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07 Mar 2024

Letter writing - Dangerous liaison

Creative writing - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages

First, 4 letters are correspondences between characters who reply to each other and put themselves in danger by reading them. The document then includes a 2-page story related to the letters.

03 Mar 2024

Descartes Philosophy

Case study - 5 pages - Philosophy

Descartes carries out an experiment in which he supposes that there is no existence of God, and instead, he proposes the existence of an evil spirit which deceives humanity regarding everything that regards to life. He describes his philosophy as a tree, the roots as a form of metaphysics, and...

23 Feb 2024

Campaign to shatter the glass ceiling

Speech - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

Write a speech to protest inequalities and break the glass ceiling ! Change people's minds with compelling arguments and a powerful delivery.

20 Feb 2024

The Return: A Rhapsody - Tao Yuanming (2019)

Book review - 1 pages - Literature

Tao Yuanming writes The Return: A Rhapsody immediately after retiring from official work. He was one of the few Chinese nationals who held an official position in government during the early civilization period. He is haunted by memories of his past and in his old age, he does not see any change...

13 Jan 2024

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (1813) - Money

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Money, a theme that had been the focus of many novels over the last few centuries. No novelist, however, has mastered to approach it in such a unique manner as Jane Austen. During the Regency period, when wealth and status defined relationships, Jane Austen wrote and published her illustrious...

13 Jan 2024

Henri David Thoreau - Civil disobedience

Biography - 2 pages - Philosophy

Henri David Thoreau, an American philosopher, naturalist and poet, was also a convinced activist who fought against slavery and advocated civil disobedience. His imprisonment in 1846 gave rise to the essay "Civil Disobedience", a text that influenced Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela,...

13 Jan 2024

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (1813) - Love

Text commentary - 2 pages - Literature

Love, a theme that has been the focus of many novels over the last few centuries. No novelist, however, has mastered to approach it in such a unique manner as Jane Austen. During the Regency Period in 1813, Jane Austen wrote and published her illustrious novel Pride and Prejudice, where she...

10 Jan 2024

The escape, manhunt, and capture: A population's test of resilience and Law Enforcement's tenacity

Presentation - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages

You will understand this title that we have chosen to describe in the most accurate way an event. Indeed, we will discuss a murderer who escaped from prison on August 31, 2023. The event happened in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. By escaping from the prison, he has created a...

07 Jan 2024
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The Condition of the Working Class in England (German: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England) - Friedrich Engels (1844) - The British industrialisation

Text commentary - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages

The Condition of the Working Class in England, translated from German and published in 1845 is Friedrich Engels' first writing. It presents a study of the proletarians in Victorian England based on notes and observations made by the author during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844 when...

02 Jan 2024

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Written expression and movie review

Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

This writing assignment explores "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006), discussing the film's ending, exploring the presence of a moral, and examining whether the Hoover family becomes more united.

02 Jan 2024

Presentation of the Hasting seafood and wine festival in England

Presentation - 5 pages - Linguistics & languages

Hastings Seafood and Wine Festival is a 2-day event that takes place each year in September at Hastings, in England. The Seafood and Wine Festival has developed into one of Hastings' greatest and most famous event in that specific region of England. This cherished foodie celebration...

31 Dec 2023

How Participants Employ Rhetorical Strategies and Skillfully Leverage the Notion of "Common Sense" To Advance Their Arguments Within the Realm of Contentious Debates?

Essay - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages

In this paper, we delve into the multifaceted realm of polemical exchanges, closely examining the intricate interplay between rhetoric, argumentation, and the fundamental concept of "common sense." Through a comprehensive analysis of Belgian written opinion articles from both conventional and...

29 Dec 2023

Fictions and Realities - A Tweet About COVID-19

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages

This tweet was published on October 26th 2020, at a time when the number of positive cases in the United States reached 500.000 cases, according to the CDC. Trump frequently attributed the rise in COVID-19 cases to increased testing rather than a rise in infections. He tries to understate the...

14 Dec 2023

World War II

Course material - 5 pages - Linguistics & languages

This document is a course material on how the Second World War unfolded throughout the world.

30 Nov 2023

What Would You Miss?

Creative writing - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

Write two emails to a friend, boy and girl, where you explain what you would or would not do if you were participating in a show about survival. Don't forget to include what you would be able to do, and the things, people, food and comfort you would miss. Write about 10 lines for each friend.

27 Nov 2023

"Fake news is the real virus!" (2020) - Fiction and reality

Text commentary - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

In May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, a protester in California held a sign sharing a worrying idea. By calling fake news the real virus, they meant that lies and false claims about COVID-19 were actually a bigger problem than the disease itself.

17 Nov 2023

Leviathan - Paul Auster (1992) - How the Dead Man is Depicted in this Extract?

Text commentary - 3 pages - Literature

«Leviathan» by Paul Auster is a roman published in 1992. In this short extract, an unknown and unnamed narrator, after reading some news about a man who blew himself up on the side of a road, is about to tell this man's story. In this text's commentary, we are going to see in a more...

17 Nov 2023

Cat in the Rain - Ernest Hemingway (1925)

Book review - 2 pages - Literature

This story takes place after WW1, a lot of Italian's people have perished during this major conflict and, this monument is the sign of the great loss the nation is feeling. War is still fresh in memories and while the American couple is here in the context of vacation, Italian people come a...

17 Nov 2023

A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams (1947)

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Literature

The document studies the relationship between Stanley Kowalski and Stella Kowalski as well as a passage from Scene V. The latter is the following: In this extract, Blanche is waiting for Mitch to come to pick her. While doing this, a young paperboy arrives and this scene occurs. Blanche, an...

16 Nov 2023

Sheet on films, novels, and poems

Book review - 10 pages - Literature

This document contains a number of fact sheets on films, novels and poems, detailing the themes, characters and symbols.

13 Nov 2023

Beloved - Toni Morrison (1987)

Book review - 2 pages - Literature

The novel is about the horrors of slavery and how its trauma is bequeathed from generation to generation. Former slaves, such as Sethe, Paul D, or Baby Suggs seem unable to let go of a past when their identities were shattered at the core, they were treated as mere animals or conveniences,...

13 Nov 2023

White-Collar Crimes

Case study - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages

White-collar crimes refer to non-violent crimes committed by individuals, typically in a professional or business setting, for financial gain or to obtain some form of advantage. These crimes are often carried out through deception, manipulation, or abuse of trust. Some common types of...

12 Nov 2023

Role of education in gender equality: stereotyping

Presentation - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

Today, I would like to present you the emergence of the patriarchal social structure started approximately 12 000 years ago when ancient civilizations became agricultural societies. The structural aspect of societies led to an increase of power and professional skills among men that directly...

02 Nov 2023

Selling and Advertising

Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

"We could become more aware of what we can do to help people. Indeed, there are still many people who need help around the world, for various reasons, and we could learn how each of us can do small things to help them."

28 Oct 2023

Creative essay exercises

Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Linguistics & languages

This document contains three different types of essay exercises. The first exercise involves writing a storyboard for a film, the second exercise entails writing a letter to support a campaign, and finally, an exercise that involves writing a script for a scene in a play.

25 Oct 2023
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What was the Most Important War in American History?

Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

In my opinion, the Second World War was the most important in American history. However, the Americans only entered the conflict in December 1941 following the Japanese aggression on its ground at Pearl Harbor on the 7th.

23 Oct 2023

Language: Barriers and Learning Methods

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages

This document covers two main subjects: one focuses on effective language learning methods, while the other addresses language barriers.

23 Oct 2023

Talk about your talents and abilities

Essay - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

My talents and abilities are somewhat synonymous with my passions. I do what I like, and I am trying to improve myself in the things I like (such as my ability to speak English).

23 Oct 2023

Message to Captain John Smith - Chief Powhatan (1609) - The Starving Time

Text commentary - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages

The Powhatans were farmers, hunters, and fishermen. They had long rectangular houses covered with mats and bark. They grew corn and tobacco. Their lives were rich and easy. They formed a confederation of nations established in several hundred villages. They were a former confederation of...

23 Oct 2023
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Tourism and Cultural Differences

Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages

This document raises the issue of cultural and language barriers in the context of tourism by means of two commented illustrations.