After reading “Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye I believe that the meaning of this passage is shown in the line “ This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost.” It shows that the author wants a helping community where food and cultural/tradition is shared. When this elderly women starts to cry in the middle of the airport because she had an important medical treatment, she thought that their flight was canceled, but she understood wrong their airplane was delayed. This women drops to the floor crying, the author explains that she stepped in to help and communicates to her in Aribic, her language so she would understand.
Theme Essay Getting cared for may be the best thing that you could wish off. But caring for each other can also bring happiness. Through time and difficulties you face, it can create or enforce your relationships. In the story “Gate A-4”, Naomi Shihab Nye was wandering through the airport terminal after she got informed that her flight had been delayed, until she hears an announcement saying, "anyone in the vicinity of gate A-4 that understands Arabic, please go to the gate. " The theme starts to develop as Naomi decides to help the Palestinian lady in her own time, throughout the time they spend together, they start to create a relationship.
For example, under her subtitle “Overcoming the tradition of silence”, she quotes “ahogadas, escupimos……nos sepulta.” (Anzaldua, 498). It would be logical to conclude that she expects her audience to have some basic understanding about Spanish. Even though, it is not necessary for her viewer to understand Spanish in order to appreciate her work, this multi-language use is an important information to spot her intended audience. In another word, she was not writing to Spanish, Latin American audiences exclusively, but they are her core audiences.
Released in 2007, the BRA BOYS documentary is a clever, compelling and entertaining look at the life of the infamous surf gang the Maroubra boys or ‘BRA’ BOYS, featuring the lives of the four Abberton brothers - Sunny, Kobi, Jai and Dakota. Readers will be totally unaware that they have been masterfully manipulated by its director, writer and producer, Sunny Abberton himself a BRA BOY, who has used every trick to contort the truth and twist emotions in an effort to depict this violent, criminal gang as a loyal band of Aussie battlers and evoke only empathy and admiration from its overly trusting viewers. Sunny has intentionally used a well known narrator for his so called authenticity, purposeful omission of relative important facts, emotional
Marc, Overall your paper is informative in nature and provides some strong information on the history of tanks in warfare. You did a great job pointing out that the Germans used new tactics during the blitzkrieg compared to the Allies. You should have developed this with more detail to describe the Germans tactics. Explain the way tanks were used to “punch” a hole in weaker defenses while avoiding stronger defensive positions. Thus, quickly overrunning an Allies position allowing the Germans tanks and forces access behind the Allis front line and encircling the stronger positions.
The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention and Protection Act (JJDPA) was established in 1974 and was the first federal law that dealt comprehensively with juvenile delinquency to improve the juvenile justice system and support state and local efforts at delinquency prevention. This paper will assess the JJDPA and summarize its purpose and implementation and enforcement. Next, there will be a discussion of the historical context of the policy; followed by a focus of the latent consequences. Finally there will be a vignette as to how this Act has affected a person or family as well as personal reflection toward the policy.
Code switchings denotation is a practice between two or more varieties of different language. The most common used is standardized English and vernacular , which is a combination of slang and urbanized abbreviations. code switching is used in a variety of different situation . Code switching doesn 't just appeal to standardized English and African American dialect , it is also referred to in bilingual situation and is used by people who share the same language and-and have similar or the same interest. code switching is used when these groups change their prevalent language to adjust to the certain situation.
Fastenal has always kept up with changing technology. As technology has changed Fastenal has implanted new software and data to help its employees compete and thrive in a competitive market. They have updated their website many times to make it more user friendly. Even though they have made all of these changes, like all technology, there is always room for improvement.
In the personal narrative poem “Gate 4-A,” written by Naomi Shihab Nye, the narrator goes to the aid of an elderly Palestinian woman in the Albuquerque Airport, who is in worriment and distress. The Palestinian woman doesn’t understand English and becomes hysterical when she thinks that her flight for an important medical treatment was cancelled altogether. The theme of “Gate 4-A” is that compassion and kindness are contagious; they spread while making the world a happier place, little by little. One set of events that show an example of this theme, starts off with Naomi showing kindness and compassion.
She wants to feel no pressure or fear when talking in her language to the world, to embrace it. Seeing how all of her explanations in her essay show a strong relationship between language and identity. The way we interact with one another is through language. When you hear someone talking you can get a good grasp as to who they are by paying attention to a few things like how fast they speak, the annunciation of certain words, the rise and fall of their pitch, and the tone throughout the conversation. After hearing the person talk you have a strong feeling of who they are because of what you heard, the language you heard.
MED 208 – ASSIGNMENT 1 Avantika Narasimhan 2013M007 1. Define ion channels. Ion channels are proteins present on the cell membrane. They are pore forming and they facilitate the movement of selective or non-selective ions across the cell membrane. 2.
CODE SWITCHING ANALYSIS OF ENRIQUE IGLESIAS´ SONG DUELE EL CORAZÓN In this research, we will analyze the reason why code switching is used in English songs sung by Spanish speakers. In order to do so, we will determine the purpose of the singer in using code switching, the effect of English and Spanish songs in bilingual communities and the social and psychological reasons for code switching.
THE ANALYSIS OF CODE SWITCHING TYPES USED IN 3 DIFFERENT VIETNAMESE SONGS. FUNCTION AND MOTIVATION INTRODUCTION With the power of a dominant language, English has quickly shown its great influence in other languages on both forms of speech. In Vietnam, no one can deny that using English in speech is a common phenomenon in the youth generation and is on the way accepted by the Vietnamese community alike.
Often, I have been approached by someone who speaks to me in Spanish and assumes I understand. As frustrating as it is, I respond in English to push my need for individuality. We currently live in a world where your looks, your clothes, and your language are all victims of stereotyping. It becomes imperative for us to find our own identity and be unashamed of who we are. Language itself seems to be fighting that battle with us.
Code-switching refers to the linguistic phenomenon that occurs when an individual who is either, bilingual or multilingual, alternates their dialect with various languages (Moodley, 2013:55). Associated with code-switching is the concept of Matrix language (dominant language) and the idea of when to use code-switching; whether it is conscious or subconscious. In terms of code-switching in the classroom, there are several aspects that contribute to the advantages of using different languages which may help a student learn particular subjects. For example, an English teacher who is reading a poem that has certain words in a different language. However, there are disadvantages which may hinder the student’s ability to understand certain concepts
