THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HKU SPACE Community College Higher Diploma Programmes 2014-15 Course Document Course Title: English for Academic and Professional Purposes Part I Course Code: C C 8 8 - 2 4 0 - 0 0 Aims and Objective (OPTIONAL) This course is designed as an introduction to advanced English language skills for academic and vocational purposes. It focuses on specific language skills required in conducting an academic research and writing a collaborative research paper. Such skills
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Why I am Late for English Class Hastily‚ I dashed through the door of my English class trying to avoid the mandatory three deduction points for being late‚ however my watch displayed 6:05 pm. Out of breath‚ I tried to sneak into my chair as if I had not been late at all‚ then I heard Mr. Foster firmly ask‚ “Ms. Sanders‚ why could you not arrive on time today?” “If I can be here at 7:45 am‚ work ten hours‚ and manage to arrive here on time‚ so can you.” I responded to him by saying‚ “If
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INTRODUCTION HOW PEOPLE LEARN Learning can be defined formally as the act‚ process‚ or experience of gaining knowledge or skills. Burns conceives of learning as a relatively permanent change in behaviour‚ with behaviour including both observable activity and internal processes such as thinking‚ attitudes and emotions’. Burns (1995) considers that learning might not manifest itself in observable behaviour until some time after the educational program has taken place. Learning helps us move from
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Many people have the preconceived notion that children aren’t ready to learn much until they are 5 or 6 years old. That couldn’t be further from the truth. In the last century‚ early childhood educators have discovered that the optimal time to teach babies almost anything is from birth to 5 years old. Babies are wired to learn from birth‚ so what can we teach them? First of all‚ babies are born linguistic geniuses. They can learn any language. This includes foreign languages‚ sign language and even
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the experience of his father’s death had paralyzed him physically and emotionally. Nothing could touch him‚ he said. He even stopped thinking about his father. Elie did nothing all day long; the only thing he wished to do was to eat. That is just what he and his fellow prisoners did when their liberators finally
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In the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”‚ by Walt Whitman‚ the speaker “[becomes] tired and sick” of the learned astronomer’s “proofs‚ [and] figures” used to observe the stars. While the others attending the lecture applaud the astronomer for his approach to the stars‚ the speaker‚ however‚ exits the lecture hall to enjoy the stars in his preferred method of going outside in the “perfect silence”. These contrasting scenes expose the dichotomous relationship of the speaker’s and the astronomer’s
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A Hard Lesson to Learn People are capable of anything in these tough economic times. Learning this lesson the hard way was scary‚ frustrating‚ and disappointing. As a child I was taught the difference between right and wrong. I was also taught that stealing was a crime. The events that follow permanently altered my belief in people and in the justice system. My family felt violated and unsafe. We had to learn to be more proactive in protecting our home and ourselves. One afternoon‚ after
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Never To Late To Learn First‚ they may lack the financial support for their study. Secondly‚ they may not be able to meet the way in criteria set by the college. Thirdly‚ they may lack the interest to study. Fourthly‚ they may not be able to finding their desired work in any of the colleges. Hence‚ they started looking for a job with whatever qualification they have‚ finally found a job & began to work. There are individuals who do not pursue college schooling in the work of their early
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do things we really like. For once‚ we might form our opinions based on what we really feel. However‚ sooner or later we are forced to change our spontaneous desires so that society does not label us as different or weird‚ simply because we are scared of being alone. It seems though that the more unique and out going individuals make an impression on others in life‚ people like Martin Luther King Jr. who took a stand for what he believed in even though the majority of people were against
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