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Historical Changes in the English Language

our purposes, its important to note that "... the Latin tongue did not replace Brittonic as the language of the general population...

Comparison Two Essays

This essay compares two hypothetical papers and discusses which is stronger and why, the criteria used for evaluation, the organiz...

Need for Technology in the Digital Age Classroom

This research paper describes the need for educational reform in order to meet the needs of the twenty-first century, with a parti...

LITERAL VERSUS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

make sense - for example, what is a "New York Minute" and how does it differ from a regular minute? New York Minute involves time ...

Gaining Language Skills

of the English word "play," which can be a noun, a verb or an adjective in English use (Green, 2005). Considering this, Green (200...

ESL Instruction, Cross-Cultural Activities

This essay offers two lessons and activities that provide cultural instruction within the context of ESL (English as a Second Lang...

Problems in an ESL Classroom

It is important that every idea offered is written down even if the idea seems to have no connection or relationship to the topic ...

English Language Development from Geoffrey Chaucer to Samuel Johnson

that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was gouernor of Syria) And all went to bee taxed...

The Functional Use of Pronouns in English Language Classes

are defined semantically, i.e. "a noun is the name of a person, place or thing," a verb describes action or states of being (Intr...

Analysis of Learning a Second Language

for science, technology, and international business" (Unz and Tuchman, 1997). In other words, this legislation was passed in order...

History and Linguistics of the Jamaican Creole Language

example of the many languages which are participating in the "Latinization" of the English language and are important in the lingu...

ESL Students and Fine Arts Instruction

not fair to the ESL student. How can fine art teachers embrace their ESL students in the same way as they do others who speak the ...

English Language Development

Old English period where, with the introduction of Samuel Johnsons dictionary, the language becomes more consistent with regard to...

'Politics and the English Language' by George Orwell

In five pages this paper discusses how Orwell decries the degradation of the English language in his essay. There are no other so...

Difficulties Presented by Consonant Elisions in English as a Second Language

the proper manner in which to utilize the language, partly for their own benefit and partly for the benefit of foreign speakers. ...

Reviews of Articles about Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language (ESL)

believe that acquiring English skills is the more important than teaching the children in Spanish (Porter, 1999). Porters article...

English Words Borrowed from Italian

years. Some of these include gondola, cameo, arsenal, regatta, fresco, studio, vendetta, broccoli, motto, piano, opera, grotto, vi...

Iowa Test of Basic Skills Analyzed

if they find any errors. If they do find an error they must identify the line, or, they can simply mark "no error" if that is wha...

Speaking English Standards

to a mother who had a degree in English and was very particular about incorrect use of the language, such as the simple word "aint...

Total Physical Response and Communicative Approaches to ESL Instruction

not be immediately corrected depending upon the teachers philosophy and interpretation of the communicative approach. If errors ar...

Challenges of English as a Second Language for High School Students

students do when trying to learn English. These special needs students are not routinely given the individualized attention they ...

21st Century American Linguistic Imperialism

In five pages this paper discusses how the US employs the English language to achieve global dominance. Eight sources are cited i...

Oppression and Language Skills

Los Angeles, and lived in the region for at least a decade as an adult. In this region there are numerous field workers, many of w...

Dyslexia and ELL

with the acquisition of print literacy (reading, writing, and spelling). Dyslexia is characterized by poor decoding and spelling ...

The Nature of American Sign Language

In eight pages this paper considers ASL, the language structure and morphology, the number and age of speakers, and how it can be ...

English Usage and Its Ramifications

In five pages this research paper examines the rapidly spreading English language and the cultural effects of this increased usage...

Difficulties and Solutions Involved in Adults Learning English as the Second Language

In this paper consisting of seven pages the issues unique to the adult learner populations with regards to teaching English as a S...

A Trainee Teachers Course Known as an ELT Pre-Service Training Project

In twelve pages this paper provides an historical overview along with current available methods to teach English as a second langu...

Young Reader Motivation

the target word was translated through semantic memory shared by both languages, the outcome of that target/distractor relationshi...

EFL Teaching

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses English as a foreign language instruction in this consideration of native Portugues...