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    written communication are principles of unity, coherence and emphasis. These principles along with other essentials of effective communication, like language, planning and organization make the written communication effective. * Clarity: The writing should be correctly planned and expressed in a logical way,and the writer should make sure that the ideas flow smoothly from beginning to end. The message must be so clear that even the dullest man in the world should

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    A Look Now At China

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    cracks in order to answer a question. This reading often involved the priest carving the “answers” into the bone under the guise of creating clarity (Lyons, 18). However fraudulent their practices were, these priests had a huge influence on Chinese writing. The questions the priest’s client had would be written from top to bottom on the bone, and this is still the traditional direction of Chinese script. In

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    the project: The ability to communicate through writing has been imperative to meet various needs such as social, professional and academic needs (Mahendran, 2013). However, writing is a difficult and a complicated skill especially for students who are non-native of a particular language, which makes it hard for them to meet the writing needs in academic domains particularly. This difficulty is attributed to the fact that writing comes at last as a skill in terms of its acquirement for both

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    1. There are many types of diversity. List two types and explain how those affect students’ reading abilities. Linguistic diversity is when a student’s first language is not the language of instruction at school. According to Garcia, American Standard English is seen as a vital tool for success in the United States which affects reading abilities of English language learners. Since the implantation of No Child Left Behind and Common Core, English language learners have to a second language and complex

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    importance of it? According to Schickendanz and Collins, scribbling is one of the primary forms of written expression for very young children. Scribbling is important because children learn to differentiate their scribbling from writing as they develop. Scribbling is the source of writing for young children. 9. What are the stages of scribbling? List and briefly describe each. Early scribbling or uncontrolled scribbling is when children make random marks on paper. Most children began early scribbling

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    With technology’s new advancements, students are getting their homework done a lot sooner than they used to by writing their notes out on the computer instead of on paper. Is getting homework done faster worth having to study longer later? Writing out notes and homework by hand has more educational benefits than typing notes and homework on a computer. Various studies have proven that writing notes have a variety of benefits that exceed those of typing notes on a computer; retention rate, distractions

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    Phoenicians, the original ancient mariners, are responsible for transforming cuneiform into a more efficient writing system by paring down the somewhat ungainly number of 5,000 cuneiform characters into 29 characters. Adopted around 1000 B.C.E., the Phoenician alphabet was not a collection of pictographs like many early forms of writing, but instead a close relative of many modern writing systems.11 The sophisticated navy and extensive trade network of Phoenicia ensured that this new version of cuneiform

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    of English Writing Skill Introduction Nowadays, English is one of important languages in the world because it is used as an international language in all fields around the world. From this reason, it is necessary to know all aspects of this language. Academic English writing is also an important skill since it is used extensively in higher education and in the workplace makes English writing ability becomes a necessary skill. However, many Thai students who don’t have good writing ability are

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    have the invention of writing. Their writing was called cuneiform. Cuneiform is when they took a stylus and imprinted writing on clay tablets. The Sumerians would sometimes also imprint on wax, stone, and metal. Cuneiform is considered the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians. Cuneiform writing is traced back from c. 3500 - 3000 BC. The writing wasn 't first actually words. They used pictographs for writing in their records. Instead of writing letters “s-u-n”, a

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    I remember my first day of 4th grade at Springfield local. I was nervous, the teacher who would be teaching me was known to have made students do a lot of writing. Of course I have written out small sentences and maybe some alphabetical practice on paper before, but I have never written thoughts or ideas that coursed through my nine year old brain. We were advised to bring a journal to keep all year throughout the class, to write about whatever topic the teacher desired to assign to the classroom

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