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2008 - Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC)

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E S L<br />

C a u s e / E f f e c t E s s a y<br />

English 0326: ESL Pre-composition and Rhetoric.<br />

This is <strong>the</strong> last ESL writing course that non-native<br />

English speakers take before advancing to English<br />

1301. To prepare <strong>the</strong> students for <strong>the</strong> variety of<br />

writing that will be required in <strong>the</strong>ir college classes,<br />

<strong>the</strong> class studies several different types of essays.<br />

This essay is an example of <strong>the</strong> cause and effect,<br />

analysis essay. In this essay, Marie outlines <strong>the</strong><br />

problems caused by <strong>the</strong> rise of a new thrill-seeking<br />

form of adventure: white shark cage-diving off <strong>the</strong><br />

coasts of South Africa. In this essay, she clearly<br />

analyzes <strong>the</strong> effects that this new type of tourism<br />

have brought, namely changes in <strong>the</strong> behavior of<br />

white sharks toward humans. She explains <strong>the</strong><br />

activities and <strong>the</strong>ir impact on shark behavior, as well<br />

as why or how <strong>the</strong>se practices alter <strong>the</strong> relationship<br />

of sharks to humans. The specific examples that she<br />

gives show that she has analyzed this problem well.<br />

The ability to analyze a problem, identify causative<br />

agents, see <strong>the</strong> relationship among various factors<br />

and put all of this into a coherent, well-organized<br />

essay is a skill that is used everyday in business,<br />

science and virtually all o<strong>the</strong>r fields and requires<br />

critical thinking as well as writing ability. This essay is<br />

a good example of those skills.<br />

Renee La Rue<br />

Sharks Natural<br />

Behavior Affected<br />

By Tourist<br />

Attraction<br />

by Marie ten<br />

Doornkaat<br />

WATTERS<br />

In recent years white shark cage-diving has become an<br />

ecotourism industry along <strong>the</strong> South African coast (False<br />

Bay). Tour companies offer shark-diving trips for tourists<br />

who want to experience this adrenaline surge adventure.<br />

Great white sharks are viewed from <strong>the</strong> inside of a metal<br />

cage, lowered into <strong>the</strong> water, along <strong>the</strong> side of a boat.<br />

However, this tourist attraction has some negative effects<br />

to <strong>the</strong> ecosystem: Sharks are inevitably disturbed, and<br />

alter <strong>the</strong>ir natural behavior. They become conditioned<br />

to associate boats and human activities with food, and<br />

become used to <strong>the</strong> presence of humans. Sharks come<br />

closer to <strong>the</strong> shore and to <strong>the</strong> beaches, and this leads to<br />

more shark attacks on humans.<br />

The sharks are first attracted to <strong>the</strong> boat by dropping<br />

finely minced fish products in <strong>the</strong> sea, and <strong>the</strong>n are lured<br />

closer with chunks of bait. To make <strong>the</strong> sharks more active<br />

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