Kevin Richardson: Lion Man

Kevin Rene Richardson (born 8 October 1974), known as "The Lion Whisperer", is a South African YouTube personality and self-taught sanctuary owner who works with African lions.

Career

Kevin Richardson owns and operates the Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary, located an hour northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa. Richardson is a firm opponent of "canned hunting", which is the hunting of lions locked within an enclosed location, making them easier to hunt and kill. To help combat this problematic epidemic, he has a strict no breeding policy at his sanctuary to reduce the likelihood of his lions being bought and sold for that very purpose.

One of the most intriguing aspects of Richardson's sanctuary is his relationship with his lions, which include popular characters such as Meg, Amy and Bobcat. Kevin is known for interacting with them within the confines of his sanctuary, and on long enrichment walks throughout the game reserve. Unlike other game reserves and sanctuaries, Richardson does not allow his guests to go on these lion walks with him, as he knows that while his lions are well behaved for him, they are still dangerous animals, and the wild nature within will always be there.

Works/Publications

Richardson has been featured in many documentaries, movies, and commercials. It was during his stint at the Lion Park that Michael Rosenberg decided to use Richardson in documentaries such as Dangerous Companions and In Search of a Legend. Growing Up Hyena is a documentary in which Richardson sets out to change the misconception of the hyena as a feared and loathed scavenger. Richardson's work in the Okavango Delta and Lydenberg had brought forth the documentary concerning black leopards entitled, In Search of a Legend. Because of the frequency of filming, Richardson moved all of the animals to one facility at the Kingdom of the White Lion property.

Richardson's 2010 documentary is entitled White Lion: Home is a Journey. The film is about a young white lion named, "Letsatsi," who survives against all odds. This film is the first to star native lions instead of the regularly imported ones. Rodney Fuhr and his wife, Ilana, independently funded the movie and served as executive producers. The film was shot at the Kingdom of the White Lion, SA Lion Park, Nash's farm, Glen Afric, and Entabeni Game Reserve. The South African-based company Peru Productions Pty. Ltd.'s first feature film was White Lion.

Review Journal

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This research was aimed at knowing the effectiveness of providing journal writing in supporting the students' skills in writing English essay. The subjects were English department students who took Writing III course in the academic year of 1995/1996. This study involved two intact groups of students. The experimental group was given weekly journal writing, while the control group followed the regular writing. At the end of the treatment, writing tests on free topics were assigned and the students' works were scored using ESL Composition Profile. The result of analysis using Hest indicated that journal writing scores of the students from the two groups were not significantly different. However, students' responses indicated posi￾tive evaluation on the application of journal writing.

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The Similarity and Difference, Introduction, Literature Review, and Metodology

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Before i was talked about my first Journal that titled EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ DEFICIENCY IN USING COHESIVE DEVICES IN WRITING ESSAYS By Mohammed Abdurhaman Ahmed Yousef and the second is about Effectiveness of Journal Writing in Supporting Skills in Writing English Essay by Bambang Yudi Cahyono. If we look at the title, both have different title but same theme, it's about Writing. So, now i would like to show it, happy reading.

     Difference and Similarity

In this first Journal have title exploring Efl student's deficienci in using cohesive devices ini writing essays, and it's talking about an approach to investigate how far EFL students at University Level use cohesive devices skilfully in writing their essays . The important issue addressed in the study is closely related to what extent do students perceive the basic aspects of writing coherent essays as one of the requirements of graduation. The most critical question addressed was: To what extent do students use cohesive devices in the clarity and organization of their essays.? The study adopted an analytical-descriptive method. The students answered questionnaires to check their skills in mastering writing skill. In addition, samples of essays were examined and analyzed to evaluate the students’ writing abilities in using these semantic markers. A number of findings were found out. The most critical finding was that the students did not fully master the basic necessary skills required of applying these cohesive markers appropriately.

The second Journal have title effectiveness of Journal writing on supporting skills ini writing English essay that talking about knowing the effectiveness of providing journal writing in supporting the students' skills in writing English essay. The subjects were English department students who took Writing III course in the academic year of 1995/1996. This study involved two intact groups of students. The experimental group was given weekly journal writing, while the control group followed the regular writing. At the end of the treatment, writing tests on free topics were assigned and the students' works were scored using ESL Composition Profile. The result of analysis using Hest indicated that journal writing scores of the students from the two groups were not significantly different. However, students' responses indicated posi￾tive evaluation on the application of journal writing. You can see the similarity and the difference above, where the first Journal is devoted to using cohesive device but the socond is about supporting skills, and the similarity is about Writing, both have same topic that important to know.

     Introduction:

It has been widely believed that writing, among the four language skills, is the most difficult skill. This is because it involves several components which have to be considered while a learner is writing, for example contents, rhetorics, vocabularies, grammatical structures, and writing mechanics such as punctuation and capitalization (Hartfiel, et al., 1985: 102). As a complex skill which is not easy to teach, it has stimulated teachers and researchers to explore teaching techniques which could help learners write better.

     Literature Review:

Prayogo (1997), on the basis of his literary study and exhibition of the works of elementary school students, states that journal writing could provide an opportunity for the students to express themselves through written forms. The provision of journal writing, then, is like pushing the door wide open for the students so that they can play and explore the wide world outside.

Stanley (1993) reports a study which was conducted by Christine Casanave in which she asked students to comment on the value of journal writing. Casanave grouped students' opinions into three general areas. They are comments about the results of journal keeping, the process of journal writing, and the educational aspects of maintaining a journal. Overall, the subjects of the study who were both low intermediate and advanced students found benefits in keeping a journal, remarking on changes' in their language use as well as in their thinking.

     Methodology:

This research was a quasi-experimental one which employed post test control group design (Wiersma, 1980). It involved two intact groups of English department students who took Writing IIIcourse in the academic year of 1995/1996. One of the groups was assigned to be the experimental and-the other was the control group. Originally, there were 20 students from one class and 19 from the other. For the purpose of the research, preselection was done without disturbing the intact classes. Students in the two classes were matched in pairs' with respect to their ability in writing which was indicated by their grades in Writing H. Not all of the students could be matched. The students who were not matched would were discarded in the analysis, though they could still be present in their classes. After the matching it was determined that there were 14 subjects in the experimental group and 14 students in the control group.

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RESULT

RESULT

The writer have investigated a critical issue to writing essays from scope of cohesive devices. The results show that the students have critical discrepancy associated with their language proficiency and their readiness to write essays. Based on that , students have to spend more time in mastering cohesive devices as they are some of the most fundamental aspects of writing. And these semantic markers are crucial to produce well-organized and coherent essays The writer can claim that cohesive devices may considerably help to solve some of the problem of writing essays in coherent way

EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ DEFICIENCY IN USING COHESIVE DEVICES IN WRITING ESSAYS

In this post, I would like to continue sharing about my international journal, and in this opportunity i would like to share about the Theoretical Background of my journal. Hope you enjoy it 😊

Theoretical Background

The terms cohesion and coherence are crucial elements in writing texts at both the explicit and
implicit levels. Therefore, these terms are discussed by many writers to produce coherent
written texts. Cameron (2000:35) defined cohesion on the bases of grammatical features
according to the coming linguistic devices:

A- References which include pronouns, demonstratives, comparisons, adverbs and articles.
B- Ellipsis deal with omitting of a clause; its part or group in context when it can be assumed.
C- Substitutions are related to small closed classes of items. And conjunctions that are
linkers of holding sentences to each other (clauses within or between sentences).
D- Lexical cohesion concern features such as synonymy, ant anomy, metonymy, collocations and repetitions.

Moreover, Cutting (2002:24) analyzed these semantic devices in terms of anaphoria : pronouns refer to something in the preceding text, cataphoria: pronouns link for referent in the text that follows and endophoria: refers to items within the text. Whereas, Gonzalez ( 2000:59) discussed coherence in term of thinking process in which language works within textual world.
This process is represented in configuration of concepts and knowledge. However, Gee(1999:149) tackled cohesion and coherence at semantic level analysis of clauses which mediate between lower-order units( words and clauses) and the higher –order ones (sentences). The same writer(2005:95-96) presented words on bases of different situational usages which vary their meanings and that people of particular domain share specific discourse.

EXPLORING EFL STUDENTS’ DEFICIENCY IN USING COHESIVE DEVICES IN WRITING ESSAYS

# Introduction

This paper aims to understanding how far student of EFL at University applied cohesive device well to write their essay. And how far too they can make the explicit connection and can be understanding between parts of their essay with use cohesive mark and any written sentence.
Because writing is one of the basic skill like Listening, Speaking, and Reading, so that needed better strategies. So in this time, written of pedagogic focused to writing process, do not just to end of writing. This process helping the students to writing essay well, so that can accept. In addition, students must be writing the summery from any kind according to the rule of Academic English Language.
This paper maybe implicated for work, business report or newspaper. Everything must be written using good English language according to the standard so that it can be more understanding at reading.

My Experience Read Blog

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