Linggo, Hulyo 17, 2011

A Research Proposal

PROPOSED PROBLEM TITLE:


 Acronym Comprehension Test for UP Students


Proposed Statement of the Problem:   
This research will be conducted to find out if  a UP Cebu student (Academic Year 2011-2012) can/cannot remember meaning of the acronym that he/she had known when he/she was in his/her elementary/highschool.

Statement of the Problem:
1. How many acronyms in the Philippines can a student answer?
    a) ten common acronyms
    b) ten geographical acronyms
    c) ten institutional acronyms
2.  Are there tendencies that a student cannot remember the acronym that he/she had known when he/she was in elementary/highschool? Why?


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BIBLIOGRAPHY: 


Periodicals/Journals/Magazines:
* Acronyms in the Philippines. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved July 18, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronyms_in_the_Philippines

* Acronym and initialism. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved July 18, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism

* Condic, K. (2010). CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries The Internet Acronym Server. 48 (4), p. 649, from http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=IPS&docId=A249221717&source=gale&srcprod=AONE&userGroupName=phdiliman&version=1.0

Linggo, Hulyo 10, 2011

An Exercise on Paraphrasing for Comm2

1. Time is also described in Chassidism as the flux of ratzo v'shov -- a continual positive/negative oscillation of creative energy that drives all phenomena of the cosmos. Just as hearts beat, lungs inhale and exhale, energy pulsates in waves, particles vacillate between negative and positive states, so too the very substance of the cosmos continually oscillates between a state of being and not-being. This oscillation, as well, "precedes" Time as we know it. The essential continuum of Time in our world is the eventual manifestation of this higher form.


Paraphrase:
Freeman(2011) describes time like the process of the heartbeat, the breathing process, etc. This swinging from positive to negative is what makes phenomenon happened.


2. Why does creation necessitate ratzo v'shov? The standard explanation in Chassidism goes as follows: For anything to exist, two opposite processes are necessary. On the one hand, the object must be sustained by the will of its Creator. On the other, it must feel itself as a detached and distinct entity of its own. Ratzo v'shov is the artifact of this dynamic of conflict. In this way, it is the glue, or intermediary, between the creative force and the created being. In the words of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (the "Tzemach Tzedek", 1789-1866), Time is the intermediary between the cosmic soul and space. Time is the process of being, as opposed to the content of being


Paraphrase:
As Freeman(2011) explains, an existence of something requires to opposite processes as required. This something must acknowledge that there is something/someone that predestined is life, however, this something should be able to separate itself as distinct and independent. Time then is what coordinates with "created force and created being."  


Source: Tzvi Freeman, http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/74335/jewish/What-is-Time.htm
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