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    Discourse on the method

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    1 Assignment 1 Essay Descartes’ Discourse on the Method Part IV 1 In 1637 Philosopher Rene Descartes set out on a mission to apply mathematics and logic to understanding the natural world. In his search to confirm the truth about God and his existence‚ he uses principles that were already known but tries to verify them using truths. In part four of the "Discourse" Descartes takes away all sensory knowledge such as sight and hearing; these senses can deceive all

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    Classroom Discourse

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    the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics‚ classroom discourse‚ the “purposeful exchange of ideas through classroom discussion‚ as well as through other forms of verbal‚ visual‚ and written communications” (NCTM‚ 2014‚ p. 29)‚ is a core practice of effective‚ high quality mathematics instruction. While it is a teacher’s responsibility to create a learning environment that encourages productive or meaningful discourse‚ that is discourse that promotes mathematical understanding (Anthony & Walshaw

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    Alpha and Beta Testing

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    and that employing aptitude assessing ; humanity can systematically raise a superior group of people. The Alpha and Beta assessment was carried out by the psychologist Robert Yerkes during WWI. The purpose for this test was to assess the instinctive intelligence which was unaffected by culture and educational opportunities. This author will attempt to cover the historical roots of the Alpha‚ Beta testing during the first war‚ along with the impact and the advances it has made in the growth of psychological

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    Discourse and Ideology

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    The word discourse originates from the french word “discours” which refers to speech and dialogue. This‚ linked with “discursus” in Latin which means to “run around”‚ means we can take literally that discourse means “to run around speech” or in other words‚ to assess speech in all aspects. There are many varying meanings of the word “discourse” written by theorists and literary writers. These meanings all overlap in areas and provide several alternative meanings of the broad term. Despite being

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    Advertising Discourse

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    Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses 13 (2000): 67-88 Text World Creation in Advertising Discourse Laura Hidalgo Downing Universidad Autónoma‚ Madrid lhidalgo@bosque.sdi.uam.es ABSTRACT This article explores the way in which text worlds are created in advertising discourse by analysing linguistic choices and features of context which are crucial in the determination of specific relations between sender(s) and target audience(s)‚ in particular‚ deixis and frame knowledge. The argument

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    ------------------------------------------------- June‚06 2012 To Director of Intake: The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my interest in becoming a member of the Zeta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity‚ Incorporated. My desire to inspire young men and women and make a significant impact on their lives is just one of many reasons I aspire to join your great fraternity. While growing up in a family of primarily my mother and other women relatives‚ I did not have many

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    Life of Pi

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    the reader. Pi tells us that he continued his religious and zoological studies and was a very good student. He mentions that his religious studies thesis addressed aspects of Isaac Luria’s cosmogony theory. He speaks at length about sloths and observes that their very survival is ensured by the fact that they are so slow and dull; they virtually disappear into the background. We learn that Pi is now working‚ though he does not say anything about his profession. We also learn that Pi misses India

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    Discourse Analysis

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    A qualitative method‚ the focus of discourse analysis (DA) is any form of written or spoken language‚ such as a conversation or a newspaper article. The main topic of interest is the underlying social structures‚ which may be assumed or played out within the conversation or text. It concerns the sorts of tools and strategies people use when engaged in communication (also known as linguistic repertoires)‚ such as slowing one’s speech for emphasis‚ use of metaphors‚ choice of particular words to display

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    Alpha Gearing Systems

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    ALPHA GEARING SYSTEMS MGMT 810 November 29‚ 2004 ALPHA GEARING SYSTEMS Alpha gearing systems an Illinois based gearing manufacturing company made a joint venture with China’s Kai Li Machine systems; the joint venture was called Alpha Shanghai. The Illinois based company had an entirely different method of working the western culture while Kai Li had a different method of operation that was based on the Eastern culture. In the Western culture the manufacture is more concerned about customer satisfaction

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    of a discourse community to be able to achieve their ultimate goal of being able to communicate with everyone. In order for these people to achieve their goal‚ they need others that are interested in helping them that understand their disorder. For someone interested in communication disorders‚ it is not only to important to recognize the four main discourse communities as speech‚ language‚ hearing‚ and processing‚ but also the differences between them and the smaller discourse communities within

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