FENG SHUI

To my English 2 and Literature 1 students, just go to the archive section and look for the specific piece of information that you want to explore.

To all my Humanities 1 students, the following are concepts about Feng Shui in connection with our discussion on Chinese Architecture. Thank you so much.

Feng Shui - means wind and water
- it is an art and a science
- it is the practice of placement, arrangement and enhancement of space to achieve harmony with the environment.
We are connected to our environment. Our homes and businesses are expressions of who we are.

Functions:

1. Removes obstacles that prevent us from manifesting our dreams.

2. Gives dramatic impact on how we feel.

3. Helps us in manifesting our dreams and desires.

The practice of Feng Shui began in China about 3000 - 5000 years ago. The agricultural community wanted to know the best locations in planting crops, building homes and in honoring the ancestors. the knowledge was kept secret for hundreds of years. Sine then, Feng Shui has withstood the test of time.

Uses of Feng Shui:

1. Analyze a property.
2. Sell a home or a business.

3. Landscape design

4. Community planning

5. Architectural design

Other uses:

1. Change in life goals.

2. Change in family.

3. Change in life cycles.

Simple changes can make a big difference.

Nine Areas of Feng Shui - constituting the bagua.

1. Career and path in life.

2. Knowledge and wisdom.

3. Family ancestors community

4. Wealth, prosperity and abundance.

5. Achievement and reputation

6. Relationships, romance and marriage

7.Children and creativity

8. Friends and travel

9. Health and balance

Goals of Feng Shui

1. to create a harmony

2. to create beauty

3. to create balance

Process of Feng Shui

1. Assess the environment.

2. Identify and remove obstacles.

3. Create natural flow.

4. Energize the environment.

This can be done by:

1. Clearing the space

2. Aranging furniture

3. Color selection

4. Adding enhancements

To start:

1. Desire to transform.

2. Willingness to take action.

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APA METHOD OF CITATION

To all my students in English 2, the following should be downloaded to be discussed on February 16 (Wedenesday). Thank you very much.

AUTHOR DATE METHOD OF CITATION

The following examples are based on the Publication Manual of the APA (2001).

Single Author

1. The year of publication is cited in parenthesis if the author’s name appears in the textual discussion.

Example:

Villanueva (2008) stated that photosynthesis …

2. If the sentence construction does not require the use of the authority’s name, the author’s name and year of publication are cited in parenthesis, separated by a comma.

Example:

Photosynthesis is a process of making food by the use of sunlight (Villanueva, 2008).

3. No further reference is required when both the year and the author’s name are given in the text.

Example:

In 2008, Villanueva noted that photosynthesis is a process of making food through the use of sunlight.

4. When specific information is given, insert the page number.

Example:

The advantages of having an English Language Program are summarized by Villanueva (2008).

Language learning in the communicative environment of the content classroom furthers the goals of language teaching by offering a context for language (p.3).

5. If quotations are used, the following should serve as guidelines in the citation.

Short quotations – three lines or less, with quotation marks, and run into the text.

Quotation marks should be used if the quoted matter is somewhere in the middle of a sentence.

Example:

Photosynthesis which may be defined as the “process of making food through the use of sunlight” (Villanueva, 2008), is a very important biological process.

Quotation marks should also be used if the quotation is at the end of a sentence.

Example:

Photosynthesis is defined as the “process of making food through the use of sunlight” (Villanueva, 2008).

Long quotations – if it is four or more lines, it should be single – spaced and indented. It is written in a new paragraph and no quotation marks are used. The source is given in parenthesis after the final period.

Example:

The data shows that a good number of students use ‘word attack’ in analyzing the unknown word by its root words and affixes. Castro and Villanueva disclosed that:

Examining the internal, morphological features of a word, like prefixes, suffixes, and root words is also one of the techniques that could help a reader infer the meaning of a word (February 19, 2008, p. 3).

Multiple Authors

1. For works with two authors, both names of authors are mentioned every time reference is made in the text. For works with three or more authors, all names are mentioned the first time the reference is made, for subsequent references, only the surname of the first author is mentioned followed by et. al. and the year of publication.

Example:

Castro, Villanueva and Del Tierro (2008) mentioned … (first reference)

Castro et. al. (2008) mentioned …

2. If there is no author in the text citation, use the first two or three words of the entry in the reference list (usually the title).

Example:

In the first group, the students, are found out to be more visual than auditory (Language Studies, 2008, p.9).
Two or more works of the same author are cited in chronological order separated by commas. The suffixes a, b, c etc. are used for works published in the same year.

Example:

Recent studies (Villanueva, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) show

Recent studies (Villanueva, 2000, 2001a, 2001b, 2003, 2004, 2005) show

3. If many authors are cited at the same point in the text, author’s surnames are arranged alphabetically, separated by semi – colon, and enclosed in one pair of parenthesis if all these authors are cited at the same point in the text.

Example:

Recent studies (Castro, 2000; Del Tierro, 2005; Villanueva, 2007) have shown…