Find an informant with whom you can learn much about their life history and language history. You will want to develop at least ten questions to dig deep into their language history. What is their experience with language? Multilingualism, language socialization, focal vocabularies, prejudice, etc. You might explore second, third or fourth language learning of this individual. Heritage languages? Continue reading
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Design a basic survey questionnaire. Survey questions will be used to answer a research question you would like to ask the entire class. Your sample frame is all students in the class. Create a research question. What do you want to know about UCB students? Consider which broader population you wish to generalize your results. Continue reading
Many TED speakers are published researchers, and many of them base their TED talks on their research: before you look for other sources. Choose a TED speaker that has published on human trafficking and write a literature review on it. Use only published, peer-reviewed articles for your references. Although you are building up to your own argument and documenting your research process, try to avoid a personal tone. Statements like “I believe” or “I could not find…” put the focus more on you than on your topic and make you seem less credible. You usually don’t need to talk about yourself unless you have a really good reason e.g. personal experience–used sparingly–or primary research–interviews, surveys, etc. that you have personally written and conducted. Continue reading
The number of young people attempting suicide has drastically increased over the past two years making suicide one of the leading causes of death in the world today. Recent data from the National Institute of Mental health indicates that there’s a higher percentage of people aged between 18-25 that have suicidal thoughts compared to older people. Continue reading
Write a 3,000-word essay, that draws on the academic evidence on your topic area and uses Harvard Referencing. The essay should be word processed, using size 12 font, and have 1½ line spacing.The essay should critically analyze a public health issue where inequalities exist (e.g., bowel cancer, physical inactivity, etc.). Continue reading
Give examples in film history where the dominant ideology of White Patriarchal Capitalism in the United States was reinforced through specific films and their content. Limit your paper to a specific decade or social movement or war. Use references from notable authors, critics, and intellectuals. Continue reading
Civil Rights regulate the way in which the government interacts and treats citizens. There is a long history of gaps in civil rights with regards to race and gender. Specifically, with the history of African Americans, provide 3 stories of how the national government had to expand their view of civil rights in order to include them; from slavery, to citizens, to equal status in America. Continue reading
Many studies on police brutality have been conducted and a careful review of some of the studies indicates that there is a strong correlation between corruption, institutional weakness, procedural abuse and police brutality. These aspects seem to always overlap. Although measures such as pre-employment screening, testing incumbent officers, and offering psychological health support through therapy have been put in place, excessive use of force by police officers continues to be on the rise in some parts of America. The damage done on the reputation of a team that has been entrusted by the government to protect citizens could be irreversible. The problems that have been generated by this issue have become major topics of discussion Continue reading
Review both of the Zappos videos on the Company Culture and the one titled ‘Culture is Priority One’. Which of Hofstede’s organizational culture dimensions do you see represented in the Zappos videos? What led you to choose these dimensions? What type of organizational culture dimensions would you like to see represented in your future workplace? Why? What types of questions would you ask in an interview to determine an organization’s culture? (Provide sample questions) How would you navigate an organizational culture that was not aligned with your ideal work environment? Continue reading
Read and analyze Ruble & Turner’s, 2000 article ‘A systemic analysis of the dynamics and organization of urban street gangs’ from The American Journal of Family Therapy, and write a summary review of the important issues presented therein following APA format. Continue reading
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