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Language Acquisition and Expected Developmental Differences for Children of Preschool, Kindergarten, and Primary Ages

others. One must also utilize the ability to comprehend words spoken by others and turn them into understandable concepts in ones...

Language Cases of Discrimination

by speaking only in Spanish, even while they leered in her direction. Upon investigation, the salesmen proclaimed their innocence,...

Language 'Code Switching'

well, the extent to which code switching is present is determined by age and how much schooling was accomplished in the homeland; ...

Voices of the Self A Study of Language Competence by Keith Gilyard

dialect and Black English depending on the social situation. Because the authors mother patterned this, by the time Gilyard was ol...

Language in Pharaoh's Daughter by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill

obvious characteristically reminiscent of the common themes of life, love and landscape, as well as the not-so-happy aspects of hu...

Rural America and English as a Second Language

as an anecdote in this article is one located in a "corner" of Iowa (2001). The author explains that "urban school districts oft...

Matrix Language Frame and Code Switching

example demonstrates a greater focus on the intra-sentential nature of code-switching, in which the speaker borrows or integrates ...

5 States and the English as a Second Language Educational Programs

bilingual pupils. And while New York City is a melting pot, that does not mean that English is not a concern throughout the rest o...

Syllabus for English Language Created by the Curriculum Development Council of Hong Kong

task-based instructional models, including task-based instruction for reading, listening and writing, are clearly elements integra...

Comparing George Orwell's Politics and the English Language and Shooting an Elephant

in Burma. It is a poignant and ironic allegory of British imperialism, for in Orwells view, the authority which enabled the gover...

The Language of the Land by James Stephenson

who have changed little since the Stone Age (Stephenson, 2000). This essay examines a number of issues relevant to Jemzis develo...

Imagery and Language in Mark Twain's 'Life on the Mississippi'

remarkable. This, in many ways, sets us up for the diversity of the work, which is perhaps as changing as the river itself. Twa...

English as a Second Language Primary Students and Reading Instruction

racial minority or ethnic groups. The following illustration provides a picture of the diversity (Newman, 1998, p. 231). The numb...

Language Connections and Conclusions

understanding what is being asked of them in the classroom is that over time, the use of language became too casual in intent. In ...

Assessing Distance Learning Online Class Groups

place. In a face to face scenario there may be first impressions which are inaccurate and also pre-existing prejudices may influen...

Political Ideals and 'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

concomitant of transitional periods" (Orwell). Orwell looks behind the rhetoric to the true meaning of this sentence and offers ...

Language and Realism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In five pages this paper discusses how dialect is used for the purposes of realism in this late 19th century American novel. Ther...

Overview of the Total Learning Textbook

presented within a climate of caring. The behaviorist approach maintains that the basic principles of learning operate acco...

Uncommon Sense Theoretical Practice in Language Education by John S. Mayher

much better equipped to question the contradictions that are regularly confronted in the learning process. "...There is no knowle...

Multicultural Classrooms, Haitian Pupils, and English as a Second Language

In ten pages ESL teaching to Haitian pupils in a multicultural classroom is examined in a consideration of pros and cons with tech...

The Controversy Surrounding the Move Towards Making English the Official Language of the United States

This ten page paper analyzes the English Only move that is gaining strength in the U.S. This paper presents a converse view of th...

Nina Zaragoza's 'Rethinking Language Arts'

strengths and power of all children, rather than the weaknesses (Zaragoza, 1997) Perfectionism is an issue because it distances th...

Baldrige Award Assessment

In five pages an examination of the Baldrige Award and its encouragement of competitive knowledge and learning is presented....

Analysis of The Silent Language by Edward T. Hall

In eight pages an analysis of this book and the social theory it addresses are presented. Three sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Impact of English as a Second Language

In 5 pages this paper examines why ESL programs are important in the United States in a consideration of history, necessity, and f...

English as a Second Language Students and the Internet

In 5 pages this paper examines how ESL students use computers and the Internet in an overview of spell checkers, chat rooms, and e...

Reading, Language, and Children

In eight pages research articles are considered in a discussion of the correlation between the reading aptitude of a child, vocabu...

A Rview of Gender Stereotyping in the English Language

A 5 page summarization of the article by Laurel Richardson. The author comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the author's f...

Language Differences between Men and Women

The writer argues that society assigns certain acceptable roles to men and women, and that much societal behavior is learned. The ...

Growing Up With Language by Naomi Baron

A book report of Baron's text is presented in eight pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....