2008 - Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC)
2008 - Communication Across the Curriculum (CAC)
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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