Essays on Language Learning Page 27

“Red Skyin the Morning’?By Nathanael OrganIn ‘Red Sky in the Morning,’ the author gains our interest by using similes and metaphors. The simile in the introduction that is most noticeable is”It was like starting up a video again after a freeze-frame.” I feel that the most important word is ‘starting’ because it is simple yet…

The Wilmot Proviso is a very interesting document. It was written by a congressman in 1847, but the question that stays a mystery, is which congressman? Most see this document as it’s written, and think the obvious, David Wilmot must have written it, due to its name. Although this may seem just, assistant professor of…

I.  Summary                 In the article, “Classroom Inquiry and Navajo Learning Styles:  A Call for Reassessment,” the authors question the idea that Navajo students are not suitable for the implementation of analytical or inquiry-based pedagogies.(McCarty, T. et. al., 1991, 42)  They set out to make their theory more plausible, that students traditionally classified as ‘visual…

Recently, I had a conversation about the subject of Ebonics and shared my viewpoint that it should be recognized as a language. Ebonics is often linked to Black teenagers who are unfairly seen as unintelligent and uneducated. This sparked my interest and led me to conduct extensive research on the topic. Ebonics, which is also…

1983 marked the year when Howard Gardener’s influential theory of Multiple Intelligences was first published. Gardner states that individuals learn most effectively through one of his eight intelligences. The eight intelligences Gardner has proposed so far are: Linguistic. Mathematical/Logical, Naturalistic, Spatial, Bodily/Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal. Each individual possesses all eight, Gardner theorizes, but most…

The Road is Not Taken What would be more important, the safety of an animal, or our own safety? Each day many animals cross our roads but sometimes the unfortunate happens when an animal accidently crossed the road when we are passing by. What do you do? In “Thoughts on Capital Punishment” by Rod Mckuen…

In his speech titled “Atoms For Peace” on December 8, 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower aimed to halt the use of atomic bombs and promote global peace. The main goal was to establish peace treaties involving the Soviet Union, Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe in response to the devastating impact of atomic bombings during World War…

In chapter three, Pecola’s mind is pre-occupied by the idea of whiteness. This idea was originally gained from her mother Pauline, who envisions everything good in the world to have blonde hair and blue eyes, therefore setting a white sense in her home. It is here in the white house that Pauline takes her identity…

The movie ‘Jaws’ from 1975, directed by Steven Spielberg, revolves around a shark that uses its jaws (teeth) to fatally attack people. The movie “Jaws” was a groundbreaking summer hit that shattered box office records and propelled Steven Spielberg to fame. Thanks to the triumph of “Jaws,” Spielberg went on to produce more blockbuster films….

The Gallic and Indian War or Seven Years War was a affaire d’honneur for North America. It was a conflict between the British and the Gallic with their Indian Alliess. The war ended in 1763 during the Treaty of Paris when the French seceded all of their North American land to Britain and Spain (…