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The Use of Songs and Games to Teach English as a Second Language

repetitive and consistent (Schoepp, 2001). 2. Affective reasons: this reason involves the Affective Filter Hypothesis and basicall...

Child Language and Knowledge of Syntax

684). There is what several theorists describe as "language learnability" that enables children to take that seed of syntax knowl...

The Importance of Language: Lessons from Friedman's The World is Flat

that language takes a back seat to other disciplines such as reading, science and mathematics. In reading Thomas Friedmans book Th...

Korean Speakers and English as a Second Language

In eight pages this research paper examines the problems of ESL teaching to Korean learners in terms of various linguistic factors...

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...

The Federalist Papers In Modern Language by Mary E. Webster

This text is analyzed in a paper consisting of five pages which provides a contemporary and carefully documented translation of th...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Teaching English Language Learners

true believer (Rodgers, 2001). The roles of the teacher and learner change with each method. Methods always expect the actors to ...

The Language of God by Francis Collins

idea of a scientist who believes in God is inconceivable. Science with its rigorous examination of cause and effect, its strict de...

Review of Abu-Jaber's The Language of Baklava

a memory. He cook to remember" (Abu-Jaber 190). Food is also a means of conveying love-"To my mind, this is the best way to show...

Making English the Official Language of the US

represented (Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research). Not surprisingly, the English Only issue has been in the cou...

EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS REPORTING LANGUAGE AND ACCOUNTING

(as a standard Internet page might), XBRL provides a tag to identify each individual item of data, that is computer-readable (An I...

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...

Issues with English Language Learners

which refers to the fact that immigrants typically do quite well in American society, despite having to learn the intricacies of a...

Pinter's "Precisely" - Dualism and Language

first attack or an attack done in retaliation is unknown, and frankly, not important. What is important is the mens callous and co...

Language and Italian-American, New York Youth

The concept of sociolect is examined. Italian American youths are exemplified. There are four sources listed in the bibliography o...

Statistical Language and Bias

methodology that produces spurious results with the appearance of accuracy (because even biased research can be consistent in itse...

Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir

In twelve pages this paper examines Sapir's text and his career. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Dance is a Language

(Hanna 40). While many dances are narrative in nature, others are more like poetry, as they deal primarily in abstraction and meta...

Teaching Reading Through the Whole Language Approach Article Reviews

In five pages each of five scholarly articles on this academic topic are summarized and critically analyzed. Five sources are cit...

Theoretical Applications on Acquiring a 2nd Language

In ten pages this paper discusses ESL learning and programming development through various theoretical applications with LI and L2...

Language and Teaching

the instigators of learning and the student as a passive receptor of their knowledge. In planning active learning projects, it is ...

Primary Language Arts Lesson Plan

These words will be presented to the children before the story is read. Kindergarten children will learn how to pronounce these wo...

Content Based English Language Learners

instructional techniques and their behaviors to increase the success level for these students. Pica (2002) reported that in the...

Teaching English As A Foreign Language - TEFL

arouse student interest and also to engage their emotions (Zorro and Castillo, n.d.). Many different stimuli could be used to enga...

Teaching Vocabulary To English Language Learners

snack bar, salad bar, and diner (Pettigrew, 2008). * Labeling pictures can also help students learn names of different things (Har...