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Essays 181 - 210

An Overview of Language

This essay presents a brief overview of why people need language, the conditions that govern the sort of language that people empl...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Languages of Native Americans and Their Importance in Cultural Relativity and Promoting Diversity

languages are a significant cultural resource, a cultural resource which is too often overlooked by mainstream America. He emphas...

Political Language in the 21st Century

is aimed at supporting particular policy themes that will emerge and where emerging from the political arena. It appears th...

Aspects of language and cognition

The major premise in the cognitive school is that "humans take in information from their environment through their senses and then...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Animal Thinking and Language

between thought and language (Myers, 2006). The findings of renowned linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941) that were published ...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Brain Development And Learning A Second Language

helps the brain to develop multiple new pathways that can sort and store more new experiences than a less-developed brain. The mor...

Language and Understanding the World

language can prove to be difficult when seeking to correlation language and the development of a wider understanding of the world ...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Child Development and Semantics

5 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the process through which children acquire language. This paper relate...

Private Language and Wittgenstein's Theories

green. The general assumption is that everything that is the color of a leaf is green, but the experiential views of that color m...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

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...

Rights and Language

In five pages this paper discusses the 'language of rights' within the context of 'Practical Philosophy and the Bill of Rights: P...

The Language and the Quilt in 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

In seven pages the use of language and the symbolism of the quilt are examined within the context of Walker's short story....

Development of English as a Second Language Curriculum

In seven pages this research paper reveals that ESL curriculum needs go far beyond the mere teaching of English to students. Five...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' Explicated

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...

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...

Analyzing the 1995 Film Seven by David Fincher

taking his time. He halts, turns to one wall where the current wallpaper is torn away to reveal flowery wallpaper underneath. So...

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...

Intermediate English as a Second Language Class Reading Lesson Plans on US History Themes

the topic and an understanding of the goals that are valuable to intermediate ESL leaders. The following are the four central que...

English as a Second Language Learner Assessments

was placed in third grade in her local public school, where there were four other children between 2-4th grades who had relocated ...

English Language Learners' Educational Timeline

schools to take "affirmative steps" to overcome language barriers that impeded non-English speaking children from academic success...