Statement of Purpose “One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” Franck Smith My interest in learning English is due to the fact that I have always liked to challenge myself. Even though many of my friends and family warned me from majoring in English, as it would be difficult for me, I have accepted the challenge. I have always felt that learning English would increase myself confidence and have people around me impressed. This interest has also
Literacy plays a huge role in my daily life. Every single day I read and write. Whether it’s writing an email or reading a text message, class assignment, discussion board, etc. My literacy journey is unique because I have had different experiences. As a result, this is how my literacy journey has let me to be the reader that I am. I define literacy as being able to express my thoughts and emotions. I know everyone has different opinions and emotions. Therefore, everyone will write differently and
A Response to Arnett 2008 In an article by Arnett (2008), he makes the assertion that American research psychologists are relying too heavily on research results that do not generalize to the majority of the population of the world. Primarily, his two points include; the predominance of American authors and editors found in American Psychological Association (APA) journals and how American research results do not consider cultural variation (Arnett, 2008). Arnett (2008) assumes that American psychologists
It is with great enthusiasm that I submit a letter of interest for the clinical therapist position at The Ohio State University Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS). As a previous psychology intern and a current post-internship clinical fellow at CCS, I am well acquainted with the rich, supportive, and interdisciplinary climate fostered in the agency. This, along with the opportunity to serve marginalized populations, and tailor group and outreach activities to the needs of students and the
Communicative Competence and Applied Linguistics Language teaching is a challenging task for many teachers and educators. Teachers try to manipulate the different theories and methods while teaching any language to achieve the best outcomes of learning. Applied linguistics is one of the most important fields that focuses on the implementation of different methods and theories, detecting the popping problems and analyzing theses problems to find the best solutions in for teachers. It is mainly the
Dear 2016-2017 school year AP Statistics class, First of all, welcome to the class. I am Sabrina who took statistics in my junior year. I will leave a few words of advice and encouragement that I learned as I stayed on the statistics train, as I wish the best luck on your journey as well. My first word is that even though statistics is known to be a relatively easy AP class, it is still an AP class and it will not be as easy as you think, so actually pay attention in class and actually do your homework
Reading is the core to functioning in today’s society. There are numerous black males that suffer from not being able to excel in reading. The improficiency of black males reading could enhance major issues in black males that are in k-12. To further my research on reading of the african male and strategies for improving literacy and reading levels, I chose three Academic articles to find reasoning. Reading is the building blocks of life and it is important that research is done to find answers to
With Psychology there are a lot of different routes you can take for a career. One career that interests me is Forensic Psychologists. Forensic Psychologists take psychological principles to legal issues. They also create public policies related to mental health, help in crime investigations and consult on jury selection and deliberation processes. Also they could have expertise in other areas of psychology, like social and cognitive. They also provide assessment to assist the legal community. To
Literacy Narrative “School made us ‘literate’ but did not teach us to read for pleasure.” -Ambeth R. Ocampo Growing up with English not being my first language was difficult. My parents knew how to speak it, but they still didn’t know to how to pronounce or define some words. I knew how to speak English very well, but reading was sometimes hard for me. In order for me to learn, my brother would read bedtime stories, and I would follow along. From my princess books to me sitting down with him while
The field of psychology is so broad. Many people assume psychology is just counseling, and yes that is true but that is only a small part in the bigger world. It can be from counseling children and adults, to case workers, school teachers, researchers, animal advocates, and even working for corporate offices. There are so many opportunities nowadays for people with a psychology degree. First, I will present the life of an adolescent development researcher, then a forensic psychologist. Then, I will