The absolute threshold is the point where something becomes noticeable to our senses. It is the softest sound we can hear or the slightest touch we can feel. Anything less than this goes unnoticed. The absolute threshold is therefore the point at which stimuli goes from undetectable to detectable to our senses. Difference Threshold: Once a stimulus becomes detectable to us, how do we recognize if this stimulus changes. When we notice the sound of the radio in the other room, how do we notice ...
Since a young boy, I have always listened to my mother's advice or orders. She is the one who taught me at home, commanded me to do things, and especially punished me when I did something wrong, or forgot doing what she had told me to do. When punishing me, she always said, "Next time, listen to me carefully". Therefore, to avoid the punishment, I always tried to listen to her attentively and to do what she asked me to do, and that affects my learning style today, in particular one in learnin...
Introduction My report is on time management. In it I will be discussing what time management is, what its importance is and how it has assisted me in preparing this assignment. On top of that I will also like to bring to your notice a few issues of TIME MANAGEMENT and in the end I will give you my critical analysis. 2. TIME MANAGEMET "Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be managed" Peter F Drucker, (1909-2005). Managing time is everything in t...
Contrastive analysis is a method to distinguish between what are needed and not needed to learn by the second language learner by evaluating languages (M.Gass & Selinker, 2008). In addition, contrastive analysis is a technique to identify whether two languages have something in common which assess both similarities and differences in languages, conforming to the belief in language universals. (Johnson, 1999). Both statements indicate that contrastive analysis holds a principle which is import...
Introduction: If language is what divides ethnicity, then education is what unites people from understanding different cultures. The education system is one of the vital tools to train people for global awareness and helps to overcome barriers between diverse societies throughout the world. However, due to cultural differences within the society, education is thought of differently in different countries. Especially in West Africa, Ghana, has an education system that reflects high-power dista...
Introduction Literary translation is a branch which receives a great attention by many scholars in the translation studies. The simplest distinction of literary translation, which can distinguish it from other translations, is three-fold or threedimensional (Hochel, 1991). Hochel (1991) describes the three-fold of translating literary works as follows, firstly it is translated from an original language to another one; secondly, it is changed from one time which is created in a literature work...
StrengthsQuest is an activity that people can do to find out the five major qualities that they posses. This process includes taking a test that requires you to answer questions like, "Would you rather…or…? And I am more likely to…than…" Answering these questions gives the StrengthsQuest program information to determine what a person's top five themes are and also provides you with a description of each of the characteristics. Some possible "products" of finding out your strengths mig...
Let's throw some light upon what Communication is all about: According to Allen, - "Communication is the sum of all the things, one person does when he wants to create understanding in the mind of others. It is the bridge of meaning. It involves a systematic and continuous process of telling, listening and understanding." IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: Effective communication is important because one needs to express his ideas clearly and needs to be understood very clearly while comm...
People use diverse learning techniques which affect their lives at school and work setting. This Report studies the effects of visual learning mode, and gives details about how it helps a certain individual in studying and completing a degree as well as applying one's own learning style to succeed at work environment. Introduction: There are different learning styles, i.e. VARK (visual, auditory, read/write and kinaesthetic). Individuals have one or more preferred learning styles. Although th...
Semantics is an entity in linguistics, which involves the study of the meaning in language. Thus language is used as part of communication, which is the transfer of information from a sender to a receiver. The meaning is transferred by word, phrases and sentences. Semantics is also a very important property for speech-language pathologists. (photocophy) Why is it relevant to Speech-Language Pathologists? A speech-language pathologist is a professional who can assess, treat and diagnose patien...
