Cultural Voices and Representations in EFL Materials Design‚ Pedagogy‚ and Research Phaisit Boriboon B.A. (English)‚ M.A. (TESOL) A thesis submitted in fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Linguistics and English Language School of Philosophy‚ Psychology and Language Sciences University of Edinburgh July 2008 Copyright 2008 by Phaisit Boriboon All rights reserved. To My Parents‚ ปอบุญมา แมคําปน บริบูรณ‚ in Heaven Abstract This study
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TEENAGERS OF TODAY Today‚ I would like to present a speech entitled “Teenagers of Today”. All people have to go through their teenage years. Some of you have already passed this stage‚ someone is on the way‚ and some others still dream about the time when he/she will‚ finally‚ grow up! Nowadays‚ teenagers have changed in comparison with the teens in the past. From head to toe‚ everything about a teenager is unique. The way they dress is different. The way they act is different. Even the way they
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Data Representation Data and instructions that are presented in a written or typed format can only be understood by the user. If the data is not in the user’s language‚ s/he will not be able to understand it. It is the same way with the computer; the computer’s language is binary 0s and 1s. The computer cannot understand typed or written instructions or data. Whenever data or instructions or input to the computer it is first converted to 0s and 1s‚ these are called binary digits (bits). There
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Holden as the Typical Teenager of Today Holden Caulfield‚ portrayed in the J.D. Salinger novel Catcher in the Rye as an adolescent struggling to find his own identity‚ possesses many characteristics that easily link him to the typical teenager living today. The fact that the book was written many years ago clearly exemplifies the timeless nature of this work. Holden’s actions are those that any teenager can clearly relate with. The desire for independence‚ the sexually related encounters‚ and
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------------------------------------------------- Problems Teenagers gain an increasing amount of independence from their parents as they enter middle and high school. Unlike the early years‚ kids in this age group often look to friends instead of parents for guidance. The pressure to fit in and be part of the "cool crowd" clouds the judgment of vulnerable kids. ------------------------------------------------- Bullying Bullying frequently occurs in the halls of high schools. It ranges from
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Interviewing teenagers turned out to be rather interesting. It’s very relevant the difference in my time of growing up a teen‚ to now. Teens these days have way more issues to worry about being that drugs‚ sex‚ and pregnancy are more tangible then the past. With media using tv‚ radio‚ magazines and music to tell teens how they "need" to be‚ it’s not hard to believe all the increase in teen violence‚ depression‚ and suicide. During the course of this paper I will be discussing the interview that I
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Effects of Drugs on Adolecents Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in colleges today. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years‚ these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity‚ clarifying their sexual roles‚ assenting independence‚ learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs are readily‚ adolescents are curious
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How stereotypical are the representations of Gender in my chosen texts? My chosen texts are ’The Inbetweeners’ ‚ ’X Factor’ and ’BBC News’. All three texts represent gender in different ways yet I wouldnt say that any of them truly represent both genders in stereotypical ways. In ’The Inbetweeners’ the main characters are portrayed in a very stereotypical way at first glance‚ they are boystrous and objectify women in the crude way in which they speak about them. Yet when you look deeper into
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Comenius University in Bratislava Institute of European Studies and International Relations Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences The Political Representation: Meanings and Implications Political Representation: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Khaliun Magsarjav European Studies II Bratislava‚ 2013 Today‚ in countries which choose representative democracy as a form of
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The Indian Teenager The cultural values including major Internet‚ lives of of Indian of the the teenagers country‟s economy binding proliferation as have coming well reflect more and of as in of into of influence the than over satellite English‚ ethnic‚ one the television the culture since linguistic‚ billion people. the of religious‚ Despite its in access all these all to 1990s‚ and the people‚ the the have diversity still exert liberalization Indian their
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