The Power of the Internet in Spreading English

Before the Internet, it was hard for us to learn English if we didn't attend a college or university. These were the only institutions where the language was widely spoken. If we lived in a community so poor that it didn't have a college or university, our chances of ever learning English were remote. While many people still live in these circumstances today, the Internet has allowed the English language to spread around the world. Because the Internet was invented in the West, English was inherently built into it. Because Internet usage has expanded throughout the world, more people are being exposed to English. The advent of online universities has now made it possible for more people to learn English, people who may live in countries where access to standard education facilities is limited. While it may have been impossible for these people to learn English in the past, the Internet has opened up new career opportunities. These people are now able to learn English, and they can use their English skills to get better paying jobs at home, or they can use them to find jobs overseas. In any event, the Internet has played a powerful role in allowing English to spread across the world, and the number of people learning it is likely to increase in the future.

THE MUST SEE ATTRACTION

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During our field trip in cebu city last 2007, We went to the Taoist temple a little place of calm after hectic downtown in Cebu City. Cebu, in Philippines has become a popular tourist destination in recent times. The island is a lush tropical island with many attractions for the visitors. One of the must see attractions is the Taoist Temple. Gorgeous Taoist temple buildings on the mountainside, overlooking the entire city. There are also several lush gardens, not too many tourists, and plenty of benches and space to relax and reflect with. The main temple and surrounding shrines looked pretty new to me and I think this was built in the 1970s, or the upkeep is spectacular. This temple is situated in the affluent and sophisticated residential suburb of Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills is located in the north of downtown Cebu. Cebu has around fifteen percent cent Chinese in her populations and this temple can be said to a contribution of the island's Chinese community.
The Taoist temple is dedicated to Taoism. Taoism is an ancient religion of China. It is based on the teachings of Lao Tze, one of the noted ancient Chinese philosophers. Taoist devotees follow their rituals on two days, Wednesdays and Sundays. They assiduously climb the ninety-nine steps of the temple to light incense sticks. Having the fortune read by the monks has also become a ritual. The temple was built in 1972 AD, the Taoist Temple is very elaborate and garish. It has a pagoda-style roof. This temple is quite some meters above the sea level. This elevation helps in allowing the visitors to have a glorious sight of the Cebu City. If you want, go in the afternoon and see the approaching evening. Be prepared to be enamored with stunning views of sunset.

What I’ve learned from the previous discussion

Last week, we tackled the topic all about Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs. I learned that a paragraph is unified when every sentence develops the point made in the topic sentence. It must have a single focus and it must contain no irrelevant facts. Every sentence must contribute to the paragraph by explaining, exemplifying, or expanding the topic sentence. In order to determine whether a paragraph is well developed or not, we could ask ourselves: "What main point are we trying to convey here?" (topic sentence) and then "Does every sentence clearly relate to this idea? There are several ways in which we can build good and clear paragraphs. From that topic, we came up with a project in getting some examples for every method. I know that this topic is very important because this will give us the tools to develop a well written paragraph especially in making our term paper. This will guide us for having unified and coherent paragraphs.

*Christmastide*

Since in my high school time up to now I am far from my family so for every Christmas I want to celebrate it with my family and friends to have a good Christmas with them. I believe that Christmas is the most observed and most popular among all the festivals and holidays of the Christian Church year. According to Dennis Bratcher in his article about Christmas season that Christmas is the celebration of the incarnation of God in Jesus the Christ, the self-revelation of God to the world in human form for the reconciliation of humanity to Himself. So, without Jesus, Christmas is an empty shell, not much to celebrate. Some of us can keep the shell game going for a long time; some even choose the empty shells instead of working to hang onto the real thing. But Christmas is about Christ, even if he wasn’t really born in December, even if you have questions and doubts, even if you’re messy or suffering or full of fear and even depression.
I think that the true meaning of Christmas is about possibility in the midst of the impossible. It is not the kind of possibility that comes from a confidence in our own skill, knowledge, ability, or a positive mental attitude. It is possibility that comes solely from the fact that God is God, and that he is the kind of God who comes into our own human existence to reveal himself and call us to himself. It is a possibility that is so surprising at its birth that we are caught unaware, and so are left with wonder at the simplicity of its expression in this infant child. It is a possibility that is easily symbolized by a helpless infant that has nothing of its own by which to survive; yet an infant that, because he is Immanuel, God with us, will forever change the world and all humanity. It is this same God who has promised to be with us, with his people, with the church and with us individually, as we live as his people in the world. So, for this season I wish you a full Christmas, full of grace and truth, full of Jesus. Because He’s what Christmas is all about.

Learning english never ends....

Last week, we had our conversation together with my board mates about the importance of English if it is necessary to learn of it. That conversation gave more lessons to us especially that we are currently enrolling this subject. The first question that I remembered was…”How would people be speaking and learning today?”, I did research on that question for further explanations. But before that I paused for a while and imagined if people didn't study English what would happen? In order to sound educated and literate, people need to thoroughly study English. It is also heavily needed in the business world as well as in our own private world. English also teaches us to communicate and process things more accurately. If we didn't have a set English language communicating would be extremely difficult.
The main reason to study English is to sound educated and literate. In order to advance in the professional world, we must have proper English and good speech. For example, although President George W. Bush is an extremely smart and important person he at times lacks public speaking abilities. This has been a detriment to him and a big reason why people may not favor him. Where as, President Bill Clinton spoke very well and was very popular with the people because he was able to properly connect with the public. This ties in the reason for why studying English thoroughly is important in the business world. In order to obtain a good career an advancement as well as respect from your peers you have to be literate and well educated.
An additional reason for studying English is for communication. You are much more accepted in the world if you portray yourself better. People will think of you in a better way and you will have a better chance of being accepted. You will most likely also have more opportunities in life.
In conclusion there are many reasons as to why studying English is important. One is being that you sound more educated and literate, two is to communicate properly with others, and three because it is important for career advancement and respect in the business world. Learning English never ends, there is the English dictionary that has so many words in it that most people have never even utilized or heard. Learning to properly use one new word each week is a great way to continually learn to utilize the English language.

What i've learned.....

On the past week, we had our Business product launching at CBAA hallway around 9 am. we were so busy preparing and decorating the stall, producing large quantity of our product to reach the target market. I am the marketing manager in our group which is tasked to promote our product find strategies to develop our product, communicate directly to the customers and distribute the product to the customers for there satisfaction. As a matter of fact, all of us should not have a minor subject at this semester for the reason that our practicum really needs a full time participation but sad to say that i was a trans ferry then and some subjects were need to be prioritized first so I didn't got english 2 before. I know that English 2 is not my major but it is not good to take it for the sake that i can graduate my course but it needs also a time because in business english is very, very important.I know that in the marketing field it is more confident for you to entertain customers if u know what to speak and how to speak in english.So, based on that event i could relate it was my challenged to balance my time for my minor subject and for our practicum. Although i always felt ashame in our class because i know that i am in the highest year level among them and i know until now i am not good in english.Inspite of this i try my best to give more importance of this subject because this is very significant for us that's why even on that day that we had our launching and opening our business i asked our teacher that i have a class english 2 and luckily she understand and considered my part. My classmate says this subject can be taken easily as they did before but i didn't believe them because i know that there are more learning insights i can gather through this subject that can be readily be applied in our field. This will help us to be an efficient and effective marketing entrepreneur because not only sales talk is concerned but also customers can be reached through e-mails and online writing so this subject is a good training for us.

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