Hope for the future A Critique of Chapter 11 in Neil Postman's Technopoly In chapter 11 ("The Loving Resistance Fighter") of the book Technopoly, published in 1992, Neil Postman focuses on a solution to the problems created by Technopoly. A "Technopoly" (a word postman capitalizes throughout the...
Intercultural Communication History teaches us that culture always changes because of internal and external influences. Communication is the most important quality for anyone to work on if they want to work or be part of an intercultural society. Communication between different cultures is a maj...
A more modern example of Mary Louise Pratt's essay is the movie "The Help." This is a 2012 film that addresses the issue of black oppression that existed in the United States of America prior to years that led to Martin Luther King's march in the 1960's. The story talks of a young white woman, Eugen...
The textbook that I chose to evaluate was Scott Foresman Reading New Beginnings1. This textbook is for second grade students, approximately 7-8 years old. The story that I chose to evaluate is Franny and Ginny by Pat Cummins and illustrated be Fred Willingham. This story is about two young girls who...
In the healthcare setting, a translator serves as an interpreter, and in order to be competent, such individuals must be "bilingual, bi-cultural and understand the English medical vocabulary " and at the same time it has been stressed that interpreters assume multiple roles, such as "translator of the language, culture broker and consumer (patient) advocate, conveying both expectations and concerns. " (Beyond Translation and Tolerance p. 15). ...
