Name: Cici Li Assignment: Critical response Topic: Globish Summary Cuthbert and Jackson both discuss Globish which is a simplified form of English. They have different opinion on Globish. Cuthbert indicates that Globish is an easy way of communication‚ while Jackson states that Globish is lack of accuracy. They both talk about vocabulary‚ grammar and culture. Jackson claims that culture are very important to language‚ whereas Cuthert maintains that language can separate from culture
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Module 4 – Section 4 Assignment: Critical Response to Poetry 1. Every word in “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” communicates a part of the meaning to the readers. Each word conveys more of the impact of a dream unaccomplished. The author is not literally saying but instead is asking. He is imposing the readers to think about a dream deferred. Without having to say it literally‚ the question rises in the minds of the readers; do I have dreams that have been left sitting? Are they causing this heavy
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it to be everything most people believe in. We all know that the planet Mars exists. This is because we have seen pictures of it and people have been there to build things. Every single person on the world needs proof to know that something exists. Our minds are built in a way that we accept an assertion as the truth when we have evidence of it. This could be strong or weak evidence. We base a lot of beliefs on pictures‚ soundtracks or articles. We believe these articles because they are probably
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Critical Response: Listening to Popular music David Riesman During the 1950s a sociologist by the name of David Riesman published a study on the listening habits of teenagers. In the study itself he addresses Adorno’s assumptions about the power of the music industry over consumers. After completing interviews with approximately 150 youths‚ Riesman found that a minority group’s critical attitude toward mainstream popular music led them to make alternative choices for themselves. According to Riesman
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Writing Workshop: Critical Response Essay Ray Bradbury’s “The Sound of Thunder” and Gloria Skurzynski’s “Nethergrave” are both good science fiction stories. These stories are both about scientific technology changing the life of a certain person‚ although there are a few different themes in these stories. In‚ “The Sound of Thunder‚” Eckells has a rude awakening when he realizes that he will be facing harsh consequences due to the fact that he didn’t obey the few rules that were given at the beginning
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TASK 1: CRITICAL RESPONSE (a) Article 1: Teaching English Grammar in Malaysian Primary School by Ruth Wickham. This article is basically about the techniques and approaches that can be used to teach grammar in Malaysian Primary school. There is one section in this article where Wickham talks about covert and overt approach. According to Wickham‚ covert approach requires teacher to teach the grammar rules indirectly to the students. Instead of explaining the grammar rules to the students‚ teacher
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discuss the article Reading to Write by Stephen King. I will examine the ideas he presents by citing the examples he uses. Additionally‚ I will give my own thoughts on his points and provide my own ideas of these topics. Lastly I will explain how I feel his logic not only effectively applies to the topic he is discussing‚ but how it is applicable to any chosen field a person may attempt to become successful in. In his article Reading to Write‚ Stephen King presents the idea that reading is the most
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During this unit I read the book ”The Mist” by Stephen King. Stephen King is also called “the king of horror”. He was born on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine to his parents Donald Edwin King and Nellie Ruth King. Stephen King started writing around the early age of 6-7. Some of Stephen King’s well known books include IT‚ Pet Cemetery‚ Carrie‚ and many others. I chose this book because Mr Quinn read the back of the book and it interested me. It seemed like a good length that I would be able
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American Horror Film and the Critical Public Sphere Should film be purely entertainment or should it contribute to the critical public sphere. In discussing the above argument‚ I will explore how the horror genre‚ often derided as simply pure entertainment‚ can contribute to the public sphere. Horror is one of the more prominent genres in film‚ back as far as the dawn of cinema with films such as Nosferatu (1922) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). As a genre‚ it is studied and criticised
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Nguyen Thi Thanh Thao L9921032 L70513B 23th May 2013 Essay: rewrite critical response 2 TEXTING AND YOUNG PEOPLE Texting is a tool that people can use to exchange their messages freely. Abbreviation is often a choice that people quickly use to transfer their information. In the newspaper is that “Mobile phones and Literacy” from 2012 and “ Text messaging and the decline of the English language” in 2012‚ Samuel Tsung and Louise Dite both discuss texting affect young people with different supports
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