Spoken Chinese

existence of epic poetry from the pre-literate age were explained as repositories for information. A well-known story, usually involving a hero that embodied the virtues of the society who told the story, engages in battles, quests, etc. As the epic is spoken to an audience, the hero’s actions and the way they are described impart the audience with information and teachings. The information the listeners received is thought by some to be analogous to a modern day textbook lesson, in which students learn

It was a time of long hair and stealth window escapes at the midnight hour; a time of skipping class, anti-establishment sentiment spewing forth from my foul, juvenile, remorseless mouth. I was mad at the world on the grounds that I felt as though I had been dealt a lousy hand in this life. In my infinite teenage wisdom, I had convinced myself if I could not everything my way, I would set the world ablaze and watch it burn. Full of aggressive energy, anger was the emotion with which I chose to express

Assessing and treating people with health impairments is a challenge faced by health providers around the world. In an attempt to create a standardized approach to classifications, terminology, and functional descriptions, the World Health Organization created the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) first as a trial in 1980 as the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps, or ICIDH (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012)

language. The power of speaking is usually mastered before written language. It’s the ability to express thoughts and emotions by speech sounds. b. Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication. It is a set of symbols- spoken, written or signed- that can be used and understood between people. c. Communication is about the way people send signals to one another to be understood. People express what they want to ‘say’ or how they feel by different forms of expression i.e

Introduction: Language can play many different roles in our day-to-day life. It’s a means of communication and a way of expressing our needs, wants, feelings and emotions. The purpose of this essay is to firstly highlight the important role language plays in every stage of a child’s life, while also examining the learning processes and cues that are used by children to understand written, oral and visual language. Secondly, discuss what it means for a child to be multiliterate in today’s society

towards repressing one’s individual thoughts and not voicing personal opinion. However, through a deconstructive reading, there are inconsistencies within the text’s language that question whether the speaker is referring to the forceful repression of spoken words or other motifs like femininity, power and self worth within an individual’s voice. By examining the verbal, textual, and linguistic stages of Coal, one can see the contradictions, discontinuities, and unreliability in relation to one another

electronics and technology. Everyday we use our mouths, body or some sort of gesture to express our feelings or thoughts. Today I’d like to examine how certain words stimulate our brain in different ways, how technology can remove the significance of spoken words, and how we can

Every generation, the young are idealistic and eager for revolution but their elders are more cautious. This story is almost trite because it has been repeated so many times. However, “The Clampdown” by The Clash prevents itself from disappearing into obscurity by focussing on the shift between idealism and cynicism. “The Clampdown” urges the young to avoid becoming complacent; they do this by describing the process by which the young and idealistic end up working for “the man” they once bitterly

Indian man. As the text progresses, the hints of racism between those two characters become more and more prominent. The story, Poison, is filled with racism expressed through subtle hints throughout the text, body language, tone of voice, and the spoken

The spoken word poem I chose is called “Explaining my Depression to My Mother” by Sabrina Benaim and, for me at least, it was very emotional and brought me to tears. I myself have dealt with depression for many years, and at my lowest of lows I had to explain to my mother why I can’t just “smile until everything is all better” or “fake it until you make it”. Many people don’t realize just how terrible depression is, it never comes alone either, it brings anxiety and insomnia and loneliness and hopelessness