Reading Assignment/Thesis / Dissertation/Mariela Pizarro /Vinska Sandoval

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis_(academic)
http://www.feradz.com/How_to_Write_Thesis.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annotated_bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis_statement
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-56596-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/thesis.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml
1. What do the words thesis and dissertation, mean?

Dissertation: It is an oral presentation about specific topic. The researcher defends his/her ideas giving arguments, proposals and possible solutions on the problem.

Thesis: It is a new idea, proposition, knowledge or possition acquired after a process of researching and it is based on theorical arguments and impirical reality.

2. What is the difference between a thesis and a dissertation?

The dissertation: It is an oral presentation. It is applied Doctored.
The thesis: It is a written document that contain a new idea, knowledge, arguments, proposals and solution. Students are submmited to work on a thesis followinging some format or rules. It is applied as part of BACHELORS OR MASTER.

3. List 10 components of a thesis.

Title,
Abstract
A table of Content s
A body
A bibliography
Introduction
Material
Methods
Design and Implementation
Appendixes

4. Define the following terms:

a. Title page: It is the frontispiece which displays its title, and author, as well as other information. In case of academic paper the first page lists class information, the date, name of the professor and name of the institution. It is not numbered.
b. Abstract: It contains problem statement, solutions and describe the analysis to support new ideas or proposal of solution on the matter.
c. Table of contents: It organizes enumerating all the contents of the thesis. It indicates the topic and it’s correspond page. It is a useful to guide the reader.
d. Annotated bibliography: Are links to guide to the reader on the research’s central ideas.

e. Introduction: An overview of the contents of the thesis. It is useful to give information about:
· The topic of the research. (what you will talk about in your thesis)
· The practical and theoretical value of the topic (how and why this topic is important)
· The motivation for your thesis (State the problem you attack in your research work, why did you choose this problem and how it is interesting)
· Mention the limitations of your solution (design and implementation – e.g. applies for real time systems)
· Include information about your key results
· Finish the chapter with an overview about the contents of your thesis

5. What is a style guide?

It is a standards format and recommendations for the presentation of theses that candidates have to follow when they are preparing a thesis.

6. What is an examining committee?

The members of the examining committee have to read the dissertation, making suggestions for changes and improvements, and sitting in on the defense. At least one member of the committee must be a professor in a department that is different from that of the student.

7. In Canada, How many pages is the average undergraduate thesis?

Undergraduate thesis has 40 pages.

8. What are the 4 verdicts, you can receive on your thesis?

Accepted / pass with no corrections: The thesis is accepted as presented

The thesis must be revised: The student has to check grammatical spellings errors or ideas or concepts.
Extensive revision required: The thesis must be revised extensively, undergo the evaluation, and defense process again from the beginning with the same examiners. Problems may include theoretical or methodological issues.

Unacceptable: The thesis is unacceptable and the candidate must withdraw from the program. This verdict is given only when the thesis requires major revisions and when the examination makes it clear that the candidate is incapable of making such revisions.

9. What is a thesis committee?

Advisers or others members whom supervises the progress of the dissertation and may also act as jury, at the oral examination of the thesis.

10. Describe the process of submission of the thesis?

After the defense students are required to submit and, bear a complete copy of the thesis, within the accepting institution to signatures of the primary supervisor, the examiners, and, in some cases, the head of the student’s department. They also are required to include library authorizations (to make the thesis available as part of its collection) as well as copyright permissions.
Failure to submit the thesis by the deadline may result in graduation delay.
Once all the paperwork is in order, copies ofthe thesis may be made available in one or more university libraries. Specialist abstracting services exist to publicize the content of these beyond the institutions in which they are produced.

11. Define the term, thesis statement.

It is a sentence that contains the focus of your essay and tells your reader what the essay is going to be about. It is the action to reduce an idea or problem in a test and it can be rewrite many times during the process of searching.

12. Now that you've answered these questions, do you feel that writing a thesis will be hell?

To prepare a thesis is really a great challenge that we are willing to face enthusiastically but we are worried about its development because it certainly will require long hours of studying so, our major fears are based on the process of the research as, we are not sure if we will have enough time to work on it.

assignment/ Victor's Biography/ Mariela Pizarro

REACHING NEW CHALLANGES

Victor Loncomilla is student of English Pedagogy at UCINF.

The most meaningful thing, he has done in his life, is studying English Pedagogy.

He believes, youth are the protagonists of the change in the world.

He is very grateful for having teachers such as Nicholas Gunn and Maria Byrne because they

have contributed to the improvement of his English and he has learned useful methodologies.

Writing Assignment/ Autobiography Paragraph/Mariela Pizarro

A GREAT IDEA CAME TO HER

While, she was teaching the English Language to her cousin, she found out that

she had successful skills to teach so, she decided to study English Pedagogy at UCINF.

During the process of learning, she improved her English and also learnt new ways to teach.

Now, she has become aware of the importance to create the right environment to teach.

Speaking and Writing...

1. Speech is universal. Everyone acquires a native language. Not everyone knows how to read & write.
2. Spoken language has dialect variations. Written language generally demands standard forms of grammar & vocabulary.
3. Speakers use their voices (pitch, stress, rhythm) and bodies (gestures & facial expressions) to help convey their ideas. Writers have to rely on the words on the pages to express their meaning
4. Speakers use pauses & intonations. Writers use punctuation.
5. Speakers pronounce. Writers spell.
6. Speaking is usually spontaneous & unplanned. Most writing takes time. It is planned. We can go back & change what we have written.
7. A speaker speaks to a listener who is right there. For the writer, the reader's response is either delayed or non-existent. The writer has only that one opportunity to convey information that is interesting enough & accurate enough to hold the reader's attention.
8. Speech is usually informal & repetitive. Writing on the other hand, is more formal & compact. It progresses logically with few explanations.
9. Speakers use simple sentences connected by a lot of conjunctions (and, or, but). Writers use more complex sentences with connecting verbs (like, however, who, in addition).

what is writing?/Reading Assignment/Mariela Pizarro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_(language)

1. According to the article, why was writing invented?

Writing began as a consequence of the burgeoning needs of accounting. Therefore writing provided a useful method to organize and remember things.

2. Writing is both a noun and a verb. Explain.

Writing as a noun: Writing is useful for expressing ideas/Writing as a verb: They are writing a book. (the action)

3. Name the 4 different categories of writing systems.

The four categories of writing systems are: logographic, syllabic, alphabetic, and featural

4. Why are ideographic and pictographic methods NOT considered categories of writing systems?

logographic, syllabic, alphabetic, and featural

The the linguists argued that the idiographic and pictographic methods are not thought to be able to express all that can be communicated by language because Ideographic scripts represent concepts or ideas, rather than a specific word and pictographic scripts, are iconic pictures.

5. Name 10 different types of writing tools and materials.

The writing tools are: stone tablets, clay tablets, wax tablets, vellum, parchment, paper, copperplate, styluses, quills, ink.

6. True or False: The difference between prehistory and history is when written records were kept.

True

7. Who developed the first writing system:

a. Sumerians

8. Which cultural group were the only ones to develop a written language in the Americas?

The American Indigenous: The Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and Maya and the Andes (Inca, Moche, Chibcha, Cañaris)

9. It is possible that the Chinese language was developed:

a. c. 1500 BCE

10. Where does the word, alphabet, originate?

The origen of the word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word Alphabetum, origineted in the Ancient Greek. Alphabetos from alpha and beta the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.

11. Name 3 types of NON-linear writing systems.

Non-linear writing systems are: Braille sistem , fingerspelling and Morse code.

12. Name 2 examples of NON-alphabetic writing systems.

Example: A red octagon symbol stand for "stop" / the phonetic simbols.

13. The alphabet helps distinguish between which 2 types of spoken sounds?

There two types of spoken sounds that the alphabet helps distingush are: Phonemes, intonation and the separation of words and syllables.

14. In English, what was The Great Vowel Shift?

The mayor difference between the pronunciation of Middle English and Modern English. The Great Vowel Shift is an historical event because it separed Middle and Modern English.

15. Japanese is a complicated language not only because there a 3 different forms of the written language and there are at least 14 levels of formality, but because the spoken language originated from the Korean peninsula and the written language originated from China. English has a similar complicated history. Briefly explain the origins of the English language.

Middle English was originated from several dialects, which were brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers. The language was heavily influenced by Viking invaders. After the Norman conquest, Old English developed into Middle English, borrowing heavily from the Norman (Anglo-French) vocabulary and spelling conventions. Modern English developed from there and continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of languages, as well as coining new words. Many english words, especially technical words, have been constructed based on roots from Latin and ancient Greek.