Homework # 2

Scientific English for doctoral

Khamvone Boulyaphonh

Homework # 2

Write two sentences about your field of studies to two group of audiences in different fields:

1.      The Most Venerable Pha Khamchan Virachitto was one of Lao outstanding scholar in the twenty century who successfully carried out and preserved Lao culture, tradition, ceremony and rituals of Buddhism of Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of Lao Lan Xang kingdom.

2.      The thesis of my studies focus on the life and works of my abbot the Most Venerable Pha Khamchan Virachitto who was one of Lao outstanding scholar in the twenty century, his works on preservation of Lao culture, tradition and ceremony are useful and meaningful to Lao young generations.

Homework # 1

Scientific English for doctoral

Khamvone Boulyaphonh

 Update: 3.12.2012

Homework # 1

1.    Write a sentence with an adverb in a prepositional phrase inside of a noun phrase:

My father's friend is the man in the Thai restaurant eating noodle soup forms steaming bowl.

2.    Create a short abstract in two paragraphs describing your part research:

My Ph.D. dissertation  focuses on the life, works and social role of the Most Venerable monk Pha Khamchan Virachitto, the late abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam and Chairman of the Buddhist Fellowship Organization of the province of Luang Prabang,  who was one of the most outstanding Lao intellectuals of  the  twentieth century. The Venerable Abbot was a charismatic monk  and  a model  for numerous monks and novices in Luang Prabang , who  tried to emulate  him . He was highly respected by the people of the old royal capital of Luang Prabang, which has been the spiritual centre of Lao Buddhism since ancient times and was  the seat of the Supreme Patriarch until 1975.
Pha Khamchan Virachitto’s outstanding works include the construction and  renovation  of Vat Saen Sukharam and many other monasteries , all in the style of modern Lao Lan Xang architecture.  Moreover, the Venerable Abbot led numerous Buddhist ceremonies, ritual , and other festivals in accordance with the rules of the Sangha. Finally, he was the decisive figure  in setting  up the Buddhist Archive of Photography in Luang Prabang (2007) and the Museum of Buddhist Art at Vat Saen.

homework 2

 Aussana Nasriken (Pim)

 Homework 2

Write two descriptions of your field of study.

Local History

1. Local history is study the ways of life and ways of thinking of local people with their communities.

2. Local history is a means to counter national history by relating one people's relationship with another, with nature, and with the supernatural.

homework 1

Aussana Nasriken (Pim)

Homework 1

1.    Write a sentence with an adverb in a prepositional phrase inside of a noun phrase.

Penny who is actively running to oak tree in the garden is my brother’s girlfriend.  

2.    Create a short abstract describing your part research (in this entry use a different type of modifier – chosen from the examples discussed in class- in each sentence).

Old Version

Knowledge on the worldview of the people involved in the local community about the water can be seen from a youth research project for local history of the Northeast Group 2. It is relationship between people, communities and waterways in two dimensions; cultural and economic dimensions. In the cultural dimension, water is reflected in the creation of the relationship of local people as the same cohort / same group by creating relationship of coexistence. From thinking about the sacred and fertile as a placeholder between the traditional ritual, it creates water accessible to the public with respect. When a major change from state authorities and the capitalist economic system has expand its influence into local authorities, water is defined by economic meaning as natural resources. It changes water from public source to be a semi-public source. The water owned by someone and only some people can access the resource of this type. It leads to conflict and the sharing of benefits. Therefore, ways of thinking and ways of life of people and Northeast communities are needed to be adapted in order to cope with power of changing global trends of new era in a different context.

New Version

There are two dimensions of the knowledge on the perspective of the people in the local community with respect to the water as a result of the research of a youth research project for local history of the Northeast Group 2 shows the relationship between the community and the river is the dimension of the cultural and economic dimensions. Cultural dimension, reflected on local inhabitants’ relationship is the same group, it’s from them use the water unitary by creating relationships together. Sacred and fertile thinking are linked through the ritual of public water is accessible to all with respect. Expanding from state authorities and the capitalist economic system that make the local changing, the meaning of water is defined to natural resources that it makes water from public resource to be semi-public resource, as a result of, there is some people to be an owner and have access to this type of resource, whereat it is bring to the conflict and the sharing of benefits. Thus, people and communities of Northeast of Thailand will be changed their way of thinking that is adapted from dynamic global wave of change in different contexts.

Homework # 2: Task Three - Writing the conclusion

Task Three

What advice would you give Gene?

I would like to give you my advice that you should mention about the data and also the problems from it. The variation factors such as: the amount of patient, the patient income, age, and level of satisfaction, effect to not only the decreasing co-payments, but also the rising number of tests ordered by physicians.

Write down your suggestions in note form. Then edit or rewrite his final paragraph to reflect your advice.

-          Note form

The health care costs of non-profit and for profit hospitals in the United States.

o   Data

§  non-profit : costs increased by 4.8%

§  for-profit : costs increased by 24.7%

o   Cause

§  The tests ordered by physicians

§  The variation factors : the amount of patient, the patient income, age,

and level of satisfaction

-          The new conclusion

As the tables, shows that in non-profit hospitals, costs increased by 4.8%, while in for-profit   hospitals increases around 24.7%. The cause of this difference is the amount of the tests ordered by physicians at the same time of the decreasing co-payments. Not only because of the rising number of tests ordered by physicians but also the variation factors such as: the amount of patient, the patient income, age, and level of satisfaction, effected to the decreasing co-payments. The supporter of these findings is from the other studies that shown the cost containment may prove very difficult in “Free market” medical economy.