Task 1 Theme: Sports

Three Academic Papers Downloaded from the Internet 1. The Benefits of Sports for the Body and Brain 2. The Importance of Sports 3. How to Prevent Sports Injuries

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List out the components of the downloaded academic papers. a. The Benefits of Sports for the Body and Brain

Title The Benefits of Sports for the Body and Brain Introduction Did you know that the way we move our body can have a great impact on helping to relieve depression? Thesis Statement Those of us with anxiety disorder may have days that we can be somewhat depressed, and as hard as we try, we cannot seem to change our thoughts.

Body Paragraph Topic Sentence We could go into long detail about endorphins, other chemicals and the brain but in this article, what we want to focus on is the type of movement that works best for depression.

Supporting Ideas We have all been told at some time or another that actively taking part in exercise or team sports is good for alleviating anxiety and depression, but did you know that just watching sporting activity will also give us huge benefits to lessen depression?

Concrete Evidence Example, quick fast movements of our arms and legs or any other part of our body will lessen depression. It does help of course if the team you are supporting is winning!

Concluding Sentence Watching sports takes our mind off our daily problems for a while, giving us a time of mental excitement which all of us can use.

b. The Importance of Sports Title The Importance of Sports Introduction Sports activities and interests provide many positive opportunities for children. However, they can also cause some problems. Many parents believe that participation in sports will enhance childrens school accomplishments, while others believe that sports get in the way of their childrens achievement. Thesis Statement Whether they help or distract from achievement depends on the extent of childrens involvement and the type of experiences they have.

Body Paragraph Topic Sentence Good sportsmanship provides guidelines that can be generalized to classroom and lifelong achievement. Supporting Ideas Participation in challenging sports contests teaches children to love classroom challenge. It also teaches children to function in a competitive society.

Concrete Evidence Dr. Sylvia Rimm said that the world of sports mirrors how one can play the game of school and life. Good athletes stay in the game and play their best even when they are losing. They know they will win some and lose some. They discipline themselves. They practice with grueling regularity the necessary skills for their sport. Education, life accomplishments, creative contributions in the arts, sciences, business, and government involve similar perseverance and selfdiscipline.

Concluding Sentence As with most other interests, if sports dominate children's lives, children may be prevented from accomplishing more important goals. Gifted athletes should also prepare themselves for alternative opportunities. Incredible competition and unpredictable physical injuries can prevent even the most talented athletes from enjoying the career of their choice.

c. How to Prevent Sports Injuries Title How to Prevent Sports Injuries

Introduction Following are some general rules for injury prevention no matter what sport you play. Thesis Statement While it is impossible to prevent every injury, research suggests that injury rates could be reduced by 25% if athletes took appropriate preventative action.

Body Paragraph Topic Sentence Know and abide by the rules of the sport.

Supporting Ideas The rules are designed, in part, to keep things safe. This is extremely important for anyone who participates in a contact sport. Concrete Evidence Elizabeth Quinn said that rules of conduct, including illegal blocks and tackles are enforced to keep athletes healthy. Know them. Follow them.

Concluding Sentence Research provides us with helpful clues about the cause of sports injury. There are two factors that outweigh the rest when it comes to predicting a sports injury. They are having a history of injury. Previous injuries to a muscle, or joint tend to develop into chronic problem areas for many athletes. It is extremely important to warm up, and stretch previously injured parts and a high number of consecutive days of training. Recovery days reduce injury rates by giving muscles and connective tissues an opportunity to repair between training sessions.

i.

Discuss the language aspects of the three academic papers in one essay (250 300 words)

The three articles is about facts. It have many useful tips and information. It also useful for us especially for athletes and its give us knowledge in our life.

The vocabulary used in the articles is quiet easy to understand. It used the simple words so that reader can understand the article easily. Examples of simple words that can be found in these three articles are movement, opportunity, alternatives and so on.

The type of sentences used in these three articles mostly is compound sentence. Example of compound sentence that found in the article is Incredible competition and unpredictable physical injuries can prevent even the most talented athletes from enjoying the career of their choice.

It also contains exclamatory sentence that expresses great emotion or excitement which is ends in an exclamation mark. Example of exclamatory sentence in the article are Give it a try, it does help! and Always start your day with a happy dance (quick movements) this will work wonders for all of us!.

There is also connecting adverbs used in these articles. Example of the word is however. It is not a conjunction so it is not able to join two sentences to make a longer one. "Hopefully" is an example of a word whose use as a disjunct ("it is hoped") is sometimes controversial. The three articles used past and present tense in their essay. Example of present tense is Many young people have actually found themselves much more skilled than they or their parents dreamed because they took the risk of practicing what appeared to be their lesser skills and Forty percent of the basketball teams in schools are now girls' teams. While example of past tense is The domain of sports has for a long time belonged mainly to males.

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Write academic paper (1000 words)

Important and Benefit of Sports

Introduction Have you ever thought why people do sports? Absolutely, many people seem not to know the reasons. As a anecdote, there are many people who do sports for nothing around us. Everyday we can encounter with these people. They regularly do sports; however, none of them realizes the benefits and importance of sports. In fact, vice versa, some people want to be fit and attractive, look smart. Unfortunately, these people cant consider other benefits of sports. In my opinion, there are several benefits of sports that people often do not consider: sports are required to be healthy people, are needed for enjoyment, and are great market for countries economies. Help People To Be Healthy The first advantage of sports for people is that they help people be healthy, and be fit. Throughout history, people cant give up their interest at their body. I believed that now many people love themselves no matter how beautiful or ugly they are. Naturally, peoples first aim should be healthy and fit with the benefits of sports. Due to this fact that sports keep our body healthy. As a possible example, imagine that there is a car which has not worked for years. If you try to run the motor engine, it will not work anymore since it has been rusted and its engine may be broken down. As a result, people is similar to engines and motors. If we dont do sports, we will be forced to rust, in other words, decomposition of our body; afterwards, we may have some problems with our body when we even need to small walk. In addition, sports balance our bodys blood pressure and circulation. According to many research which have been done by scientists, we can prove the importance of sports for our health because 70% middle aged people who did not do sports in their youth are now struggling with the problems such as high tension, trouble with blood circulation, easily become tired due to the lack of sports. Watching sports takes our mind off our daily problems for a while, giving us a time of mental excitement which all of us can use (Panic and Anxiety Recovery Group, 17th November 2011).

Sports Can Be Entertaining The second advantage of sports for people is that they are required for our daily lives and competing at the international area because of enjoyment of sports. For many years, sports have been done by people. For example, have you ever thought why people want to play football or other games? The answer may be easy since sports are entertaining. They are sometimes magic as they catch our attention and give us pleasure as much as we need. Sometimes overwhelming life conditions may be unfair and make us unhappy. According to Dr. Sylvia Rimm (2009), sports has often resulted in fun for even those who never dunked a basketball or hit a home run. However, if there is a sport activity when we are unhappy, we will probably be motivated and be refreshed again after the sport activity. This should be the most important benefit of sports because many people do sports for this reason. In addition, have you ever thought why millions of people watch World Cup match without breathing? There might be some reasons behind the action of watching football match. The most important one might be the excitement and enjoyment of sport. Football match is interesting because it gives us pleasure to watch. In the pitch and near the pitch, there are more than 18 men, and they are the representative of our sport culture. Within the excitement of sports, countries are able to compete in the international area. Due to this fact people like sports since they and their countries are able to compete and beat opponent countries and this is the most important reason to take pleasure from sports.

Huge Market for Countrys Economy The final and least advantage of sports is that they are the huge market for countrys economy. First of all, if we look at only football industry. There are more than thousand professional team and at least these team have 25 players. If this is calculated, there are approximately 25000 players without working staff, scouts, coaches and managers. This should be the largest industry which employs many people in Turkey. In addition, countries and clubs have to establish new facilities for sports game. Some of them are the largest buildings in the entire country that represent countries, for example Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey. Supplying funds for this buildings may be the publicity of countries since constructing well designed stadiums help country prepare or organize big competitions such as World Cup, Olympics, and Tennis Tournaments.

Finally, sports allow advertisement companies to make publicity of strong brands. For example, sponsorship is one of the best publicity of one company. Everyone watches their favourite team or athletes, and audience will probably see the sponsor of team or athletes. For example, in England, Manchester United which is one of the most powerful clubs in international area has a sponsor called Vodafone. I am from Turkey, and I even know its sponsor. This will probably show the effectiveness of sponsorship in sports.

Conclusion All in all, we can conclude that there are several advantages and benefits of sports. First, sports are required by people to be fit, smart, and good looking. Second, sports are entertaining due to many facts. Third, sports are the huge market for countries economies. In my opinion, despite sports advantages, many people cant believe that sports are useful and beneficial. I hope that in the future these people will tend to be more optimistically to sports since they are the necessity of our lives.

References Allen, Beth Mary. (2005). Sports, exercise, and fitness: a guide to reference and information sources. Westport, Conn.; London: Libraries Unlimited.

Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn. (2012). Ataturk Olympic Stadium. Book on Demand

Richard Cox, Dave Russell and Wray Vamplew. (2002). Encyclopedia of British football. London: Frank Cass.

The Benefits of Sports for the Body and Brain. (2011, November 17). Panic & Anxiety Recovery Group. Retrieved August 30, 2013 from http://panicandanxietyrecoverygroup.com/blog/thebenefits-of-sports-for-the-body-and-brain The Importance of Sports. (2009). Sylvia B. Rimm. Retrieved August 30, 2013 from http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_sports.html

Task 2 Reflection
English is quiet interesting but it is not as easy as I think. I only realized it when I have entered Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) Kampus Ipoh here. It is not the same with what Ive learned at school three years ago since it is the last year Ive learned English subject with my teachers. But it is something interesting when Im learning English. For me, it is in teresting because I can learned international language which is used by most people in this world. So, there have two language that I know in my life. Sometimes when I want to improve my English, I take my own way by hearing and singing the English songs. And the song that I would heard the most are the song sang by Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. The language aspect used in the song is quiet pretty and nice to be heard. It is smooth and make me easy to understand the meaning of the song. While performing assignments of the subject English Language Proficiency II, I have received many useful and good benefits for me as a future teacher. After making corrections on grammar mostly, I started to get to know and understand the English language although I took music education courses and I had never been exposed in detail like this. In addition, tolerance and co-lecturer and also my friends can be raised through the process of completing this assignments. I started to get to know the attitude and the personality of my friends and the teaching method of my lecturer and this while strengthening our bilateral relations. I feel very grateful to have a nice lecturer like Madam Wan Ziraiza binti Wan Ismail because she teach us with full of responsibility. Furthermore, the experience of interacting with lecturer and colleagues for undertaking these tasks allows me to improve and enhance the way I communicate. It is thus able to train me to communicate well and prepare to be a quality teacher. In addition, the guidance given by lecturer in the process of completing this assignment enabled me to improve shortcomings in myself and not to repeat it again in the future.