LA308
Alice Su (A) “What Barbie Dolls Have to Say about American Fashion Culture”
Before the invention of Barbie in 1959, fashion culture was thought as an unrealistic illusion. However, Ruth Hamdler, the inventor of Barbie doll created Barbie to present the American image of fashion. By observing the changes of Barbie from the sixties to the nineties. It is easy to see how the design of Barbie does influence American clothing fashion. (Equipment needed).
[No videotaping.] Equipment: Notebook computer with a digital projector
Won, Katy (A) “Barbie: A Corruption on Girls” Barbie, the most famous doll in our time, was a career woman, a fashion icon and a party girl. Regardless of Barbie’s popularity, the famous doll creates negative mental and physical impacts on females. By focusing on Barbie’s physical appearance and the social image she represents, this paper discusses the problems of the females who had Barbie as a childhood playmate. (Equipment required)
[No videotaping]Wu, Janet (E) “Did Madonna change her message?” Madonna is noted for being different. She changes her styles all the time. However, some people wonder that she not only changed her style but also her message. In the paper, I discovered that love is Madonna’s never changing main message, only the ways to express her love that changed. (Equipment needed: One-shot projector and a notebook needed)
Jimmy Lin (E) “Marc Chagall—Drawing Surreal Paintings with a Conscious Way.” In my paper I talk about three motifs—eternal love for his first wife Bella, nostalgia, his reflections about wars—in his paintings, and find out what they mean to him to prove that his symbolic paintings are conscious.
LA306
Juang, Althea (D).
“ Nirvana And The 90’s American Youth Culture”
Nirvana is a rock band. In the 90’s, it dominated the history of rock
music. Moreover, Nirvana was recognized as “ the spirit of youth culture of
the 90’s” by sociologists. In this research paper, I will show you that
Nirvana represents the spirit of the American adolescent culture in the 90’s
because it sings faithfully of youngsters’ powerlessness, rebellion and loss
toward that pompous era and their lives, which touches young people’s
capricious heart.
(Equipment choice: CD player.)
[*No videotaping]
Liao, Lillian (D).
“The influence of punk culture to the people and society in Britain.”
Although the climax of punk culture contains only four years and seen as
a rebellion and chaos to the society among youth subculture, its emphasis on
attitude of self-rule and do-it-yourself make people to identify more of
themselves.
(Equipment: PowerPoint files only.)
[*No videotaping]
Chan, Faye (E).
"Bebop --The Rebellious Power."
This paper discuss how Bebop style had became a rebellious power in its
musical style, as well as its responses to contemporary racial, political,
economic problems. I would point out those direct influences on the rising of
Bebop, and further prove that it’s a revolution and had make many changes
between the past and gave a huge impact toward the future jazz.
(Equipment: desktop computer for power point, overhead projector & digital projector for power point, CD player, music sheet handout.)
Wu, James. "Don't Believe The Whites?" Some people thought
that Hip Hop is only formed by and for African Americans, and that
people of
any other colors can’t make it in this arena. However, the truth is Hip Hop itself can never exclude the white people’s contributions no matter in terms of its backstage, the developments of its four major elements, or its promotion and its renovation.
(Equipment: a notebook with powerpoint, a cd-player)
[*No videotaping]
LB306
Chen, Echo (A)
“Merely Fairy Tales?” The
Irish Writer Oscar Wilde is famous for his dramatic works but many readers do no
know that The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant and The Happy Prince
Wilde completed after the birth of his son. However, Wilde’s fairy tales are
not suitable for children to read because with the bloody and violent plots,
they discuss social problems and explore the dark side of human nature.
(Equipment needed: projector)
[*No videotaping]
Chang, Jessie. (A)
“Word Adventures VS. Visualization—Comparison between the Novel and
the Film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” The Lord of the Rings trilogy enchants a
lot of people by its legendary and epic scenes with spectacular wars and
exciting adventures no matter in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel or Peter Jackson’s
film. However, Jackson made some marvelous changes that are different from the
original novel and interestingly, these changes Jackson made result in the
film’s greater success than the novel itself. By comparing the plot,
characterization and focus in both, this paper will analyze how those changes
are perfect arrangements and meanwhile, directly lead to the success of the
film.
(Equipment: projector and notebook computer needed.)
[*No videotaping.]
Liang, Annie.
“The Charm of Coffee.” Due
to the prevalent trend which coffee chain stores bring about; and with different
combinations of physical, psychological, cultural and social reasons, more and
more college students nowadays see drinking coffee as one frequent life choice
and pleasure. Besides, the other issue about whether coffee is healthy or not is
discussed after analyses of reasons about the popularity of coffee.
(Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector --for PowerPoint files only).
Pan,
Christina (D). “The Denim Jean
Fad among College Students in Taiwan.” Denim jean is favored by college students in Taiwan nowadays. However,
the trend for denim is more than the pursue for fashion. Jeans act to represent
young people’s ideologies in showing a sense of rebellion and freedom,
uniqueness, and simplicity. In my paper, I introduced the evolution process of
jeans, and the qualities in jean that attract
college
student’s preference. Finally, I presented the symbolic features conveyed by
college students who wear jeans.
(Equipment
for the display of PowerPoint will be needed.)
LA404
Chen, Christine
(A). “The Vagueness of President
Chen’s Inauguration Speech.” In
order to retain local supports while avoiding military clash across the Taiwan
Strait, Chen has made important but ambiguous speeches before and after the
presidential election. Hence,
Chen’s famous inauguration speech was not a rapprochement to improve
Taiwan’s relation with China, and it’s delivered to satisfy Chen’s
die-hard supporters.
(Equipment: notebook, and projector needed.)
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Hsieh Jacob (A)
“Words Speak Louder Than Action: Rhetoric analysis of the Cuban Missile
Crisis” Cuban Missile Crisis had
been discussed for thousands of times in 40 years, but here this paper adopts
Kenneth Burke’s Dramatic/Pentadic Analysis to analyze how President John F.
Kennedy gave a speech toward the American people, the Soviet Union and other
different audience without causing nationwide panic and successfully ward off
worsening this crisis into the World War Third. In addition to the Dramatic/Pentadic
Analysis, the modern public speaking techniques would also be used in this
analysis to prove that Kennedy’s speech was not only a great example of crisis
management, but also definitely a rhetorically great public speaking!
Hsiao, Stephany.
Section C. “Illustration
in Children’s Literature” This
paper argues that illustration in children’s literature is sometimes more
important than words. First,
this paper defines illustration and presents general beliefs about it. Second,
it highlights the functions of illustration picture books such as narrating
stories or truth, inspiring children’s imagination and aesthetic, and
communicating the world to prove
that illustrations play a key role in children’s books.
(Equipment: notebook computer and digital projector.)
[*No videotaping]
Shih, Sharon.
(B) “Tomato Juice In Taiwan” A
lot of Taiwanese believe that drinking tomato juice is a convenient way to make
them healthy. Tomato juice has been considered as a great healthy drinking.
However, after being processed the tomato juice is not natural anymore.
Therefore, drinking tomato juice is not really helpful to human’s health. In
this paper I want to discuss whether it is good or not to drink juice instead of
eating tomato. People will know what they have to notice when buying tomato
juice through this paper.
(Equipment: notebook computer with a digital projector.)
[*No videotaping]
SF 901
Rose, Chen. (E) Eating at McDonald is becoming a commonly shared experience among people, especially teenagers and children; under the influence of McDonald’s, people in Taiwan have gradually used to the food they provided and persuaded by the bright image presented in the successful commercial, with few care of producing process of McDonald’s products and the nutritious ingredients, and also other unknown facts behind McDonald’s.; McDonald’s tends to exploit employers without caring about their welfare; they used GE food and artificial flavor made by beef without disclosing to the consumers that leads to a lawsuit from vegetarians in the states; they says they provide balance food, but the high-calories and low-fibers fried-based meal is possibly causing diseases and fatness, so their aim on forming children’s eating habit of McDonald’s food is a possible danger to children’s health. This research paper not only collects the evidences of oversea cases but also assists with research in Taiwan, to discover and compare if McDonald’s in Taiwan has the same problem as oversea cases.
Dai, Jessica. Section C. “Stick to the Right Course in Educational Reform in Taiwan.” This paper discuss the educational reform in Taiwan. First, it provides a background why the educational reform is necessary. Second, it points out the six major problems for students, parents and teachers after the new policy is carried out. Finally, some possible solutions are mentioned to solve those problems. The paper concludes that educational reform has a bright future if only the necessary adjustments are made. (notebook computer with a digital projector) [ videotaping ok]
Jenny (B)
Tsou, Linda. (B) “The Significance and Application of Repetition for EFL learners.” Nowadays, the use of repetition in language learning seems to be less and less stressed. However, as far as EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners are concerned, the use of repetition plays a significant and irreplaceable role in their English learning. It leads to positive and effective learning patterns and helps EFL learners enhance their fluency, accuracy, and proficiency in the four skills (Equipment needed: Notebook computer with a digital projector)