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kpick21

Foreign Language Study and SAT Scores - 0 views

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  • kpick21 on 18 May 21
     
    A connection has been found between students who study foreign language and higher SAT scores. For each additional year that students study a foreign language, they are expected to perform better on both the math and language portions of the SAT. Although the SAT is not a direct measure of intelligence by any means, this gives evidence to support that studying a foreign language helps develop both math and English language skills. I would be interested in seeing how foreign language study affects IQ Test scores.
Nick Fang

Lost in Translation - 1 views

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  • miaukea17 on 01 Dec 15
     
    (Please see Corrections & Amplifications below.) Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures in languages (without our knowledge or consent) shape the very thoughts we wish to express? Take "Humpty Dumpty sat on a..."
  • kleclaire16 on 18 May 16
     
    (Please see Corrections & Amplifications below.) Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures in languages (without our knowledge or consent) shape the very thoughts we wish to express? Take "Humpty Dumpty sat on a..."
  • Nick Fang on 25 May 16
     
    Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures in languages (without our knowledge or consent) shape the very thoughts we wish to express?
Lara Cowell

Elegy for lost verbiage - 2 views

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  • Lara Cowell on 15 Dec 15
     
    Humorous article, courtesy The Economist, which pays homage to a plethora of vocabulary words that will be axed from the SAT verbal section this year. Here's the opening: As he brushed his recalcitrant hair and tried to pick an accretion of egg from his best tie, Joe wondered by what aberration he had been included in this gathering. He was not a demagogue, despot, gourmand, insurgent, reprobate or virtuoso .
Matthew Shimura

Long Live the SAT Word - 1 views

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jushigome17

Why study a FL - 4 views

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  • The 1992 Profile of SAT and Achievement Test Takers", the College Entrance Examination Board reported that students who averaged 4 or more years of foreign language study scored higher on the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than those who had studied 4 or more years in any other subject area.
  • Children in foreign language programs have tended to demonstrate greater cognitive development, creativity, and divergent thinking than monolingual children. Several studies show that people who are competent in more than one language outscore those who are speakers of only one language on tests of verbal and nonverbal intelligence.
  • Studies also show that learning another language enhances the academic skills of students by increasing their abilities in reading, writing, and mathematics. Studies of bilingual children made by child development scholars and linguists consistently show that these children grasp linguistic concepts such as words having several meanings faster and earlier than their monolingual counterparts.
  • jushigome17 on 26 Nov 16
     
    Recent History of Our Struggle to Make Foreign Languages Core Foreign language study is in the national education Goals 2000, which states: "By the year 2000 all American students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, foreign language, civics and government, arts, history, and geography..."
kpick21

Language Development in Homeschooled Children - 0 views

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  • kpick21 on 10 May 21
     
    Homeschooled children are typically seen as having less social skills and slower language development, but in fact this stereotype is not true. According to this scholarly article, homeschooled students actually performed better on the SAT in the language section than the math section. Homeschooled children also performed better overall on the SAT than the average public school student. The article also found that due to the advent of technology and social media, homeschooled students have much less social interaction than public school students.
Carson Tangonan

Wide Vocabulary & Brains - 0 views

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vocabulary brain

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  • Carson Tangonan on 16 May 13
     
    I chose this article because prior to posting this I was studying my SAT vocab. I was wondering if this would really help me. I found that "increased vocabulary knowledge correlates with increased grey matter density in a region of the parietal cortex that is well-located to mediate an association between meaning and sound (the posterior supramarginal gyrus). Further this region also shows sensitivity to acquiring a second language. Relative to monolingual English speakers, Italian-English bilinguals show increased grey matter density in the same region."
jushigome17

A case for cutting foreign languages from US schools - 1 views

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  • alexashimine15 on 16 Dec 14
     
    A CEO of a company that runs about 32 charter schools around New York is cutting foreign language from the curriculum because "Americans don't learn foreign languages well".
  • jushigome17 on 26 Nov 16
     
    Eva Moskowitz is the CEO and founder of Success Academy Charter Schools, responsible for about 9,000 students in 32 charter schools around New York City. Moskowitz sat down for an interview with the American Enterprise Institute this week, and talked about how to fit everything she deems important for students-coding, recess, science five days a week-into...
Alec LaClair

Tip Sheet: An Admissions Dean Offers Advice on Writing a College Essay - NYTimes.com - 30 views

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  • begin contemplating their college essays this summer
    • Jenna Frowein
      Jenna Frowein on 12 Sep 11
       
      I think that beginning your essay early will help.
  • it is one of the few things you can still control.
    • Jenna Frowein
      Jenna Frowein on 12 Sep 11
       
      This is nice to know, but also makes me a littler nervous too.
  • If you try to cover too many topics in your essay, you’ll end up with a resume of activities and attributes that doesn’t tell me as much about you as an in-depth look at one project or passion.
    • Jenna Frowein
      Jenna Frowein on 12 Sep 11
       
      But how do we know which activity, attribute, or passion is the most important or meaningful for the college application essay?
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  • simple things in life that make the best essays.
    • Jenna Frowein
      Jenna Frowein on 12 Sep 11
       
      I really like this. I think that when you turn something normal and simple into something unique and interesting, that shows a lot of creativity and is actually really exciting!
  • Tell me something I couldn’t know just from reading the other parts of your application.
    • Jenna Frowein
      Jenna Frowein on 12 Sep 11
       
      When the application covers so much, how do we find something that we already haven't shared on the application? Oh! I know, your personality! :)
  • Show me why
    • Jenna Frowein
      Jenna Frowein on 12 Sep 11
       
      Show, that's always my problem. How do we show what is inside of us?
  • Don’t rely on “how to” books
    • Alec LaClair
      Alec LaClair on 19 Sep 11
       
      i feel like too many people do this, people tend to rely on other people/things, but i believe that it should just come from the heart
  • Stephanie Wong on 14 Sep 11
     
    This advice is really, really helpful. I agree that it's important to focus on something specific that you're passionate about. At the same time, it's hard to expand on this and be detailed/focused throughout the entire essay. I like the advice of being humble and not showing off because the way you write and your topic can tell a lot about who you are as a person.
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  • Ian Sekiguchi on 14 Sep 11
     
    The two things that I liked the most about this article, was that it told the importance of showing a side of you and not telling it. I think that writing a compelling and vivid story is an extremely effective way to make your essay memorable. Second of all, I liked how the article said not to talk about the things already mentioned in the application. I think that its important to portray a side that the admissions officers would never be able to get out of simply reading statistics (scores, gpa, extracurriculars, etc...).
  • Alison Kamikawa on 14 Sep 11
     
    I think this was really helpful. It was really interesting when it said that this college essay is one of the only things you have control over and it made me change my view of this essay. At first, it just seemed like something that the college board reads to brighten up their own day, but now it made me think that this could actually be beneficial for me. I may not have control over what questions go on the SAT or if I can change my GPA, but I have total control over what I write. I also thought it was interesting to read that students shouldn't write to impress the college board. I would think that students would want to write about personal events that make them look good for the college.
  • anonymous on 14 Sep 11
     
    I think the best bit of information i took from this article, is showing how the struggle of overcoming some great difficulty. On a general sense, if I were to do an essay on some type of failure, I think the best way to continue the essay would be to show how I was able to push past this downfall, and learn from it. It's important to let the reader understand the hardship you went through and show them how you made the best of a seemingly terrible event.
  • Justin Lee on 14 Sep 11
     
    I think this tip sheet really summed up most of the other articles into a concise, helpful article. Overall, I learned that, in terms of the essay, colleges don't really care about any particular achievements. Instead, the colleges are looking at your voice to see what type of person you are. You should stray from writing about others and focus more about your own feelings and thoughts. Finally, college essay readers have seen all of the generic essays before, so there are more pros than cons in taking a risk by saying something controversial.
Andy Mattson

Does Language Influence Culture? - 2 views

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Language Culture Influence

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  • Peyton Lee on 22 May 12
     
    Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures in languages (without our knowledge or consent) shape the very thoughts we wish to express? Take "Humpty Dumpty sat on a..."
Alex Hino

Essays, Admission Information, Undergraduate Admission, U.Va. - 16 views

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college_essay

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  • Any student who has already learned the basics of showing should think about taking a risk on the college essay. What kind of risk? Think about starting an essay with: "I sat in the back of the police car." Or, as in the example (below): " The woman wanted breasts."
  • People wonder if they will be penalized if they do take a risk in an application. They want to know, in other words, if there is any risk in taking a risk. Yes, there is. I can say, however, that my experience in the admissions field has led me to conclude the great majority of admissions officers are an open-minded lot
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      brad hirayama on 14 Sep 11
       
      The line "a Good essay always shows; a weak essay always tells" is a concept that is true in all real life situations.  we learned and had practice with this in acting class (yes acting), that it means a lot more if you show emotion rather than just saying i'm sad or happy.  i find that this is true for college essays too: in order to stand out you need to be the one that make the reader think and invision what you are saying; that is what would make you stand out.
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    • Alex Hino
      Alex Hino on 14 Sep 11
       
      Appealing to all of the sense through just words seems like a tricky task.
  • Stephanie Wong on 14 Sep 11
     
    I think the best piece of advice from this is to show, not tell. I also like the idea of taking a risk, as long as the topic of choice isn't offensive or makes someone feel uncomfortable.
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  • Kaylin Okuma on 14 Sep 11
     
    I thought a piece of good advice was to try to stand-out. Use a "hook" to bring the reader in, take risks, and don't conform to what you think the college would want the essay to be written about (Be yourself and show your voice through the writing).
  • Cedric Char on 14 Sep 11
     
    I agree with Stephanie, in that I think the best advice is to show and not tell. It seems we are so used to "telling," because of all the analytical papers and what not we write that we sometimes get stuck telling instead of showing. We need to break this habit and start showing and appealing to all five senses in our writing.
  • Rachel Marison on 14 Sep 11
     
    "We are not looking for students who all think the same way, believe the same thing, or write the same essay". I found that quote very interesting and it shows just how important it is to take risks while writing the essays. By taking a risk it would show that your writing is different and unique.
  • Kandace Izumi on 14 Sep 11
     
    I agree with Kaylin that being yourself is the best way to catch the reader's attention and show your own voice. Colleges don't want to read essays about the generic stories you think they want to hear. Instead they want to read a story coming from memories and thoughts in your head so they can feel as if they know the "real" you instead of the persona put on the paper.
  • Sam Hudson on 14 Sep 11
     
    "If we are what we eat, we are also what we write." I liked this article because it was basically saying that you have to display your true self in every way that you can through your writing. Trying to stray from being generic and vague. From this article, I know that what makes a good college essay stand out is to not be afraid to use your sensory but then have reason as to why you're using it and don't just simply "tell", let the reader know exactly what's going on in full specifics as much as possible, use a hook that can work in your favor, and lastly remain original and unique.
Dylan Okihiro

Chris Wallace: 'A chill' descended on front row upon Trump arrival at Bush fu... - 0 views

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  • Dylan Okihiro on 12 Dec 18
     
    "You had seen a lot of chatty talk between the Clintons and the Obamas, the Carters. But when Donald Trump sat down, the greeting that he was given by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama was about as cool as it could have been." Trump's encounter with living members of the 'Presidents Club' serves as a fascinating study for those in the media and academia. From a social psychology standpoint, the cold and ignorant reactions from the former presidents and first ladies towards the current president specifically acknowledged an 'uninvited' member was intruding upon the ingroup.
gchen18

Failure to Communicate Part 1: Words Can Never Hurt Me - 0 views

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  • gchen18 on 07 Mar 17
     
    The chair squeaked quietly as I fidgeted, swiveling left, right, left. I sat toward the back of a long wooden table flanked by my fellow graduate students, while a pair of eminent biologists led a discussion on how to talk to skeptical non-scientists about evolution.
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