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Instruction and Tolkien's The Hobbit

This research paper describes five websites that pertain to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and can be used in instructing students in...

Judiciary and the Changes in the Interpretation of the Law After the Human Rights Act

European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with the section indicating the law should be in interpreted in line ...

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 ...

My Teaching Job in Burma

was I really going to be able to make it here for six months? I felt bad thinking this way - this was my parents home once, after ...

Why English Should Not Be the U.S. Official Language

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

The Culture of the Beowulf Poem

faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

Meaning and Rules in Teaching ESL

128). This individual clearly is quite capable, and sensitive to the nuances of language. Fu and Townsend (1998) quote ano...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

Promotion of ESL Student Literacy and STEM

This paper pertains to the needs of English as a Second Language students and STEM instruction. Twelve pages in length, ten source...

Developments in the English Language in the Middle Ages

not known, although the effects still influence the way we use language nowadays. It was a huge change in the way that English vow...

Writing in English, a Russian ELL

This paper pertains to the problems confronting a Russian English Language Learner and how they were addressed. Three pages in len...

"Do You Speak English?" by Simon Collings

This essay takes a Rogerian approach to discussing Simon Collings' s "Do You Speak English?" This essay also includes an explanati...

Six T's of Elementary Literacy Instruction by Richard Allington

This essay pertains to the six categories of elementary instruction that were discerned from an extensive study of some of the bes...

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...

Academic Writing and ESL Students

This research paper pertains to the problems faced by English as a Second Language (ESL) learners when faced with the challenges o...

Research Proposal Evaluate Adult ESL

How effective are adult ESL courses? This is a question that often generates great debate because assessments of the impact of the...

Pidgins and Creoles, Origins, Features

This research paper/essay discusses how pidgin and Creole languages develop, emphasizing the influence that African Americans have...

The Bilingual Education Debate

There is also evidence that bilingualism actually provides benefit to culturally diverse students. Sheng, McGregor and Marian cond...

ESL Instruction and the Constructivist Approach

31). Both approaches inform and enlighten the pedagogical process for instructing ESL students. Piagets approach emphasizes the im...

Factors Contributing to the British Colonization of the Americas

English expansion into the so-called New World occurred in response to a diversity of factors. One of...

The Concept of Fiduciary Duties with Specific Consideration of Contractual Relationships

to regulate relationships that should be based on reasonable trust, with this being necessary for social and economic purposes. ...

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...

Obstacles to Correct Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English

with a fixed pronunciation. For instance, the letter "a" in English can be pronounced many different ways, such as in the words "a...

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...

An Immigrant Kindergarten Student and Assessment

instruments selected to measure an individuals language proficiency should be "suitable for the characteristics and background of ...

The Warrior Culture of Beowulf

it clear that the most important societal relationship is between a warrior, the "thane," and his liege lord (Donaldson 32). This ...

The Problems Leading Up to the American Revolution

The discontent that led up to the ultimate colonial rebellion...

Immigrants and English

neighborhoods of their ethnicity and thus they spoke their homeland language a great deal of the time. This is also the case today...

Why the English Language Should Not Include the 4-Letter Word Fuck

second (and more familiar) one, "to engage in sexual activity" (Wajnryb, 2005, p. 55). It is also associated with Germanic and Sc...

Affect of Newspapers on English Development

(Baugh and Cable 280). Physics introduced the words "calorie, electron, ionization, ultraviolent rays quantum mechanics and relati...