Online writing topics

1. Globalization

Since the late 1980s’, the ‘globalization’ has been one of the most frequently referred terms through the world, especially by the economists. ‘Globalization’ means, in its dictionary meaning, “a process by which people of the world are unified into a single society and functioning together.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization) This process includes political, socio-cultural, and economic merging. In some senses, the European Union is also the result of political globalization. However, this term in real context, especially in the economic sphere, refers to economic integration on a global scale into a global economy, whereby eliminating the national boundaries. In compliance with this trend, there have appeared numerous global corporations in which an affluent mother company has many branches through the world.
The globalization has both pros and cons. In the economic notion, globalizing a company can bring the ‘economy of scale’. By distributing industries to the proper locations, for example, locating labor concentrative manufacturing industry at the countries with cheap labor market, the owner can enjoy maximum benefit. However, as all coins have their back side, the economic globalization also has its dark side. There are winners and losers in the game. In the late 1980s’ and 90s’ in Korea, there were big riot against the government approval on Uruguay round agreements, which is one of the globalization effort of the world trade. Many farmers resisted fiercely against opening the agricultural market to the gigantic competitors. Nevertheless, the crop markets have been opened one by one, and the farmers have failed to cope with the competition from the cheaper crops. Korea has now very low proportion of food self-supply. As a result, current sharp increase of wheat price and short of its supply has tremendous impact on Korean economy, thereby giving influence on the price of noodle and bread. As the structure of the farming industry cannot be changed by a year, it is expected that global influence on Korean food market would be continued.

2. Determinating one's view of right and wrong or adopting the values of others

It is necessary to have a basic personal view or attitude on what is wrong and what is right. Some people with a clear view on good and evil look to have very firm and decisive characteristics. Moreover, these people can jump into the action with their firm crest. However, in this complex society in which too many values and aspects exist, it seems to be inevitable to adopt the values of other people for me. One individual person’s idea and view is easy to be wry and short-sighted. (Of course, mass propaganda can be easily wry and more dangerous.)

Temperature Figures Description

The chart displays the temperature figures for each decade from 1890 to 2005.

The temperature has grown by approximately 0.8 from 13.8 in 1890 to approximately 14.6 in 2005. After the temperature fell slightly for a decade between 1890 and 1900, it rose steadily to about 14 until 1950. Though it shows a slow falling for two decades after this year, it was a merely dip. From 1970, the temperature has risen gradually, displaying the steepest upward movement between 1980 and 1990.

The chart shows that even if there were two falling periods for last 130 years, the overall temperature has risen steadily.

Homework –EAV Chapter 19

<1>
a. amend
b. arbitrary
c. assure
d. compile
e. sphere
f. rigid
g. gender
h. chart
i. concurrent
j. explicit
k. consent
l. advocates
m. cease
n. convince
o. mode
p. prohibited
q. reluctance
r. integrity
s. restoration
t. mediate

<3>
1. Civil servants
2. civil rights
3. civic
4. civil engineering
5. civilians
6. civil
7. civics
8. civilizations
9. civilized
10. civil war

<7b> #2
Whenever I receive unsolicited mails, first I check from whom those mails were sent. The mails are roughly divided two types. If those tiresome mails are from people or companies which are aiming many and unspecified persons in order to sell some goods or service without addressing explicit receiver, they are thrown straightforwardly to the waste box. However, in case of mails which have my name on their envelopes, it is necessary to check how they can be send to me. In many cases, the mails are from my implicit consent after all. Nowadays, the personal information needs to be provided for using some service both via online and off-line. This information can be used as a mailing source. For example, when we open the bank account or use online baking service, we are requested to fill up the application forms, in which we usually supply our significant information, such as name, address, phone number, e-mail address, gender, marriage status, income and even the identification number. It is common that the use of overall service is prohibited if I refuse to provide the 'essential' information usually marked with a red asterisk. Another example is customer cards, which from department stores to the small coffee shops in the corner every other store offers, we use to get discount or to sum the frequent user mileage for future use. When we provide our information to attain those cards, we are unwittingly spilling our personal data which is sufficient for other people or company to use as a marketing means. Those marketing materials are beneficial in a few cases, but they are the source of annoyance in most cases. Conversely, there are mails I cannot track how the senders acquire my information. Nowadays, a lot of entities have expertise in collecting the scattered information to sum the integrate database. They use this database not only for increasing their customers, but also as a merchandise itself. One of the Korean main credit card companies, for example, was accused of selling customers information to a foreign marketing company. While this kind of unsolicited mails is also doomed to be trashed shortly, it is quite unpleasant to realize that the personal privacy is the last thing I can have in this information age.

Homework –EAV Chapter 18

<1>
1. b
2. f
3. n
4. h
5. j
6. k
7. l
8. a
9. d
10. o
11. g
12. i
13. m
14. c
15. e

<4>
1. infinite
2. intensely
3. visualize
4. attachment
5. inspection
6. bulky
7. prospective
8. recovery
9. proceed
10. quotable

<5a>
1. confer
2. implicate
3. highlight
4. purchase
5. insert
6. submit
7. terminate
8. undergo
9. inspect
10. quote

Sources

Q: Name some types of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources that are used by researchers in your field. For example, if you study history, a primary source might be letters written by historical figures. When you research a topic, how do you keep track of information?

A1:
Primary sources
- questionnaires (ex. meeting planners' convention site decision prefrence)
- interview with meeting planners and participants
- opinion poll (ex. favorite tourist destination in Asia)
- research reports (ex. when writing the literature review on site decision preference research methods)
Secondary sources
- research papers
Tertiary sources
- text books explaining meeting industry's various practices
- magazines (public & commercial ones for public interest on tourism & meeting)

A2
- for definition: internet encyclopedia, APEX terminology
- library sort cards
- aladin research tool: using keywords
- textbook's mention, references, and bibliography

Homework –EAV Chapter 17

<5a>
1. trigger
2. confirm
3. inhibit
4. attain
5. accumulate
6. dramatize
7. reverse
8. conceive

<6>
1. overslept
2. overpriced
3. overweight
4. overdosed
5. overlong
6. overreacted
7. overjoyed
8. overcharged
9. overseas
10. overdressed
11. overate
12. overqualified
13. overflowed
14. overdue
15. overcrowded

<7b> #2
If you visit the Sang-jok-am County Park in Goseung, Gyeongsangnam-do of Korea, which I toured two years ago, you can experience the wondrous geological phenomenon yourself. As this park is located in the place adjoining the land and the sea, you can get an extensive view of gorgeous south sea, called ‘Hallyeosudo.’ Harmonized with the cliff of stratified rocks with various fantastic shapes and marine caves, the sea gains its color more brilliantly. However, what makes this place famous is the enormous number of footprints of dinosaurs engraved along as wide as 6 kilometers’ coast. These footprints are found in the layer accumulated in the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era, which is believed to exist around 100 million years ago. These More than 1,900 fossilized footprints offers not only the evidence confirming the fact many kinds of dinosaurs inhabited this site, but also invaluable academic data on the environmental and ecological condition of that period as well as the lifestyle of dinosaurs. Accordingly, this park is recognized one of the largest dinosaur fossil reservoirs in the world, with the sites in Brazil and Canada. In addition, as this park retains Invertebrate vestiges, ripple marks and chasm which are also significant geological materials showing prehistoric environment, it would be developed to the tourist destination with both ecological and educational values.

Homework –EAV Chapter 16

<1>
a. unavoidably
b. near
c. transform
d. likely
e. limited
f. important
g. ongoing
h. changes
i. addition
j. model
k. constant
l. principal
m. removes
n. given
o. complete

<4b>
1. supplementary
2. complement
3. persist
4. subsidized
5. inevitable
6. coherently
7. initiate
8. uniformity
9. automatic
10. eventually
11. predominance