Thursday, August 14, 2014

Journal Blog #3: What is your area of interest?

Things move very quickly in these short summer sessions. Developing a topic is the first and most important part of the process. It is not only important to know your topic, but also to know where your topic comes from. What is behind your topic? Of what situation are you writing about? Of what subject does this topic belong?

The first thing you have to figure out is your area of interest. For ERS, this is wide open; however, I recommend that you consider your major as  your area of interest. This can be a good starting point from which we can start to narrow to a particular subject to a particular situation to a particular topic.

In this journal blog, tell me what your area of interest is and explain why? Are there possible ideas in this area that motivate you or catch your curiosity? Let me help you work this out.

Include your ID# in your post. Aj. M

26 comments:

  1. 5780228

    The area that I'm interested is health, actually healthy food. Now I have started to eat clean food for a month ago, but I would like to know that clean food is 100% good for our body or it's just a name.

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    1. Ok... You're going to have to narrow down clean food. What food for what kind of purpose or function?

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  2. 5780198

    For me, I really interested to know more about culture of other countries. It can be many things like art, food, drinks or dressing. I like to learn about other country's culture because I want to know how it is different from my own country. Specifically, the topic that you gave it to us "Drinking alcohol and culture", I really interested and wondered at the same time that how drinking alcohol can become a culture?. So, according to my research, I found about German beers, which is a symbol of Germany. Moreover, it makes me want to know more about their culture, their style of living and many more.

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    1. Culture is also one of my main interests. If beer culture in Germany really interests you, we can go that way. There are many more ideas similar to this that we can explore. It is better to think of alcohol as a part of food and dining culture. Beer in Germany... Wine in France... Vodka in Russia... Sake in Japan.... Etc.

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  3. 5780247

    The area of the interest is Business. Business is involved in daily lives and expanding worldwide quickly. I think it is interesting to know the structures of business in order to do own businesses. The one point that I see is successful businessmen do not ignore their opportunities, and they do not give up. Therefore, I want to know deeply that how people success in their businesses?, how they make powerful brands?, how they make excellent marketing? and how to create a stability?.

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    1. You have a lot of ideas here, so you're going to need to choose a field.... Marketing? Management? Organizational behaviour? Motivation strategies? Make a choice.

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  4. ID : 5780240

    My area of interest is about mental power of people's mind because it is very complicated to work out the truth of the invisible power that remain stay deep inside of every person. Our mental power can give you both positive and negative things for your lives, it is about how to think positive ways. I'm quite interest in these kind of area because it could help and improve my life with more positive things to achieve any goals that I wanted to do.

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    1. This sounds like a psychology or mental health area to me. Keep going from there. Psychology > field > subject > situation...

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  5. 5681022
    the area that i very interested in is tourist destination around the world. i want to learn about their history and visit all the famous around he world. For me primary goal is have a trip a around the world.

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    1. Well... Choose a destination. Is this about history or tourism or something else?

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  6. 5780204
    My area of interest is about music. I always spend most of my time to listen to the music from many singers in America, England, and also every English-native country because I can learn more about vocabulary.

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    1. So is your area of interest about music? Or is it about education.... More narrowed, about language learning from popular music?

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  7. I'm interested in technology in a field of gadget. I think gadget is very interesting as people in this generation mostly rely in mobile phone which gadget makes life much more convenient. Moreover, we can see a creativity of people in gadget which is a technological device and a piece of art in one thing

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    1. Ok, but you're skipping steps. Is this about technology exactly or is it about culture and how gadgets have changed our behaviours and thinking?

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  8. 5780195
    I am interested in 'Culture' because it is very general and has many things that I never know before. Different countries mean different cultures. I really want to learn more about another new culture that is not the same with Thailand.

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    1. Fine... But we need more than this... As you said, this is general as everything in some way relates to culture.

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  9. The area that I am interested in is about law. But not too law. I've read many books and news about executions, and I think, they are interesting. I don't know that it is gonna be a dark story or not, but it looks more shocking and enlighting with execution law of other country focusing in Thailand like it should be used for punishment or not, and the differences of this punishment in other countries. What is the criterion for this.

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    1. This can work. It can be about law, and about ethics or morality. Some countries find execution an acceptable penalty, while others do not. It might interesting examine what the different reasons are.

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  10. 5780196

    The area of my interest is history. As we, all, can learn from the mistakes made by ourselves, history is a another way to help figure the answer to solve the current situation harming mankind. Because life is to learn, we can see our mistakes from the past and avoid doing those again. Another thing making me want to learn more about history is the story and background of mankind. How could we separate to be nations? What happens when famous people change the world? What did they do our world? Those questions are just a few questions from many questions I want to know.

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    1. Yes... Many questions. You need to make a choice. Where? Who? When? Etc.

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  11. 5780194
    The area that I am interested in is about animals because nowadays people tend to have pets in order to reduce loneliness or tame them for some help such as guide dogs. The main point that catch my attention is about the loyalty of the pets. So, I would like to know what are the reasons why so many people trust their pets so much and feed them like their own child.

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    1. Ok... This is actually a culture topic. The role and relationships of pets. Now, that is slightly different from guide dogs as this is not just a pet but a function. Think about this topic from a cultural point of view.

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  12. ID:5680944

    I'm interested in different culture because there are so many thing that we have no idea about it and sometimes when we go to other countries we can find that there are many thing that can shocked us which we called culture shock.

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    1. Ok... Culture shock is a real experience. It is not just the surprise of new things, but it is a process of adaptation to a new culture. Read a little more about this.

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  13. This journal blog is now closed. Thank you for your participation. Aj. M

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