Persuasive Essay

The So-called Democracy in Iraq

                        Over the last six years, there has been an ongoing heated debate concerning the controversial issue of whether Saddam Hussein's execution brought democracy to Iraq or not. It is an undeniable fact that Hussein was the fifth president of Republic of Iraq and he controlled the country with absolute and unlimited power over the twenty-four year period. Furthermore, Saddam Hussein was the component of threat for America and his neighbours; therefore, in 2003, American troops entered the Republic of Iraq and Hussein was deposed so as to establish democracy. After he was arrested, he was sentenced to death and executed within few days in 2006. In spite of Saddam Hussein's execution, Iraq is not a democratic country due to not being an independent country, ruling by Islamic law and all citizens not being equal before the law.

Defining Terms

OPTIMISM

                        The people living on Earth can be divided into two groups which are optimistic and pessimistic. Optimism, the opposite of pessimism, is able to see positive sides of incidents. According to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, optimism is defined as 'the tendency to be hopeful and to emphasize the good part of a situation rather than the bad part; the belief that good things will happen in the future.'' This is fundamental definition of  optimism; however, it can be better understood by analyzing how to be optimistic and its effects on human beings.

Comparision and Contrast Essay

Asian Films

                        In recent years, movies are a sine qua non of daily life on the ground that thousands of the films are made every year. It is an undeniable fact that the most quality films were made in Hollywood until a decade ago; nevertheless, nowadays, especially, in Asian countries, such as India, Japan, China and Iran, the film production rate has increased dramatically. The two films are ''Slumdog Millionaire'' (Indian) and ''A Separation'' (Iranian). Although there are some similarities between the two movies, there are also some differences.

Classification Essay

TEACHERS

                        The significance of education has never been minimized because education has a crucial impact on the people's lives. Especially, two factors are very important for children's personal development which are their parents and their teachers; therefore, children get their knowledge firstly from their families and than their teachers. Nevertheless, it can be alleged that children spend more time with their teachers than their families. Hence, it is not an undeniable fact that teacher's role is so important in the classroom since the interaction between teacher and student is the primary determination of student success. If classroom activities are taken into consideration, teachers can be divided into two groups which are idealist teachers and inefficient teachers.

Cause and Effect Essay

The European Union

                        The Establishment of the European Union was a long process from 1951 to 1992. The European Union was founded as European Coal and Steal Community by six West European Countries which are Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, France and Netherland after World War II so as to develop industry and keep the peace between countries. In 1992, European Union was evolved and its economic power was increased; thus, the EU became the world's most economically powerful organization. Over the six decades, twenty-one European countries have been members and now there are twenty-seven members. Furthermore, the two main purposes of European Union have sustained the economical and political cooperation among European countries since 1992.

Process Essay

The Process of Speaking English

                        In today's world, significance given to speaking a new language has proliferated dramatically. People need to know at least a foreign language because knowing a new language affects every aspect of people's  professional and social lives. It is an undeniable fact that English is the most dominant language all over the world; thus, in recent years, English is on the school curriculum from the primary school in Turkey. Nonetheless, teaching English in the schools bases on theoretical knowledge and, unfortunately, this circumstance is not enough to speak fluently. There are three crucial steps to speak English such as improving vocabulary and grammar, improving pronunciation and making more speaking practices.

Class Report

The First Class of The Week

                        Oral communication class is two hours between 9:00 am and 11:50 am on Mondays and lecturer of the class, Ece Sevgi, came to classroom in time. Nevertheless, most of the students were absent because they come to school from European side. Therefore, Ece waited almost 15 minutes until majority of students came to classroom. while she was waiting, she prepared the materials which she would pass out to students; moreover, she wrote some useful structure for us on the small whiteboard. Before she started the lesson, she announced ATEL conference in Glasgow to us so as to keep track of the conference on the British Council web sites. There were fifteen students in the small classroom and she divided them into five small groups, after that she introduced the subject of discussion and she wanted each of us to use at least a structure on the board during our conversations. Ece put three chairs in front of the board because she wanted to observe students' performances individually and marked them.