dramatic problems. Examples of these world problems include terrorism‚ desertification‚ overpopulation‚ deforestation‚ pollution‚ and world hunger. Of all these world problems the two that should currently be focused on are deforestation and pollution. Millions of acres of forests are chopped down by large lumber companies for the means of economic success. The world’s air and water is constantly polluted by dangerous machinery emissions and factorial
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mid-career and too many white males. The Ottawa Citizen. Gustafson‚ J. (2008). Conference papers. American Society of Criminology‚ 1. Retrieved November 5‚ 2011 from the University of Phoenix Online Library. Schmalleger‚ F. (2011). Criminal Justice Today (11th ed.). Retrieved from University of Phoenix eBook Collection database. Lee‚ J. (2009‚ June 26). Moving to promote minority officers‚ NY Times Online. Retrieved from http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/moving-to-promote-minority-officers/
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media serve the public or the government? 4. Advertisement exert more positive impact or negative ones? 5. Which media method(s) should be highly expanded? Why? 6. Besides the common media methods‚ what new approaches can you suggest? Mass Media Today Transient transparent THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA The term mass media refers to the channels of communication (media) that exist to reach a large public audience (the mass of the population).Mass media includes newspapers‚ magazines‚ television‚ radio
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ETHNOCENTRISM IN THE CHURCH TODAY Introduction Ethnocentrism is the act of seeing one’s ethnic tribe better compared to those of the others. This stereotype has with time crept into the religious foundation irrepressibly. Currently‚ the church is experiencing a wave of ethnocentrism which if not curbed will see a religious waiver. Overall researches locally and internationally prove that ethnocentrism is an ant to the timber-pillar supporting the church; with time it will eat into it and cause
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Challenges Facing the Youth in Today’s Society Most of the problems facing today’s youth are not restricted to any one ethnic or religious group‚ but affect young people generally. Most discussions on youth have focussed on issues such as drug abuse‚ crime‚ violence‚ sexuality and poverty. In addition to these‚ today’s youth are afflicted by new challenges. These include: 1. An Identity Crisis: Who am I? 2. Lack of self confidence and low self esteem: I am worthless 3. A sense of hopelessness:
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