Week 6 Assignment Reading Response: Assessing Globalization Benefits and Drawbacks of Trade and Integration (Final)

In Kohut and Wike’s Paper "Assessing Globalization, Benefits and Drawbacks of Trade and Integration", the authors recognize both the economic benefits of globalization as well as other negative drawbacks such as income disparity in countries, environmental degradation, and loss of tradition.

The paper states that "Europeans also expressed high levels of concern for the environment, particularly in Spain (70 percent) and France (68 percent)" showing the negative impacts of globalization caused on the environment. In contrary, globalization does not only pose negative threats to the environment. In fact, globalization brings about better economies around the world. With better economies, countries have more income to engage in research and development activities to create better technologies for the environment. Some good examples of these technologies include air filters and catalytic converters in cars which are environmentally friendly. These technologies could also be spread to the rest of the world through the forces of globalization. Professor Kahn from the University of California, Los Angeles, states that, as America’s economy progressed, smog levels in California decreased over time due to better equipment used in industries.

Hence, globalization may not be a devil to the environment after all. As it takes place, economies improve and people think of better ways to improve the environment. This can be seen from the decrease in pollution levels in California.

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Week 5 Summary Assignment: Assesing Globalization Benefits and Drawbacks of Trade and Integration (Final Final)

 Globalization is a phenomenon which has impacted the lives of people around the world. Most countries embrace the idea of globalization as it brings about economic growth, improving the living standards of people. Although globalization has enhanced trade, the free market system undertaken by many countries, as well as the influx of multinational companies into developing countries such as Nigeria, the support for globalization has weakened in western countries like the US and Italy. People are worried about the negative effects of globalization, which include environmental pollution, loss of traditions and widening income gaps in countries like Indonesia. Environmental problems like global warming is a major concern in countries and people surveyed are willing to trade a cleaner environment for economic growth. The influx of immigrants has caused the loss of traditions in many countries; 44 out of 47 countries believe that immigrants bring negative impacts to their countries. One good example is Italy, with 64 percent of the people rating immigration a big problem for their country. Hence, one way of measuring the effects of globalization is to consider the positive and negative impacts in different countries.

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Scary Oil Summary Practice

Summary:

Oil prices and the global economy are always correlated with a two way relationship. Rising oil prices had been a major concern in the global economy. The rising war tensions between Iran and Israel had sent fear into the global economy. US will be aiding Israel militarily against Iran. All these episodes had sent fear into the global economy increasing oil prices. With these fear adding on to the past episodes of geopolitical shock in Middle East, and global financial crisis, it will send oil prices increasing which may trigger a round of global recession.

Summary Practice

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Your Summary: Facebook has negative impacts on students academically.

Summary Practice

1. “In any one nation, there are both very wealthy and very poor individuals and families. When sociologists conduct research on these disparities, they frequently analyze secondary data that originally were collected by the World Bank and the United Nations. These data focus on quality-of-life indicators such as wealth; income; life expectancy; health; sanitation; the treatment of women; and education for high-income, middle-income and low income nations.”

Source: Kendall, D. (2004). Social problems in a diverse society (3^rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Your summary

Sociologist conduct research to prove the income disparities in different countries by analyzing the different forms of data collected by the World Bank and United Nations.  

2. “Why a language becomes a global language has little to do with the number of people who speak it. It is much more to do with who those speakers are. Latin became an international language throughout the Roman Empire, but this was not because the Romans were more numerous than the peoples they subjugated. They were simply more powerful. And later, when Roman military power declined, Latin remained for a millennium as the international language of education, thanks to a different sort of power – the ecclesiastical power of Roman Catholicism.”

Source: Crystal, D. (1997). English as a global language. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press.

Your Summary

Crystal(1997) states that due to powerful society of the Romans, Latin became the international language through out the Roman Empire. 

Paraphrasing Practice

1.  In this short excerpt from David Crystal’s English as a Global Language, take note of the way that power relationships rather than the number of speakers influenced Latin   language use.

“Latin became an international language throughout the Roman Empire, but this was not because the Romans were more numerous than the peoples they subjugated. They were simply more powerful.”

Your paraphrase

Crystal (1997)  suggest that due to the dominating power of the Romans, Latin became the international language of the Roman Empire. Population of the Romans was not the main reason.                                                 

2.  As you paraphrase the following paragraph, present the “expected” general features of the nuclear reactors from Declan Butler’s “Nuclear power’s new dawn,” taken from Nature, 20 May, 2004 (Vol. 429, p. 238).

“These new reactors would all operate at high temperatures, improving their efficiency.  And they would include simplified safety features that do not rely on sophisticated backup systems or experienced operators — all are, in principle, ‘meltdown proof’ and can cool themselves down in the event of an accident with minimal, if any, human intervention. . . . Experts agree that reactors will need to be a lot cheaper to run. And to sway a nuclear-averse public, the next generation of reactors will need to produce much less radioactive waste at terrorist-proof facilities.”

 

Your paraphrase

According to Declan (2004), the new reactors can operate at high temperatures  at a better efficiency level. They include safety measures which require minimal human intervention in the case of emergency. These reactors need to be environmental friendly producing lesser radioactive waste as agreed by the experts.

Why writing English is important to me ? What are some examples of English Language writing that you will do in your University Education? How will writing in English be important in your future career?

English is important in enhancing our communication. Personally, I treat English as a tool for communication. First of all as we know, English is a language that is widely used. English is used in many situations like, business communications, teaching methods and casual conversations. It becomes a universal language when we are traveling around the world. Therefore, when we are writing in English, it is important be error free, so that we can send the right message to people.

English Language writing helps me communicates to people I meet in University. One important point is that almost all of the papers and essays are to be written in English. Therefore it is important to write in proper English so that the lecturers will be able to understand your papers.

In University, its a place where learning takes place, therefore making mistakes is one of the learning processes. When i start my career out in the real, writing good English enables me to close contracts and be successful in interviews. Therefore, writing good English is important as it enhances our communication.