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universal grammar and accidentally missing in English, or any other single language.” Clearly, there are many words and phrases that cannot be translated from one language to another. For that reason, the grammatical principles of multilingualism have critical impact on how we interpret the need to form social groups and use diagnostic set of problem-solving skills to identify how communication can be formed. To expand on that, “[g]rammar did not come from a set of rules that are somehow hard-wired into

Socrates makes a profound impact in our minds through his wisdom, his power of critical thinking, moral strength and intelligence. In the end it is Plato who immortalizes Socrates in the popular imagination as a man of profound knowledge. Socrates’ effectiveness as a philosopher depended as much on the strength and interest of his personality as on the power of his mind. Socrates’ philosophy was based on discovering the truth, understanding moral life and talking about the elements that make up a

with care’ (Carers Trust, 2012) and the difference that this has made to me and my future with the Open University is enormous. I recently started a revision programme including Study Support, ‘Skills for OU Study: Developing academic English’ and ‘Critical reading techniques’ (The Open University, 2015). To supplement these areas of essential personal study I have subscribed to the following learning tools: an academic grammar checking tool (Paper Rater, 2015) and a referencing tool (Ref me, 2015)

Online Research Skills Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Online Research Skills Introduction Technology has revolutionized the realm of education through increasing the number of sources and methods of research (Cottrell, 2013). The accessibility of online-based research platforms has created an avenue for students to have ultimate desire to learn and eventually become qualified scholars. Research and more especially educational research open the heart and minds of students to greater

experience, and we will be better prepared to face the situation if it happened again. This introspection is generally called “reflection”, and all professionals have adopted it in order to improve their practice, but for educators reflection involves “critical thinking” about past experiences or current experiences that occur or are occurring in classroom settings and looking at them in a positive light on how to make improvements for their teaching

In the text, Excellent Sheep the author William Deresiewicz states that college is a time and space set up to help you to think. I do agree with Deresiewicz’s statement, that college should help us in “developing the habit of skepticism and the capacity to put it into practice” Although it isn’t always that easy because college is a period in which students face many challenges where they form their own individual self. Students often find “the soul torn apart in a painful condition, as long as it

“Analyzing Visual Arguments,” and “Justifying an Evaluation.” In the paper “Analyzing Visual Arguments,” I needed to come up with my own list of criteria to discern the meaning of an image that I found and then use and explain those criteria to prove my examination and argument to others. In the same paper, I also learned about picture placement and figure citations; a picture should always be close to its description so that the reader can observe what the author is describing and figure citations should

While Aday’s analysis is well-researched, it can be argued that the importance of the variable ‘enemy labelling’ has been overstated. From Tables 5 and 6, the coverage on NBC shows the enemy in Iraq to be called “insurgents” whereas they are “terrorists” at FNC. In Afghanistan, at NBC, they are labelled “Taliban” or “Taliban and al Qaeda” differing to FNC’s use of “terrorist” or “jihadist”. While the differences in the terms used to describe the enemy is interesting to note, this does not further

The word “Argument” is commonly suggestive of an exchange of heated opposing views. Although this definition is correct in some aspects, an older definition would be a set of reasons given with the intent of persuading others that an action or idea is wrong or right. One of the oldest practitioners of arguing, proclaimed by the oracle of Delphi as the wisest man in Athens. Of whom is credited to have shaped the cultural and intellectual development of the world, is Athenian Philosopher Socrates.

this warning prevents students from developing their intellectual essentials. Trigger warnings do not encourage or nurture intellectual discussions in college classrooms and in reality prevent the student from gaining the necessary knowledge and critical thinking he/she will need to succeed academically in a workplace. Trigger warning at American Universities do not encourage students to participate in intellectual discussion, therefore stopping the professors from teaching vital information. A