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Charles Curran on Acquiring a Second Language

deals with this anxiety and significantly reduces it, thereby enhancing the level of achievement for the learner. Second Languag...

Identity Development by Humans

In these instances, states Erikson, if the mistrust is severe enough the child will give up ever having his needs met and may inte...

Reading Instruction and Theoretical Applications

In fourteen pages this paper examines early reading instruction and various phonics and whole language theoretical approaches. Fi...

Lorna Goodison's Selected Poems

In five pages the spiritual aspects of Lorna Goodison's poetry are the focus of this analysis of the symbolism, language, and styl...

Humans, Animals, and Language

In five pages this paper discusses language in terms of origin and how it may be used by animals with dialects among the topics co...

Immigrant Adjustment Process

In six pages this paper examines the immigrant adjustment process and problems in terms of prejudice, employment, and language wit...

Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript Languages

In five pages the uses of these language scripts are discussed in a consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of each. Fi...

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...

Comparative Analysis of Java and C++ Computer Programming Languages

In nine pages this paper compares Java and C++ programming languages in an evaluation of which could be better applied to a corpor...

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez and the Themes of Language and Love

In 5 pages the importance of the duality of love and language themes to the immigrants and to the novel as a whole is examined. T...

Technology Teaching on the Internet and Student Characteristics

In sixteen pages this paper examines technology instruction in the Internet such as Java programming language teaching and conside...

Talk as Social Organization and the Research of Anthropologist Marjorie H. Goodwin

In five pages this research paper focuses upon African American children's language within the context of the book He Said, She Sa...

Examination of Code Switching

In ten pages code switching is examined in terms of description of interchangeably using two languages, examples, as well as cultu...

Computers and the Use of Natural Language Processing

In seven pages this paper examines computer word processing and the uses of natural language in a consideration of history and pro...

Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition

In five pages this paper examines speech recognition technology in terms of language processing system applications and uses. S...

Language Elements in House of Usher

A 5 page analysis of language elements in the classic tale by Edgar Alan Poe. The author highlights setting, theme, imagery and p...

London's Jamaican Culture

In forty pages this paper examines London's Jamaican community and the influence it has exerted over the whole region with such is...

Emily Dickinson's Poem, After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes

This paper provides a reading of the Dickinson poem, 'After Great Pain a Formal Feeling Comes. The author contends that Dickinson...

Mike Tyson and Rocky Marciano Comparied

In five pages this report compares these famous American boxer in terms of conjunctive adverbs, relative pronouns, simile, metapho...

Achieving Order in Life Through Language in 'After the Denim; and 'The Bath' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper discusses these two short stories in terms of how language is employed by the characters to achieve order...

Time Machine by H.G. Wells and the Use of Language

In five pages the ways in which language can foster illusion are considered within the context of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. ...

English Language Only and American Society?

saying one does not respect the local people enough to embrace their language. As of 1990, the U.S. Census reflected the fact tha...

Overview of Spain

period, the dissolution of the Moroccan state culminated in an unpopular war (PG). The Spanish civil war began in 1936 and did n...

English Language Acquisition and its Value

In nine pages this paper examines the value of immigrants' acquiring the English language in terms of cultural assimilation in the...

Fairytales and Use of Sexist Language

women were regarded as objects of beauty, which is exactly what Snow White is. Such demeaning writing would not be acceptable tod...

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and the Bible's King James Version

In five pages this paper examines how the English language developed in an assessment of the Bible's King James version and 'Parad...

A History of the English Language

This paper examines four different variations of the English language, ranging from Old English to current English. This eight pa...

Alfred Tarski's Essay 'The Semantic Conception of Truth'

In five pages the sixth through eleventh sections of Alfred Tarski's essay are analyzed which features the unreliability of langua...

Handicapped Children and Educational Instruction

benefit from learning (McFarlan, 1998). All people are not born with the same abilities or the same cognitive ability. However, a ...