Essays Tagged: "foreign languages"

Robert Browning

laces like Russia and Italy. But he preferred tohave his education at home, where he was tutored in foreign languages,boxing, music, and horsemanship, and where he read 'omnivorously.' At theage of 14 ...

(4 pages) 109 0 4.5 Nov/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

This is a 5 minute long essay on the The importance of studying foreign languages. It deals with importance of studying languages for future jobs. This speech includes an outline. And a refrence.

5 minutes longThe importance of studying foreign languagesLanguages by definition can be classified as a communication among human beings tha ... ning, to know another language.Perhaps when we are in high school and somebody advises us to take a foreign language, we don't understand the importance of the advice we have been given. But in today' ... urred with Latin.Speech 5Out line SheetThe purpose of this speech is to persuasive students to take foreign languagesIntroductionI Definition of languagesII Main pointsA How are languages studiedB Con ...

(3 pages) 232 0 4.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

About the hidden impurities of the industrial revolution

ed America from Asia and Europe in hopes of obtaining a job. They were largely uneducated, speaking foreign languages, and were easily manipulated in working long ours for very low wages in poor worki ...

(2 pages) 41 1 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Alfred Nobel

extensive literary and philosophical knowledge, not least thanks to the ease with which he mastered foreign languages. He did most of his studying on his own, never taking any college or university ex ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Update on Savage Inequalities

venteen percent compared to eighty-two percent with master's degree. New Trier holds the same seven foreign languages: Latin, Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and Japanese. Nine hundred and n ...

(3 pages) 48 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Law of the Land Knowing your host country before doing business

tures. Not all cross-cultural experiences take place in other countries or between people who speak foreign languages or come from different racial backgrounds. Attending worship services, for example ... s. We must recognize that no matter what we perceive as 'right', in order to work harmoniously with foreign nations, we must abide by the laws and parameters set forth in their countriesThe best way t ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A Study of Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Failure

ups, and co-cultural communication are three forms of cross-cultural communication. The learners of foreign languages have to study cross-cultural communication becausea) We are living in a changing w ... ct strategies from L1 to L2 is a frequent cause of pragmalinguistic failure. Another example.When a foreigner thanks a Chinese student for his help, the student would replyA. You're welcome.B. Never m ...

(8 pages) 159 2 4.9 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Issues of Dual Language Program

First, in dual language program, its' aim is additive, meaning "children can add one or more foreign languages to their accumulating skills and profit immensely from the experience-cognitively, ...

(2 pages) 32 0 4.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

Narrative Essay: When School was Completely Boring and Irrelevant

s in Colorado are some of the best in the nation. I went to an Edison Project school. They taught foreign languages, music, and had year round school. They also issued computers to all students for ...

(3 pages) 49 1 4.3 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Terrorist Attack

icials soon started criticizing at the Japanese in America. Viewing these "Orientals" as terminally foreign, speaking foreign languages, effect foreign cultures, active foreign religions (Shinto, Budd ...

(2 pages) 48 0 4.4 Jul/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

The internationalisation of education has benefits for both local and international students. Discuss.

In recent times a large number of students spent a semester abroad to improve their knowledge about foreign languages and also to make new experiences concerning other cultures and habits. Therefore s ... problems, it has been suggested that international students might benefit from new experiences in a foreign country, whereas domestic students are likely to acquire appropriate social skills and to wi ...

(6 pages) 98 0 4.5 Jan/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Suggest an appropriate brand name for each of the following goods. Defend your choices.

ld be distinctive.Ex: shell, KODAK, Virgin.4.The name should translate easily and meaningfully into foreign languages.5.It should capable of registration and legal protection, a brand name cannot be r ...

(5 pages) 30 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Poe

fortune from his uncle. In 1826 Poe enrolled at the University of Virginia where he studied several foreign languages. However, before graduation, Poe did not receive enough money from John Allan to p ...

(2 pages) 1076 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Learning Strategies

e in various fields in order to find distinctive learning strategies. Every subject: Math, Science, Foreign Languages, History, etc. all require different learning strategies. One student using a spec ... knowledge. I think that in order for anyone to learn they must have an active mental process. As a foreign language educator, I think that I will be able to gain a lot using learning strategies prope ...

(8 pages) 83 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Polish High School

in High School we are allowed to choose the profile that focuses on humanities, maths and physics, foreign languages or biology and chemistry.In Polish school lessons usually start at 8 o’clock. ...

(3 pages) 13 1 2.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Cheaper by the Dozen

find it truly amazing. Not only did the family boast twelve children, but they all learned to speak foreign languages, touch typing, mental arithmetic, and even Morse Code- all because their father wo ...

(7 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Steven Speilberg

elve or thirteen I knew I wanted to be a movie director, and I didn't think that science or math or foreign languages were going to help me turn out the little 8-mm sagas I was making to avoid homewor ...

(3 pages) 11 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Bilingualism For Tomorrow

ady to remove the blinders, but are we ready to answer the door? One such opportunity is learning a foreign language to communicate more effectively with a larger number of people around the world. Th ... e world. The majority of four-year colleges and universities in the United States offer one or more foreign languages as an option to students wishing to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree instead of a ...

(4 pages) 34 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Scholar

his I mean, For every subject, whether it be philosophy, Arithmetic, Law, politics, music, Science, Foreign languages, or Literature.. They all have different ways of thinking. In order to do Mathemat ...

(2 pages) 14 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

George Washington

ry and geography to know something of the outside world but never learned as much about literature, foreign languages, or history as did Thomas Jefferson or James Madison who had an advantage of much ...

(1 pages) 15 0 4.8 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists